Course overview

Certified divers can explore Pondicherry's reefs and wrecks on SSI guided fun dives across the Bay of Bengal, including the Aravind Wall. A local guide leads you to the sites where stingrays, moray eels and reef fish congregate off India's east coast.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Site briefing and dive plan
  • Guided reef or wreck dives
  • Tanks, weights and guide included
  • Marine-life identification with the guide
  • Boat surface intervals
  • Logbook sign-off via SSI app
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Fun Dives pathway

Guided dives welcome SSI-certified divers. Show your digital SSI card from the app, and an SSI Scuba Skills Update is suggested if you have been out of the water a while.

Where you'll dive in Pondicherry

SSI fun dives cover Pondicherry's Bay of Bengal sites from shallow 12m reefs to the 30m Aravind Wall and wrecks. Calm Oct-May conditions and 27-30C water bring sightings of stingrays, moray eels, parrotfish and schooling reef fish.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Fun Dives in Pondicherry →

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 Chennai (MAA) · 1-3 hours from India.

Where to stay

Hotels and stays near the dive sites, compare rates and book direct.

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