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DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING • CERTIFIED & BEGINNER DIVERS • SOUTH PHU QUOC • VIETNAM
Scuba Diving in Phu Quoc for Beginners & Certified Divers
Discover the underwater world of South Phu Quoc and the An Thoi Archipelago with a professional dive team.
This scuba diving experience is designed for both certified divers and complete beginners with no previous diving experience.
Never tried scuba diving before?
No problem.
Professional instructors provide training, equipment, and underwater supervision, allowing first-time divers to safely experience breathing underwater and explore Phu Quoc's coral reefs.
Already certified?
Enjoy two guided reef dives at carefully selected dive sites around South Phu Quoc chosen according to daily visibility, currents, and sea conditions.
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🌊 No Certification Required For First-Time Divers
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🤿 PADI, SSI & Certified Divers Welcome
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🪸 Two Guided Reef Dives In South Phu Quoc
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🐠 Coral Reefs, Tropical Fish & Marine Life
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👨🏫 Professional Dive Instructors & Dive Masters
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🍽️ Lunch, Fruit & Drinking Water Included
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🚤 Join-In Diving Boat Experience
From 90USD / person
Book via WhatsApp with your preferred date, and we will confirm your exact pickup time instantly.
What Is This Tour?
This join-in scuba diving tour takes place in the An Thoi Archipelago, the best diving area around Phu Quoc.
With more than 17 dive sites spread across 12 tropical islands, South Phu Quoc offers some of Vietnam's most accessible coral reef diving.
The exact dive locations change daily based on visibility, currents, weather conditions, and diver experience levels.
Rather than following a fixed route, the dive team selects the two best available dive sites each day.
Popular dive locations may include:
📍 Hon Kim Quy
📍 Bat Reef
📍 Hon May Rut
📍 Roi Island
📍 Coco Island
📍 Pineapple Island
📍 Dry Reef
📍 Lighthouse Island
Quick Facts
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📍 Location: South Phu Quoc & An Thoi Archipelago
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🚤 Tour Type: Join-In Scuba Diving Tour
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🤿 Suitable For: Beginners & Certified Divers
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🪸 Dive Sites: Selected Daily Based On Conditions
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🌊 Maximum Beginner Depth: 6 meters
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🤿 Certified Diver Depth: Up To 35 meters (conditions dependent)
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🐠 Main Focus: Coral Reefs & Marine Life
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⏱️ Duration: Full Day Experience
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👨👩👧 Minimum Age: 10 Years
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🌤️ Conditions: Operates Year-Round
Why Guests Love This Tour
🌊 No Diving License Required
Never scuba dived before?
You can still join.
Beginners receive a full briefing, equipment training, and individual underwater supervision from a professional instructor.
🤿 Designed For Both Beginners & Certified Divers
The boat welcomes a mix of first-time divers and certified divers.
Each group receives an experience tailored to their certification level and comfort underwater.
🪸 Daily Dive Site Selection
South Phu Quoc offers more than 17 dive sites.
Instead of visiting the same locations every day, instructors choose the best available reefs based on visibility, currents, and weather conditions.
🚤 Relaxed Join-In Experience
Meet other divers, enjoy the scenery of the An Thoi Archipelago, and spend the day exploring Phu Quoc's underwater world with a professional dive team.
What Can You See While Diving?
🌊 Living Coral Reefs
South Phu Quoc is home to some of the most diverse coral reefs in Vietnam, with underwater gardens, reef walls, coral valleys, sea anemone fields, and a wide variety of tropical marine life.
🪸 Hard Corals
Acropora, Lobophyllia, Porites, Goniopora, Diploastrea, Echinopora, Sun Coral (Tubastraea), Fungia, Platygyra, Favia, Montipora, Turbinaria,
and many more reef-building coral species.
🌿 Soft Corals
Leather Corals, Devil's Hand Corals, Finger Leather Corals, Rumphella Sea Fans, Whip Corals, and colorful soft coral colonies.
🐠 Sea Anemones & Clownfish
Magnificent sea anemones (Heteractis magnifica) create colorful underwater gardens where clownfish, often called "Nemo", live safely among the tentacles.
