DESTINATIONS TO TRY SCUBA DIVING IN DUBAI

Dubai, the focal point for adventures looked forward by adrenaline seekers from all around the globe. And when talking about adventures, scuba diving is the most non-neglected and thrilling of all. Scuba diving is the ultimate and mesmerizing tour of life deep underneath, giving one a must-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the diverse marine aquatic life, and when guided and roped by excellent facilities and helpful staff, it turns out to be the safest of all fun-thrilling adventures with minimum chances of any accidents or mishaps.

Scuba diving not only allows single bachelor adventurers to have a thrilling experience of the marine life but can be regarded a family-sport, to add in the list when heading for a family trip with your loved ones and is also a very wholesome experience for newly-bonded ones if added onto a honeymoon vacation. So what are we waiting for? Hurry and Join in on the amazing ride!

Where on one hand people love the idea of scuba diving and eagerly look forward to opportunities for them, there are also some who are too afraid or hesitant to go for it and even pass-by their chances just on the basis of tiny stupid fears. But, WORRY NOT! We have brought you the safest, easiest and the most fun destinations to go for scuba diving. Whether you’re on a solo trip, a vacation with friends or even a honeymoon, a trip to these places and a dive into nature is a must to innovate memories and spend the best of quality times. Here are some scuba diving spots in Dubai you should be adding to your wish list, explore them and have another bookmark tag and a collection of pictures and memory notes in the journal of your adventures!

DUBAI MALL, AQUARIUM 

The aquarium tank in Dubai mall is one of the most popularly recognized, amazing and safest spots to head for scuba diving. It gives you an opportunity to experience more than thirty thousand mesmerizing underwater creatures including the largest collection of the sand tiger shark. The dive can be caged or uncaged depending upon the species you encounter. An instructor is also provided to you in this caged dive to keep you as safe as possible, this dive is mostly half an hour long and enables you to have a lifetime chance of getting a closer look at a shark! And this whole collectively thrilling and amazing experience is just for AED 595. Not only this, but you can also get scuba training at Dubai mall for a total of AED 908. The gears are covered in the above-mentioned cost. However, swimsuits can be availed and used at extra charges.

Aside from this, the mall also offers other learnable swimming courses which start from AED 126 and stretches up to AED 1,969. The aquarium also offers an underwater zoo course in an amount of AED 1,575.

The Dubai mall aquarium is open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm daily. And it hosts both the certified scuba divers and the non-certified ones! So what are you waiting for?

Location: Near The Dubai mall, UAE

Contact: +971-4-342-2993

JUMEIRAH BEACH

Jumeirah beach gives you an out of this world experience of interacting with the aquatic species in their own natural habitat!

You can get yourself a number of diving courses at this beach provided by the Bermuda diving centre. The most basic plan is for beginners for AED 299 which is a thirty minutes long dive with full equipment, a scuba diver instructor and underwater fish feeding. The timing for the dives start at 10:00 am and lengths to 8:00 pm. There are other centres present too such as the royal diving centre, ORCA diving centre and the deep blue sea diving centre. Different packages include different facilities such as photography under the water! Keeping the ease of the visitors in mind, the instructions are given in various languages including Arabic, English, Russian, German, etc.

The visitors spending holidays at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel can avail this lifetime experience completely free of cost!

Location: Near Jumeirah beach, UAE

Contact: +971-50-187-8755

ATLANTIS THE PALM 

The open-air aquarium of the palm lets you explore over sixty-five thousand underwater creatures. The dives there, are provided to both the certified and the non-certified divers. For the beginners, there’s a cumulative plan of training them about the basics of scuba diving and then going for the dangerously peaceful trip of interacting with life never explored before. The dives start from AED 1,350. Tours are also provided to have an insight look at the city of Atlantis at its best. The palm starts hosting at 9:00 am and ends at 6:00 pm daily.

This open aquarium gives the certified divers a chance to hand-feed the sharks which is exactly what they all long for.

A CHERISHED EXPERIENCE:

My experience with Scuba Diving is quite a magical one.  I would like you to know that I have deep water fear, a phobia which is with me from my childhood days. But after a trip to the Atlantic palm and the experience I got there, I went from a girl who was afraid of the thought of getting into the water to a girl who’s ready to indulge in any of the beach activities anytime.

I visited the palm myself and I have to say that it was one of the best and the most heartwarming experiences of my life. I got to see marine life from so close with such ease and safety. The staff there was highly helpful as I was getting terrified before going for the dive. They were the sweetest, encouraged me to go for it, the instructions were given, the instructors with us were keeping a very close look at all of us for our safety.

On the tour, I got to visit the LOST CHAMBER AQUARIUM which was magnificent. It had tunnels which we went in and had a closer look at the aquatic bodies. It was a very fascinating sight to have. The overall idea of the tunnels is amazing as it gets very interesting and feels more like a hunt, especially when you get to see a breathtakingly beautiful specie in the tunnels. I feel like the lost chamber is the best part of the palm. It is something unique and different from all the other places that provide the facility of scuba diving.

I would like to add that seeing the other world and interacting with it not only gives you a lifetime experience but also leaves its imprints on your heart. It is a soulful experience which brought me closer to nature and refreshed me in the best way possible. I never thought I would say this but this time going in the water was relaxing for me. So yes it is safe to say that the palm is the best place for the beginners who want to explore the underwater world to its fullest!

Location: Near Palm Jumeirah, UAE

Contact: +971-4-426-3000

DUBAI MARINA 

From beginners to professionals the scuba shade covers it all.

Dubai marina hosts different packages for discovery dives as well as certification courses. So if you go on a vacation and change your mind and decide to become a certified scuba diver don’t you worry, we’ve got you all covered.

For a dive, just for discovery it starts from AED 578 and goes up to AED 1,575 according to your packages and the luxuries and feasibility they include.

One of the best things about scuba diving at Dubai Marina is that the certified divers can go on Deep-sea shipwreck dives which are mostly not provided in any other places. There are also courses from PADI featuring certified scuba divers for a cost of AED 1,024.

Location: Near Habtoor Grand Resort Dubai Marina, UAE

Contact: +971-56-200-0426

Scuba diving is a wholesome experience which gets you close to nature, makes you understand the importance of marine life, shows you the beauty of the mother earth and lets you experience the underwater wonders. And Dubai is a place for all of it. There are also other beaches in Dubai where you can indulge in tons of other beach activities and sports and dives provided by many other centres including Nemo diving centre, royal diving centre, blue coast dive centre, etc which have very talented and friendly staff. It is an out-of-the-world experience that you sure wouldn’t want to miss!