Course overview

Get certified in less time with the PADI Scuba Diver course on Gili Trawangan, a subset of the Open Water Diver program that qualifies you to dive to 12 metres under a PADI professional's supervision. You complete the core knowledge, confined-water skills and two open-water dives on the island's calm turtle reefs.

What you’ll learn

• Assemble and use scuba equipment correctly
• Master essential underwater skills in confined water
• Clear your mask, recover a regulator and manage buoyancy
• Plan and make supervised dives to 12 metres
• Understand the basics of dive safety and communication

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• No prior certification required
• Basic swimming ability and comfort in water
• Complete a diver medical 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
   Theory & confined water

   Cover the core knowledge sections and practise essential skills in shallow, calm water.
2. Day2
   Open-water dives & certification

   Make two supervised open-water dives to 12 metres on a Gili turtle reef, then certify as a PADI Scuba Diver.

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