Course overview

Take your first breaths underwater in Coron with the SSI Try Scuba experience, a guided introduction with no prior certification needed. Under close instructor supervision you dive to a maximum of 12 metres in warm 27-29C water, with a chance to see a shallow WWII wreck such as the Lusong Gunboat. It is a good first taste of diving in Coron.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Instructor-led safety and skills briefing
  • Confined or shallow-water skill practice
  • One or two guided dives to a maximum of 12 metres
  • All scuba equipment provided
  • Possible visit to a shallow wreck such as the Lusong Gunboat
  • SSI Try Scuba digital recognition record (not a certification)
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Discover Scuba pathway

SSI Try Scuba is an introductory programme rather than a certification. The experience can often be credited toward the SSI Open Water Diver course when you continue your training through the SSI system.

Where you'll dive in Coron

SSI Try Scuba uses calm, shallow sites near Coron. Warm 27-29C water and shallow wrecks such as the Lusong Gunboat make a gentle, memorable introduction during the November-to-May season.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Discover Scuba in Coron →

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

Flights and accommodation aren’t part of the course price, here’s how to book them around your dates.

Getting there

Fly into Coron (USU) · 7-8 hours from India.

Where to stay

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