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A dive week is planned as a whole: build-up dives first, the demanding sites once you are settled, a course in the middle if you want one, and the last dive scheduled around your flight home.
Tell us how many days you have and what you want from them, and we will plan the week and quote it as one price.
Written by The Scuba Duka team · Reviewed by Ali, founder and Divemaster Instructor · October 2026
How we plan a diving week
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Start easy, even if you are experienced
The first dive of any trip is a check dive in disguise — new water, hired equipment, a body that has just been on a plane. A sheltered reef first makes everything after it better.
02
Big sites in the middle
The wreck and the Kisite day go where you are settled and the forecast is best, not on a fixed weekday.
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Leave slack for the ocean
A week with every morning booked has no room for a rough day. We plan a spare window on purpose.
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Finish around your flight
Tell us your departure time and we build the week backwards from it, leaving a proper surface interval before you fly.
Three example weeks
Illustrations of shape, not fixed packages. Yours is built from your dates, your certification and the conditions.
Learn to dive in a week
No experienceDigital theory finished before you fly. Two days of confined water and open-water training, certification on day three or four, then two mornings of guided reef diving as a newly certified diver — which is when it stops being a course and starts being diving.
A certified diver's week
Open Water and aboveA refresh session if it has been a while, then reef mornings building up to the wreck. A Kisite full day mid-week when the forecast suits, a specialty if you want the week to leave you better rather than just wetter, and a rest day.
A family week
Mixed experienceOne parent diving mornings while the rest snorkel or kayak, a Try Scuba session for whoever is curious, junior certification for a child who is ready, and a private boat day where everybody is on the same trip.
Diving and safari in the same trip
Kenya lets you do something almost no other dive destination can: a morning on the reef and a national park in the same week. Most of our guests who combine the two put the diving first and the safari last, because of altitude and flying after diving.
If you have booked your own safari, we will schedule the diving so it fits safely around it — send us the itinerary and we will tell you which dives work and which do not. If you would rather have it arranged, there is one ready-made package.
10 Day Diving and Safari package
Price on enquiryDays 1–4Arrival, then two nights full board on safari in TsavoDays 5–7Diving in DianiDays 8–10Leisure in Diani, departure from Mombasa
Optional Kisite–Mpunguti dive with Funzi Island seafood lunch. Safari and accommodation at Dacha Diani arranged by our partner Dacha Diani.
See the full itinerary →Where to stay
We are based at Soul Breeze Beach Resort in Diani, and hotel pickup is included across Diani, Galu, Tiwi, Ukunda and selected nearby accommodation. We are not a booking agency, but we know which places are an easy pickup and which make a 6am start miserable — ask before you book a room.
Frequently asked questions
How many days should I plan?
Four or five diving days gives a week real shape and absorbs one weather day. Three works. Two is a visit rather than a dive holiday.
Do you book flights or hotels?
Not flights. We plan and run the diving and advise on accommodation that is easy to collect from. The exception is the 10 Day Diving and Safari package, where our partner Dacha Diani arranges the safari and accommodation.
How long before flying?
Leave a proper surface interval — we schedule your final dive around your flight time as standard.
Can we mix diving and courses?
Frequently the best use of a week: a certification or specialty early, then guided dives to consolidate it.
Who you will dive with
Seven people run the centre, four of them born and raised in Diani Beach. Between the four instructors sit more than 13,000 logged dives on this stretch of the Indian Ocean. Two qualified dive guides, Sampuli and Captain Michael, guide dives alongside them.
Ali
Founder · Divemaster Instructor25+ years diving in Kenya and abroad. Born and raised in Diani Beach.
Kassim
Scuba Instructor17+ years and 8,000+ logged dives, from Diani to Kisite Mpunguti. SSI and PADI certified.
Salim Swaleh
Scuba Instructor4,000+ logged dives on Diani sites. Teaches SSI beginner to specialty courses.
Omari
Scuba InstructorSSI and PADI Open Water Instructor, 1,000+ logged dives. Shoots underwater photo and video.
Sampuli
Dive GuideBorn and raised in Diani Beach. 100+ logged dives. Guides guest divers and runs equipment checks.
Michael
Dive Guide · Captain20+ years scuba diving and captaining boats. Handles the boat and guides dives.
