Dive In ... & Be the Ocean

An uncomplicated introduction to scuba diving.

Just check if this description fits you:

• Interested in scuba diving
• A bit hesitant, because you don't know swimming
• Less time on hand.
• Not interested in taking a certification course
• Reasonably healthy, with no previous medical problem

If this is more or less you, then TRY DIVING experience is tailor-made for you.

This half- day program is safe and easy. It is fun too. Before you take your first plunge, an instructor briefs you, on the fundamental theory or basics. Hence, you are prepared for your first dive, with your instructor.

The entire program takes about 2 to 3 hours. It includes underwater videos and photos. All the equipment is provided by us.

Just come with your swimwear and a towel. Please don't forget, to bring a memory card or a USB drive, to store your photos/videos.

If you like the experience, you can enroll for a certification course.

The aquatic underwater landscape of Andamans is incredible. Down there, it is a vibrant world of a variety of multihued big and small fish, coral gardens and submerged pinnacles. The background of tropical rainforest, volcano and Marine Park is magical too.

Andaman still remains pristine. The absence of commercial fishing has allowed an array of fish and coral to proliferate.

We take certified divers to the best Havelock sites in small batches, usually four divers and one dive leader. We can arrange for expedition trips to remote sites such as Barren Island or Invisible Banks. You can thus have access, to a large selection of sites.

Most of the sites are accessible to divers of all levels and certifications. But a few challenging ones require advanced open water certification or experience. Your safety and comfort remains our primary focus.

A day trip usually commences at 6.00 am and ends at 11.00 pm or 2.00 pm depending on the location of the site and the duration of your dive.

Discover Scuba Diving Course

Are you at least 10 years old, curious about scuba diving and still not ready, to take a certification course? In that case, this course will suit your needs. It is an easy initiation into the basics of scuba diving.

No previous knowledge of scuba diving is necessary. But you should be reasonably healthy.

You can learn either in a swimming pool, on a beach or from a boat.

Your instructor will teach you, the basic safety guidelines and skills needed to dive. If you want to dive in open water, you will be practicing a few more skills, in shallow water.

You will also acquaint yourself with scuba gear and practice underwater with it. Additionally, you will learn vital skills, which will be useful in every scuba dive in the future. Most importantly, this course will whet your appetite for the Open Water Dive course and explore further, to become a part of the scuba community.

If you are curious about scuba diving and the undersea world, this course is your introduction to it.

To enroll in this course, you must be at least 10 years old, healthy and possessing sufficient swimming skills. No previous knowledge of scuba diving is required.

You learn to use the basic scuba equipment, which comprises a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, appliance to control buoyancy and a tank. Equipment you wear varies according to tropical, temperate or cold water.

Pool training begins after you are fitted with scuba gear. Your instructor will teach you the techniques you have read and viewed, in your academic program. Your dives will be recorded and approved by your instructor, before you dive in open waters of the sea.

You will receive your certification, as soon as your open water dives are approved by your instructor,

Do you have less time, yet want to learn and dive, with a guide? Then, the Scuba Diver Course is the one you should choose. It is a part of the Open Water Dive course.

This course is a halfway step towards the Open Water Dive course.

Scuba Diver Course consists of independent learning, to understand the basics of scuba diving.

You will first be taught the first 3 of 5 sections, of the Open Water Dive course.

Next comes 3 of 5 dives from the Open Water Dive course, in confined water.

You finish with 2 open water dives, from the 4 comprising the Open Water Dive course.

The Adventure Diver Course is a subset or a part of Advanced Open Water Dive course. It is a gateway / opening, to a long list of scuba adventures like fish identification, digital underwater photography or dry suit diving. You will be certified, as an Adventure Diver, after three adventure dives.

Besides using basic scuba equipment, you will also learn to use specialized gear, depending on the choice of your adventure dives. You will need a sidemount arrangement, for the Sidemount Adventure Dive or a dry suit for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive.

Supplementary gear, such as dive light for night dives or a lift bag for search & recovery diving, may be suggested by your instructor.

You can plan with you instructor, on what you want to know. It can be enhancing your buoyancy skills or planning the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive or identification of marine life; the choice is yours.

Enhance your confidence and skills, by enrolling for this course, after you complete your Open Water Dive course. The Advanced Open Water Dive Course is carefully planned, to enhance your diving skills.

To qualify, you should have completed the Open Water Dive course and be at least 12 years old.

If you have already completed the Adventure Diver Course, you only need to complete 2 more Adventure Dives, to complete this course.

You will plan your ideal sequence of learning, with your instructor. You can choose, from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are a total of 5 dives. Deep Adventure Dive and Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive are mandatory. The rest of the 3 dives are optional.

While studying the Deep Adventure Dive, you will learn how to plan dives, in order to face the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive fine tunes your navigation skills and teaches you, the judicious use of kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

Acquiring more facts and skills, such as photography, buoyancy control, fish identification or wreck exploration, depends on your interest and the consequent adventures.

So hone your competencies, gain varied experiences and log your dives, to explore new features of scuba diving.

EFR training instills confidence in untrained rescuers and prepares them, for a quick response in medical emergencies. Participants learn easy to follow steps, for emergency management, with the help of self-study manuals, videos and quick reference cards.

