Summit Dive Center - Kenting National Park
Summit Dive Center, tucked into Kenting National Park, is a solid choice for anyone looking to go from zero to hero in their dive career. As a PADI 5 Star IDC center, they’re geared up for serious instruction, from Open Water right through to Instructor Development. We’ve found their instructors have a knack for making even the trickiest skills feel manageable, which is a real bonus for those newer to diving. If you’re planning a trip to the south of Taiwan and want to walk away with a new certification, or even a professional rating, Summit provides that focused, capable environment.
- Location
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan, East Asia
- Coordinates
- 22.059800, 120.727430
- Website
- https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/taiwan/summit-dive-center/
- Certification Agencies
- ["PADI"]
- Courses
- PADI 5 Star IDC [padi:27370]
- Address
- Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dive Sites Near Summit Dive Center
Summit Dive Center provides access to 15 dive sites in Kenting National Park.
- ANGEL - 50m (wreck)
- ASIAN MARINER - 36m (wreck)
- Banana Bay (reef)
- Beauty Hole
- Ceasars Rock
- Chia Ming - 1m (wreck)
- CHIEN-NAN NO 10 - 34m (wreck)
- CHIN HUNG - 35m (wreck)
- Feed Fish Area
- FV LIEN CHUN FA NO.6 - 28m (wreck)
- GOOD UNION (POSSIBLY). - 19m (wreck)
- HAI AN (POSSIBLY) - 15m (wreck)
- HM FOUNDATION - 0m (wreck)
- Hojie
- Hong-Chai
Other Dive Centres in Kenting National Park
- A Whale Man - SSI
- Azure Journey Dive - SSI
- CJ Bluebay Dive Resort - ["PADI"]
- Dive New World Center - ["PADI"]
- Drifters’ Diving Club
- Enjoy Islands Diving Center - ["PADI"]
- Extended Range Base
- Heart Ocean Dive - ["PADI"]
- Kenting Long Jing Dive Resort - ["PADI"]
- KWF Freediving Center - AIDA, SSI
Marine Life in Kenting National Park
Home to 546 recorded species including 442 reef fish, 75 hard corals, 9 sharks & rays, 6 sea cucumbers, 5 sea snails & nudibranchs, 3 other.
Notable Marine Life
- Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) - Reef Fish
- Common Ponyfish (Leiognathus equula) - Reef Fish
- Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) - Reef Fish
- Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides) - Reef Fish
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals
- Lesser valley coral (Platygyra lamellina) - Hard Corals
- Montipora coral (Montipora venosa) - Hard Corals
- Coral Blenny (Istiblennius edentulus) - Reef Fish
- Closed brain coral (Leptoria phrygia) - Hard Corals