If you're dreaming of unforgettable underwater adventures, Ocean Tribe is by far the best choice along the entire Kenyan coastline! From the very beginning, I knew I was in good hands – professionalism, a warm atmosphere, and a deep passion for diving are present at every step.The Ocean Tribe team are true professionals – especially Lisa, who stood out with her knowledge, dedication, and uplifting energy. They know the local waters like the back of their hand and create a friendly, positive environment that makes every dive a joy. The instructors are patient, meticulous, and truly committed – perfect for both beginners and experienced divers alike.The equipment is modern and very well-maintained, and the dive boat is comfortable and incredibly well-organized. Every dive felt like a new discovery – from majestic sea turtles to massive schools of colorful fish, vibrant coral reefs, and fascinating wrecks.Diani Beach is a paradise on its own, but thanks to Ocean Tribe, it took on an entirely new dimension for me. This isn’t just a dive center – it’s a place where diving becomes a soulful adventure.

We recently completed our first dives & Open Water Diver certification with the team at Ocean Tribe. Before we even got to Diani, the communication with Mark and the booking process was smooth and informative, which is exactly what we needed as first-time divers!On arrival, we were greeted warmly by Mark, Lisa & the team and started our training.Lisa was an exceptional trainer, and we felt at ease with her, guiding us through the many exercises we needed to complete in order to ensure we came away as more competent divers.We continually felt supported and encouraged despite our nerves and my own seasickness! Now we're hooked, and going again before we head home!We would highly recommend Ocean Tribe & the team at Diani to anyone who might be interested in diving (even if you're apprehensive).Thankyou from us both to Lisa, Mark, and the team for enabling us to love diving!

Had a wonderful experience with ocean tribe diving.. they were very professional from the word go .. Isaac was my instructor and as im still a novice he assured me .. helped me with my gear and even managed a quick tutorial, which I appreciated immensely.I would highly recommend them.Saw beautiful marine life.Looking forward to diving again in the near future with them.

Very nice first day with refresh and 2 open water dives (full boat)2nd day, I was alone on the boat and not enough interaction with the instructor!

I dived with Ocean Tribe for 5 days from late Feb 2025 and had a great time with them. The staff were very professional and Isaac in particular was an amazing guide! He could spot fish far away where I could not even see in the viz and pointed out all the big fish I wanted to see - BIG groupers (10 on one dive) , stingrays, dog-faced puffers, and turtles (8 on one dive), etc.Yacinta also deserves a good mention and she did an super job of guiding me on 3 days diving. A standout dive was on the wreck which is protected thank goodness, so there is an abundance of fish life there.Mark's (tribe leader) devotion to diving is commendable and I highly recommend diving with this center.

Sehr kompetent Tauchschule. Ich habe meinen SSI hier gemacht meine Ausbilderin, Lisa hat mir alles in Ruhe und gewissenhaft beigebracht. Sehr nettes Team Dankeschön Lisa !!! Yvonne und Rolf

Did my Advanced Open Water with Ocean Tribe (plus a couple of additional dives) and had a great week with the team. Hadn't dived the two years prior, so was happy to have a patient and very experienced instructor like Shady. Also liked the very fast communication prior to the course, e.g. giving accommodation recommendations or scheduling the course. Happy to dive again with them when back in Diani!

Great diving company! I tried in a pool today for the first time and Chris was so helpful and patient teaching me all the basics I need. It was so much fun! Can't wait to go in the ocean

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Great experience and a great time! Thanks to all the team!

We completed our Open Water certification here with Lisa, and it was a fantastic experience! Lisa guided us through our last two open water dives with a reassuring and encouraging teaching style, which made us feel much more confident and comfortable in the water.The dive shop is well-organized, with good equipment and a very friendly, professional team!We had a great time, and saw many sea turtles, moray eels, trigger fish, lion fish, and other species!

I spent an epic week diving with Ocean Tribe in Diani beach. Diani is truly a hidden gem for scuba divers…Kenya is not known for the diving, but it should be!The reefs were stunning, so many colours and a great diversity of marine wildlife. Dolphins, octopus, white tip reef sharks, massive turtles, sting rays and so so much more!Mark and his team were incredible hosts. Very helpful in organising everything, pick ups, extra trips, recommendations etc etc. Isaac and Shady both brilliant dive guides, very experienced - I felt safe 100% of the time and they have eyes like hawks to spot all the hidden creatures!I really had the most amazing time and I highly highly recommend. I can’t wait to go back! Maybe I’ll see a whale shark next time!Thank you Ocean Tribe!

