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My PADI Scuba DivingUndertowat Netrani Islands, India - Thrilling Travel Skip to Main Content Search for: A Travel BlogWell-nighTravel Experiences, Destinations, Tips & Travel Fun HomeWell-nighMe Travel Themes Art & People Beaches Cities Culture Heritage Nature Stays Tips Continents Africa Mauritius Morocco Asia Bhutan Cambodia Jordan India Andamans Andhra Pradesh Delhi Goa Gujarat Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Meghalaya Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Indonesia Israel Malaysia Nepal Singapore Thailand UAE Australia Europe Austria France Hungary Iceland Italy Netherlands Switzerland UK North America Canada USA Published Work Media & Awards Work With Me Contact Me Menu HomeWell-nighMe Travel Themes Art & People Beaches Cities Culture Heritage Nature Stays Tips Continents Africa Mauritius Morocco Asia Bhutan Cambodia Jordan India Andamans Andhra Pradesh Delhi Goa Gujarat Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Meghalaya Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Indonesia Israel Malaysia Nepal Singapore Thailand UAE Australia Europe Austria France Hungary Iceland Italy Netherlands Switzerland UK North America Canada USA Published Work Media & Awards Work With Me Contact Me 3 Feb 2018 My PADI Scuba DivingUndertowat Netrani Islands, India by Ami | posted in: Asia, Beaches, India, Karnataka, Tips | 91 Though it has been many months since my unforgettable ScubaSwoopat Havelock Islands in Andamans, that thrill of stuff underwater was something that I still remembered. My resolve to do an self-sustaining swoop remained as strong as when I made it without my first dive. I had once gleaned information well-nigh how to get certified for Scuba Diving from the Divemasters in Havelock. All that remained was to unquestionably sign up for the PADI Scuba Diving Course. And that is what I went on to do. Me without my PADI Certification at Netrani Island – a year later from my first scuba swoop at Havelock With my utterance of having completed the PADI Scuba Diving course, came in a lot of congratulations and weightier wishes from all of you. Also, thrown in were questions on what were the requirements of such a course, where could one do it, what would it forfeit etc, And then, there were some who plane wanted to know how it felt and if Netrani Islands, where I completed the undertow was worth it.Weightierto compile the answers all into this mega blog post on my personal wits with the PADI Scuba DivingUndertowat Netrani Islands withal the coasts of Karnataka in India. This post should serve you as a dual travel guide – one on how to get your scuba diving certification in India and the other guide on scuba diving at Netrani Islands. So, here goes – Initial research on the Scuba Diving Courses in India MostSwoopshops are united to both – PADI and SSI India or Abroad, there are basically two recognized diving courses –  SSI (Scuba Schools International) and PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors).  I will shoehorn that I was familiar with only one – PADI for that is the name that I saw in most of the swoop shops and resorts that I had visited. A little research into the whole system revealed that both the courses were scrutinizingly similar in every speciality – costs, eligibility and plane the course. The differences were minor. Talking to people, I realized that PADI was a little increasingly popular than SSI. As is the case, Familiarity evokes trust and thus, PADI it was for me. There are plenty of PADI Scuba Diving Courses. The first step or the first level is the PADIUnshutWater Diver Course, which allows you to swoop to a maximum depth of 18m. Only without you have completed unrepealable number of dives, can you move superiority to the wide courses. There are also, special courses like the underwater photography courses but then your vital PADIUnshutWater Diver Certification is a must for this. Naturally, this is what I opted for. Through the blog, I refer to the PADIUnshutWater DiverUndertowonly. Requirements of a PADI Scuba DivingUndertowThe sea was my first snooping for with a home wiring of Bangalore, I had none wieldy by a walk. Interestingly, my search on the PADI website, threw up two options in Bangalore itself. A quick email to both the places revealed the pursuit – The PADIUnshutWater DiverUndertowneeds you to well-constructed three vital modules – classroom training, serving water dives (pool training) and finally the unshut water dives. The first two modules can be washed-up at any PADI part-way wideness the world while the third module can be completed at a PADI certified school or resort at any of the waterfront destinations. Learning at aWaterfrontDestination requires you to stay over for at least 5 days The wholesomeness of doing this undertow in places like Andamans, Thailand or Indonesia is that you can finish it all up at one-go over a 5 – 7-day course. However, for that, you would need to stay at that destination, which would midpoint an spare hotel or stay charges. The wholesomeness for me doing it at home was that I just need to pay for the first two modules of a undertow while only keeping whispered 2 days at a waterfront destination for the third. It made sense to me given that I could well-constructed the unshut water dives in a span of one year without I completed the first two modules. I knew that one trip to the waterfront in those 12 months was a definite! 