Below & Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

our exclusive scuba diving experience

That diving is drifting or at anchor, you have the equipment and quality training at Club Med. You dive safely, together in small groups. Beginner and advanced courses, run by PADI, the largest dive organization in the world.

Scuba Diving At Club Med

A fulfilling experience for all, from 8 to 68!

With Club Med’s scuba diving vacations, the sea is at your service. Our scuba diving resorts promise fulfilling submarine experiences, regardless of your personal scuba diving background and from early ages. Each one of our best diving resorts, from Columbus Isle to Finolhu Villas, offers a tailored experience with customizable services.

First-Time Divers Program

Learn to dive with Club Med

Never dived? Never fear. Our PADI® Discover Scuba Diving packages will provide you with a safe sink into scuba diving, guided by one of our very own specialists. No certification is necessary for these immersive introductions to the wonders under the sea, but you will get one at the end! For kids, our PADI® Bubble Maker class at select resorts is a wonderful way of introducing your little ones to diving. It allows children ages 8 to 10 to dive to a maximum depth of 6.5 feet in a protected zone. If you’ve never been on a scuba diving trip, this is the perfect deal for you!

Tailored Classes For Midway Levels

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If you don't consider yourself as a pro, but you've been scuba diving before, this is the place you are looking for! Club Med offers a seamless scuba diving experience including group lessons for adults and children of all skill levels. If you decide to take the plunge, we’ll provide you with state-of-the-art equipment, qualified instructors and dive locations that are all just a boat ride away from the resorts.

Comprehensive Dive Packages

For certified divers

These packages are designed to meet the needs of those who've taken scuba trips in the past and are either still looking for a guided experience or trying to get out on their own. If you’re certified but never dived, our PADI® Open Water will take you down to undersea wonders. For expert divers, you can participate in our advanced, accompanied or autonomous diver packages with one of the following certifications:

  • CMAS 1 or 2 stars
  • PADI Open Water Certification or equivalent
  • Local government-issued certification

Diving tuition at Club Med

To prepare for your future underwater explorations, bring a medical certificate stating that you are apt to dive. You can fill in the self-assessment questionnaire at the resort. Enjoy a safe diving experience with highly trained diving instructors.

Equipment Rentals

All PADI® courses include full equipment rentals, including cylinders, wetsuits, lead belts, stab jackets, dive regulators, flippers, masks and snorkels. In addition, your rental will include professional instruction and boat trips, along with a PADI diploma certificate and handbook available on-site at extra cost. At certain resorts, dive computers are also available for rental.

Private Charters

To reach your aquatic paradise, boat trips will be provided by the resort. However, if you’re looking to provide your party with an extra-exclusive experience, private boat rentals will be available at an additional cost. Take your vacation to a land down under and jump into the best dive locations Club Med has to offer.

Destinations To Dive For

at the click of your finger

Our resorts offer a wide range of personalised services dedicated to meeting your every need and piquing your every interest. Club Med will take you to one of many exclusive oceanic oases around the world to provide an inside look at the many secrets of the sea. From the shimmering turquoise waters of the Caribbean to the exotic reefs of Bali, Club Med offers the best destinations in the world for a magical scuba diving experience.

Scuba Diving In Bali

10+ Dive sites

Bali is a fantastic destination for scuba divers, with beautiful and breathtaking underwater worlds that are just waiting to be explored. This Indonesian island gathers everything an adventure diver could dream of: colorful coral reefs, encounters with huge fish, cave diving, using traditional Balinese boat, muck diving or even technical diving. The crystal waters of Nusa Penida are considered one of the best diving locations in the world. With its inspiring landscapes and culture, it is hard not to fall in love with the island. Explore the ocean with us.

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Kani – The Maldives

20+ Dive sites

The Maldives is one of the best places in the world to spot manta rays and whale sharks which should be more than enough to convince anyone to travel here. Reef sharks including whitetip and grey reef are quite common, together with big tunas, Napoleon fish, eagle and stingrays. Also known as North Kaafu, North Male is the best known and explored diving area of the Maldives, having long been recognized as providing a great variety of scuba diving, beautiful scenery and a geographical location that makes it relatively easy to get to - the international airport is in Male, the port of departure for many of the Maldives liveaboards.

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Phuket, Thailand

20+ Dive sites

The Andaman Sea and Phuket Island in Thailand has much to offer to scuba diving lovers. There is a wide range of exhilarating diving sites offering underwater exploration for enthusiasts of recreational scuba diving. The diverse environment of diving in Phuket Thailand is fantastic, encompassing everything from dramatic granite walls, caves and tunnels, coral covered pinnacles, and open ocean seamounts. Scuba diving in Phuket Thailand is undoubtedly a world-class diving destination and a paradise for scuba divers.

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