Course overview

Experience the Bay of Bengal's nocturnal side with the SSI Night Diving specialty in Pondicherry. Once darkness falls, hunting moray eels, lobsters and sleeping reef fish turn well-known Pondicherry sites into a fresh adventure under torchlight.

What you’ll learn

• Plan safe night dives
• Use and signal with dive lights
• Navigate underwater in darkness
• Spot and identify nocturnal life
• Maintain buoyancy and buddy contact at night

Prerequisites

• 12 years or older
• SSI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory and dusk dive

   Study night procedures then dive a familiar reef as light fades.
2. Day2
   Dark navigation

   Practise navigation and nocturnal observation on further night dives.

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