Pick a destination, your certification and the days you have. You'll get a rough idea of how many dives you can expect, the certification level that destination really wants, a ballpark budget, and a checklist of what to sort next — built from our own certification, cost and liveaboard guides.
Change anything — the plan updates as you go.
Open Water certifies you to 18 m; Advanced opens up deeper, drift and night dives.
Count travel days too — total days away, door to door.
These are planning estimates to get you oriented — real dive counts and daily costs vary with the operator, the season, conditions and what's included. We've left out the one-day no-fly window before your flight home and a travel day or two, so the boat or centre doesn't dive every single day you're away. Dive counts follow our liveaboard vs resort guide; budgets follow our cost guide (USD, diving only — flights, accommodation on a resort trip and one-time certification are extra).
A few practical bits worth sorting before you travel.
An eSIM with data the moment you land — maps to the dive centre and your boat's WhatsApp.
Get an eSIM →A driver waiting at arrivals — fixed price, no haggling after a long flight with a bag of gear.
Book a transfer →Some of the best shore diving is off the beaten track — compare hire cars to reach quieter reefs.
Compare cars →Every diver needs a no-fly day before flying home — tours and tickets to fill that last 24 hours topside.
Browse experiences →On insurance: most standard travel policies don't cover scuba, and the ones that do often cap depth at 18–30 m or require you to dive with a guide. Read the small print, and if you're going deeper or doing a liveaboard, look at diver-specific cover such as DAN or DiveAssure — our packing guide walks through it. It's the one thing people most often get wrong.
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