Course overview

Earn your first professional rating with the SSI Divemaster programme on Bangaram Island, guiding certified divers across the coral reefs of a secluded Lakshadweep atoll resort. In warm, calm 27-30C water you develop dive-leadership skills, theory and stamina through a flexible, experience-based internship. You complete this scuba diving dive course with the internationally recognised SSI Divemaster certification.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Dive Guide and Divemaster academics via the SSI digital platform
  • Water-skills, stamina and demonstration assessments
  • Practical workshops including mapping, navigation and rescue scenarios
  • Supervised internship guiding divers and assisting instructors
  • Dive-leadership and risk-management training
  • SSI digital materials and logbook integration
  • SSI Divemaster certification on completion
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Divemaster pathway

SSI Divemaster is the entry professional rating, earned through experience-based training and an authorised SSI Training Centre. It uses the SSI digital learning system and qualifies you to guide certified divers and assist instructors before progressing to instructor ratings.

Where you'll dive in Bangaram Island

Leadership practice happens on Bangaram's lagoon and outer reefs, with manta rays, reef sharks, turtles and pelagic visitors making real dives ideal for guiding experience. The calm, clear October-to-May season is the prime training window.

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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 Agatti (AGX) · 1-3 hours from India.

Where to stay

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₹42,500incl. GST