Scuba Diving


Awesome Experience
Captain Hook’s partners with premium scuba diving centers to offer you an unbeatable experience.
This dive is designed for first time divers and does not require you to know swimming! After you learn a few simple diving skills taught by our in-house experts, you are ready for your first dive. The maximum depth for your dive is limited to 10-11 meters as this is the limit prescribed for beginners. Your precious moments underwater are captured and shared using still photos and a short video.
There are two variants of this dive and are priced differently:
Shore Dive – you walk from the shore and enter the water.
- Prerequisites: general good health
- Max. depth: up to 6 meters
- Photos and videos: complimentary
- Duration: 1 hour (Dive duration 30-35 minutes)
- Min. Age: 8 and above
Boat Dive – you take a boat ride to the diving point and then enter the water from the boat.
- Prerequisites: general good health
- Max. depth: Up to 12 meters
- Photos and videos: Complimentary
- Duration: 3 hours (Dive duration around 120 minutes)
- Min. age: 10 and above
Note: Carry a memory card or a USB drive to store your photos.
After you have dived once, chances are good that you may want to dive around the world! To explore global dive sites you need to be certified and we conduct certification courses from the basic level (Open Water Diver) to the first professional level called Dive Master. Our certificates are issued by PADI and SSI, two of the most renowned and recognized diving authorities worldwide. The level of certification determines the various exotic diving locations around the globe where you can dive. Basic swimming is a requirement for these certifications.
Example certification courses:
- PADI Scuba Diver Course – Upto 12m
- PADI Open Water Course – Upto 18m
- PADI Advanced Open Water Course – Upto 30m
Add On To Open Water Course
When you complete your certification course with us or are already a certified diver, join us on dive safaris to multiple locations around Havelock island based on your level of certification.
Age – 8 years and older
You want to give your children holiday memories that they will cherish. What better way than to enroll them for a shallow water scuba dive to a depth of just 2 meters and close to the shore? If you are worried about the safety of your child, relax! we have you covered with our experienced instructors taking care of the budding scuba divers and if you so wish, you too can join them.
To ensure focused attention, the group size is limited to 4 students. Their course starts with basic theory followed by a shallow dive in one of the lovely bays around the island. The junior divers get to see fish and coral in this shallow water dive and photography and video can be arranged to record their special experience. Children above 10 years can continue with the Junior Open water dive course by making 4 more dives over the next two days. This allows them to dive to a depth of 12 meters. The course starts at 9.30 am. and is for only half a day.
Your child returns with a great story to share with their friends about learning scuba diving in Havelock when they get back to school!
Note: Photos and videos are not included in the price.
Popular Dive Sites
A few of the amazing dive sites around Havelock Island:


- Location: north-east of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 19 Kms.
- Depth: 25-35 meters
- Dive Level: advanced
- Topography: flat rocky shelf with a stunning variety of beautiful coral that slopes down towards the sandy area that lies below 30 meters
- Species: soft coral, Bengal Snappers, Barracudas, Andaman Sweet lips and Tuna


- Location: east of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 19 Kms.
- Depth: 17-35 meters
- Dive Level: advanced
- Topography: three large pinnacles
- Species: Barracuda, Giant Trevally, Giant Groupers, Tuna, Mackerel, Batfish, Emperor Angelfish, Red-Toothed Triggerfish and Napoleon Wrasse


- Location: east of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 18.5 Kms.
- Depth: 20-35 meters
- Dive Level: advanced
- Topography: deep circular reef
- Species: Reef fish, Snappers, Andaman Sweet lips, Fusiliers, Rays and Sharks


- Location: north-west of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 3.5 Kms.
- Depth: 10-54 meters
- Dive Level: beginner-intermediate
- Topography: deep wall
- Species: Reef fish, Pelagics, Oriental Sweetlips, Scorpion fish, Octopus


- Location: south-east of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 12 Kms.
- Depth: 08-14 meters
- Dive Level: beginner
- Topography: small reef
- Species: Sea Stars, Bat fish, Butterfly fish, Shrimp, Crocodile fish


- Location: north-east of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 19 Kms.
- Depth: 17-25 meters
- Dive Level: advanced
- Topography: deep reef
- Species: Sharks, Reef fish, Snappers, Sea Krait, Turtle, Sting Ray


- Location: north Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 0 Kms.
- Depth: 02-15 meters
- Dive Level: beginner
- Topography: shallow reef
- Species: Moray Eel, Squid, Octopus, Frog fish, Flounder, Reef fish, Shrimp, Squid, Moray Eel, Scorpion fish


- Location: east of Havelock
- Distance from Havelock: 18 Kms.
- Depth: 14-18 meters
- Dive Level: intermediate
- Topography: large reef
- Species: Fusiliers, Snappers, Reef Fish, Surgeon fish, Giant Grouper
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba), which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater. Scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas, usually compressed air, allowing them greater independence and freedom of movement than surface-supplied divers, and longer underwater endurance than breath-hold divers.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diving
Havelock is among the best accessible location for scuba diving along with Port Blair and Shaheed Dweep (Neil Island).
For beginner programs, swimming is not a requirement. However, for advanced diving programs you are required to know swimming.
To ensure you get the best slot timing, we recommend that you book in advance. You may not get your preferred time slot if you book after you reach Havelock.