Course overview

Experience breathing underwater for the first time with the SSI Try Scuba programme at Nusa Penida, guided closely by a professional with no prior experience required. You learn the essentials in shallow water before a supervised dive at a sheltered Nusa reef full of tropical fish and coral, a gentle introduction to one of Indonesia's most famous diving regions. It is an ideal first step towards becoming a certified diver.

What you’ll learn

• Breathe underwater confidently with scuba gear
• Equalise ears and clear your mask
• Recover a regulator and stay calm underwater
• Follow basic safety rules and hand signals
• Enjoy a guided shallow dive on a Nusa reef

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• No experience or swimming certification required
• Reasonable health and comfort in water
• A simple medical questionnaire (physician sign-off if any condition applies)

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
   Try scuba

   Join your SSI instructor for a briefing, practise basic skills in shallow water, then dive a sheltered Nusa reef such as Sampalan.

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