Kauai Down Under is now Dive Kauai Scuba Center! Same great staff, same great experience new name!
From first-time to advanced divers, the Dive Kauai Team is all about making your underwater experience truly memorable! We are passionate about what we do, the extraordinary island that we live on, and the abundant waters that surround it.
Get away from the shore and experience some of the most abundant marine life on Kauai! From topography dives with caverns, collapsed lava tubes and other underwater formations to pristine reefs, you’re sure to get your fill of amazing dive sites!
Learn the fundamental rules and guidelines of safe scuba diving with a PADI Professional. This unique experience will put non-certified divers (and certified diver friends together) in the beautiful waters of Kauai face to face with our famous Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle!
From the endemic species living in our reefs, to unique lava tubes and reef formations, Dive Kauai Scuba Center can help you experience all that Kauai scuba diving has to offer. Our PADI trained professional scuba instructors have been hand-picked from the best of the best. They lead quality tours and offer fascinating briefings which include, marine ecology and conservation, Hawaiian history and lore. Your surface intervals will be filled with chatter about the critters that you encountered and how amazing the reef structures are. You will be amazed by how well our instructors know these reefs. Their experience means unsurpassed wildlife encounters and dive memories that will never leave you.
Kauai’s waters offer a diversity of reef topography in combination with a rich assortment of marine life that makes for truly remarkable diving.
Dive sites like Koloa Landing, Sheraton Caverns, Zach’s Pocket, Fast Lanes, General Store and more in Sunny Poipu are nurseries for many colorful fish including triggerfish, surgeonfish, parrotfish, butterflyfish, frogfish, scorpionfish, & moray eels. Majestic lava tubes, rocky outcroppings, and large coral structures create the perfect habitat for fish to prosper.
In Kauai, we are also very lucky to encounter the endangered Hawaiian green sea turtle on nearly every dive! The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles can reach 300+ pounds and are prolific on Kauai. Their main food source, which is algae, grows in abundance here because Kauai is one of the wettest spots on earth.
Rivers flowing into the sea from our mountain ranges disperse nutrients that feed algae and make it thrive. Because of this, the sea turtles stay close to shore and allow for awesome viewing encounters.
Call or book online today and experience for yourself whyDive Kauai Scuba Center is hands down the best team and dive experience on Kauai!
Dive Kauai has more than 25 years of product testing to find only the best suited gear for all of our tours. We include the Mask, Snorkel, Booties & Fins, BCD, Regulator, Wetsuit for all of our tours. DSMB and Dive Computers are provided on our scooter and boat dives.
Passionate about what we do, all of our guides and captains spend hours training in preparation for you our guest. All scuba staff are PADI Divemasters, PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors or PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers who bring superior knowledge of the underwater world to each and every tour!
The ocean (Moana) is at the heart pulse of what we do. Without the vast eco systems and diverse species on our reefs there would be no underwater world for us to educate, explore and enjoy. “The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it” – Sylvia Earle.
We also offer more great snorkeling with our sister company, Kauai Sea Riders. Click on the link below to view our other tours and check availability.
We also offer more great snorkeling with our sister company Kauai Z Tours where you can Go Beyond The Beach! Click on the link below to view our other tours and check availability.
Our sister company, Hawaiian Style Surfing, will help you “Hang 10”! Click the link below to view our lessons and availability.
After years of doing "Discovery" Dives I finally got my Open Water Certification. It was a great experience! Kate, our instructor was incredibly informative, patient, and thorough. She would not move onto the next skill until everyone in our class was comfortable with the previous one. Everyone associated with Dive Kauai Team was great, including the office staff. It was the highlight of my trip and the fulfillment of a long term goal of mine.
– BeaverJohn | TripAdvisorI'm not a certified or experienced diver. I got instructions from Nen and Logan. Both are highly professional and very knowledgeable in what they do. I had trouble with my ears on the dive but Logan was very patient and accommodating and I made the dive - which was absolutely stunning and not to be missed. If you're on Kauai - this is a #1 must do experience.
– George D. | TripAdvisorI was lucky enough to have two splendid days of PADI Scuba instruction with some real pros. Nen and Jared as Dive Masters were both professional, very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and patient. Capt. Davey at the helm of the Zodiac was great, and kept me laughing. With a pair of shore dives on the first day, this Wyoming boy was able to have a bit of practice remembering all the nuances to scuba.
– Ben H. | TripAdvisorody is a fantastic teacher. He led my two teens through two days of diving at Koloa Landing. I cannot say enough about his expertise, great attitude, patience, and laid back nature. He truly excels at what he does... Jody was super organized and made the entire adventure amazing. His knowledge of local marine life in Kauai was an added bonus. I highly recommend Dive Kauai for PADI certification!
– Amanda M. | TripAdvisorThis was our first night dive and it was a great experience that I would highly recommend! There are so many things to see that you see better at night - octopi, shrimp, lobster, large puffer fish, and bioluminescent plankton. Very cool and worth the time to get a twilight and night dive in at Koloa landing.
– Gray D. | TripAdvisor
