Making conscious and responsible choices while travelling is a worthwhile endeavour, especially when undertaking scuba diving holidays. As divers, we enjoy the ocean in a way that requires it to be pristine and thriving - thus it is vital to support and choose eco dive resorts that prioritise environmental sustainability! Check below for the best eco dive resorts in Southeast Asia.

1. Kri Eco Resort - Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Since 1993, Kri Eco Resort has been prioritising eco tourism through conserving the marine environment in Raja Ampat and economically empowering the people of their local community.

This establishment supports projects such as shark repopulating, community and social development in woodworking, boat building, professional scuba diving, coral reef restoration, marine protected area patrolling, and making education more accessible for local children. Kri Eco Resort is an excellent eco dive resort as it not only strives for environmental sustainability, but also works to ensure cultural and economic sustainability and wellbeing within their local community.

2. Scuba Junkie - Sipadan, Malaysia

Located in Sipadan, Malaysia, this dive resort prioritises sustainability in all of its operations. From a no single-use plastic policy in their resort, to responsible waste management, renewable energy sourcing, no seafood in the restaurant, involvement in local community initiatives, as well as providing conservation courses within their dive school, Scuba Junkie is the epitome of eco diving.

Scuba Junkie puts their marine conservation efforts into a range of initiatives. These include programs and courses for turtle nursing and release, shark and apex predator conservation, reef monitoring and restoration, beach and ocean clean-ups, and community outreach. If you’re looking to expand your knowledge and skillset in marine conservation and get involved with the eco diving community, Scuba Junkie is a superb choice for an eco dive resort.

3. Ceningan Divers - Nusa Ceningan, Indonesia

A top Green Fins member, such as Scuba Junkie and Kri Eco Resort, Ceningan Divers is actively improving their environmental practices throughout the entirety of their eco dive resort.

In addition to a strict no single-use plastic policy, Ceningan Divers aims to educate their guests and divers on the importance of using reef-safe sunscreen, and offers workshops on marine conservation, specifically for manta rays, sea turtles, mola mola, coral reefs, mangroves, nudibranchs and the coral triangle as a whole.

They also actively contribute to citizen science projects by collecting data on marine debris and on manta ray populations in order to help organisations study the effects of plastic pollution on the marine environment, and the migration of manta rays so as to influence and establish policies for waste management, and marine protected areas.

Ceningan Divers also uniquely takes part in mangrove restoration, in addition to hosting beach clean-ups. If you’re looking to dive sustainably with manta rays and mola mola in Nusa Penida, Ceningan Divers is the best eco resort for you.

Making responsible and eco-conscious choices is all part of being a scuba diver. If we love our oceans and the happiness it brings us, then surely we would want to preserve and improve the marine ecosystem for generations to come. Choose eco dive resorts when booking your next scuba dive trip to Southeast Asia, or better yet, choose one of these!


Photos by Kri Eco Resort

Written by Kayli Wouters

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