Dive with a purpose
Every Thursday our team heads out and clears whatever rubbish we can find on the reef and in the water.
Want to help? Ask us about joining a cleanup dive.
Ask about cleanup divesSDI Advanced Adventure Diver builds on your Open Water skills with five adventure dives: 2 required (deep and navigation) and 3 electives you choose. The deep dive goes below 18 metres. SDI allows up to 30 metres on this dive, and in Goa we usually run it at Sail Rock, which drops to about 24 metres.
Each adventure dive counts as the first dive of that SDI specialty. If you enjoy wreck diving, for example, you can complete the full SDI Wreck Diver specialty later with fewer dives.
We help you choose electives that suit the season and your plans.
You do not need to be certified with SDI. Your PADI or SSI Open Water card is accepted.
We choose the site on the day based on conditions, tides, and the electives you've picked. Every site is at Grandé Island, 30 minutes from Candolim.
Coral gardens, moray eels, snappers, parrotfish. Our main training reef, with gentle conditions and plenty of fish.
British-era wreck covered in soft coral, with resident groupers, blue-spotted stingrays and moray eels.
Rocky pinnacle with currents and open-water fish. Eagle rays and drift diving.
Protected bay, very gentle. Nudibranchs, pipefish, seahorses. A good place to practise skills away from the current.
Shallow reef for long bottom times. Small life such as nudibranchs and ornate ghost pipefish. Good for photography and hover practice.
Here's what is different about diving with us.
Pro-grade gear serviced every 100 dives or 6 months, not when it fails. MK25/S620 regulator, Hydros Pro BCD, Aladin Sport dive computer. You train on the same kit our working instructors use.
Your instructor always knows where you are underwater. No crowded groups. If a skill needs more practice, you get the time, not whatever's left over after 8 other students.
We teach all three agencies at the same location, so you can pick the certification that fits your future dive plans. You get honest advice, not a push toward whichever we sell more of.
Proper briefing rooms, clean rinsing stations, a structured course schedule. The difference between a real dive school and a beach shack matters when you're doing a multi-day certification course.
Sail Rock for the deep dive. Suzy's Wreck for wreck electives. Bounty Bay for photography and buoyancy. Our instructors dive these sites every week and know which one fits which elective best.
All three are 5 adventure dives with a deep dive and a navigation dive. Here is how they compare at FlyingFish.
| At FlyingFish, Goa | SDI Advanced Adventure Diver You are here | SSI Advanced Open Water Diver | PADI Advanced Open Water Diver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price at FlyingFish | |||
| Course price | ₹19,800+ GST ₹1,980 less than SSI · ₹7,128 less than PADI | ₹21,780+ GST | ₹26,928+ GST |
| Pay online to book | ₹5,000, rest at the centre | ₹5,000, rest at the centre | ₹10,000, rest at the centre |
| The course | |||
| Adventure dives | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Required dives | Deep and navigation | Deep and navigation | Deep and navigation |
| Your choice | 3 electives | 3 electives | 3 electives |
| Deep dive limit | 30 m | 30 m | 30 m |
| Deep dive in Goa | Sail Rock, about 24 m | Sail Rock, about 24 m | Sail Rock, about 24 m |
| Days | 2 to 3 Days | 2 to 3 Days | 2 to 3 Days |
| Minimum age | Advantage: 10, with parent consent | 12 | 15, or Junior card from 12 |
| Younger divers | Deep dive to 21 m | Ages 12 to 14: deep dive to 21 m | Ages 12 to 14: Junior card, 21 m |
| How you learn | |||
| Dive computer | Advantage: On every dive, an SDI rule | Used on our courses | Used on our courses |
| Counts toward specialties | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your card | |||
| Accepted worldwide | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Next step | SDI Rescue Diver | SSI Diver Stress & Rescue | PADI Rescue Diver |
| Book SDI | Book SSI View course | Book PADI View course | |
Facts from each agency's published standards, checked November 2026. Prices per person, GST extra.
Species our divers see on these sites, from the FlyingFish marine life guide.
Every Thursday our team heads out and clears whatever rubbish we can find on the reef and in the water.
Want to help? Ask us about joining a cleanup dive.
Ask about cleanup divesCertified divers get 12 months of unlimited dives at Grande Island for ₹19,800 + GST.
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