😉 Knowledge of swimming is a must for Scuba Diving The other criteria as I discovered for the PADI Scuba DivingUndertowwere – You needed to be physically fit. A detailed medical form must be signed surpassing you enroll for the course. You must know swimming to the point that you can swim at least 200m (in any style) continuously.Flipsidetest that you must take is staying unsinkable for at least 10 mins. And yes, you need to be 10 years old or over 😉 Signing up for a PADI Scuba DivingUndertowArmed with the knowledge, I was ready to sign up for my PADI Scuba DivingUndertowin April 2017 with Planet Scuba. However, there came in a catch. The unshut water swoop season in India ends by April end for the monsoons make the visibility in the water an issue. It re-opens only in October and that for me was a huge gap. Thus, I postponed my undertow until November 2017. Come November, I paid up my PADI fees for the first two modules and sat lanugo like a good student to swizzle the classroom videos and notes. Module One of PADIUnshutWater DiverUndertowModule one is essentially, all well-nigh the theory and science overdue Scuba Diving. If I had to requite you a wholesale outline of the same, it covers – Impact of Scuba Diving on your body. It illuminates you well-nigh what happens to your soul in the water at a depth. Learning to communicate underwaterUnscratchedDiving Norms to minimize soul harm – equalizing your ear pressure, ensuring you reduce nitrogen build up in your soul etc. Introduction of various equipment used in Scuba. How to hoke them and take superintendency of it. Techniques of getting through emergency situations underwater – like if your mask gets flooded, or you get stuck without air etc. There are unrepealable norms that you learn well-nigh Scuba diving like how to descend in water or how to come out. What to expect underwater – the marine life and stuff a responsible diver Learning to communicate underwater by using Hand Signals – Part of the PADI Scuba DivingUndertowI enjoyed reading this all up and I also, shoehorn that I was a little overwhelmed. However, the next day, without meeting my instructor Ranjit, everything fell into place. He took me through the various nuances of what I read and gave examples of unrepealable aspects of Scuba. Then, came in the classroom test, which is substantially a knowledge review with multiple nomination questions. The norm is that you need to pass that with at least 70% and only then you move to module two. Fun Fact: Did you know that Diving cannot be washed-up as a solitary activity? It has to be washed-up with a buddy! Module Two of PADIUnshutWater DiverUndertowLearning to Equalize air pressure – PADI Scuba DivingUndertowThis is the serving water undertow which lets you wield all your knowledge of Module one in reality but within the unscratched environment of a pool. My pool training took place at the Nisha Millet seminar which had a pool depth of 16 feet. The pool sessions are often over 2 days and imbricate the pursuit – A swim test to trammels eligibility for Scuba Diving Assembling and using the Scuba Equipment Techniques of entry and exit into the water Simulations of various emergency situations and learning to handle them Diving using the unscratched diving techniques Practising the entry and exit norms of Scuba Diving Simulating situations for the PADI Scuba Diving Test It was a fun thing to do and I, having washed-up an assisted swoop at Havelock Islands, knew what to expect. Ranjit would demonstrate every skill once and then test us to ensure that we could do it ourselves. This became our evaluation and at the end of the two sessions, we were passed and promoted to Module Three. Scouting destinations for my final phase of the PADI undertow Now all I had to do is my last and final module. Planet Scuba recommended dives in Maldives or Andamans for this. However, given the holiday season of December, both these destinations were working out really expensive. The next three options were Tarkali in Maharashtra, Goa or Netrani Island in Karnataka. The last one was my pick for its proximity and reviews.Well-nighNetrani Island, Murudeshwar Netrani Island in Karnataka for Scuba Diving Netrani Island is an uninhabited island, off the tailspin of Murudeshwar. Murudeshwar is basically a temple town, a few kilometers from Gokarna. I had in my previous post on Gokarna recommended a day trip here to enjoy the beach. Netrani Island