We take groups of divers on dive trips within India as well as abroad and have so far taken groups to over 20 destinations which include Andamans, Bali, Maldives, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Red Sea, Palau, etc Welcome to Scubacentric, a unique and personalized company specializing in Scuba Tours and Travels, Liveaboard Dive Safaris, PADI and SSI Diver Certification Courses, Under
water Photography Workshops and Scuba Equipment Sales and Servicing. Here at Scubacentric dive professionals and travel experts unite in their commitment to share with you their expertise and experience and to offer some of the finest dive travel vacations, scuba training and dive related services available. India Ltd, and Scubacentric partner Digant Desai. With over 23 years of experience in the travel industry, and an amazing portfolio of underwater photographs, ScubaDiggy is your buddy for photo memories, photography tips and Underwater Photography Workshops. Passionate about and dedicated to the underwater world, highly qualified and widely travelled dive professionals Venkatesh Charloo and Karen Gregory of Barracuda Diving India, India’s premier SSI Instructor Training Centre and PADI Dive Resort, have devoted over 17 years of operation in Goa, India to diver education, safety and environmental conservation. This Scubacentric buddy team is here to provide Scuba diver training courses, scuba equipment sales and servicing and just to be great buddies! Andaman Islands, Maldives, Malaysia, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines Egypt Red Sea, Sipadan Island, and Thailand are all time favorites with the Scubacentric Group Trips. Whether resort based or liveaboard diving, snorkeling, sightseeing activities or just chilling, Scubacentric caters to buddies, couples, families and groups to offer an amazing combination of diverse diving, adventure travel and serious fun!
3. Mission statement
Scubacentric, dedicated to bringing scuba buddies together for the complete dive travel experience. Scubacentric, committed to bringing the best in affordable scuba diving holidays, awesome dive destinations, quality dive resorts and liveaboards complimented with professional dive training courses and comprehensive dive related services. WE PLAN IT ~ YOU DIVE IT ~ GO DOWN WITH SOMEONE YOU TRUST!
4. Locations (6 to begin with)
India – Andaman Islands / Goa
Indonesia – Bali / Bunaken Island & Lembeh Straits / Komodo / Pulau Weh
Malaysia – Tioman Island / Sipadan Island
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Thailand
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INDIA
Andaman Islands A relative newcomer but rapidly growing on the world diving map, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is truly an enchanting destination above and below water. With the allure of new explorations, these remote and culturally historic islands are blessed with white sands, emerald waters and dense tertiary forests, hosting an amazing biodiversity of exotic birdlife, flora and fauna. Divers and non divers alike will delight in the vibrant coral reefs teeming with colorful tropical fish and corals of innumerable species
Goa Boasting 105km of sun kissed, palm fringed coastline, Goa has for many years been a Mecca for tourists worldwide. Such is the warmth and hospitality of this, the smallest state in India, many return year after year to rekindle friendships made above and below the sea. Goa, despite its reputation for limited visibility at times, 6 – 12 meters is average, Grande and Sao George Island continues to amaze us with the wealth of marine life and diversity unrivalled in many clear water destinations. Hosting a variety of shallow dive sites from calm, sandy bays to pretty hard coral fields, exciting shipwrecks to challenging pinnacles, add warm tropical waters and you have an ideal location for beginners and experienced divers alike. INDONESIA
Bali, Island of the Gods, is Indonesia’s most popular “must dive” destination. Blessed with a year round tropical climate, Bali offers many spectacular and renowned dive sites, often just a few meters off the beach. From Pygmy Seahorses to Mola Molas, muck diving critters to spectacular shipwrecks, a customized dive safari is without doubt the best way to experience the beauty and diversity of this culturally rich island. With a stunning backdrop of volcanic mountains and lakes, scenic rice terraces, historical temples and palaces, this truly is a holiday not to miss! Bunaken Island & Lembeh Straits The twin destinations of Bunaken Island and Lembeh Straights appeared on the dive map only about 15 years ago and hosts some of the most peculiar critters a diver could ever wish to encounter. A wonderful combination of superb walls and black sand muck diving with unusual creatures so loved by underwater photographers makes this stunning destination a winning combo. Bizarre and unique creatures make Lembeh Straits their home and are a delight for macro shutterbugs while the plunging walls of Bunaken Marine