It’s brand new and its swanky! Come check out the old Café Del Mar that’s now Barefoot Scuba Resort.

It’s the same Resort, with the same lovely people but with fantastic brand new chic rooms, simply perfect for that diving vacation of yours. Barefoot Scuba Resort is the small beach resort with a big heart.

When we decided that it was time to renovate, to rebuild and to make this resort into the perfect haven for your dream holidays we never realised how much work it really would be. Renovation work was on in full swing by September 2009 and the deadline was Christmas day 2009.  Read more... (1030 words, 8 images, estimated 4:07 mins reading time)

Bring out the champagne flutes, prepare to pop the champagne and let’s have a great big drum roll! Our students have done it!

Barefoot Scuba had 3 candidates this year for the first ever PADI Instructor Development Course and Instructor Examination in India which was held in Port Blair. They have made us proud and have come out with flying colours thereby giving us a 100% success rate.

So here’s saying Congratulations to our 3 newly certified Open Water Scuba Instructors and Emergency First Response Instructors Romila Sil, Manish Mahadik and Damien Gobron!

Someone once rightly said “All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners… Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing… not moving toward excellence.” Our first candidate Romila Sil is a standing example of this.

It’s HUGE and it’s the talk of the town. Barefoot Scuba is now officially the first and only PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Facility in the Andaman Islands, India.

We have been gradually climbing the PADI ladder each year, striving to outdo ourselves each season and this year is no exception.

We are now officially not just the first PADI 5 Star IDC facility in the Andamans but also the first National Geographic Dive Centre in the Andamans.

The PADI IDC rating now means that you can become a dive professional in India with us. For Indians who wish to become diving professionals this comes a huge blessing. No more expensive long flights and visa hassles to become an Instructor. You can now become an Instructor with Barefoot Scuba and create a little history yourself.  Read more... (337 words, 2 images, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)