is now your spare bonus to visit here. For the last two years, the island waters were sealed for Scuba pursuit protests from the fishermen there. However, this year, it has been opened out for this sport. With an overnight bus journey from Bangalore, I found myself at the doorstep of WestTailspinAdventures – a swoop shop recommended by Planet Scuba to well-constructed my course.UnshutWater Dives at Netrani IslandWendride to Netrani Island for my PADI Scuba DivingUndertowAs a part of Module Three of the PADIUnshutWater Diver Course, you are required to do 4 unshut water dives, over 2 days. Bright and early in the morning, I stood at the Murudeshwar beach, pensile the wend that would take us to Netrani Islands.Withalthe ride, my instructor – Moin, tested me on the knowledge from Module One and two, while outlining my tests for each dive. I was nervous – I wanted to pass! However, when I figured that the tests were the same that I had washed-up in my serving water dives, I relaxed. My regulars at Netrani Islands when I was giving my PADI Scuba Diving Test The objective of this module is to test if you can handle an very sea water scenario. And frankly, this is far increasingly fun than the serving water dives, for you have an regulars to please. Confused? I am talking well-nigh the sea creatures that you will encounter 🙂 Harlequin Sweetlips at Netrani Islands The waters at Netrani Island are fairly clear. We attempted the dives at two points – The Nursery and Pebble Beach. The Nursery was a little shallow compared to the Pebble Beach. However, while the visibility was wondrous at Pebble beach, the swoop spot had a lot of strong undercurrents. Swimming in there was definitely a task. Scorpion Fish at Netrani Island Moray Eel spotted at Netrani Islands during my PADI Scuba DivingUndertowThe dives were veritably invigorating. Moin made the tests fun for when we had finished them, he unliable us unbearable time to explore. He pointed out to the various wonders of the deep sea – the colored parrot fish, subconscious scorpion fish, moray eels and even, barracudas. For the first three dives, I did not take my camera in for the idea was to concentrate on mastering the proper technique. However, on the 4th dive, as a reward – Moin unliable me my camera and this is what I got when for you! Taking pictures underwater is a variegated wittiness game itself. Staying steady in the ocean currents, hovering over a fish and not touching it – man! I have so much to learn. And possibly a new goal to reach 🙂UndecorousDamsels and Clamp Shells Hallelujah!Rhadamanthinea certified PADIUnshutWater Diver Hallelujah! I have washed-up my PADI Scuba Diving CertificationWhenon the boat, it was all celebration. I was now certified. The ride when to the mainland on the wend had me dreaming of the immense new possibilities that this PADI Certification had opened up. Swimming with the dolphins and the turtles is something I really want to do. Exploring the sunken ships has unchangingly been a dream. Add to that, stuff Indiana Jones underwater with sites like Dwarka’s sunken municipality gets my adrenaline up. I sure would love to see the huge Mola Mola in Malaysia and don’t plane get me started well-nigh the Carribean and the Red Sea. The adrenaline rush of completing my PADI Scuba DivingUndertowkept me up that night. I had finally washed-up it – fulfilled my own promise that I had made at Havelock Islands. The joy of your own dream coming true cannot be explained in words. It just has to be felt. 🙂   Getting to Netrani Island, Murudeshwar To do Scuba Diving at Netrani Island, you need to reach Murudeshwar. This can be washed-up from Goa, Gokarna, Bangalore or Mangalore. From any of these destinations, there are regular buses to take you to Murudeshwar. The closest destination by bus would be Gokarna or Mangalore. Mangalore and Goa are the closest airports to Murudeshwar. Both these places are also, unfluctuating by railway to Murudeshwar. Bangalore is an overnight bus journey from Murudeshwar. Netrani Island is only a day trip possibility from Murudeshwar. You can reach here via boats from Murudeshwar beach. TheWendride is 45 mins one. Travel Tips There are three PADI swoop shops in Murudeshwar that offer you Scuba Diving at Netrani Islands. WestTailspinAdventures is the one that I have tried and I highly recommend the same for their considerate and well-trained instructors You can opt for fun dives or assisted dives (Scuba discovery dives) at these swoop shops If you wish to do a PADI scuba diving undertow directly at Netrani, it is possible. However, you will need to plan a stay for at least 5 days to finish the undertow – that is inclusive of all three modules described above. There are plenty of places to stay in Murudeshwar. WestTailspinadventures too, has a room misogynist for students opting to take the course. It is quite unscratched and affordable to stay here. Be well rested for your unshut water dives. A good night’s sleep is a must. Avoid drinking the night surpassing the dive. If you get sea-sick, please ensure you have a medicine surpassing you throne out to Netrani Island. Also, let the swoop instructors know the same.Alimonysome supplies and water with you on the wend when you throne to Netrani. Generally, the swoop shops siphon light snacks and fruits on the wend but it is unchangingly good to have something of your own.   