Dive Sipadan - MalaysiaThe jewel in the crown of diving in Malaysia - Sipadan is a tiny oceanic island less than an hour from the mainland where rich currents bring food which brings fish, which brings bigger fish, which brings more and more fish, sharks and turtles. The Dive Sipadan dive sites are peppered around the island and none is more than a short speedboat ride away from the nearby dive resorts. And although they are all different they all offer one thing: lets to see! |
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Bali Dive Courses >SSI - PADI - Dive Courses Sipadan - Dive Course Comparison
As you’ll see, PADI’s requirement that divers retain their Diver Manuals tends to make PADI Dive Courses a little more expensive.
At the early stages of diving education most PADI Dive Courses have an SSI equivalent and vice versa. The exception is the PADI Advanced Adventurer course, which is a stepping-stone to their full Advanced course. SSI’s Advanced Adventurer course is equivalent to PADI’s full advanced course – there isn’t an SSI version of PADI Advanced Adventurer. As you approach professional levels of education there are a few more differences that we’ll be happy to explain in detail - WRSCT
Bali Dive Courses >> SSI PADI Dive Courses Bali - Dive Course Comparison
PADI COURSES |
SSI EQUIVALENCY |
PADI (USD) | SSI (USD) | |
| Discover Scuba | Discover Scuba | 95.00 | 95.00 | |
| Scuba Diver | Scuba Diver | 285.00 | 225.00 | |
| Open Water Diver | Open Water Diver | 425.00 | 365.00 | |
| Advanced Adventure | No Equivalence | 245.00 | Ne | |
| Advanced Diver | Advanced Adventure | 330 | 285 | |
| EFR FIRAST AID | Respond Right | 185.00 | 135.00 | |
| Rescue Diver | Stress & Rescue | 335.00 | 275.00 | |
| Speciality Diver | Specialty Diver | +85 | +25 | |
| No Equivalence | Advanced Diver | Np | 355 | |
| Master Scuba Diver | Master Diver | 1000 | 780 | |
| No Equivalence | Dive Guide | Ne | TBA | |
| No Equivalence | Dive Master | Ne | TBA | |
| Dive Master | No Equivalence | 1400 | Ne | |
| Assistant Instructor | SSI Dive Controller | 1400 | 900.00 | |
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