Work through the material
Read each chapter at your own pace, on a phone between dives or at a desk. Your place is kept for you.
The Shark Diving Academy - Shark Sense
A written course you work through at your own pace, a knowledge review after every lesson, and a final exam, all of it finished before you step on the boat. Set and marked by the instructors who dive this site every day.
- The lessons
- Read at your own pace, on any device, and pick up where you stopped.
- The reviews
- 100% to pass, retry as often as you need. Nothing unlocks early.
- The exam
- 90 minutes, 85% to pass, two attempts. Marked by the server, not the room.
Current training
Available courses
Start here
SSI Tiger Shark Eco Diver
Learn to dive with tiger sharks in Fuvahmulah — what they are, how they behave, and how to be in the water with them well.
Theory online, plus 2 dives
Entry specialty
Open Water and 20 dives
SSI Tiger Shark Safety Diver
The professional-level course for divers who will be responsible for others in the water with tiger sharks.
Planned with you around the dive requirement
Professional
Divemaster and Eco Diver required
How it works
Finish the theory before the boat
Pass every review
Each section closes with a knowledge review. It takes 100% to pass, and you can retry as often as you need to get there.
Sit the final exam
Timed and marked the moment you submit, with two attempts. Your instructor sees the paper, not just the score.
Then dive
The academics are done before you step on the boat, so the water is spent on diving rather than briefing.
The standard
What passing actually takes
- 100%
- on every knowledge review
Every section review has to be answered perfectly. Retries are unlimited, so the bar is knowledge rather than luck.
- 85%
- to pass the final exam
Timed and marked server side, on questions drawn fresh for each attempt.
- 2
- exam attempts, then a physical exam
If both online attempts fail, your instructor sits a physical exam with you in person rather than closing the door.