Course overview

Earn the SSI Wreck Diving specialty in Tarkarli-Malvan and learn to explore sunken structures safely. Through MySSI theory and a series of dives you practise wreck survey, line work and hazard awareness in the calm Konkan waters off Malvan, near the historic island fortress of Sindhudurg.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct safe wreck dives
• Survey and map a wreck
• Use guidelines and reels for navigation
• Recognise and avoid wreck hazards
• Run light penetration where conditions permit
• Manage buoyancy and silt in confined spaces

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 15
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent certified diver
• Logged dives per SSI standards
• 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 & dives 1-2

   Cover wreck-diving principles via MySSI and complete the first dives focused on survey and mapping in the calm bay.
2. Day2
   Dives 3-4

   Practise reel and line work and, where conditions allow, light penetration on boat-accessed structures off Malvan.

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