PADI Discover Scuba Diving Courses

Equipment

For scuba diving, you will be needing all the basic scuba gear including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device, dive gauges, and a tank. Your PADI professional will provide you with everything.

Getting Started

Sign up for a Discover Scuba Diving program and get the participant guide detailing everything. You can read how your diving experience is going to be and also the safety rules and skill techniques. Your dive professional will review with your everything. After you complete your underwater experience, you will learn about how you can also become a part of the scuba diving community.

Scuba Diving in the Andaman Islands

Your vacation in Andaman Island is incomplete if you don’t go for scuba diving here. Havelock Island, which was renamed Swaraj Dweep in 2018, is known for the best diving spots in Andamans. This is popular for having white sandy beaches, hypnotizing turquoise lagoons, colorful corals, tempting cobalt waters, and enthralling marine life. Imagine going into the depths of such a magical place! It would be an experience of a lifetime. People from all over the world come to the Andaman Islands to experience this amazing water adventure activity, and their preference is Havelock Island because that’s the one-stop destination for enjoying so many water sports. 

If you are a water enthusiast (or not), you are going to enjoy the incredible marine life offered by the emerald isles. Diving is an extremely thrilling and amazing activity for all the water babies. You will be provided with all the necessary equipment including an oxygen cylinder, water goggles, a pair of fins, a regulator, weights (to keep you underwater), etc. To enjoy this life-changing experience, you don’t need to be an experienced swimmer; a beginner can also have a truly rewarding time under the water while exploring the unknown. You cannot afford to miss a glimpse of the underwater world in Havelock Island. It is beyond your imagination for sure!

Most of the diving sites are in water not deeper than twenty meters. However, deeper and newer spots are being discovered that are highly recommended. You can reach these dive sites in 30 minutes to 2 hours by boat. Their topography and fish life are incomparable here. The prescribed depth limits are strictly followed by all diving instructors for safety purposes. Scuba diving in Andaman Island is strictly performed under the supervision of professional trainers. But those tourists, who are experienced and certified, can request to dive at a site that is deeper than their previous experiences. 

Best places to scuba dive in the Andaman Islands

Scuba diving is one of the most popular water activities in the world. In India, the Andaman Islands are known for having the best diving spots. The Andamans are surrounded by underwater coastal belts, which are home to a dense ecosystem of coral reefs and formations. A good chunk of visitors are attracted to the isles owing to excellent diving opportunities, along with calm and peaceful beaches, as well as delicious seafood. 

There are more than 40 places to dive into this Indian union territory. Various factors that influence the perfect diving experience are as follows:

• Safety
• Weather
• Water depth
• Water current
• Fish population
• Clarity of water
• Population of corals

Keeping all these things in mind while picking up a place for your dive can be a little bit tough. Isn’t it? But don’t worry, we present here the list of best places for scuba diving in the Andaman Islands:

• Havelock Island (the most preferred one)
• North Bay Island
• Neil Island
• Port Blair

The unique topography of the Andaman Islands makes the diving experience hard to get anywhere else. Most of its beaches are enclosed by long stretches of reefs that are hundreds of meters wide and are separated by the shore with shallow waters. Some of them are complemented by volcanic lava hills as well! The alive and untouched corals are home to the world’s most vivacious marine dwellers and fish that may pop out from the azure ocean and display a gorgeous scene around the scuba diver. The abundance of corals and fish often enclose the diver from all directions that is enough to leave him in wonder and awe. Thanks to the protection offered by the Andaman Administration.

The best in Havelock Island

For both new and experienced divers, Elephant Beach in Havelock Island ensures a memorable diving experience as it is among the best places for scuba diving in Havelock Island. Second, to none, its rich marine life and coral population offers a great experience. When you are under the water, vibrant and colourful fish often surround you. That feeling cannot be explained in words. Here, your dive is absolutely safe and stress-free as the beach has a perfect blend of clear waters and low water currents.

You can reach the beach by boat, and the experienced PADI-certified scuba providers will accompany you. Thus, you get a lot of choices to compare the prices and get the best deal for yourself. Also, you don’t have to worry about additional travel expenditure and time as every trip and package involves a visit to Havelock Island.

Explore the beauty of ocean depths

In Havelock Island, you can indulge yourself in the fascinating activity of scuba diving and make your trip unforgettable. The dives are conducted preferably early in the morning because of clear visibility and increased chances of finding breathing corals during that time of the day. Complete assistance is given by the PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) certified scuba instructor. He would brief you about the “dos and don’ts” of scuba diving. 

Once you reach the dive site, you will be required to wear the proper equipment for scuba diving and listen to all the instructions carefully before embarking on your underwater experience. The universal underwater signs for communication will be taught to you. You will be given a test dive session in the shallow waters so that you can become familiar with the gear. He will accompany you through the entire procedure. After making you do breathing practice and other techniques along with answering your questions (if any), the trainer will take you under the water. That would be the exact moment when you will forget everything else that is happening outside!

Please note: Consumption of alcohol or any other intoxicating products is strictly prohibited before scuba diving.

Things to carry for scuba diving

• Towel
• Water bottle
• Extra set of clothes
• Personal medicine kit, if needed

If you want to become a licensed or professional diver, then you will be happy to know that Andaman Island offers different certifications and licenses from certified schools. You can dive at basic dive sites around the world once you get the diving card.

We know that ticking off scuba diving from your bucket list is long due, and Havelock Island is the best place in Andaman to do it. Book your dive with Dive Andaman to have the best experience ever! This 5-star PADI facility will take care of all your requirements to ensure that you have a wonderful dive. 

Happy diving!!

How to reach Havelock Island?

There are ferries plying from Port Blair that take nearly two and a half hours to reach Havelock Island. Booking in advance is not necessary. You can ask the hotel/resort receptionist to book it for you.