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 Zanzibar's best diving can be enjoyed at the northern tip of the island, home of Zanzibar Dive Adventures. This professional dive operation, managed by Zanzibar Watersports Limited, is located at Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel, and caters for all experience levels. Whether you're a total beginner, or a seasoned professional, there are dive adventures for you.
As a Gold Palm 5 Star PADI Instructor Development Centre you can be assured that the instruction and dive leadership on offer are second to none. Quality accommodations, superior service and excellent dive opportunities make PADI Gold Palm Resorts stand out from the rest. Resorts of this caliber focus on memorable dive experiences, customer satisfaction, diver safety and environmental awareness, by going the extra mile to provide professional and outstanding service. We are able to offer all PADI qualifications to Instructor level.
Full equipment and tank-filling facilities are available in-house, as are a wide range of PADI dive courses. Our swimming pool, the only one in Nungwi, provides an ideal environment for confined water training sessions for beginners.
If you haven't dived before...
Enjoy a free trial in the comfort and safety of our swimming pool with one of our instuctors and then go for one of our popular Discover Scuba Diving courses. This will allow you to learn the basics of scuba and have a trial dive with an experienced instructor under safe conditions. Once this hooks you, enrol in the PADI Open Water course and enjoy the benefits of the world's fastest growing sport - anywhere in the world. Advanced and Speciality courses are also available.
Wall dives, night dives, deep dives, drift dives...
Overwhelming numbers of amazing tropical fish proliferate on the coral gardens that form a lagoon around Ras Nungwi. The majestic whale shark migrates past us twice a year and humpback whales grace us with their presence, sometimes breaching right outside the hotel. Dolphins are permanent residents, playfully accompanying us on boat trips, jumping and diving with their young.
Typical dive sites include Kichwani, an incredible wall dive off the Mnemba Atoll with amazing marine life and suitable for all levels of diver, and Leven Banks, a massive reef pinnacle 7 miles out to sea.
Explore our favourite dive sites on an Interactive Map.
 
Click here to see some great underwater photographs.
Watch our underwater video here.
Depths of most reefs range between 12m to 40m in a year round average water temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. Visibility is typically excellent.
 We take safety seriously! Dive boats at Ras Nungwi are equipped with first-aid kits, life-jackets and DAN medical oxygen on board. All dive trips are accompanied by at least one holder of the PADI Medic First Aid certificate. The maximum diver to instructor ratio is six to one. VHF radios are used to provide reliable communications with home base.
All of PADI’s safety recommendations are followed, and we always dive with a surface marker buoy. Group sizes are kept to a manageable level to ensure the best possible service and for added safety.
Please send diving enquiries to info@zanzibarwatersports.com.
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