Course overview

Train as an SSI Divemaster off Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) and build your professional grounding on the sheltered Andaman reefs the island's diving pioneers first explored. Low daily diver numbers mean plenty of guiding practice on sites like The Wall and Coral Safari with close mentoring.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Divemaster digital academics and exam
  • Watermanship and stamina evaluation
  • Dive-site mapping and dive-management scenarios
  • Skill demonstration workshops, repeated to mastery
  • Supervised internship assisting courses
  • SSI Divemaster digital certification on completion
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Divemaster pathway

SSI Divemaster training is delivered free through the SSI digital app with performance-based, repeatable sessions, and certification is issued as an SSI digital professional card.

Where you'll dive in Neil Island

Guiding and skill practice take place on Neil's gentle reefs like Nemo Reef (5-12 m) and Coral Safari (5-20 m), with deeper profiles at The Wall (10-30 m) where larger pelagics and green turtles appear. November to May brings the steadiest conditions in 27-30C water.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Divemaster in Neil Island →

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 Port Blair (IXZ) · 1-3 hours from India.

Where to stay

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

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