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PADI 5-star centre · Grande Island<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shipwrecks, reefs and first dives.<\/em><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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From your first breath underwater to advanced wreck certification, we’ve been diving Goa’s waters since 2009. Small boats, unhurried briefings, and instructors who dive here every week of the season.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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18m<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Deepest point on a certified wreck dive<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Oct–May<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Open season, closed through the monsoon<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe sites<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where we actually dive.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Site 1 · 10m<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bounty Bay<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sand and scattered rock at 10m — where confined-water skills are signed off.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Site 2 · 12m<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Davy Jones’ Locker<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shallow at 12m, sheltered, and the site most first dives happen on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Site 3 · 18m<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Suzy’s Wreck<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A 1930s cargo steamer at 18m, broken into three sections and thick with glassfish.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Six sites, chosen on the morning.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Six sites in regular rotation around Grande Island, including Umah Gumah Reef, the Grande Plateau and Sail Rock, a pinnacle dropping to 22m for certified divers only. Which you get depends on visibility and swell on the morning, not on a schedule printed in advance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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November to February brings the best visibility, 12–18m, and calm seas. March to May is the warmest water, with 8–14m. June to September is the monsoon, and we are closed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On the boat<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Boats leave at 07:30.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A first dive<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pool swim and float test on day one<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Skills on sand at Bounty Bay, then the sheltered reef at Davy Jones’ Locker.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Certified wreck and reef dives<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Certified divers only · card required<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two divers per guide on wreck dives, with sites chosen on the morning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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PADI<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Courses, first breath to advanced wreck<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kit included in the course fee<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Four students per instructor, with two instructors and a boat handler on every trip.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Small boats, unhurried briefings.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Nobody is graded and nobody is rushed. But diving is a physical activity and the honest answer matters more than the encouraging one.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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From the briefing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Goa Scuba & Dive Co.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What we expect, and what to bring.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Everything technical is included in your course fee. Read the safety standards before you book — we would rather you arrive knowing what we expect than find out on the jetty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A 200m unaided swim<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tested in the pool on day one, with a ten-minute unassisted float in the same session.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Twelve hours without a drink<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The minimum since your last alcoholic drink before you dive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Your certification card<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Certified dives only — a digital card in the PADI app is fine, a photo of it is not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Swimwear worn under clothes<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Boats leave at 07:30 and there is no changing room at the jetty. Arrive ready.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Reef-safe sunscreen only<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Oxybenzone bleaches the coral we take you to see. We sell a reef-safe SPF50 at cost if you forget.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Even in April the run back to Baina is cold at speed once you are wet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Read the safety standards before you book.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two instructors and a boat handler on every trip, whatever the group size. Closed through the monsoon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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