DO IT, - YOU'LL LOVE IT.I'd never dived before and after a couple of minutes of shall i shan't I i hit the 'chat through whatsapp button' on the website. Honestly one of the best life choices I have ever made.Mark was responsive and helpful and within the hour i was in the pool starting my Open water course with Steph. 3 days later i was qualified and, a week later I'm still buzzing from possibly the best 3 days of my life.Mark's team Isaac, Shady and Steph are some of the most amazing people I've ever met and you really felt part of the family while you were there.I was lucky enough to have Steph as my instructor and she was the most patient, professional and fun teacher I have ever had, she gets it just right. Her obvious passion and and joy for her work is infectious and really brings out the best in you, Steph and Ocean tribe have changed my life for the better. and at 51 years old i have a new passion and can't wait to come back to Diani to dive with my new underwater family at Ocean Tribe.

I've never experienced a more breathtaking diving spot. The Ocean Tribe team is incredibly friendly, professional, and competent. I felt completely safe throughout my dives, and the underwater life was spectacular—numerous turtles, octopuses, lionfish, and more. I highly recommend this diving center.

We did our AOWD with Ocean Tribe this week and had a great time. Stephanie is a fantastic instructor. The staff and the boatcrew as well as Mark the owner were really friendly and helpful. You cannot go wrong here!

We just finished a few weeks in a bush and Kenya and came to Mombasa to relax. I set up a scuba trip through Mark’s operation. And a fun day this morning, absolutely great operation, very safe, very attentionally detail, it took great care of us. I would’ve how do you recommend this operation to anyone coming to Mombasa to scuba dive, I am a scuba instructor and been lucky enough to travel around the world and this place really impressed me . Super professional operation! His crew is GREAT!

Perfect

Did 2 dives with them today - very professional and friendly team. I haven’t dived for over 4 months and my instructor looked after me very well in the ocean and made me feel safe and unrushed. Strongly recommend if you want a safe and pleasant experience diving in Diani!

Isaac and the whole team are brilliant! Great equipment for rental too. Beautiful reef!

Very glad I chose Ocean Tribe in the end. A great team that really personalized my certification training and showed me a great time.

Great diving experience at Diani Beach. Saw so many turtles an eal and millions of amazing fish. Highly recommend for nice and knowledgeable instructors that made me feel safe and happy.

Got OW and AOW certifications here, Shady is a great instructor. The rental gear is well maintained and everyone on the team was really nice.

Great diving team, very gentle, polite, serious and the price-performance ratio is great … I felt like I was in great hands there

Mein Mann und ich hatten Mitte Januar den Open Water Diver Kurs gemacht. Steph, unsere Instruktorin war einfach die beste. Sie hat uns die praktischen Skills super vermittelt und wir fühlten uns mit ihr immer sicher und gut aufgehoben. An dem ersten Tag im offenen Gewässer waren die Wellen sehr stark und mir war trotz Medikamente schlecht, das Team hat sehr schnell reagiert und ich konnte beide Tauchgänge absolvieren. Auch das Team war sehr nett und freundlich. Die Tauchspots waren super, wir haben viele Meeresschildkröten und sogar Delphine gesehen. Von uns definitiv eine 100% Empfehlung!

Super Tauchspots und super Schule. Wir haben unseren Open Water Diver bei Mark und mit Shady gemacht.Mark hat eine super Organisation und alles im Griff.Shady unser Tauchlehrer ist einfach Klasse. Super netter und kompetenter Typ, man kann ihn nur mögen.Einziger Minuspunkt: Auf dem Tauchboot wäre ein Sonnensegel super, diese pure Sonne ist einfach zu heftig und macht einen kaputt.Liebe Grüße an das Team

Fantastic Staff. Dive Master Shady made it all possible. Safe and calm.

Went for 2 dives with Steph as dive master and really enjoyed it. Crew was very helpful and proactive. Booking was easy, quick reply via whatsapp.

Very good and helpful people. Very good and experienced guide (we had Isaac) who can really find the smallest and nicest creatures down there. The boat is a bit small but anyways good enough for the short rides to the dive sites nearby. So no problems here. Keep up the good work Mark and your team!

Had four fantastic dives, even though we didn't see the whale shark 😃 Thanks to the super friendly and helpful crew!