Park are a huge thrill for adventure loving divers, the walls covered with many mind boggling types of coral, sponge and marine life. Komodo A World Heritage site, Komodo National park is abound with pristine soft corals. From mantas, sharks, turtles, dolphins, dugong and cruising pelagics, to tiny pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs and frog fish, the list of amazing critters is endless. Dive sites vary from gentle easy coral slopes to adrenalin pumping drifts, from the warm waters of the Flores Sea in the north to the chillier waters of the Indian ocean in the south, the underwater terrain is so varied with sheer cliff walls, pinnacles, channels, sandy flat bottoms, underwater plateaus, slopes, caves, swim-throughs, all with varying colors, sizes and types of coral both hard and soft. Pulau Weh This is the “new kid on the block” dive destination on the world diving map, Pulau Weh promises to be the next hot dive destination and was recently featured in Asian Diver magazine as the best upcoming dive destination and with good reason. With 20 unbelievable dive sites and more being discovered every year, there is hardly any time for surface intervals! Rich coral reefs with all the colorful reef fish species as well as the “big boys” of the deep await the awe-struck divers including several species of sharks and rays in addition to turtles, giant groupers and napoleon wrasse. Undiscovered until recently, new species of fish have been found here by world famous ithicologist Dr. Gerald Allen. MALAYSIA
Tioman Island Synonymous with paradise, Tioman Island rose to fame in the 1950’s Hollywood favorite ‘South Pacific”. Crystal clear emerald waters bless this beautiful palm fringed island while lush rainforests with beautiful waterfalls are surrounded by soft, white, powdery sand beaches, many untouched by tourism impact. The waters around the island are abound in rich coral reefs with canyons, swim throughs and wrecks. In addition to World War II wrecks there are 20 more purposely sunken wrecks for adventurous divers !! Sipadan Island Jacques Cousteau, the most renowned pioneer of underwater exploration and filmmaking, upon diving Sipadan, declared “we have found an untouched piece of art”. Everything big, small and in between is also an apt description to diving around two of the most idyllic islands of Sabah, East Borneo. From the famous tornado like spirals of Barracuda, Trevally, Turtles, Bumphead Parrots and Reef Sharks to a mind boggling variety of muck critters such as nudibranchs, ghost pipefish, mantis shrimps, stonefish, mandarinfish, garden and ribbon eels, frogfish, sea horses, crocodile fish, Devil Scorpionfish and much, much more, will leave you breathless for all the right reasons !! MALDIVES A dream destination, idyllic beaches, pristine reefs, picture perfect islands and fish, fish, fish!! This spectacular collection of 1,190 islands, with 26 natural atolls and over 700 species of fish, offers a stunning diversity of marine life and dive sites which have been extensively charted, studied and dived since the early 1960s. With almost every atoll hosting a Manta Ray feeding station, whale sharks year round and a plentiful fill of pelagics, this astonishingly bountiful Mecca for divers has it all! SRI LANKA With all the classic ingredients of an exotic, but often overlooked adventure travel destination this island boasts a spectacular natural environment complete with cool hill stations, lush jungles, golden beaches and colorful coral reefs combined with a traditional culture that's as ancient as it is sophisticated. Sri Lanka offers exceptional diving opportunities along its southern and western shores. Dive site diversity ranges from shallow sandy or rocky bottoms, steep walls and drop-offs and you are very seldom far away from deep water for encounters with pelagics, sharks and other passing inhabitants of the open ocean. Wrecks are plentiful and a particular attraction of Sri Lankan diving in particular for the abundance of marine life they attract Adrenalin levels are highest in the east such as Trincomalee and in the south, at the wonderful Basses Reefs, arguably the most adventurous diving in the country. THAILAND With an unparalleled choice of top dive sites, underwater scenery, beautiful soft corals and marine life big, small and plentiful, liveaboard diving in Thailand is definitely the way to go! Choose from world renowned dive destinations such as Similan Islands, Surin Banks and Richelieu Rock or sail north to Mergui and Burma Banks, a stunning underwater mountain range rising 300 meters from the sea bed to sea level. (3 best pictures) Gajanan – All photos used on this website belong to Digant Desai and will be available for purchase in the Photo Gallery and we would like to protect them with a watermark or copyright program. Please advise. India
Andaman Islands
Goa
Bali
Bunaken Island & Lembeh Straits
Komodo
Pulau Weh
Malaysia
Tioman Island
Sipadan Island
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Thailand
