Course overview

Take your first breaths underwater with the SSI Try Scuba experience in Hurghada. This fully guided introduction lets you discover the Red Sea without any certification. After a short briefing and basic-skill practice in shallow water, your instructor leads you onto a warm, clear reef full of fish and coral. It is the simplest way to find out whether diving is for you.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Short safety and equipment orientation
  • Basic-skill practice in shallow, confined water
  • One guided reef dive in the Red Sea
  • All scuba equipment provided
  • Direct supervision by an SSI professional
  • Optional SSI Try Scuba acknowledgement
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Discover Scuba pathway

This is the SSI Try Scuba experience, not a certification. The skills can be credited toward the SSI Open Water Diver course if you choose to continue your training.

Where you'll dive in Hurghada

Try Scuba uses Hurghada's calm, shallow shore and house reefs, where warm water (22-29C) and gentle conditions make a good first underwater experience surrounded by colourful coral and reef fish.

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

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 Hurghada (HRG) · 5-7 hours from India.

Where to stay

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