Scuba Diving In Nha Trang – Is It Worth It?

A review of our experience scuba diving in Nha Trang. Is it worth it?

From the cenotes of Mexico to the coral gardens in the Ningaloo Reef in Australia, we have been pretty spoilt when it comes to incredible scuba diving.

That doesn’t stop us from wanting to explore as many underwater worlds as possible, even when they don’t have a great reputation for being the best diving destinations.

The beach resort of Nha Trang in Vietnam is one place that never rates too highly on ‘must-visit’ diving lists, but seeing as we had not much else to do there, we thought we would see what was on offer.

We ended up becoming pleasantly surprised with the scuba diving in Nha Trang.

After becoming certified back in 2011 on the beautiful island of Utila, off the coast of Honduras, we’ve breathed underwater in 7 countries, more than 50 times.

It surprisingly became a massive passion of ours, and is something that we hope to pursue for years to come. For this reason, we don’t mind scuba diving if the visibility is not perfect and the amount of marine life to be found is low.

We love the sensation of being weightless that you get with a scuba dive, and that is enough to draw us beneath the surface.

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Why Not? Scuba Diving In Nha Trang

We read a few reviews online for scuba diving in Nha Trang, and they didn’t give us much optimism. Reports of over-fishing, coral bleaching, boat pollution and little reef conservation were rife across the internet.

Despite this, we still wanted to give the scuba dive in Nha Trang a shot.

While we were canyoning in Dalat we met a guy who had recently been diving with Nha Trang Fun Divers and informed us that even if the conditions themselves were pretty bad, they were the best diving shop in town, and definitely worth checking out.

We much prefer to go on word of mouth from people we meet than a dodgy trip advisor review, so we headed straight for Nha Trang Fun Divers as soon as we got to town.

Run by Hamit, a cheerful Turkish man, the outfit seemed to be quite professional and we asked to inspect the equipment before signing up.

While not brand new or flawless, the regulators, BCDs, wetsuits, masks, and fins all seemed to be in good condition.

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With the weather forecast the next day to be sunny, we felt confident in handing over our money to go see what the scuba diving in Nha Trang had to…