Course overview

Get certified quickly with the SSI Scuba Diver course in Djibouti, a streamlined entry-level qualification that lets you dive to 12 metres with an SSI professional. You train in the warm, calm reef shallows of the Gulf of Tadjoura, which suits divers short on time who still want a recognised certification, with a clear upgrade path to full Open Water Diver.

What you’ll learn

• Set up, use and maintain scuba equipment
• Perform core skills including mask clearing and regulator recovery
• Manage buoyancy and move comfortably underwater
• Dive safely to 12 metres with an SSI professional
• Apply basic dive planning and safe-diving habits

Prerequisites

• No prior experience or certification required
• Minimum age 10 (Junior) or 15
• Basic swimming ability and comfort in water
• Diver medical questionnaire, with physician clearance if indicated

What's included · What's not

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory and confined water

   Work through SSI digital theory and practise core skills in the calm shallows of the gulf.
2. Day2
   Open-water dives

   Complete two open-water dives to a maximum of 12 metres on a sheltered Gulf of Tadjoura reef and certify.

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