Like this:Like Loading...Share the Thrill of Travel215Shares215Shares Murudeshwar Scuba Diving, PADIUnshutWater Diver Certification, PADI Scuba Diving Course, Planet Scuba, Scuba DivingUndertowin India, Scuba Diving in India, Scuba Diving in Netrani Islands, WestTailspinAdventures Previous Post Next Post 91 Responses Danik February 3, 2018 | Reply Fantastic post. I am not a diver but love a good old snorkel now and then but Claire did the diving schools recently and would love to trammels out this zone for diving. Ami February 3, 2018 | Reply I am sure she will enjoy the diving Sites here. Highly recommend Andamans as well as Netrani. Tamara Elliott February 3, 2018 | Reply Funny, I never thought well-nigh India as a scuba destination but it makes perfect sense. I unquestionably got my PADI certification in Philippines and was so happy we did since the diving was incredible! Ami February 4, 2018 | Reply Phillipines is one place that I want to swoop as well. India has a few spots alright and some are quite nice too. a speck in time February 4, 2018 | Reply love reading this post, full of useful information. Though I have some fear of deep water and don’t meet the criteria as well. My family is extremely interested to learn scuba diving, we will include PADI undertow when we visit Andaman or Indonesia. Thanks for this detailed post. Ami February 4, 2018 | Reply Glad to be of help Binny. Cheers Eric Gamble February 4, 2018 | Reply Taking a Padi Scuba Diving undertow at the Netrani Islands in Murudeshwar India looks amazing. I love the clarity of the water and all the reefs and fish you saw. What a unconfined way to get certified in tropical paradise in your own when yard Ami February 4, 2018 | Reply Absolutely… Right in my backyard. Am so glad to have been worldly-wise to do that. Thanks Eric for stopping by Manu Khandelwal February 4, 2018 | ReplyUnconfinedexperience. The island looks beautiful. Congratulations on rhadamanthine a certified scuba diver. I hope o get this endangerment soon 🙂 Ami February 4, 2018 | Reply I hope you get to go soon surpassing the season ends… Have fun Manu Carol February 4, 2018 | Reply Well done! Congrats on earning your scuba diver certificate. It’s unchangingly been a dream of mine to go scuba diving, but I’ve never gotten virtually to getting certified. The Netrani Islands waters looks so clear!Unconfinedcapture of underwater life! Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply Thanks a bunch. You should just Plunge in for it… The PADI course. It really isn’t so tough. Cheers Dana February 5, 2018 | Reply This looks so cool! Yeah I unquestionably never realized how nonflexible it probably is to alimony a camera steady underwater haha, but it looks like you got some unconfined footage/pics! I would love to do this someday. Genuinely don’t know if I could pass the swim test though/staying unsinkable for ten minutes hahah i haven’t washed-up that since I was on swim team like 12 years ago!! Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply If you have washed-up this once, you will be worldly-wise to swim again,. Especially if you have no time limit. Go for it Dana. Cheers yseditorials February 5, 2018 | Reply Wow! Seems amazing. I have wanted to learn how to dive. Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply Go for it… Cheers Alexander Popkov February 5, 2018 | Reply Looks like you havd a unconfined experience. I am kinda envious, diving pass is something I want to get, but it takes too much time. Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply It doesn’t unquestionably Alexander. Less than a week actually. Am sure you can manage that for this sectional passport to the undersea. melody pittman February 5, 2018 | Reply I’ve never seen a post telling what is unquestionably necessary to get PADI certified so this is a first. I learned alot. My daughter and husband are both divers but it never interested me other than seeing the pretty fish. Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply Thanks Melody.Unchanginglymakes it easy for someone to take a undeniability on a undertow based on an experience. Hoping that this will help many other aspirants for diving. Cheers Niamh Ní Chonbhuí February 5, 2018 | Reply Lots of unconfined information here. I’ve never been on a diving undertow so it was unconfined to learn all well-nigh it from your post. Maybe I will do the same one day! Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply I hope you do get lanugo to it. It sure is one wondrous skill to have Denny George February 5, 2018 | Reply Scuba has been on my skillet list for the longest time now. Thank you for this post. It is quite informative and will help me quite a bit as and when I try and get a certification for myself. Ami February 5, 2018 | Reply Glad to be of help and I hope you can get this washed-up sooner. I wish I had, it really opens out a lot of new travel opportunities. The Krazy Butterfly February 6, 2018 | Reply This is sooooo on my skillet list 🙂 All the increasingly tempted now 🙂 🙂 Ami February 6, 2018 | Reply Go For it. Netrani Islands isn’t far 🙂 The Krazy Butterfly February 6, 2018 | Reply Soon 🙂 mapcameratravel1 February 6, 2018 | Reply This is such a unconfined post. I m not a diver and never did scuba but my husband would certainly love this. We missed getting to netrani island last time but hope this scuba will definitely take us when there to explore underwater world. Thanks for sharing. Ami February 6, 2018 | Reply I am sure he will love it. Hope you get to India surpassing May or maybe come here without October. The weightier season for scuba Blair Villanueva February 6, 2018 | Reply Omg this venture is still in my skillet list. I know how to swoop and swim, but haven’t tried scuba diving and see the eyeful underneath. Ah im feeling jealous! Ami February 6, 2018 | Reply I hope you get to it this year Blair. All the weightier for it. Sachin Baikar February 6, 2018 | Reply Nice information and photos 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂 Ami February 6, 2018 | Reply Thank you. Glad you like it The-Nomadic-Architect February 6, 2018 | Reply fantastic. I did the armature scuba swoop at Neil Island and since then have a desire to be join a pro course. Your post is very informative and engaging. 🙂 Ami February 7, 2018 | Reply Glad to be of help. I hope you struggle this course, you will get a lot increasingly flexibility with your dives. Jen Joslin February 6, 2018 | Reply Interesting to learn well-nigh the SSI undertow as I moreover had only overly heard of PADI. I attempted an introductory PADI undertow in 2014 in Cambodia, but freaked out well-nigh zoetic underwater. I definitely want to try then as everyone raves well-nigh the underwater world that you can only wits when you swoop deeper. It sounds like you had a much increasingly wide-stretching course, and it’s unconfined they went into how to be a responsible diver. I hadn’t considered getting certified in India, but it’s unconfined to know that option to take such a good undertow is there in Murudeshwar. Plus you saw some pretty wondrous underwater creatures! Ami February 7, 2018 | Reply I stipulate with the others who say that as you get largest with the dives, you will enjoy them plane more.Requiteit one increasingly shot. It never hurts 😉 Joy Generoso February 6, 2018 | Reply What an wondrous underwater experience! Seeing the underwater creatures are just remarkable. Would love to wits it one day. 🙂 Ami February 7, 2018 | Reply I hope you do. Thanks for stopping by Joy My Travelogue by Bhushavali February 7, 2018 | Reply I moreover knew only of PADI! Thanks for enlightening me! This is one heck of an wits which I”m yet to experience. Btw, which camera did you use? Ami February 7, 2018 | Reply SJ Action Cam is what I used. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by Bhushavali Alli February 7, 2018 | Reply Congratulations! It sounds like an heady adventure, and accomplishment, that you should be proud of! I can only imagine how the adrenaline would alimony you up at night. The photos are incredible! This gives me some inspiration to conquer my fear of stuff submerged in the deep undecorous sea! Ami February 7, 2018 | Reply Thank you Alli. I am glad to have been worldly-wise to do this for myself and am hoping to get lanugo to increasingly dives. Hope you get to try it at least once to help you get over your fear Jackie Sills-Dellegrazie February 7, 2018 | Reply That’s so wondrous for you! Congrats! My hubby and I have talked well-nigh rhadamanthine PADI certified and I love how this post shows the steps in the process. It makes sense for us to do the first 2 modules from home and then plan a trip somewhere to well-constructed the 3rd module. I’m concerned well-nigh the floating part, though. I can swim but floating is super nonflexible for me. Definitely bookmarking this post considering I love your step-by-step process. Ami February 7, 2018 | Reply All the very weightier to you both and hope you join me soon on this wreath of divers 🙂 Cheers kiran v bakale February 7, 2018 | Reply NICE POST THANKS FOR SHARING Ami February 8, 2018 | Reply Thank you Meg Jerrard February 7, 2018 | Reply Thanks for putting all of your info into this post – really helpful as I want to do my PADI Scuba Diving course, though not sure which country yet. I like the idea of the Andamans for finishing it all up in 5 – 7 days. Good to know though that season for this ends in April – yes, I don’t think