Course overview

Discover the techniques of exploring sunken vessels with the SSI Wreck Diving specialty on Kadmat Island. Across your training dives you learn survey, navigation and safe approach techniques in the clear Lakshadweep waters around the atoll, where strong visibility and abundant reef life make wreck and structure diving genuinely memorable.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and execute safe wreck dives within recreational limits
• Survey, map and assess the condition of a wreck
• Use reels and guidelines for navigation
• Apply finning and trim techniques to avoid stirring up silt
• Identify the marine life that settles on wrecks and structures
• Understand and manage overhead-environment risks

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 15
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent, with relevant logged dives
• Comfortable buoyancy control and navigation skills
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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 & survey dives

   Work through the SSI digital theory, then complete survey and mapping dives around the atoll.
2. Day2
   Navigation & technique

   Practise reel and guideline navigation with careful silt management on deeper dives.

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