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Can You Learn To Dive On A Liveaboard

Can You Learn To Dive On A Liveaboard?

If you’ve never been on a liveaboard before, and especially if you’re new to scuba diving, you should definitely take a dive trip on a liveaboard, as you have the best chance to dive and build your diving experience. But the question is; can you learn to dive on a liveaboard?

It is possible to learn to dive on a liveaboard, but those that teach non-divers to dive are very few and far between. In fact, the latest research shows just one liveaboard that provides non-divers with learning how to dive.

There were more in the past, but it seems that not so many are willing to provide non-divers lessons to learn how to dive. Having said that, if you get certified to dive before you go on a liveaboard, you can advance your training, as many offer scuba diving courses.

Advantages of diving on a liveaboard:

  1. Intensive Learning: Being on a liveaboard means you’ll have concentrated time for diving instruction. This can accelerate the learning process compared to learning in a traditional dive center.
  2. Multiple Dive Sites: Liveaboards often visit multiple dive sites over the course of their journey, providing diverse underwater environments to practice your skills.
  3. Constant Exposure: Living on the boat means you’re consistently immersed in a diving environment, which can help build your confidence and comfort level in the water.
  4. Instructor and Dive Community: You’ll be surrounded by instructors and fellow divers, creating a supportive community to help you learn and share experiences.

Remember that learning to dive requires a combination of knowledge, skills, and experience. While learning on a liveaboard might not be an option, it can be an exciting way to significantly enhance your diving experience.

I hope you enjoyed this article about can you learn to dive on a liveaboard

If this article hasn’t answered all of your questions. If you have more questions either about snorkelling or scuba diving (or specifically about can you learn to dive on a liveaboard), please comment below with your questions.

There will also be many more articles about scuba and scuba diving safety tips (and on snorkelling too) for you to read and learn about this fabulous sport.

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Article by Russell Bowyer

Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC.

He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC Dive Club too. His favourite part to diver training was when he helped newbies overcome their fear of mask clearing.

Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK such as Cornwall, Littlehampton, Dartmouth and the Farne Islands (see image to the left), on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean (Barbados, Antigua and Bonaire are favourites to name a few), South Africa and the USA.

Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too. His absolute favourite type of diving is scuba diving with sharks.