Lak Scuba

Diving Kavaratti Island

Lakshadweep has stayed a land of mystery to the world, kept apart by its distance from the Indian mainland and its relative isolation. Its coral atolls hold a delicate ecology that has remained relatively exceptional — 36 islands in all, only eleven of them inhabited, across a land area of 29 sq km. The water is clear and warm, the marine biodiversity very high, and the corals are the sort people travel a long way to see.

Lak Scuba is a PADI Five-Star Dive Resort operating at Kavaratti Island, and the full range of PADI Scuba Certification courses runs here, from beginner to professional. Learning starts with manuals and video lectures alongside interactive classroom sessions, and a well-stocked library is on hand for the curious. Courses adapt to your feedback and move at your pace — five PADI instructors teach in English and Hindi, with an onsite training pool and classroom.

The dive sites off Kavaratti, including the Wall of Wonder, hold sharks, bull rays, turtles, schools of jacks, red snapper, Napoleon wrasse, barracuda, humpback, parrotfish and giant sweetlips in greater abundance than elsewhere in Lakshadweep. Short on time? Discover Scuba dives are offered for a first taste. Research scholars and scientists have also come here for help identifying sites for specialised study.