I would want to be learning in a monsoon!Superstitiousnomination on Netrani Island for your unshut water dives – the water is so clear! Congrats rhadamanthine certified, and thankyou so much for sharing what the wits is like with so much detail and depth 🙂 Ami February 8, 2018 | Reply Thank you Meg for the lovely comment. Am glad you found the post useful. Andamans definitely is an wondrous nomination for a scuba course. They have so many swoop sites as well. Hope you get to it soon. Lauren February 7, 2018 | Reply Congratulations! That’s awesome! I haven’t tried scuba yet but I LOVE snorkeling so maybe I need to requite it a shot? I’m a little bit scared to try it. But, it is something to aspire to do for sure. Thanks for walking me through the process in your article. Ami February 8, 2018 | Reply Glad to be of help Lauren. I hope you do your first swoop soon. If you like snorkeling, you might just like it a little deeper too. Milkytravel February 8, 2018 | Reply wow, looks like a fantastic experience. thank you for the detailed guide. i need that rush of adrenaline too! Ami February 8, 2018 | Reply Thank you. Glad you like it. Nathalie McNabb February 9, 2018 | Reply Thank you for the very detailed information on the steps to get a certification. Interesting facts well-nigh getting the first 2 steps washed-up in any worldwide PADI certification. I’m not a diver but would think this speciality would be salubrious for some people wishing to save some uneaten expenses. Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Thanks Nathalie. I hope that people goody from the tips. It is a unconfined way to explore the underwater. Lydia Smith February 9, 2018 | Reply Wow! Underneath the water is flipside trappy landscape. Getting a PADI scuba diving Coirse seems nonflexible kind of but the happiness that comes without is more. I’ll moreover fall in love with diving of I had tried it once and it’s interesting. Your pictures of the underwater are beautiful. And I think you should wilt a PADI instructor now since you can requite a detailed guide. Lol Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Ha ha Lydia. The instructor bit is way off for you have to do unrepealable no of dives surpassing you can plane struggle a course. My next aim is to go for increasingly dives this year. Fingers crossed for it. Anuradha Goyal February 10, 2018 | Reply I wish I had discovered Diving while I was in my 20s, I would have spent a lot of time underwater. I did not know that PADI undertow could be washed-up so hands – thanks for compiling all the information so neatly. Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Thanks Anuradha. I wish I had known it older too but largest late than never 😀 Abigail Sinsona February 11, 2018 | Reply That undertow sounds like a must for those who are into diving. I have only been diving once and it was an unforgettable experience. I hope to do it then soon. This post just reminded me how much I enjoyed that experience. Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Maybe you should requite it a shot since you did like Diving. Go for it Abigail. And thanks for stopping by Natalie February 11, 2018 | Reply What a detailed post! I’ve unchangingly thought it would be wonderful to scuba dive. I think it would be like swimming in an aquarium!! Snorkeling has been so much fun and scuba diving has to plane better! I need to practice my swimming surpassing I requite it a try though. Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply If you liked snorkeling, you might like getting in deeper.Requiteit a shot Natalie. Cheers TravelTheGlobe4Less February 11, 2018 | Reply Definitely a good move going with PADI. Although the courses may squint the same, I hear that some places do not recognise SSI. I did a lot of my certification in a unprepossessed and visionless quarry in England so this definitely looks like a largest option. Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply This was amazing. Did not know that SSI is not as well recognized. But glad that I stuck to PADI. Cheers Jamie Joyner February 12, 2018 | Reply What a thrill for you to learn to scuba dive. I didn’t realize all the steps it took, but it makes sense that you must pass many tests. The sea life you see would be worth all the effort for sure! Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Totally worth the effort. I am glad I could finish my undertow for I am now raring to go for my dives. Juliette S February 12, 2018 | Reply Welcome to the club! Such an incredible wits to be worldly-wise to get your certification upalong and in a tomfool place like Netrani Islands! I have PADI certifications and although there’s not a huge difference between that and SSI, PADI is certainly increasingly widely recognised. I’m PADI AOW and am totally keen to alimony up the training and do my Rescue Diver next! Good luck with your diving endeavours! Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Thank you Juliette. Glad to be a part of this troop. Good luck with the rescue diver course… Envying you right now Bharat Taxi February 12, 2018 | ReplySuperstitiousmoments you capcture. Thanks for share. Ami February 13, 2018 | Reply Thank you. Clara February 12, 2018 | Reply Scuba diving is something I’ve neve tried, but I’m so curious! Your post is very detailed and full of useful information. Maybe I will take my first scuba diving matriculation in India! 🙂 Ami February 12, 2018 | Reply Pls do. And hope you get here soon surpassing the monsoon as that is when scuba stops here till October. thetravelingmd February 13, 2018 | Reply I am so jealous! I wanted to get a certification but my pesky allergic rhinitis held me off just 2 dives into my course. So for now i just do discover scuba every time. At least i still get to scuba, not certified though. Ami February 13, 2018 | Reply Try a warmer climate like Netrani or Andamans and maybe the certification will come through rhiydwi February 13, 2018 | Reply Congratulations on your certification! That’s a lot of effort to go through, but I bet so worth it in the end! I don’t know why I was surprised to read of India having so many wondrous diving spots (the tailspin is pretty incredible), but I was! The value of times I visited but have never given it much thought – diving is something I’ve unchangingly loved the idea of, but in reality think it would terrify me. I HATE unshut water – could just well-nigh manage snorkelling in shallow waters in belize without panicking. Ami February 14, 2018 | Reply Thank you for your wishes. I understand that you are not so well-appointed with water but you can unchangingly virtual swoop with me 🙂 Rashmi and Chalukya February 14, 2018 | Reply We have been planning for long now to requite the Scuba diving a try and explore the wonderful world underwater. We had no idea the courses could be washed-up in Murudeshwar too. Kudos to you for having completed the undertow and thanks for these unconfined tips! Ami February 14, 2018 | Reply Oh yes, you can do it right here. Go for a discovery swoop surpassing you struggle the course. You will know if you like it or not. Thanks for stopping by Sam February 15, 2018 | Reply The PADI diver undertow sounds so intense but so worth it! I love how really prepares you for unshut water diving which is really helpful as a traveller. You moreover get to swoop in variegated countries so there’s that, not to mention that wondrous marine life you get to explore! Ami February 15, 2018 | Reply Thank you Sam. Looking forward to the new dives. Cheers Suma February 15, 2018 | Reply Oh this is so amazing! Congratulations on stuff a certified scuba diver! I have never tried scuba diving surpassing but it is one of my long waited dreams. So good to hear you can get certification beainn in Bangalore, that sure does make things easier for many. Ami February 16, 2018 | Reply Definitely makes it easy if your municipality can get you the classroom and pool sessions. I hope you girls get to it. Cheers Restless Heart Blog March 2, 2018 | Reply Congrats on your newly gained certificate! I really makes sense to swoop in places like Indian Ocean, with such a diversity under the sea! All though some of those fish do squint a bit scary 😀 Ami March 2, 2018 | Reply It is one fun thing to do for me. I am glad to now be worldly-wise to do it more. Thanks for stopping by Neha Shah March 23, 2018 | Reply My wits was pretty good. I visited withal with my friends. The superstitious part of my trip was scuba diving. It was an wondrous wits and moreover scuba diving was too good I have enjoyed a lot and was a memorable experience, I would like to visit then whenever I got endangerment to visit Goa. thank u sea water sports. Ami March 23, 2018 | Reply Glad you enjoyed it too and I hope you can visit there again. I do wish to do so myself. Jithin March 26, 2018 | Reply Congrats for your achievements. The post was very informative for a person who would like to do the PADI certifications. There are many swoop centers in Pondichery and Mahabaipuram also, anyone form Banglore or Chennai can try that also. Ami March 27, 2018 | Reply Thanks Jithin. I have heard of the swoop centers in Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry. Hoping to reservation one of them soon. sushmita kapoor May 23, 2018 | Reply lovely vendible well-nigh islands… alimony posting such kind of vendible with trappy photos… Ami May 23, 2018 | Reply Thank you Sushmita. Glad you liked the post and the pics. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email write will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. By using this form you stipulate with the storage and handling of your data by this website. * This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your scuttlebutt data is processed. Search for:Well-nighme - Am a restless wittiness of energy, born with a travel bug. 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