Course overview

Earn your first professional rating with the SSI Divemaster (Dive Guide) programme in Tarkarli-Malvan, which qualifies you to guide certified divers and assist instructors through the MySSI digital system. The calm, sheltered bay beside Sindhudurg Fort and the boat-accessed reefs of Maharashtra's Konkan coast give a relaxed, controlled setting to build leadership, dive-theory and demonstration skills.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Dive Guide and Divemaster modules with dive-theory exams
  • Water-skills and stamina assessments (swim, tread, equipment exchange)
  • Practical workshops: briefings, mapping, search and recovery
  • Internship assisting real Open Water and continuing-education students
  • Demonstration-quality skill circuit to professional standard
  • SSI digital materials, MySSI access and certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Divemaster pathway

SSI Divemaster (Dive Guide) is the entry-level SSI professional rating, delivered through the MySSI digital platform. It lets you guide certified divers and assist instructors, and it is the stepping stone toward the SSI instructor path.

Where you'll dive in Tarkarli Malvan

Dive Guide training runs from the sheltered, shallow bay off Tarkarli and Malvan, beside Sindhudurg Fort, and the boat-accessed reefs offshore. The water is warm at 26-29C, and in the post-monsoon October-to-May season the Konkan coast stays calm and clear, which makes an approachable internship environment within weekend reach of Mumbai and Pune.

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Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Getting there

Fly into Goa (GOI) · 1-3 hours from India.

Where to stay

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