Course overview

SSI's Try Scuba experience lets you breathe underwater for the first time on a sheltered Sharm El Sheikh reef, with an instructor beside you the whole way. After a relaxed briefing you descend over the coral gardens of Near Garden, surrounded by reef fish in 24-28C water. It is the gentlest introduction to Red Sea diving you will find.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Pre-dive safety and skills briefing
  • Equipment fitting (all gear included)
  • Shallow-water skill introduction
  • One guided reef dive to a maximum of 12m
  • Optional credit toward SSI Scuba Diver or Open Water
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Discover Scuba pathway

SSI's Try Scuba is a non-certification programme. If you continue, your experience can credit toward SSI Scuba Diver or Open Water, and SSI's digital tools track your progress.

Where you'll dive in Sharm El Sheikh

The experience runs on calm fringing reefs like Near Garden and Ras Katy, with shallow 0-12m profiles and clear 20-30m water. Clownfish, butterflyfish and morays live on the coral, and turtles sometimes appear even on a first dive.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Discover Scuba in Sharm El Sheikh →

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 Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) · 5-7 hours from India.

Where to stay

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