Underwater Centre at the Coral Strand Hotel - Mahé

Founded in 1976, the Underwater Centre has been at the fore-front of diving in Seychelles for over two decades. Situated at the Coral Strand Hotel on magnificent Beau Vallon Beach, the hub of watersports and night-life action, this is the ideal base for active divers. With easy access to both inshore and offshore sites and tremendous training facilities, this Centre, a PADI Five Star Instructor Development Centre, has always been Seychelles leading operation.

Our Dive Schedule:
The Underwater Centre offers the best of facilities for diving around North Mahe with three fully equipped power catamarans which load directly from the beach in front of the dive centre. We offer boat diving trips morning and afternoon each day and, subject to weather conditions, one boat is dedicated to the longer range dive sites for experienced divers taking a maximum of 8 divers.

Morning dives are generally deeper dives, while afternoon dives tend to be shallower. Dive sites vary in depth from 8 to 30 metres and provide conditions for divers of all abilities. The inshore dives provide sheltered conditions on both granitic and coral reefs. The offshore dive sites of the inner islands offer some of the very best diving in Seychelles and are suitable for more experienced divers as these sites tend to be deeper and may have current conditions. These conditions tend to attract the larger marine life found around Seychelles with the chance for divers to encounter whale sharks and giant stingrays. For many divers a combination of land-based and liveaboard diving is the ideal way to get the very best diving in Seychelles and with our liveaboard Indian Ocean Explorer we are able to offer any combination required.

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