Diving with ReefDoctor

Diving is a large part of every day life at ReefDoctor and we take our diving seriously. Ifaty is a remote location and diving safety is paramount; there is no recompression chamber in Madagascar and it can take up to an hour to reach the nearest hospital in Toliara.

All ReefDoctor diving is run under strict guidelines laid down by ReefDoctor and enforced by the Dive officer and Boatman. You can download a copy of our Diving rules below to get an idea of how we work.

All of our dives are completed in a conservative manner and we set a ReefDoctor maximum depth limit of 30m for all diving activities (regardless of dive qualification or experience).

When you arrive at the ReefDoctor camp you will receive training and information for all of our dive and emergency evacuation procedures and when this is complete you’ll start to conduct underwater surveys. For this you will be diving on a regular basis, usually completing at least one survey dive per day, five days a week - more, weather permitting. In addition you’ll have the opportunity to participate in fun dives on Fridays, giving you the chance to see some of the dive sites that don’t feature in our survey dives. On Saturdays, our day off, there is no diving to give your body a chance to release built up nitrogen from diving activities.

Please note that if you are planning to fly immediately after leaving us, you will need to stop diving for at least 24 hours before your flight. Similarly if you are travelling to Tana (which is 1400 feet above sea level) we recommend that you have 24 hours of no diving before your departure.

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