Course overview

SSI Scuba Diver is a quick route to certified diving in South Ari Atoll, qualifying you to dive to 12m with a guide while you are on holiday. It covers part of the Open Water program and upgrades smoothly on the atoll's warm, fish-filled reefs.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Scuba Diver digital materials (free)
  • Repeatable confined-water skill sessions
  • Open-water training dives to 12m
  • Credit toward full SSI Open Water Diver
  • SSI Scuba Diver digital certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Scuba Diver pathway

SSI Scuba Diver uses free digital materials and repeatable performance-based sessions, certifies diving to 12m with a guide, and credits directly toward SSI Open Water Diver.

Where you'll dive in South Ari Atoll

Dives stay within South Ari's sheltered house-reef zone to 12m, with warm 26-30C water and excellent visibility easing the learning curve. The shallow coral hosts abundant reef fish, turtles and sometimes a curious blacktip.

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