DIVE TRIPS

Dives 1 or 2 every day either at 8am or 12.00pm
Small Dive groups, guided with experienced and qualified Instructors or Dive Masters
We do not unnecessarily limit your dives-good dive times and depths
Air or Nitrox (nitrox enriched air must be booked ahead)
If you and a buddy or group of divers are experienced and
wish to dive unguided then we can arrange this also

Experience 20 to 60 metres viz in tropical Rarotonga. Water temperature 23-30º .
Explore caves, crevices, canyons, drop-offs, wrecks, sand rivers, coral gardens,
swimthroughs and walls with prolific, colourful marine life.

NIGHT DIVING

Another dimension to the underwater world.
Regular trips to a few of our tranquil sites or explore the awesome Maitai wreck
with its local inhabitants.

Red firefish

Find the lionfish hovering inside the boiler. Discover the exquisite colours of the coral and fish by torchlight. See the shy-by-day Squirrel and Soldierfish. Find a lobster cruising about on the ocean floor

FREE TRY DIVE

If you want to try breathing from scuba opposite The Dive Centre
at Aroa Beach Marine Reserve - depends on the bookings..and also for the guest's of the following hotels:

Edgewater Resort (9.30am Mon & Thur) Club Raro Resort Hotel (9.30 am Tue & Fri) Pacific Resort (11.00am Tue & Fri) Muri Beach Resort (2.00pm Sat)

DISCOVER SCUBA LAGOON DIVE

Take your first underwater breath in an underwater wonderland.
Discover the marine reserve from below.
Receive a brief scuba lesson and visit the realms of the fish under the guidance of
Padi professionals, within the safety of the reef.
No previous experience needed!

  

 

OUTER REEF SNORKEL and FREE-DIVE TRIPS

A chance to explore Rarotonga's tropical waters with the family.
A fast boat ride will take you to one of the top snorkelling spots to discover the
fish life and beautiful coral outside the reef. Maybe even snorkel a wreck...

WHALE WATCHING
whale spotting while on a snorkel or dive trip

In season, usually from July to October you have a chance to see the magnificence of
the whales breaching and playing in the Pacific Ocean. Experience these awesome mammals on their way back to their summer feeding grounds near Antarctica. Often with their calves, you might get to see the humpback whales which can reach 15 metres.

 

TIMES

Open 7 days a week, 8am to 5pm

NITROX DIVING

Get your nitrox diver certification in 3 days!
Enriched Air Nitrox - the start in technical diving.

sunset caves
(photo courtesy of Chief)

EQUIPMENT

All boats surveyed and equipped with safety gear including oxygen.
Water sport products to browse or purchase.
Spring suits available if requested.
Dive tanks in various sizes filled for a good dive-time.
Latest equipment available including Cressi-sub, Apollo, Sherwood & Mares
regulators and BCDs.
Showers, toilets, changing rooms, storage facilities.

AFTER DIVING WITH US...

... relax in our comfortable surroundings with a complimentary drink and some tropical fruit.
Write up your dive, take a shower, watch a dive video or browse through our library or retail equipment.

DIVE SITES
(click here to read more about our Dive sites)

We dive right around the island. We have sites to accommodate every diver. Our dive sites include wrecks, sand rivers, passages, canyons, caves, crevices, tunnels, walls and drop-offs. Our dive sites might offer you green or hawksbill turtles, white tip reef sharks, rays, giant napoleon wrasse, snake-eels, barracuda, giant clams, shrimp, nudibranch, lobster, urchins, triton trumpet, moray eels, corals, shell life and plentiful fish life; grouper, flounder, wrasse, parrot, butterfly, emperor, trigger, trumpet, scorpion, lion, puffer, moorish idol, clown, angel, unicorn, trevally, squirrel, soldier, snapper, goat, surgeon, cleaner wrasse, damsel, triplefin, goby, needle, pipe, hog,pig, tuna, trevally, banner, lizard, sling-jaw, hawkfish, fire, dart, blenny, coris, thick lip, demoiselle, dascyllus, anomone, chromis, sergeant, stone, drummer, bream, sweetlips, fusilier, cardinal, anthia, soap and some yet-unidentified fish.

giant napoleon wrasse

 

PERSONNEL

Operated by PADI registered professionals: Sabine Janneck & Sascha Schmitt.

COMPLIMENTARY TRANSPORT

Free pick-up and drop-off service anywhere around the island.
From hotel door to ocean floor......and back again!

SPECIALS

Choose the perfect evening 6.15 to 10.15pm

to Sail, Dive and Dine at night upon Trimaran 'Hotel California" the ultimate
    evening in a tropical paradise!

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