Course overview

SSI's Dive Guide professional rating trains you to supervise and guide certified divers across Sharm El Sheikh's reefs, walls and wrecks. It combines digital theory with a hands-on apprenticeship at sites like Ras Mohammed, building the leadership and dive-management skills to work in the Red Sea industry. It is the first professional certification on the SSI ladder.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI digital professional training materials
  • Watermanship and skill assessments
  • Stress & Rescue competency check
  • Dive-management and guiding workshops
  • Supervised apprenticeship guiding divers
  • SSI Dive Guide professional digital certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Divemaster pathway

SSI provides free digital professional materials and a performance-based, repeatable assessment model, granting an SSI Dive Guide digital professional rating on completion.

Where you'll dive in Sharm El Sheikh

Dive Guide candidates work across Sharm's full range: calm reefs for demos, the protected walls of Ras Mohammed, and current-swept sites. You learn to lead divers safely in 20-30m visibility and 24-28C water.

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

Where to stay

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