Course overview

The SSI Open Water Diver course certifies you to dive independently to 18 metres and is recognised worldwide, with Fujairah's sheltered east-coast reefs making an easy, enjoyable training ground. Using SSI's flexible digital learning, you progress from confined-water skills to four open-water dives at sites like Snoopy Island and Dibba Rock, finishing as a fully certified diver.

What you’ll learn

• Set up, check and care for your scuba equipment
• Perform all essential skills including mask clearing and regulator recovery
• Manage buoyancy, descents and ascents on your own
• Plan dives and monitor air using a computer or tables
• Solve common problems and dive safely with a buddy
• Identify local marine life such as turtles, rays and reef fish

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10 (junior rating 10-14)
• No prior experience or certification required
• Comfortable swimming and floating in water
• Completion of the SSI medical questionnaire

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
   Academics & first skills

   Complete the SSI digital theory and begin confined-water skills in the calm shallows off Snoopy Island.
2. Day2
   Confined water

   Finish the confined-water sessions, building comfort and control underwater.
3. Day3
   Open-water dives 1 & 2

   Apply your skills on the first two open-water dives at Dibba Rock.
4. Day4
   Open-water dives 3 & 4

   Complete the final two dives to 18 metres and earn your SSI Open Water Diver rating.

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