Hammerhead shark

P'tite Kepa is located in the Alor archipelago, east of Indonesia. Anne and Cédric offer accommodation in about ten ecological bungalows with bamboo walls and thatched roofs. You have different standards, from the collective hut with shared outdoor toilets to more comfortable bungalows equipped with a large terrace facing the sea. The main house, open to the sea, allows you to have a drink, to share your meals with the boarders like table d'hôtes, and to exchange your impressions of the day in a family atmosphere. Go to small beaches to relax or go to the nearby village to immerse yourself in the local culture of the Alor islands. Count on 2 dives a day on a light wooden speedboat, spacious enough with a deck for sunbathing with tea and coffee during the surface interval. The dive sites are accessible after a 2 to 40-minute sail from Kepa. You dive from the shore, on the House reef, paying only for the filling of your block. The capacity of the structure being 10 to 12 divers, a small team of 2 to 4 instructors and divemasters will accompany a group of up to 4 divers. The nearest recompression chamber is in Denpasar on the island of Bali, no decompression diving is mandatory. In the middle of unspoiled nature, you will dive in beautiful underwater landscapes including remarkable drop-offs, underwater valleys, shallows, pinnacles, and small bays suitable for muck diving where nudibranchs, leaf fish, frogfish, and mandarin fish will be immortalized by macro photography. You will encounter incredible biodiversity with a profusion of hard corals of all shapes, soft corals with extraordinary colors. It is possible to come across dog-toothed tuna, giant groupers, napoleons, eagle rays, and even hammerhead sharks in the corner with sometimes a mola-mola flapping from the fin to the surface of the sea. [+]

The Scuba Team Cabo Verde diving school is located on the island of Sal, in the Cape Verde archipelago, about 50 meters from the Morabeza Hotel. Imagine yourself on a fine sandy beach, in the middle of dunes and in front of a sparkling sea, about 100 m from the center of the town of Santa Maria, next to the old port! The first dive of the morning starts at 8.30 am with a boat departure at 9 am. On request, another trip can be scheduled at 10:30. In the afternoon, the boat leaves at 2.30 pm. This is said to be the oldest diving center on the island. The guides and instructors teach in French, Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, and, of course, Creole. This CMAS, PADI, ANMP, FFESSM, and FPAS training center offers courses for beginners with the Discover Scuba Diver course up to the advanced Divemaster course. Divers are allocated to different boats according to their experience and level. The equipment rented is up to standard, recent, regularly renewed, and revised every year. All dives are guided by an instructor or a divemaster. The chosen sites are planned in detail each day according to the level of the divers, the weather conditions, the state of the sea, respecting the experiences and preferences of each diver. During your diving holidays in Cape Verde, you will be surprised by the biodiversity with a real mix of Atlantic, Mediterranean, and tropical fauna. A diving holiday in Cape Verde will not be enough to see the 60 species of endemic fish ranging from manta rays to nudibranchs! In Cape Verde, turtles and sharks are at the top of the list of protected species. From your Scuba Team Cabo Verde dive club, you can access 19 different dive sites, ranging from 11 to 45 meters deep, with plateaus, drop offs, wrecks and caves, in 5 to 30 minutes. [+]

Stuart Cove's Dive Centre is located in Nassau, on the island of New Providence. Open all year round, a morning trip for certified divers is organized with 2 dives on drop-offs, reefs, and wrecks. In Nassau, the contrast of landscapes is great between shallow reefs and the 2,000m deep abyss. You are guaranteed to see sharks on special trips organized by Stuart Cove's. The first shark dive is along with a drop-off, without feeding. The second dive takes place on sand where the group kneels in a semi-circle with 2m long Caribbean reef sharks fed by a divemaster with a long pole. No contact with the animal is allowed. Thrills guaranteed by Stuart Cove's with the Shark Adventure ™ outing at Shark Wall and The Arena, or at Shark Wall North and The Runway to see these reef sharks up close. Stuart Cove's training center also offers beginner and advanced PADI courses from Discover Scuba Diver to Divemaster as well as a shark awareness program to identify sharks by body shape, interpret their behavior and understand their importance in the ocean ecosystem. Certified divers also learn how to deal with sharks. The Shark Feeder Program is designed to teach shark feeding in a 2-day private lesson, using the Neptunic stainless steel chainmail suit, equipped with a helmet. You can then purchase the video and photos of the dives on your return. A PADI certificate is awarded at the end of this special shark program. The hotel and dive packages are very attractive. [+]

Tropical Diving is located in the small village of Ambatoloaka, Nosy Be, close to nice hotels and restaurants. After a welcome at the Tropical Diving club premises at 7.45 am, board at 8 am from the beach located 30 meters away, on one of the 2 comfortable speedboats, each approved for 18 divers. Fitted with sun canopies, and specially adapted for diving with rear platforms flush with the water for easy entry and exit, they are already loaded with your equipment, without having to carry a tank. Tropical Diving's first aid instructors welcome small groups of 6 to 8 divers on board, with personalized service. On the program, 2 dives take place on 2 different sites, with a surface interval of 1 hour and then you return to the Tropical Diving club, between 12 and 1 pm. The Tropical Diving training center also offers PADI courses from Discover Scuba Diver to Divemaster. If your hotel is located on the same beach Ambatoloaka, Madirokely, Tropical Diving staff will pick you up and drop you off by boat. Explore the best dive sites of Nosy Be and the surrounding islands with the Nosy Tanikely National Marine Park, the drop-offs, and reefs of Nosy Sakata. Spend a beautiful day with two dives and lunch at Nosy Iranja, located 1h 30 sailing time from Tropical Diving. With Tropical Diving's experience, discover off-the-beaten-track diving among dozens of wild islands and coral reefs. At your request, Tropical Diving organizes diving trips to Nosy Be with overnight stays in hotels and exploration dives at special rates. [+]

Bora Dive and Research is located on the island of Sainte-Marie, on the east coast of Madagascar. Your transfers are provided by the club from your accommodation to the dive center and back. In the company of diving tourists and local scientists who study underwater biodiversity, you board the boat about ten meters from the premises of Bora Dive and Research. You cross a beautiful turquoise lagoon bordered by a beautiful reef, to reach some of the best dive sites in the north of Madagascar, including the Serapis and Rays Palace wrecks. These are underwater reefs with interesting biodiversity, studied by the underwater biologists of Bora Dive and Research, which is a member of the reef protection association, Reef Check, Sentinelles du récif. Bora Dive and Research's instructors are committed to this environmental initiative and also dive to see the evolution and health of the local reefs. The PADI Bora Dive and Research training center invite you to discover diving by taking your first dive in the pool and then into the sea. If you want to improve your diving skills, the instructors at Bora Dive & Research offer PADI Open Water Diver and Scuba Diver courses as well as specializations in night diving, boat diving, and drift diving. Diving with Bora Dive and Research allows you to discover not only the underwater fauna and flora of the Indian Ocean but also to immerse yourself in the pirate stories that continue to circulate on Sainte Marie Island. Bora Dive and Research is a member of the Ceta Mada charter and invites divers from mid-June to mid-October to observe whales mating and giving birth, without the possibility of getting in the water with them. Activities such as water skiing, towed buoy and wakeboarding are available at Bora Dive and Research. [+]