Our EFR course meets the CPR and first aid training requirements needed for the PADI Rescue Diver course and all professional level ratings. They are based on globally recognized medical guidelines for emergency care.

The EFR course covers the following topic

• Primary Care (cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR): This course teaches you to deal with life –threatening emergencies. You will carry out eight skills, for assisting patients, who are not breathing, have no heartbeat, probably have a spinal cord injury, probably may be in a shock or may be bleeding heavily. You will learn how to give CPR and monitor patients, to increase the chances of his/ her survival, till emergency medical help arrives.
• Secondary Care or First Aid: You will learn to provide first aid, to alleviate pain and lessen risks, in conditions that do not pose a threat to life, when medical services are unavailable or delayed. You will learn to assess a range of injuries and practice bandaging and splinting.
• Childcare: You will learn, practice and apply emergency care skills related, to emergencies involving infants and children. This course is specially devised for individuals, who work with children and may have to deal, with emergencies involving young people. This course is frequently included with Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) courses.
• CPR & AED: Many a time, your place of work or government rules requires you, to learn CPR and handling of an AED (automated external defibrillator). This course focuses on these aspects. This course is often merged /included in the First Aid at Work programs.
• First Aid at the Workplace: Government regulations in Great Britain, Australia and Canada stipulate, enhanced CPR and first aid training, at the workplace. This course therefore includes additional topics and skills, to meet governmental requirement and still maintains,the ease of learning EFR approach.
• Refresh your EFR skills: It is prudent to update your CPR and first aid skills every 24 months, to be prepared for emergencies. This course enables this goal.

Focused learning of skills and prevention & management of problems in the water, is at the core of this course. As you learn and practice, you become more confident of your diving skills and problem solving becomes second nature.

Adventure Divers who are at least 12 years old and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive are eligible, for the Rescue Diver course. You should also have trained (within the past 24 months) in Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid). You can undergo and complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. You may be simultaneously offered the specialty diver course Emergency Oxygen Provider, by your instructor.

The Rescue Diver course prepares you, to handle minor and major dive emergencies, using diverse techniques. As you acquire more information and perform rescue exercises, your anticipation and response to emergencies is sharpened.

Subjects include: Self-rescue, identifying and managing stress in other divers, management of emergency &equipment and rescuing frightened / panicked divers.

To effectively achieve the above, you will be using basic scuba gear and a pocket mask, to practice in-water resuscitation. While performing exercises, you will deal with oxygen unit, marker buoys and floats. You may possibly work on a CPR mannequins. Your instructor may suggest additional gear.

The Master Scuba Diver is a demanding course. Less than two percent divers achieve this rating. But on completion of the course, you join the honored cream of the crop of divers, who are respected for their considerable experience and in-depth scuba training. People know that a Master Scuba Diver has spent significant time underwater and had your share of dive adventures.

The minimum eligibility for Master Scuba Diver is 12 years.

Your exciting journey starts by first completing the Open Water Dive course and following it up with Advanced Open Water Dive course and Rescue Diver Course. You will also need five Specialty Diver certifications and should have logged a minimum of 50 dives.

The Divemaster course is for people seeking an exciting and fulfilling career in scuba diving. As a divemaster, you get an opportunity to supervise scuba diving activities and diver training. You can thus inspire and motivate others and convert scuba diving into a fun activity.

The Divemaster course is your initial level of professional training. Your instructor will help you to hone your dive skills and improve your rescue skills. You will thus be able to foresee and solve common problems.

Consequently, you will become a role model for other divers, on the strength of your competencies in dive knowledge, management and supervision.

You should have completed the Rescue Diver course and be at least 18 years of age to qualify.

The following are mandatory requirements:

• You should have trained in Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) , within the past 24 months.
• A medical certificate signed by a physician, within the last 12 months.
• You should have completed, at least 40 logged dives, to begin the course and further 60 dives to earn certification.

Divemaster course works on your leadership skills and prepares you, to assume control and take responsibility of dive activities.

Subjects and workshops comprise:

• Watch, direct and help students in dive activities
• The responsibilities and traits of a Divemaster
• Ensuring safety of divers and management of risk
• Conducting programs and enabling sharpening of specialized skills
• Business of diving and managing your career
• Knowledge and understanding of the dive environment
• Dive infrastructure and its management
• Creating maps of an open water site
• Coordinating dive briefings /meetings
• Planning and executing a search and recovery project and also a deep dive
• Carrying out a scuba review and skin diver course
• Heading Discover Local Diving and helping in Discover Scuba Diving programs.

Let us be environmentally conscious and strive to preserve the pristine beauty of the ANDAMANS.

Here are a few pointers.

Fresh water resources in Havelock are dwindling, with increase in tourist footfalls. Conserve water by limiting the use of water for showers. Reducing laundry is another way.

Avoid use of plastics and disposables. Please do not get rid of non- biodegradable trash in the ocean. Dispose trash in a responsible manner. Plastics cause damage and death to marine life, with long lasting harmful effects.

Coral growth is very slow. Please do not touch or break them. Even a touch can destroy their protective mucous covering and render it vulnerable to attack by other organisms.

Please do not patronize businesses that operate in an eco-unfriendly manner.

Do not give sweets or gifts to local children, as it increases dependency and associates tourists to freebies. Instead, contribute to organizations and NGOs working for the island's welfare.

Do not employ anyone to take you on a tribal tour, which is prohibited.