Dive Courses in Hurghada
From your first breath to professional level – SSI and PADI training in the Red Sea, no hidden costs.
- Free digital learning materials and app
- Flexible skill order – at your own pace
- The international system of the Mares/HEAD group
- The most recognised diving brand in the world
- Strictly uniform standards everywhere
- The most certification cards issued worldwide
We offer both, at the same price. The two cards are equivalent and accepted by every dive center in the world – you simply choose one at the start of your course.
What is the difference, and which one is for you?
We teach both at the same price and you choose when you book. Only the first four rows below hold a real difference – on the rest the two systems are identical.
| Aspect | SSI | PADI |
|---|---|---|
| Learning materials | Digital materials and app, free, and they stay in your account for good | eLearning is a separate paid product with time-limited access |
| Certification card | Digital card in the app, free | Digital card; the plastic card costs extra |
| How the course runs | More flexible order – the instructor fits the skills to your pace | More prescriptive: the same step-by-step order everywhere |
| Brand recognition | Accepted everywhere in the industry, less familiar to non-divers | The best-known diving brand in the world – most people have heard of it |
| International acceptance | Accepted by every dive center | Accepted by every dive center |
| Standard | WRSTC member, follows ISO 24801 | WRSTC member, follows ISO 24801 |
| Depth limit after OWD | 18 metres | 18 metres |
| Validity | For life, never expires | For life, never expires |
| Price with us | The same | The same |
Choose SSI if…
you want the materials and a digital card free and for life, you prefer a more flexible pace, or your club or shop at home is an SSI centre.
Choose PADI if…
you want the most recognised name on your card, you will continue at a PADI centre at home, or it is simply the brand you know and trust.
And if you cannot decide?
That is completely fine – most of our guests leave it to us. The diving, the instructor, the boat and the sites are exactly the same; pick “either” when you book and we will settle it on day one.
The bottom line: underwater there is no difference. The same instructor, the same boat, the same reefs, the same price – only the logo on your card changes.
Where are you, and what opens next?
Pick your certification – the rest of the site adapts to it: every dive-site profile then draws your own depth ceiling.
SSI / PADI Open Water Diver
- Independent diving with a buddy to 18 m
- Daily boat dives anywhere in the world
- Renting gear in your own right
This is the real entry ticket: every dive center in the world asks for it. Four days, and the card is for life – it never expires.
Advanced Open Water
Most of Hurghada’s best sites start below 18 m – this course opens them. No written exam, just five guided dives.
Advanced Open Water – €290Specialty courses
These are not rungs but sideways extensions – any of them slots in beside a diving day.
- Enriched Air Nitrox180 €Longer bottom times and less fatigue – on multi-day trips you feel the difference.
4 sites currently sit below your level: Small Giftun fal, Umm Gamar, Carless Reef, El Mina roncs.
Which course do I need?
| Course | Open Water course SSI/PADI | Advanced course SSI/PADI | Rescue course SSI/PADI | Divemaster course SSI/PADI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price (all-inclusive) | 390 € | 290 € | 500 € | 800 € |
| Duration | 4 days | 2 days | 3 days | 21 days |
| Depth limit after | 18 m | 30 m | — | — |
| Minimum age | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| Prerequisite | none – from age 10 | Open Water | Advanced + EFR | Rescue + 40 dives |
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Certification courses
Specialty courses – €180
The Red Sea will not wait forever.
Book today – seats on the boat are limited, your excitement is not.