Course overview

Extend your limits to recreational depth with the PADI Deep Diver specialty at Nusa Penida, certifying you to dive to 40 metres. Deep training is highly relevant here, where sites like Crystal Bay and the Mola Mola haunts drop into cold thermoclines well below standard limits. You learn to plan deep dives, manage gas and recognise narcosis on genuinely deep, current-influenced reefs.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and execute dives to a maximum of 40 metres
• Manage gas supply, no-decompression limits and safety stops
• Recognise and respond to nitrogen narcosis
• Monitor for and manage cold-water and thermocline effects
• Use specialised deep-diving equipment and procedures

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 15
• PADI Adventure Diver (or Advanced Open Water) with the Deep Adventure Dive
• Sound buoyancy and air-management skills
• Diver medical clearance where indicated

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Deep technique

   Cover deep-diving theory and complete the first training dives, building depth in stages and practising gas management.
2. Day2
   Depth & narcosis

   Complete the deeper dives to 40 metres at suitable sites like Crystal Bay, practising narcosis awareness and safe ascents to certify.

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