Become a certified diver with the SSI Open Water Diver course on Maafushi, qualifying you to dive with a buddy to 18 metres anywhere in the world. You build skills on the island's calm house reef and complete four open-water dives across South Malé Atoll sites full of reef fish, turtles and reef sharks in warm 27-30°C water. SSI delivers the theory through its free digital platform, so you can study at your own pace.
SSI Open Water Diver qualifies you to dive to 18 metres with a buddy and is recognised worldwide as a WRSTC-member certification. SSI uses a flexible, performance-based model and a free digital learning platform, letting you complete the academics before arriving on Maafushi.
Confined-water skills run on the calm island house reef, with open-water dives on South Malé Atoll sites such as Maafushi Corner and Kandooma Thila, where reef sharks, turtles and rays cruise in calm to moderate conditions and 27-30°C water best dived November to April.
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