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Kauai Scuba Diving

Choose a guided shore dive, boat dive or certification course for your experience level.

See all 11 experiences

We match the dive to your experience, brief you on the equipment and plan, and guide you underwater. Start with a shore experience, join a certified boat dive, or work toward your certification. Our team selects sites for the conditions.

Choose your diving experience

Choose a level to narrow the experiences below.

Introductory dives include instruction. Snuba and snorkeling are labeled separately. Medical and experience requirements still apply.

Shore dives & Snuba

Choose the experience that fits your confidence in the water.

Shore Dives

Koloa Landing shore dive

Certified divers and first-time divers welcome; choose the introductory option if you are not certified.

Enter Koloa Landing’s reef from shore with our dive team, with instruction suited to your experience in the water.

Trip details

Koloa Landing, also called Whalers Cove, is a shore-entry reef dive with typical maximum depths of 30–40 feet. Both certified and non-certified divers can join the appropriate guided option. Check its experience and medical requirements before booking.

Shore Dives

Twilight & night shore dive

Check the selected departure’s certification requirements.

Watch the reef change from twilight to darkness on a shore outing that explores two different sides of underwater life.

Trip details

If you have not done a Night Dive before or if you are a Night Dive enthusiast this is the dive for you! Typically done as a two tank trip we do the first dive as a Twilight Dive just before the sun is setting with the second dive after sunset under the cover of darkness!

Shore Dives

Underwater scooter dive

Scuba certification required.

Glide along the reef with an underwater propulsion scooter and our guide on this adventure for certified divers.

Trip details

Certified divers will enjoy the latest BUZZZ in the dive industry! The motto is: “Why kick when you can fly?” These state-of-the-art diver propulsion vehicles will pull or push a diver up to 2 ½ miles per hour.

Shore Dives

Poipu Snuba adventure

No scuba certification required. Snuba uses air supplied from the surface.

Try breathing underwater in Poipu with our guided Snuba session, supplied with air from the surface instead of a tank on your back.

Trip details

Snuba Tours are a bridge between snorkeling and scuba diving. Experience breathing underwater without donning scuba tanks. Are 90 minutes tour take place in Poipu and are done in groups of 6

Boat diving

Offshore adventures for the appropriate certification level.

Boat Dives

Two-tank boat dives

Non-certified divers: choose the introductory afternoon boat dive. Morning dives require certification and experience.

Two boat dives make time for Kauai’s reef scenery. Select a departure suited to your certification and recent diving experience.

Trip details

Morning dives are reserved for certified divers. Often times we'll do drift dives and reach as low as 100 feet. Afternoon dives are for the none-certified or rusty divers and are done in shallower depth.

Boat Dives

Three-tank boat dive

Scuba certification required.

Make a longer day of it with three offshore dives, exploring sites beyond our usual daily routes with other certified divers.

Trip details

Certified Divers | 8 Hours Come experience dive sites we don't get to on a daily basis, like Amber's Arches, Kipu Kai, or Mana Crack. Anuhea, our 32'' power-catamaran will be reserved for 6 people completing 3 dives.

Boat Dives

Niihau dive adventure

For experienced certified divers; additional experience requirements apply.

Head toward Niihau for deeper, more demanding dives on an offshore expedition for experienced certified divers. Ocean conditions determine the route.

Trip details

Certified Divers | 12 Hours This Dive is for experienced divers. We often drift one or two dives and the depths are greater then on the South Shore trips. The first dive is usually 100-120 feet, the second is in that 60-80 foot range and the third dive is 40-50 feet. It's a long day filled with incredible sights above and below the water.

Boat Dives

Twilight & night boat dive

Scuba certification and appropriate recent diving experience required.

A sunset dive followed by a second descent after dark brings a different perspective to our two-tank boat adventure.

Trip details

Certified Divers | 4 Hours See the Sheraton Caverns and all of its magnificent underwater life come alive as the sunsets. Then see the action after it gets dark! This Bi-weekly 2-tank boat dive is one not to be missed. We also offer night dives from the shore.

Niihau snorkel adventure

Prefer snorkeling? Explore the surface waters near Niihau and Lehua.

Offshore snorkel adventure

Niihau & Na Pali Snorkel Adventure

Port Allen · About 7 hours

Snorkeling only; no scuba certification required.

Spend the day exploring Na Pali, then venture offshore toward Niihau or Lehua for snorkeling, meals, and drinks. This ocean adventure does not include an island landing.

Trip details

Holoholo · 65-foot power catamaran

  • Continental breakfast, deli lunch, snacks & cookies
  • Snorkel gear, flotation, instruction & in-water support
  • Juices, water & soft drinks; beer, wine & hard seltzers after snorkeling
  • Coastal stories, wildlife watching & offshore adventure

No landing on Niihau. The captain chooses the route, order and snorkel site for the conditions. Wildlife and underwater visibility vary.

We choose our route and water activities for the day’s ocean conditions. Wildlife sightings, snorkeling, cave entry, and sailing are conditions dependent. Bring sun protection and follow the meeting instructions in your confirmation.

Learn & explore more

Certification and additional departures.

PADI Open Water course

Beginner certification course; complete required study and medical forms before diving.

Work toward PADI Open Water certification through online study, confined-water practice, and guided open-water dives with our instructors.

Trip details

The PADI eLearning Open Water Course is a 2-day course which consists of 5 confined water dives (in a pool) and 4 open water dives. A typical schedule is Day #1: 7:30am-5:30pm and Day #2: 12:30pm - 4:30pm

Explore dive availability

Check the selected departure’s certification requirements.

Find your next underwater adventure among our shore dives, boat trips, and courses, with choices for first-time and experienced divers.

Trip details

Kauai offers some fantastic Scuba Diving all year long and we have options for all skill levels. If you are an experienced diver, join us on a boat dive and we'll explore pristine coral reefs and look for sharks, rays, monk seals and beyond. First time divers will enjoy our intro shore dives out of Koloa Landing

Find your Kauai location

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South Shore · Poipu · Port Allen

Areas shown. Your confirmation gives the exact meeting point.

Before you book

Before booking, check certification, recent-dive experience and medical requirements for the selected option. Our dive team chooses sites for the conditions.