Course overview

SSI Try Scuba is the easiest way to experience breathing underwater in south-ari-atoll, with an instructor guiding you through a warm, calm house-reef dive. No certification or experience is needed, just a sense of adventure.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Try Scuba digital orientation (free)
  • Shallow-water skill introduction
  • One instructor-guided shallow dive
  • All equipment rental included
  • Optional credit toward SSI Scuba Diver
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Discover Scuba pathway

SSI Try Scuba is a guided experience with free digital orientation, and it can credit toward the SSI Scuba Diver or Open Water certification if you continue.

Where you'll dive in South Ari Atoll

The experience uses South Ari's calm house-reef shallows around 5-6m, where warm water and good visibility make first breaths relaxed. Reef fish, coral gardens and the occasional turtle are common even on this shallow taster.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Discover Scuba in South Ari Atoll →

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 Malé (MLE) · 3-4 hours from India.

Where to stay

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