Course overview

Earn your SSI Divemaster on Tioman and take your first professional step. The island has sheltered bays and more than 20 reef sites inside a UNESCO marine park, which make a practical apprenticeship. You build dive-leadership ability and stamina guiding certified divers around the boulder reefs near Renggis Island and the swim-throughs of the north coast, and you finish as a certified dive professional ready to supervise and guide.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Divemaster (Dive Guide plus Divemaster) covering academics, water-skills and practical application
  • Watermanship and stamina assessments
  • Dive-leadership and mapping exercises at a Tioman reef
  • Practical workshops assisting on real programmes
  • Rescue-skills assessment and dive-management scenarios
  • Science-of-diving review and final exam
  • SSI digital materials and Divemaster certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Divemaster pathway

SSI Divemaster combines the Dive Guide and Divemaster ratings and is earned through an authorised SSI professional. It is a recognised first professional credential and the prerequisite to SSI's instructor training, delivered as a digital certification on the MySSI app.

Where you'll dive in Tioman

Leadership and stamina training use Tioman's calm northern bays and varied reefs, from the easy boulders off Renggis Island to the deeper swim-throughs offshore, during the settled March-to-October season inside the marine park.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Divemaster in Tioman →

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 Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · 4-6 hours from India.

Where to stay

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