Course overview

Dive Ambon's legendary critter and macro sites as a certified diver with guided PADI fun dives on the Banda Sea. From the muck slopes of the Twilight Zone to the Coral Gardens and the Hesperus wreck, small guided groups put you among the endemic Ambon Frogfish, nudibranchs and reef life — no course, just diving.

What you’ll learn

• Explore world-class muck, reef and wreck sites with an experienced guide
• Spot rare macro life including the endemic Ambon Frogfish
• Refine buoyancy and air management across multiple dives
• Adapt to moderate currents and varied profiles
• Build your logged-dive experience
• Practise responsible, low-impact critter diving

Prerequisites

• PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• Deeper sites require Advanced Open Water or suitable experience
• Recent dive experience or a refresher if you haven't dived lately
• Diver medical clearance / health questionnaire

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
   Guided fun dives

   Join a small group for guided dives across Ambon's critter and reef sites, with a briefing and surface interval between each.

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