Ocean Tribe is definitely my go-to dive shop on the Kenyan coast! Feel super safe and supported by everyone when I come for a dive, so much so I just came back to complete my advanced with them. can’t recommend them enough!

Good welcoming, clear explanation, but international prices (= expensive)

Shady is an AMAZING diving instructor !! I love new adventures and have wanted to deep sea dive for YEARS!! I'm in Kenya for my 50th b day and I couldn't have asked for a better 1st diving experience!!

Very good dive shop with frendly and profesional staff. They are realy focussed on customers. Thanks for nice dives with DM Isaac.

Mark und sein ganzes Team sind sehr freundlich und kompetent. Ich habe 16 Tauchgänge hauptsächlich mit Shady und Isaac gemacht. Es sind beides sehr gute Guides und zeigen unter Wasser viel. Die Korallen sind sehr schön und ausserdem gab es viele Fische wie Muränen, Krokodilfisch, Barakudas, Schaukelfisch und verschiedene Tintenfische, sowie Hummer und viele Schildkröten. Die Tauchgänge waren alle entspannt und in kleinen Gruppen die nach den Tauchfähigkeiten eingeteilt waren. Auch die Damen in der Basis, die nach den Tauchgängen beim reinigen des Equipments helfen und am nächsten Morgen bereitstellen sind sehr freundlich. Schließlich sind auch Kapitän Hamisi und sein Assitent Juma auf dem Boot immer hilfsbereit. Ich kann die Tauchbasis nur empfehlen.

I had a great pleasure to do an Open Water Dover certificate under the supervision of Shadrack. He is a great trainer who has a lot of patience, a lot of substantive knowledge and, above all, cares about the safety of his students. The entire team was extremely helpful and I would recommend this palce and especially Shadrack with a great pleasure. Could not imagine better experience!

The team here are absolutely brilliant, they were attentive, flexible, knowledgeable and absolutely made our dive experience. Shady trained 2 of us get our Open Water Diver and his patience and calm helped so much as well as having lots of fun. The dive spots are lovely, full of sea life, warm and clear waters. Cannot recommend these guys enough!

We recently had the priviledge of diving in Diani beach with Ocean Tribe and our guide Isaac was so very attentive and knowledgeable. Our dive was beautiful, we saw lots of turtles and a huge octopus which is always a wonderful bonus! We can't wait to return to Diani for more diving. Thank you Mark and Isaac for giving us a magical dive experience!

Great diving Xmas day, with Mark and his crew. Excellent friendly service and adaptive diving know-how, strongly recommended.

I did the best dives of my life at Ocean Tribe! Thanks to Isaac, best underwater guide!! Get ready to see some magical reefs, with a lot of fishes and biodiversity there! The staff is absolutely lovely ! Our guide Isaac was awesome, and let us all our time to look at marine life! Everything was very well organized, profesionnal, with clear explanations! If you want to see some sea turtles, Galu is a wonderful spot! Also the equipment is new and of very good quality. (And the good during the surface interval was also really yummy!) Thank you very much!

Excellent expérience et excellente plongée ! Isaac est un super encadrant, il fait bien attention à ses plongeurs tout en leur laissant la possibilité de prendre le temps de regarder la vie marine. Les règles de sécurité sont bien respectées ce qui est rassurant. Les membres de l'équipe sont incroyables et très professionnelles. Ils nous expliquent bien le plan de plongée etc. C'était juste la MEILLEURE PLONGÉE DE MA VIE !!

Vielen Dank für die wundervollen drei Tage und 6 Tauchgängen mit Shady, Chie und Isaac. Auch an Hamisi, der Skipper, der uns die tolle Erfahrung mit dem Walhai ermöglicht hat. Das Team kümmert sich um alle Belange nach den besten Möglichkeiten. Einzige kleine Kritik ist das Equipment besonders im Bereich der Flossen, hier bräuchte es mal eine Erneuerung. Aber sonst für Afrika war das alles Top.

My wife and I recently completed our Divemaster course at OceanTribe. The course director, Mark, was very experienced and accommodated our relatively short timeframe. We had a lot of fun while learning a lot, and enjoyed working with all the instructors and Divemasters. It’s a relatively small outfit but all equipment was in good condition and they have a very welcoming team. It wasn’t the best time of year for diving but we saw a lot of turtles and other wildlife and are looking forward to coming back at some point for better conditions and whalesharks!