Course overview

Experience the Bay of Bengal's nocturnal side with the SSI Night Diving specialty in Pondicherry. Once darkness falls, hunting moray eels, lobsters and sleeping reef fish turn well-known Pondicherry sites into a fresh adventure under torchlight.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Night Diving digital materials
  • Light-handling and communication techniques
  • Specialty night dives
  • Dark-navigation practice
  • Night entry and exit procedures
  • Repeat-to-mastery skill sessions
  • SSI digital Night Diving certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Night Diver pathway

SSI delivers Night Diving through digital materials and a performance-based structure, certifying with a digital SSI specialty credential.

Where you'll dive in Pondicherry

SSI night dives use shallow Pondicherry reef sites at 6-15m for easy orientation after dark. Calm Oct-May conditions and 27-30C water make night entries comfortable, with moray eels, lobsters and other nocturnal creatures active on the reef.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Night Diver 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

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