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Scuba diving locations in India:

Andaman Islands and Nicobar are a group of volcanic islands in the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by deep, undisturbed waters that have an amazing bio-diversity..
Lakshadweep is a group of islands off the south-western coast of India in the Arabian Sea offering clear blue lagoons and coral atolls.
At Goa, on the mainland, two rivers drop their silty water into the sea visibility may vary between 10 metres to 2 metres, however the sea life is good.

When to scuba dive in India:

The water is warm all year, but the monsoon season lasts from May until November, reducing visibility. In Lakshadweep, you can see manta rays from October to December.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in India:

At Havelock Island of the Andaman Islands, Lighthouse is a shallow reef sticking out near the Havelock Lighthouse, which provides shelter to yellow trumpetfish, various angelfish, Bannerfishand Fusiliers. Large table corals, a couple of gorgonians, lots of feather stars and occasionally eagle ray and turtle sightings make this a very site.
Campbell Shoal is around 20 km east of the central Andaman Islands. The bottom is covered with mainly hard corals and hosts a multitude of reef animals including whitetip reef sharks, large cod and groupers, Coral trout and golden banded fusiliers.
The Suzy Wreck near Goa is a 30 metre long Second World War metal wreck starting at 3 metres depth and hitting a maximum depth of 12 metres. The abundant life includes batfishes, angelfish, barracudas, snappers, lionfish, sargeant major, stonefish, nudibranchs, parrotfish, groupers, sea whips and more.

The best spots to snorkel in India:

Havelock Island of the Andaman Islands and Bangaram Island of Lakshadweep are both beautiful easy locations to see some pretty corals and marine life.

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
Population: is about 1,200,000,000 (2011)
Time Zone: IST (GMT+5:30)
Main languages spoken: Hindi, English, Malayalam, Konkani, Marathi, regional languages ## Diveable overseas territories:

Indian diving federations:

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):

Foreigners are not allowed to visit some of the islands of Lakshadweep.

2010-02-11 - Turbo Tunnels

13 min - 7 m

View in Petri Hirvonen's logbook

Second dive of the day at Grand Island. This tme to Turbo Tunnels, a maze of swim-throughs, canyons and caverns.

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2010-02-11 - Turbo Tunnels

34 min - 9 m

View in Petri Hirvonen's logbook

Second dive of the day at Grand Island. This tme to Turbo Tunnels, a maze of swim-throughs, canyons and caverns.

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2010-02-11 - Suzy's Wreck

49 min - 12 m

View in Petri Hirvonen's logbook

One dive at Suzy's Wreck. Pretty nice wreck, very easy to dive. Not very good visibility though.

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2020-09-20 - Trawler Wreck

28 min - 35 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

Wreck certification training - Trawler Wreck penetration - Photos

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2013-01-26 - Planet Scuba Basic Dive Spot

30 min - 8 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

With Andrew N Stonebridge the Dive Master for Open Water Dive

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2013-04-21 - Ss Inchket

65 min - 18 m

View in Kingsrook14's logbook

The SS Inchket is the wreck of a cargo ship with coal cargo, sunk in 1952 and totally broken apart.

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2020-09-20 - Trawler Wreck

25 min - 33 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

Hovered over the Trawler Wreck with John Aj

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2016-06-12 - Pirates Booty

44 min - 24 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

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2020-09-19 - Blue Fairy

24 min - 27 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

Lost my Gopro Hero 3 Black trying to adjust the weight belt and hold on to the anchor line in medium current, choppy waters, Spotted Big Turtle at Bottom, DROPPED MY WEIGHTBELT AS IT SNAPPED OPEN managed to hold on the dive master Gabby and dive buddy helped in getting the weight belt and managed to continue the dive, in the panic situation had consumed more air than expected.

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2020-09-18 - Temple Reef

40 min - 19 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

Wreck Practical training of laying line, reeling in - with Donarun Das and Vijay Anandan

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2020-09-17 - Temple Reef

38 min - 19 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

First dive after covid-19 epidemic getting prepared for the PADI Wreck specialty course with buddy Vijay Anandan of Chennai, and Gabby the Dive Master 449507

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2014-05-18 - The Nursery

69 min - 12 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

With jason fernandis, Daniella Gomes, Madhav J Naik, Santosh,

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2013-05-12 - Planet Scuba Basic Dive Spot

42 min - 8 m

View in Lion Ajoy's logbook

AOW Peak Performance of Bouyancy where from 6 Kgs was asked to reduce to 5 Kgs and saw lots of fish life

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2013-03-24 - T55

12 min - 70 m

View in Balaji ProtecSol's logbook

Fun Dive @ Corol Garden Sea was descent Underwater reasonably good visibility Very Good Coral Garden. Good Marine Life.

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2013-03-23 - The Nursery

60 min - 13 m

View in Balaji ProtecSol's logbook

Fun Dive # 2 Enjoyed the dive discovering some of the Fishes. Saw Stone Fish on the rocks. Bat Fish followed me for quite some time. Tried to chase a parrot fish. Practised Breathing techniques. I Think it will improve in subsequent dives.

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2013-03-23 - The Nursery

41 min - 13 m

View in Balaji ProtecSol's logbook

Fun Dive 1 Conducted Basic Skills refresher Abundant Marine Life. Enjoyed swimming along with the fishes. Freeked Out...totally

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2013-01-27 - Planet Scuba Basic Dive Spot

40 min - 12 m

View in Balaji ProtecSol's logbook

Open Water Certification Dive 3 Regulator Exchange Weight Belt Removal & Putting it Back (Underwater) BCD Removal & Putting it Back (surface) Swim around

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