Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

Bali Nusa Penida Open Water Diver Course with Garden View Room

5 Days • Weekly

Dive with Sanctum Dive

$602.00 AUD

Tax included.

Agency: ISO

ISO SSI ADIP

Learn to dive on Nusa Penida over five days and four nights, staying in Ped Village 800 m from the dive center. Finish the theory online before you fly. On the island, spend a half day in the pool, then make four ocean dives across two boat days at Nusa Penida sites, including the daily run to Manta Point. Pass, and you leave as a certified Open Water Diver, cleared to dive to 18 m with a buddy anywhere in the world.

The pool session is where it clicks: your first breaths underwater in the dive center's calm, shallow pool, then clearing a flooded mask and finding neutral buoyancy until it stops feeling strange. In the ocean, the same skills meet real conditions, with an instructor who never has more than four students. Many students meet their first manta on a certification dive, watching it circle a cleaning station a few meters away while they practise holding still. You finish able to plan a dive, read your gauges, and handle a problem with your buddy.

Trip Highlights

Earn a lifetime Open Water Diver certification, recognized at dive centers worldwide, for dives to 18 m
Four ocean training dives at Nusa Penida sites, including Manta Point, where mantas are seen on about 90% of trips
No more than four students per instructor
Theory done online at your own pace before you arrive, so island time is spent in the water
Four nights in Ped Village, 800 m from the dive center, with a free pickup on dive mornings
Go straight on to Advanced Open Water (30 m) or Nitrox, and fun dive with free Nitrox once certified

What's Included

Open Water Diver course: e-learning access, a half-day pool session and 4 ocean training dives. Certification card on successful completion. Certified instructor, maximum 4 students per instructor. Boat trips on both ocean dive days.
Full dive gear: BCD, regulator, wetsuit, mask, fins and weights.
Tanks with air. Indonesian lunch and unlimited drinks after each dive day.
4 nights in a Garden View Room at Sanctum Hotel.
Free morning pickup from Sanctum Hotel to the dive center on dive days.

Itinerary

Before you arrive: e-learning. After booking, the dive center sets up your e-learning login. Most students finish the theory in 6 to 8 hours over a few days.

Day 1: Arrive in Nusa Penida. Take a fast boat from Sanur to Banjar Nyuh Harbor (about 45 minutes), a 1 to 5 minute ride from the dive center in Ped Village. Check in from 2:00 PM and complete your paperwork. Overnight at Sanctum Hotel.

Day 2: Pool training (half day). Free morning pickup. Practise breathing, mask clearing, buoyancy control and emergency procedures in the pool until each one feels routine. Overnight at Sanctum Hotel.

Day 3: Ocean dives 1 and 2 (8:00 AM to 2:00 PM). Your first two open water dives from the boat, repeating your pool skills at Nusa Penida sites. Lunch and drinks at the dive center. Overnight at Sanctum Hotel.

Day 4: Ocean dives 3 and 4 (8:00 AM to 2:00 PM). Your final two training dives. Pass, and you are a certified Open Water Diver. Lunch and drinks at the dive center. Overnight at Sanctum Hotel.

Day 5: Check out. Check out by 12:00 PM and take a fast boat back to Sanur.

Agencies

Languages

English
Indonesian

Meeting Point

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Important

Requirements:
- No diving experience needed. This is a beginner course.
- Minimum age 10. Divers aged 10 to 14 receive a Junior Open Water certification.
- Comfortable in the water and able to complete the agency's swim and float assessment.
- E-learning must be completed before the pool session.
- Full name, email, date of birth and chosen agency at registration, plus a signed Liability Release Form.
- Not suitable for pregnant women or anyone that has a history of certain medical conditions (especially those affecting the respiratory, circulatory, or nervous systems, e.g., severe asthma, epilepsy, recent major surgery, or heart conditions).
- A completed Medical Statement is required. If any "Yes" answers are marked, a physician's written clearance is mandatory.
- Mandatory fees (paid locally): Petrol surcharge: IDR 150,000 (about USD 9) per person per boat dive day, about USD 18 for this course.
- Optional extras: Advanced Open Water course (to 30 m, 5 adventure dives, free Nitrox): from about USD 310. - Extra 2-tank fun dive trip after certification: USD 95 per person.
- Extra night at Sanctum Hotel: USD 32 per night.
- Own BCD and regulator: 10% off dive prices.
- Private Bali transfer: about USD 38 per person, minimum 2.
- Harbor to dive center transfer: about USD 2 per person.
- Snorkel trip for a non-diving partner: about USD 32 per person.
- Prices are billed in IDR; USD amounts are approximate. Breakfast and dinner are not included.

Cancellations

Life happens, so we keep cancellations simple. Enjoy free cancellation for 14 days from the time of booking, or find an equally qualified replacement up to 30 days before your departure.

Bali Nusa Penida Open Water Diver Course with Garden View Room