Try Boat diving in the Andaman Islands scubainandaman.wordpress.com/2021/07/12/try-boat-diving-in-the-andaman-islands
There are countless enriched life coral reefs in the Andaman sea and we have already managed to explore only 15 % of them so far. Where a few can be accessible from the shore but most of them can only be reached by a dive boat. This underwater activity is designed for those looking for a thrilling adventure and an amazing fresh experience of scuba diving in Andaman.
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BOAT DIVING
A safe and sound boat dive experience takes a little more or less than three hours of time including briefing, training, and an actual dive time of at least 45 minutes. We recommend boat diving only to those who have enough time for this activity, because we can not rush things while conducting boat dives for beginners as well as for non swimmers maintaining the highest safety and quality. How we conduct boat dive? Boat dive briefing There is a short introduction between you and our instructors at our office. You are required to complete some paperwork for the activity and one of our instructors assists you in that. Your instructor also presents a descriptive briefing about how the scuba equipment works underwater, how to use them, hand signals to communicate underwater, what are the expected sightings during your scuba in Havelock and the dive site you are going to dive. During your training Our instructor keeps you at chest deep water at a nearby beach, where you can stand comfortably during your training. You will probably breathe underwater for the first time and learn using the scuba equipment there. In the beginning, everybody feels awkward breathing from a regulator through your mouth. With a few minutes of practise, you become super comfortable and your instructor proceeds further for the mask and regulator skills to make you feel even more comfortable and confident diver. During your actual dive
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The dive boats we use in the Andaman islands are well equipped with all the safety apparatus such as life jackets, medical kits and radio equipment for Deep sea diving in Andaman. After the training session, we take you out in the ocean for the actual dive. Your instructor prepares you with the scuba gear and performs a pre-dive safety check to ensure everything is working fine as you are about to dive at 12 meters underwater. We get into the water by using the easiest and safest method called back roll entry. Your instructor gets into the water first while demonstrating the back roll entry and then you do. Our boat crew assists you wearing your gear and getting into the water. Your instructor stays just beside you at an arm’s distance and takes you underwater very slowly and nicely so that you can adjust yourself with the new environment. He/she swims, maintains depth-direction-buoyancy for you while boat diving. Stay calm and remember all the instructions to have an amazing experience. Besides ensuring your safety and quality of the dive, your instructor does point out colourful fish and marine life which you should not miss out on during your boat dive. Who can participate in boat diving? It is recommended to those who want to experience extensive adventures deep sea diving. Swimming is not required for this activity and this lets everybody go for deep sea diving as long as they are physically and mentally fit. Kids over 10 years can participate too. As per the international guidelines, if someone is taking prescribed medicine for high blood pressure, low blood pressure, asthma and diabetes is not allowed for deep sea diving. Please download the medical form here. Please check with your doctor for whether you should participate or not before coming to the Andaman islands. Best places for boat diving and what can be seen during the experience. Tribe Gate, Red Piller and Aquarium are the best dive sites for scuba diving at Havelock island for beginners and non swimmers. These sites present favourable and friendly open sea conditions and help us conduct not only extremely enjoyable but also 100 % safe boat diving for everyone. Tribe Gate
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Tribe Gate Diving
This dive site is located a few kilometers away from Havelock and presents a huge amount of marine life including colourful fish, octopus, barrel sponge, lobsters, giant grey clamp, sea anemones with clownfish, staghorn corals and many more. A large school of three spotted fusiliers is the primary attraction of the site. It is an oval-shaped reef with a maximum depth of 14 meters at the sandy bottom and minimum 4 meters of depth at the top of the reef. Red Piller This reef is home to different colourful soft corals such as dark red coloured sea fans, yellow tree coral, transparent bubble coral, grey giant barrel sponges and many more. The shallow part starts at 3 meters with a large school of sergeant major fish and the deepest part is around 15 meters with amazing sweet lips and enchanting lionfish. Stingrays and eagle rays are often seen there. Aquarium The crystal clear water and blissful marine life of this site present an aquarium-like surroundings, where you see schools of white snappers, five line yellow snappers, transparent glassfish, blackcity groupers, sweet lips and crayfishes. Huge structures of boulder corals and plate corals provide shelters to the prey from predators. Magnificent marble rays are spotted on the sandy patch next to the reef. Price and inclusions of boat diving
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Scuba diving in Andaman price starts at 5500 INR for a single boat dive and the price may vary in the high seasons. We strongly recommend booking your dive well in advance through our website to get a 20 % discount as well for your boat dive. The price includes training time of 30 minutes, dive time of 45 minutes, complementary picturesvideo of your experience, mineral water, fresh towels, pick up-drop and an amazing memorable experience.
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