Diving off Sanya in Hainan Island - China

[cchinadive]

Sanya is a trategic location for the diving industry in China.Water quality is nice and UW visibility in general is 10-15m on average.There are lots of aquatic life and colourful corals especially in Yalong Bay,Haitang Bay and Houhai Bay.

I am sorry for your poor dive experienced in Sanya. Yeah there are different dive shops accupy different diving spots around the island which make it quite confusing.It is possible to have a nice dive trip in Sanya China, if contact with profeesonal dive centre,such as PADI Dive Centre.What’s more , the dive centre stsff will arrange English diving instrutor who on basic informatin about the area.

Here is a PADI 5 Star Dive Centre in Sanya,the English Instructor Guo Yong is a nice guy, he know much about Sanya and Hainan dive information.His E-mail is 358712501@qq.com.

ChinaDive
Website:www.chinadiveclub.com
E-mail: chinadiveclub@gamil.com

Hope it can be help!

 

[diverkim]

Sanya is a trategic location for the diving industry in China.Water quality is nice and UW visibility in general is 10-15m on average.There are lots of aquatic life and colourful corals especially in Yalong Bay,Haitang Bay and Houhai Bay.

With all due respect, most divers I know, do not care if a location is strategic or not; they care about a good dive with something to see.

I do not believe for a second that the UW visibility is "10-15 m on average." It was arm's length when I dived. That would require 30 m viz on other days to reach your average.

Also there was little to see: a few destroyed coral heads with nets draped over them and a scattering of small fishes.

I don't wish to denigrate a dive site, but the only reason to dive Hainan is to record a China dive in your logbook. I have dived quite a few places: Canada, USA, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Egypt, Jordan, Croatia, Hungary, etc. and Hainan was absolutely the worst dive spot I have encountered.

If I had known, I probably still would have dived there merely because I was there. But divers should be forewarned about the reality of diving in Hainan first: poor viz, poor coral life, scarce fish life.

 

[cchinadive]

With all due respect, most divers I know, do not care if a location is strategic or not; they care about a good dive with something to see.

I do not believe for a second that the UW visibility is "10-15 m on average." It was arm's length when I dived. That would require 30 m viz on other days to reach your average.

Also there was little to see: a few destroyed coral heads with nets draped over them and a scattering of small fishes.

I don't wish to denigrate a dive site, but the only reason to dive Hainan is to record a China dive in your logbook. I have dived quite a few places: Canada, USA, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Egypt, Jordan, Croatia, Hungary, etc. and Hainan was absolutely the worst dive spot I have encountered.

If I had known, I probably still would have dived there merely because I was there. But divers should be forewarned about the reality of diving in Hainan first: poor viz, poor coral life, scarce fish life.

Yeah, some divesites was not so good as south Asia In generally.But, there are many good destination.

Hey guy,
here a POST from a girl Monne who showed her cool dive experiences in Sanya.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/greater-china/34727-hainans-miserable-dving-scene.html

And here are some Pics from my album in Scubaboard
http:www.scubaboard.com/gallery/useralbums.php?appaction=albums

This is a PADI 5 Star Dive Centre in Sanya
ChinaDive www.chinadiveclub.com
The Centre got highly regarded .

you got the poor experient cause the dive shop I think. You see , Scuba industry isn’t a mature industry in China, and there are different dive shops accupy different diving spots around the island which make it quite confusing.Hainan.especially Sanya is a good destination for Scuba diving.