SSI Basic Course

The next phase of your aquatic journey would be taking your scuba diving skills up a notch! Get to know about the Specialty programs and choose which course is up your alley. The program allows you to dive from the five SSI Specialty programs from five different open water dives without requiring you to complete the entire program. Your SSI Advanced Adventurer certificate will be waiting for you once you’re done with the program.

from $649.00

Tioman Island (or Pulau Tioman, as it is known locally) is one of Malaysia's most popular islands, where the white sand beaches overhung by towering palm trees are lapped by clear, calm, and warm water teeming with all sorts of tropical marine life.

FROM $459.00

Pulau Hantu scuba diving will entice you with its sheltered beaches, ecstatic lagoons, and thrilling underwater.
It is also great for macro enthusiasts and photographers as it is teeming with colorful marine critters.

Tioman

from $649.00

Tioman island (or Pulau Tioman, as it is known locally) is one of Malaysia's most popular islands with all sorts of tropical marine life.

Weekly (Departs every Friday Evening, returns Sunday Evening - 3D2N)

MV Nautica Tioman

from $849.00

Hop on board to Southern Riau and experience the carefree, leisure diving life on the MV Nautica liveaboard!

Weekly (Departs every Friday Evening, returns Sunday Evening - 3D2N)

MV Nautica Anambas

from $899.00

Hop on board to Anambas Islands and experience the carefree, leisure diving life on the MV Nautica liveaboard!

Weekly (Departs every Friday Evening, returns Sunday Evening - 3D2N)

Other Destinations

Looking for more trips and different levels of adventures and challenges? Let us know, we can customize a trip for you!

Min. number of pax might be required for open water courses at other locations

Advanced Adventurer Diver Course Essentials

Prerequisites

Includes

  • Online Theory Materials
  • Weekend Trip - Transport, Accommodation, Meals
  • Equipment Rental (Except for Mask & Fins)
  • Instructor Fees
  • Certification

Excludes

  • Mersing Stay (if applicable)
  • Dive Assure Insurance
  • Mask & Fins Rental ($ 18 / Day)
  • Marine Park Fee (If Applicable)
  • VISA on arrival (If applicable)

Advanced Adventurer Diver Course Components

The SSI Advanced Open Water Course consists  at least five (5) different open water dives.

Online Theory
  • The online theory will give you an introduction on what are the learning objectives during your adventure dives on trip.
  • Modules will cover diving in Different Types of Environmental Conditions (Night, Drift, Boat, Shore, Peak Performance Buoyancy, etc)
  • You can access the module thru Online Learning Portal via diveSSI.com
Weekend Trip Session

Diver Achievements

Continuing your Education

Continue your dive education with SSI in a flexible, menu-based system where you need only take the Speciality Programs that interest you. SSI’s evaluation criteria is a combination of both training and experience. SSI Diver recognition is free! Complete your specialty programs and receive the following ratings:

Specialty Diver

Becoming an SSI Specialty Diver requires you to have completed 12 dives and 2 different specialities.

Advanced Open Water Diver

Becoming an SSI Advanced Open Water Diver requires you to have completed 24 dives and 4 different specialities.

Master Diver

Becoming an SSI Master Diver requires you to have accumulated 50 dives and done 5 different specialities.

Advanced-Adventurer

Why Learn The Advanced Adventurer Diver Course

Increase your scuba diving momentum with the SSI Advanced Adventurer Course. This course helps you choose which of the Specialty programs will get your adrenaline rushing. In addition to that, you get to test yourself with five different open water dives from five SSI Specialty programs without requiring you to complete the entire Specialty.

  • Increase principal diving experience by giving your chosen scuba diving specialty courses a go.
  • Advance learning on Open Water Diver Course as well as navigation skills & kick-cycles.
  • Learn the fundamentals of Deep Diving.
  • Amplify your confidence by diving with an average maximum depth of 30m via advance interactive training.
  • Achieve the SSI Advanced Adventurer certificate upon accomplishing the course

Sample Itinerary

32DN Tioman Advanced Adventurer

 Day 1

  • Meet at Block 13 York Hill
  • Depart for Mersing Jetty, Malaysia via coach
  • Rest stop
  • Arrive at Mersing Jetty, Malaysia
  • Depart for Tioman

Day 2

  • Arrive Tioman Island
  • Check in resort
  • Breakfast & briefing
  • 1st dive
  • Lunch
  • 2nd & 3rd dive
  • Night Dive (For AOWD & above certified divers only)
  • Return to resort
  • Dinner

Day 3

  • Breakfast
  • 4th & 5th Dive
  • Lunch, log dives & debrief
  • Check out. Depart for Mersing Jetty
  • Depart for Singapore
3D2N MVN Anambas
3D2N MVN Tioman

What's Next?

The fun doesn’t need to stop there! With just a little more training, you can go even further – imagine diving in underwater shipwrecks, with sharks, or becoming an underwater photographer! It's your chance to move to the next level in your diving adventures.