🐟 Common Marine Life
Depending on the dive site and conditions, divers frequently encounter:
🐠 Butterflyfish
🐠 Damselfish
🐠 Angelfish
🐠 Parrotfish
🐠 Wrasses
🐠 Fusiliers
🐠 Groupers
🦀 Crabs
🌈 Nudibranchs
and many other reef species.
🌊 Every Dive Is Different
Marine life changes with the season, water conditions, currents, and location. No two dives are exactly the same, which is one of the reasons divers return to South Phu Quoc again and again.
🧭 Itinerary: How your day looks like?
🚐 Hotel Pickup (approximately 08:00)
Transfer to the dive boat and meet the dive team.
🤿 Dive Briefing & Equipment Setup
Safety briefing, equipment fitting, group allocation, and dive site overview.
🚤 Cruise To Dive Sites
Relax while the boat travels into the An Thoi Archipelago.
🪸 Dive 1
Guided dive at the first selected reef.
🍍 Surface Interval
Relax on board with fruit and drinking water.
🤿 Dive 2
Second guided dive at a different reef site.
🍽️ Lunch On Board
Freshly prepared lunch served while returning to Phu Quoc.
🚐 Return Transfer
Transfer back to your hotel.
What's Included
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🚐 Hotel pickup & drop-off (selected areas of Phu Quoc)
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🚤 Shared diving boat
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🤿 Full scuba diving equipment
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👨🏫 Professional dive instructor / divemaster
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🪸 Two scuba dives at the best available dive sites of the day
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🥤 Drinking water
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🍍 Fresh tropical fruit
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🍽️ Lunch served on board
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🛡️ Travel insurance
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🧭 Dive briefing & safety instructions
What's Not Included
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🍺 Beer & alcoholic beverages (available for purchase on board)
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🧃 Soft drinks & additional beverages (available for purchase on board)
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📸 Personal underwater cameras & photography equipment
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🏨 Pickup surcharge for hotels outside the standard pickup area (if applicable)
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💰 Personal expenses
🚐 Pickup surcharge for northern Phu Quoc:
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Ong Lang area (Ocean Bay, Mango Bay, Camia...): +200,000 VND/group
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Cua Can area (Mövenpick...): +350,000 VND/group
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Ganh Dau area (Vinpearl, Radisson Blu, VinHolidays...): +450,000 VND/group
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Ham Ninh / Cay Sao area: +500,000 VND/group
Pricing
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🌊 Discover Scuba Diving (No Certification Required) - 100 USD / person
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🤿 Certified Diver (PADI / SSI) - 90 USD / person
👶 Minimum age: 10 years
⚠️ Participants must be in good health and free from serious heart, lung, blood pressure, or other medical conditions that may affect diving safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is scuba diving in Phu Quoc suitable for complete beginners?
Yes.
This tour is specifically designed for both complete beginners and certified divers.
If you have never scuba dived before, your instructor will provide a full briefing, explain the equipment, and stay with you underwater throughout the experience.
No previous diving experience is required.
Do I need a diving certification?
No.
First-time divers can join through the Discover Scuba Diving program.
Certified divers (PADI, SSI, CMAS, SDI and other recognized agencies) are also welcome and will follow a separate diving program appropriate to their certification level.
Is scuba diving in Phu Quoc safe for beginners?
Yes.
Beginners receive training before entering the water and dive under the direct supervision of a professional instructor.
Non-certified divers remain within recreational introductory diving limits and are guided throughout the entire dive.
What is the maximum depth for beginners?
For safety reasons, beginner divers usually dive to a maximum depth of approximately 6 meters.
This depth is more than enough to experience coral reefs, tropical fish, and the sensation of breathing underwater for the first time.
How deep do certified divers go?
Certified divers may dive significantly deeper depending on certification level, experience, dive site conditions, air consumption, and instructor assessment.
Some dive sites around South Phu Quoc reach depths of more than 30 meters.
How many dives are included?
The tour includes two scuba dives.
Dive duration depends on experience level, breathing rate, air consumption, and sea conditions.
