Course overview

Explore Pondicherry's renowned wrecks with the SSI Wreck Diving specialty, learning to survey and map the Bay of Bengal's sunken structures safely. These artificial reefs now teem with moray eels and reef fish, making each training dive a genuine adventure.

What you’ll learn

• Plan safe wreck dives
• Survey and sketch a wreck
• Run guidelines and reels
• Recognise and avoid hazards
• Manage buoyancy and silt around structures

Prerequisites

• 15 years or older
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent
• Comfort with buoyancy control

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 survey dive

   Study wreck procedures then survey a wreck externally.
2. Day2
   Mapping and reels

   Map the structure and practise guideline techniques over further dives.

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