We know how to plan you family dive vacation needs
We make planning a family dive vacation easy
No family or group is too small or too large for our family dive vacations. Family Dive Adventures (FDA) offers experiences at 5-star PADI dive resorts that are dedicated to providing family-friendly group travel. Our packages are customized based on your family’s ages, needs, and diving levels.
Book with us and save
No matter where or when you decide to go, FDA offers 5% off the lowest retail rate at any dive resort.
Safety is important
We maintain conservative instructor-to-diver ratios and provide up-to-date gear for kids. Family Dive Adventure offers age-appropriate courses for children aged 5 to 14, including SASY for kids aged 4-7, PADI Seal Team for those aged eight and up, and PADI Junior Certification for kids aged 10-14. We also offer PADI Open Water courses for both children and adults aged 15 and above, as well as Advanced Open Water and various specialty courses, including Digital Photo, DPV, Boat Diver, Wreck Diver, Adventure Diver, Dive Master, and Assistant Dive Instructor.
Our goal is to customize a complete family dive vacation that ensures every family member has the ultimate experience of a lifetime. We have connected with other families worldwide, gained knowledge about the oceans, and fostered a shared love and commitment to protecting our beautiful planet.
We’re excited to have you!
You have asked us to create the family dive vacation of your dreams! Before diving into the fun, please take a moment to review and sign our Terms & Conditions carefully.
We’ve designed our booking process to be straightforward and enjoyable. If you have any questions or need assistance while completing the booking form, please don’t hesitate to contact us at (803) 419-2556. We strongly recommend purchasing trip insurance for your diving adventure as soon as you make your deposit.
Your Personal Trip Concierge
We are here to serve you and ensure your vacation is the best it can be. Our team of KSC/PADI professionals and host families on our Family Dive Adventures vacations. This may include extra support for the kids, a trip to the grocery store, a scuba tune-up, a one-on-one personal dive training session, assistance with a camera, or a demonstration with dive gear. Perhaps it’s overcoming fear or simply needing a refresher.
Waiving Change Fees for Our Military
We understand that plans can change unexpectedly. As a result, we will waive any administration charges for changes you request to your booking as a repeat customer. Additionally, we waive all change fees for military personnel. Thank you for your service! Kids Sea Camp offers a 10% discount to all active and retired military personnel, firefighters, and police officers—ID is required to receive this discount.
Special need
The FDA, like KSC, only works with special-needs-friendly resorts. If you provide us with sufficient advance notice and the necessary information, we can generally fulfill most wishes. All our vendors and resorts have been able to cater to handicapped divers, high-functioning autism, hearing-impaired divers, disabled divers, and others with special needs.
Our moral compass
For over 30 years, we have taken family diving without a single dive accident. It’s not just luck; it’s hard work and dedication. Our record and reputation speak for themselves. We work with family-friendly, experienced, knowledgeable professionals. Like any other adventure sport, we have standard PADI, travel, medical, and KSC waivers. However, this does not relieve us of our moral obligation to keep you safe!
Safety
All the family resorts we work with prioritize safety as their top priority, with fun a close second. There is no other company like Family Dive Adventure because we make your vacation personal. The FDA only works with kid-friendly experts that we know and trust, in the water with our own families.
Adventures
The FDA has grown to be one of the top tour companies in the world, taking families on advanced dive adventures to the Galapagos, where they can dive with sharks, Yap to dive with giant manta rays, Palau to explore sunken wrecks, Fiji to learn about shark school, and the Philippines to muck dive.
Waivers are important
FDA provides authentic experiences with natural wildlife and marine interactions. We educate families through facts and hands-on experiences, with the hope of dispelling fears created by misinformation. The trips require participants to respect each other and the underwater world we are exploring. Safety is our expertise in keeping families safe while enjoying their scuba vacations.
Unplug
Put down the cell phones and the laptops. Jump into the real world with daily dives or zip-lining, jungle biking, yoga, paddle boarding, playing football, basketball, or fly fishing.
At a Kids Sea Camp, you spend a complete week disconnecting from your routine and reconnecting with family, new friends, and the wonderful underwater world. We think it’s one of the best family vacations in the world.
Special occasions:Â weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, or reunions. Call 803-419-2556 to let us know how we can better serve you.
Benefits of booking with Family Dive Adventures
The most extensive selection of high-quality, family-friendly dive destinations around the world.
- We offer the largest liveaboard private charter-only vessels for families, including The Arenui and the Pelagian in Indonesia, the Rocio Del Mar in Socorro and the Sea of Cortez, and the Explorer Venture fleet.
Discounts: Save up to 10% off individual or group trips.
- We promise to give you our unbiased, neutral advice on the safest and best-suited place to make your family vacation the best it can be.
- Non-diving members of your family can participate in other fun activities they might enjoy.
- Family Dive Adventure only works with small, local, family-owned, family-friendly, family-run operators.
With over 50 years of combined experience in dive travel.
- Our scuba travel experts are all PADI Pros with personal experience and knowledge of the dive destinations we offer.
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- Book with us and get our highly experienced customer support.
- We provide exquisite concierge service to our guests.
- Get help from our experts to plan every aspect of your trip and ensure your group has a fantastic experience, whether you’re traveling with Empty Nesters, adults, or private groups.
- A global network of PADI Pro dive instructors who speak French, Spanish, German, Russian, American Sign Language, English, and Dutch.
So we are the experts in family dive travel and are rated #1 worldwide in our field.
- Benefit from a global network of adventure tour guides, marine biologists, scientists, photographers, and videographers who present and serve on our group trips.
- We customize menus, Itineraries, excursions, dive training, dive site selections, private boats, and instructors to suit each child and adult.
- The hotels, resorts, and liveaboards for each Kids Sea Camp family dive trip are hand-picked.
- Family Dive Adventure has spent the last 35 years traveling worldwide, exploring, and experiencing the world’s best dive destinations for your family to enjoy.
Our staff are all travel experts and PADI Pros.
- Safety is our number one priority, and fun is a close second.
- Family Dive Adventures is for the whole family.
- FDA dive vacations are more than diving. They include activities such as fly fishing, charter fishing, soccer, volleyball, hiking, sailing, and kayaking, all of which are suitable for the entire family.
- Grandparents are taking their kids, and grandkids are diving with us.
- There can be private boats for the entire family.
- We have a flight wholesaler that can help you save money and organize your flights.