Orca Dive Club

What Orca Dive Club does

Orca Dive Club is a Mumbai-based, PADI 5-Star certified scuba diving center founded by Anees Adenwala. The company delivers the full lifecycle of recreational diving services to individual consumers: it runs pool-based confined-water training in Mumbai, issues PADI certifications from Open Water through professional levels, and organizes guided dive trips — both land-based and liveaboard — to domestic destinations such as Lakshadweep and the Andamans and international hotspots including the Maldives, Philippines, Indonesia, the Red Sea, Galapagos, and Madagascar.

The business is organized around four core revenue streams: PADI certification programs, organized dive trips, indoor pool training sessions, and dive gear sales and rental. Trips follow a deposit-based pricing model (typically a 20-50% deposit with staged balance payments), with example pricing at INR 1,19,000 + taxes for a 6-night Malapascua land-based package. Orca vertically integrates the customer experience by escorting every group trip with its own credentialed instructors rather than relying on third-party dive operators at the destination. The company operates as a direct-to-consumer business, sourcing customers through its website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp inquiries.

The firm is a privately held, founder-owned business with no institutional investors, subsidiaries, or M&A activity disclosed. It maintains an 11-50 employee team including three PADI Master SCUBA Diver Trainer instructors and additional dive masters and divemasters, with founder Anees Adenwala alone logging over 13,990 career dives. The company's competitive position rests on the combination of PADI's highest center designation, the team's collective diving experience exceeding 100 years, exclusive operational access to premier Indian dive sites built through the founder's prior Lakshadweep directorship, and a vertically integrated service model that has reportedly certified over 580 divers and conducted roughly 10,000 pool training sessions over its operating history.

Name

Orca Dive Club

Legal name

Orca Dive Club

Website

https://orcadiveclub.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Orca Dive Club is a Mumbai-based PADI 5-Star dive center offering scuba certifications, pool training, and organized dive trips to Indian and international destinations for individual consumers and families. Founded by Anees Adenwala, it vertically integrates training, equipment, and guided expeditions under its own instructor team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scuba Diving Services

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water (48721)

akta.pro primary industry

Dive Centers & Scuba Training (PADI/SSI, certifications) (THAAAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Diving Experiences (Scuba Dives, Dive Trips, PADI/SSI Courses) (THAJAJAD), Scuba Diving & Freediving Centers (Training, Guided Dives) (THAAAKAD)

Keywords

• Scuba diving instruction
• PADI certification courses
• Guided dive trips
• Recreational diving services
• Diving equipment retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. PADI Diving Certifications: Revenue from PADI certification courses including Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Emergency First Response, and Specialty courses like Nitrox and Deep Diving. The PADI Open Water course consists of theory (15-20 hours), pool training (2 days), and 4 open water dives.
2. Dive Trips (Liveaboard and Land-based): Organized dive trips to global destinations including liveaboard experiences. Pricing varies by destination and accommodation level. Example: Malapascua trip at INR 1,19,000 + Taxes.
3. Pool Training Sessions: Indoor and pool training sessions conducted in Mumbai for skill development and certification preparation.
4. Dive Gear Sales and Rental: Sales and rental of scuba diving equipment including masks, fins, wetsuits, BCDs, regulators, and other essential gear. Rental gear available for trips.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Orca Dive Club is a PADI 5-Star certified scuba diving center in Mumbai, India that delivers recreational scuba diving training (Open Water through professional-level PADI certifications), guided fun dives and dive trips, and sells related diving equipment. It caters to individual recreational divers and aspiring dive professionals in the Mumbai market.

Product overview

Orca Dive Club is a PADI 5-Star certified scuba diving center based in Mumbai, India, offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The core offering includes PADI certification programs (Open Water through Professional level), pool training sessions, and organized dive trips to both domestic (Lakshadweep, Andamans, Kavaratti) and international destinations (Maldives, Philippines, Indonesia, Egypt, Galapagos, Madagascar). The portfolio extends to specialized liveaboard expeditions including Deep South Maldives (aboard Princess Maani and Sea Pleasure), Raja Ampat aboard Blue Manta, South Red Sea aboard M/Y Majestic, and Malapascua land-based trips. Equipment rental and sales are available through the Dive Gear module, complementing the training and travel services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PADI Scuba Diving Certification Courses

Quantifiable outcome

• 580+ divers certified through their programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrca Dive Club is a PADI 5-Star certified dive center, authorized to deliver PADI certification courses from beginner to professional levels. PADI provides the curriculum, standards, certification cards, and quality assurance framework that Orca follows for all training programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Aggressor Adventures: Major US-based liveaboard and dive resort operator running scheduled expeditions across the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific. Competes for the same premium dive-trip customer that books Maldives, Red Sea, and Indonesia itineraries through Orca.
• SSI (Scuba Schools International): Global scuba certification body and dive center network competing directly with PADI on training curriculum, certifications, and dive center affiliations. Represents the structural alternative to Orca's PADI partnership.
• PADI Travel: PADI's official global dive travel marketplace aggregating operators and liveaboards worldwide. Competes with Orca for trip bookings at the distribution layer and benefits from PADI's brand and global marketing scale that Orca cannot match.

Others

• ScubaPro: One of the largest global scuba equipment manufacturers (masks, BCDs, regulators, dive computers), supplying and competing with the gear retail/rental arm of Orca's business. Also operates its own certified dive center network.
• Aqua Lung: Major global scuba and watersports equipment brand competing in the same dive gear retail/rental category as Orca's Dive Gear module. Adjacent supplier/competitor with overlapping consumer touchpoints.

Direct peers

• Temple Adventures: Pondicherry-based Indian PADI dive center providing Open Water through Divemaster training and dive trips across South Asia. Closely comparable in scope, target customer (Indian enthusiasts), and instructor-led delivery model.
• Andaman Scuba Club: India-based PADI dive operator in the Andaman Islands offering certifications, pool training, and dive trips. Comparable in target customer, geographic focus, and direct-to-consumer delivery model to Orca.
• Lacadives: Indian PADI 5-star dive center offering certification, pool training, and trips to Lakshadweep and Andamans. Operates an almost identical direct-to-consumer training-plus-trips model from an Indian base, making it Orca's closest head-to-head competitor.

Regional players

• Barefoot Divers: Philippines dive resort operator in Malapascua offering PADI certifications and shark-dive expeditions. Competes with Orca's Malapascua itinerary at the destination level and serves overlapping Indian and international divers.
• Blue Manta Diving: Indonesia-based liveaboard operator running Raja Ampat and Komodo itineraries on the Blue Manta vessel — the same ship Orca charters. A direct upstream partner for Orca's Raja Ampat product and a competitor for direct Indian consumer bookings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@orcadiveclub2902
• Instagraminstagram.com/orcadiveclub?igsh=djYycDA0cjFlYTI4
• Facebookfacebook.com/orcadiveclubmumbai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orca-dive-club---india

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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