Your next trip begins underwater.
Tell us your level, your dates and your budget. Scubalia cross-checks what you are hoping for against the real seasonality of the species, then lets you book yourself — we sell no trips and take no commission.
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Underwater right now — September
The water is already good somewhere.
Three windows open today, read from our catalogue the moment you open this page. Water temperature, flying time from Paris, minimum level required: we show what has been recorded, and nothing is rounded to look good. The diveability verdict travels with the place — « not researched yet » means what it says.
South Africa — Sardine Run
South Africa
🌡 14–21 °C✈ 11 hrfrom L3
- ⚠️ This month comes with a caveat
- Whales & sperm whales
- ≈ 3,190 € · 7 d (base price)
Azores — Pico & Faial
Portugal
🌡 17–23 °C✈ 4 hrfrom L2
- ❔ We have not yet studied this destination month by month — check with the centre before committing.
- Fish schools, Manta rays, Big pelagics
- ≈ 1,590 € · 7 d (base price)
Belize — Blue Hole & Ambergris
Belize
🌡 26–29 °C✈ 13 hrfrom L2
- ❔ We have not yet studied this destination month by month — check with the centre before committing.
- Caves & cenotes, Reef sharks
- ≈ 2,490 € · 7 d (base price)
⚠️ Of the 3 stopovers featured here, 1 have their twelve months researched by us. The others stay on the page and carry what we do not know: we rank them after the ones we have studied, we do not hide them from you.
The tools
Three tools, and nothing to sell.
We sell no trips and take no commission. These three tools are the whole product — what they know, they say; what they don't know, they say too.
The planner
Flights, lodging, dive centre, activities: an estimated basket, an alert when your budget tightens, and the links to book yourself, at the best price. The estimates are indicative and say so.
The wishes map
Not sure where to go? Just say what you dream of meeting. The map lights up the destinations whose window is open in the chosen month — and leaves the others visible, because hiding them would suggest there is nothing elsewhere.
The logbook
Your dives, your photos, the species you met. Photos are compressed on upload and storage has a ceiling — but if your plan lapses you lose nothing: what is already there stays readable, and you export all of it whenever you want.
Why Scubalia
🎯 An advisor, not a seller
Scubalia sells no trips: neutral recommendations, transparent price estimates, and you book everything yourself at the best rate, in full freedom.
🐋 Real species seasonality
Whale sharks, mantas, turtles… our engine matches your wishes with real observation windows, month by month, for every destination — the right place at the right time.
🇫🇷 Your data hosted in France
100% French hosting (Paris), strict GDPR, encryption, immutable audit trail: enterprise-grade security for every diver.
🤿 Built by divers, for divers
FFESSM/CMAS and PADI/SSI levels treated equally, dive logbook, honest review summaries, club mode: every detail comes from the field — and the community grows the catalogue.
The ocean is waiting
Turtles, blazing reefs, turquoise lagoons — find the ideal window to meet them, then compose the trip that fits you.
45 destinations, every ocean
From Corsica to the Galápagos: every destination is documented — species seasonality, summarized diver reviews, hand-picked hotels, dive centers and activities. And the catalogue keeps growing, driven by spots suggested by the community.
For clubs
Sub Aqua Club: the whole team aboard.
Scubalia's club mode — outing schedule, equipment inventory, certification tracking, printable trip dossier.
€189 incl. VAT / yearper year for the whole club, up to 200 members over the year.
Beyond 200 members over the year, write to us at contact@scubalia.com: we look at your needs and send you a quote within 3 working days. If your club collects its fees through Stripe, the commission is charged by Stripe — never by us: in France, 1.5% + €0.25 per successful payment with a European card. The rate depends on country and card type, the fixed part weighs on small amounts, and currency conversion adds about 2%.
The outing schedule
Slots, instructors, places left — everyone sees the event at a glance.
The equipment inventory
BCDs, regulators, tanks: servicing scheduled and faulty gear taken out of circulation.
Certifications
FFESSM/CMAS and PADI/SSI levels treated as equals, expiry dates raised in advance.
The trip dossier
A printable trip proposal, with its mandatory disclosures, to hand to students.
Our plans, no surprises
No murky waters. Not even below the surface.
At Scubalia, prices are clear from the start. No need to create an account to know what you will pay. And no nasty surprise on the way up: Scubalia takes no commission on your bookings. Your subscription is our only income. Crystal clear.
Free Trial
- Destination discovery: ideas, comparator, guides, learn
- Dive logbook (200 dives)
- Reviews, sightings and spot proposals
- Photos: 50 Mo storage (~170 photos), no per-dive limit
Free at sign-up, no card required. After that, one of the plans opposite.
