Course overview

SSI Night Diving reveals a different side of south-ari-atoll, where reef fish bed down, predators hunt and your fin kicks can spark bioluminescence. You dive safely with a torch on the atoll's calm house reefs after sunset.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Night Diving digital materials (free)
  • Repeatable night-skill sessions
  • Night specialty dives on the house reef
  • Light-communication and navigation practice
  • SSI Night Diving digital specialty certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Night Diver pathway

SSI Night Diving includes free digital materials, repeatable performance-based sessions, and an SSI digital specialty card counting toward Specialty Diver.

Where you'll dive in South Ari Atoll

Calm house reefs at 5-15m make good night-diving classrooms, with warm water and gentle conditions. Your torch lights up sleeping parrotfish, prowling morays and lionfish, while disturbed plankton can glow blue-green.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Night Diver in South Ari Atoll →

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 Malé (MLE) · 3-4 hours from India.

Where to stay

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