Course overview

Certified divers can explore Kerala's Arabian Sea on guided SSI fun dives at Kovalam, with no course required. A local SSI guide leads you across the Kovalam reef and nearby sites to depths matching your rating, looking out for reef fish, lionfish, moray eels and stingrays. It is a relaxed way to keep diving and log experience.

What you’ll learn

• Dive Kovalam sites with an experienced local guide
• Apply your certification skills in the Arabian Sea
• Refine buoyancy and air consumption over the reef
• Recognise local marine species
• Add logged dives toward future training

Prerequisites

• A recognised scuba certification (e.g. SSI Open Water Diver or higher)
• A recent logged dive recommended (refresher available if needed)
• Diver medical questionnaire (physician sign-off if any condition applies)
• Minimum age depends on certification held

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
   Briefing and first dive

   Meet your SSI guide, review the dive plan and explore the Kovalam reef on your first dive.
2. Day1
   Second guided dive

   After a surface interval, dive a second Arabian Sea site suited to your level.

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