Course overview

Discover Nusa Penida after dark with the PADI Night Diver specialty, learning to dive confidently when the reef transforms and nocturnal life emerges. Diving a sheltered Nusa reef by torchlight reveals hunting eels, sleeping fish and a different cast of creatures from the daytime drift sites. The specialty certifies you to plan and conduct night dives and counts towards Master Scuba Diver.

What you’ll learn

• Plan, organise and conduct night dives safely
• Use dive lights and night-specific hand signals
• Navigate and maintain buddy contact in the dark
• Identify nocturnal marine life and behaviour
• Manage entries, exits and disorientation at night

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior) or 15 for Night Diver
• PADI Open Water Diver or qualifying certification
• Comfort with basic navigation and buoyancy
• 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
   Night dives

   After a briefing on lights and signals, complete the three night training dives on a calm, sheltered Nusa reef as the nocturnal life appears.

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