Standard
- **Full dive logbook** — up to **200 dives**
- Store up to **100 Mo of photos** (around 350 photos) and build a **dive log from your shots**
- **Destinations & dive sites** — access to the **full catalogue**, with advanced search and built-in assistant
- **Diver community** — exchange, sharing and inspiration
- **Need more space?** Add 100 Mo for just **0,29 €/month**, up to 4 extra packs (**500 Mo in total**)
No commitment. Cancel whenever you want — your subscription will simply end at the next billing date.
Travel Pass
- Paid ONCE — this is NOT a subscription
- Full door-to-door planner
- Group mode (co-planning)
- Printable travel file + keepsake
- Alerts on your destination
- Standard-level logbook for the 90 days (100 Mo of photos)
- Scuby included — your AI travel companion: best periods, levels, checklist, logistics (30 questions/day)
When it ends, your account stays open and you keep all your data — everything remains readable and exportable, new additions fall back to the discovery level (50 Mo of photos). Without a new purchase for twelve months, the account is then deleted, after several email notices.
Diver+
- Everything in the Travel Pass, unlimited
- Unlimited logbook and projects
- Photos: 2 Go storage (~7 000 photos), no per-dive limit
- Multi-destination alerts
- Priority destination-on-demand
- Scuby, your AI travel companion, included all year
2 trips a year = it pays for itself. Cancel anytime, effective at term.
Organizer
- Everything in Diver+
- Organiser module: tick the levels you certify (FFESSM, CMAS, PADI, SSI)
- Destinations suited to YOUR levels, ranked by estimated cost from your city
- Prepare each training trip: one file per group (target level, number of students, budget per student, period) — kept from one season to the next
- Scuby, your AI travel companion, included all year
- Your files backed up every 2 days, recoverable for 30 days
For instructors, divemasters-in-charge and clubs. We advise, you organise: indicative estimates, never a tour operator — you book directly, zero commission.
Sub Aqua Club
- 🎁 **The Standard plan offered to every member**, all season long (until 15 September) — their personal dive log, nothing to pay: it's what your members remember about their club. ⚠️ The Standard is currently built for scuba diving; the catalogue is being extended to the other underwater sports
- Every underwater activity your club runs, not just scuba: freediving, finswimming, underwater hockey, pool sport diving, cave diving, adaptive diving, first aid, marine biology, photography… Each member is attached to the sections they practise, with the grades and medical clearances that go with them — one registry instead of one spreadsheet per committee
- Members AND instructors registry: dated statuses, search, filters, stats, import/export
- Certification progress (multi-agency, TIV, freediving…) — the level updates itself upon delivery
- Club treasury: income, expenses, bank reconciliation — tracking for the treasurer, Scubalia collects nothing
- Colour-themed schedule, visible to members — everyone answers "I'll be there / maybe / not coming"
- Equipment inventory by category: condition, service due dates (TIV), shopping list
- Delegation by capacity: entrust the registry, treasury, schedule or inventory to a member — they only see their chapter
- Daily club backup, recoverable for 30 days
- Member files (medical certificate, certification card…) and a club calendar you can sync with Google Calendar or your phone's calendar
Everything in Organizer is included (classes, invitations, rooms, documents and vault). Club members only need a Scubalia account. The dive log stays personal: it follows the diver, not the club subscription. 🎁 Each of your members gets the Standard plan (dive log) offered by the club for the whole season — as soon as they link their record to their account. The price covers up to 200 members per year per club; beyond that, write to contact@scubalia.com so we can look at your needs and send you a quote within 3 working days. ⚠️ Membership fees collected by your club through Stripe carry a commission charged by STRIPE, under the contract your club signs with it. Standard rate in France and the euro area: 1.5% + €0.25 per successful payment with a European card. ⚠️ Three things change it: your club's country and the card type (a non-European card costs more); the AMOUNT, because the fixed part weighs on small payments — €0.25 on a €10 payment is already 4%; and CURRENCY CONVERSION, about 2% more whenever the payment currency is not the account's. The exact rate is shown in the Stripe dashboard, and your treasury records the REAL fee of every payment, read from Stripe — never a copied rate. Scubalia charges nothing on these fees and never touches this money: it goes straight from the member to the club's account.
After subscribing to a paid plan, you have 14 days to withdraw — free of charge and without justification, online from “My subscription”.
Frequently asked questions
Does Scubalia sell trips?
No — and that's our strength. We are an advisory service: we help you choose and plan, then you book directly with platforms and providers, with no middleman and no hidden commission.
Are the displayed prices guaranteed?
They are indicative, non-contractual estimates based on commonly observed prices. Real prices are those of the platforms at booking time — we give you the order of magnitude to decide with confidence.
Where does the seasonality data come from?
From a reference base built destination by destination, continuously refined by real observations from the community's divers: the more of us there are, the sharper the observation windows.
Is my data safe?
Yes: hosted in France, strict GDPR, no banking data stored with us, and your dive logbooks belong to you — exportable at any time.
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