Certified divers typically enjoy longer dive times than first-time divers.
What marine life can we see while diving?
Every dive is different.
Common sightings around South Phu Quoc include:
🐠 Butterflyfish
🐠 Angelfish
🐠 Parrotfish
🐠 Damselfish
🐠 Wrasses
🐠 Groupers
🦀 Crabs
🌈 Nudibranchs
🪸 Hard coral gardens
🌿 Soft coral habitats
Marine life depends on season, visibility, currents, and the dive site selected that day.
Which dive sites do we visit?
The dive team selects the two best available dive sites each day based on weather, visibility, currents, and diver experience.
Possible locations include:
📍 Hon Kim Quy
📍 Bat Reef
📍 Hon May Rut
📍 Roi Island
📍 Coco Island
📍 Pineapple Island
📍 Dry Reef
📍 Lighthouse Island
This flexible approach helps ensure the best possible diving conditions.
Can non-swimmers join?
In many cases, yes.
As long as you are comfortable in the water and meet the health requirements, introductory scuba diving can often be enjoyed even by non-swimmers under direct instructor supervision.
If you are unsure, contact us before booking.
What is the minimum age for scuba diving?
The minimum age for this program is 10 years old.
Children must follow instructor guidance and may be subject to additional safety requirements.
Is lunch included?
Yes.
The tour includes lunch served on board, along with drinking water and fresh tropical fruit.
What should I bring?
We recommend bringing:
☀️ Sunscreen
🕶️ Sunglasses
🧢 Hat
🩱 Swimwear
🏖️ Towel
📱 Waterproof phone case (optional)
🤿 Dive certification card (certified divers only)
Can I fly after scuba diving?
No.
Divers should wait before flying after scuba diving.
As a general guideline:
✈️ Minimum 18–24 hours before flying is recommended.
Your instructor can provide specific advice based on your dive profile.
What happens if weather conditions are bad?
Safety always comes first.
If sea conditions are unsafe or local authorities do not allow boats to operate, the trip may be postponed, rescheduled, or canceled.
Guests will be offered an alternative date or a refund according to the booking conditions.
Is underwater photography included?
Not normally.
Guests are welcome to bring their own underwater cameras or action cameras.
Availability of photos and videos depends on the dive team operating that day.
Is this tour suitable for certified divers?
Absolutely.
Certified divers often join this trip specifically to explore South Phu Quoc's coral reefs and less-visited dive sites with local dive professionals.
Why is South Phu Quoc considered the best diving area on the island?
The An Thoi Archipelago contains the highest concentration of dive sites around Phu Quoc, with more than 17 known locations spread across multiple islands.
The area offers:
🪸 Hard coral reefs
🌿 Soft coral gardens
🐠 Tropical reef fish
🌊 Generally calmer conditions
🤿 Suitable sites for both beginners and experienced divers
making it the primary diving destination around Phu Quoc.
Tour Policies
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation is available up to 24 hours before departure unless otherwise agreed in advance.
Weather & Sea Conditions
Scuba diving activities depend on weather, sea conditions, visibility, and local regulations.
If local authorities, harbor authorities, or the dive operator determine that conditions are unsafe for diving, the trip may be postponed, rescheduled, or canceled.
Guests will be offered an alternative date or a full refund when applicable.
Medical & Fitness Requirements
Scuba diving is suitable for guests in good general health.
Participants should not have serious heart, lung, blood pressure, respiratory, or other medical conditions that may affect diving safety.
Pregnant women are not permitted to participate.
If you have any medical concerns, please contact us before booking.
Flying After Diving
For safety reasons, divers should avoid flying for at least 18–24 hours after completing scuba dives.
Please consider your travel schedule before booking.
Safety First
The dive instructor reserves the right to modify the dive plan, reduce dive depth, change dive sites, postpone dives, or cancel activities if conditions are considered unsafe.
All participants must follow the instructions of the dive team at all times.
Marine Conservation
We practice responsible diving and encourage all guests to respect the marine environment.
Please do not touch, stand on, collect, or damage corals and marine life.
Take only photos and leave only bubbles.