INDONESIA
Boats fill and courses cap out, so the good dives for certified divers in Indonesia go weeks ahead. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes, and how they differ.
Explore five scuba sites around Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida, with manta rays, seasonal mola mola, gear, guides, and strong value.
“Thank you Ratno! A truly wonderful experience, great crew and amazing 5 Manta circling around us. I couldn’t have wished for more.”
Review of Nusa Penida’s two-session scuba trip, with manta rays, coral reefs, gear, lunch, prices, timing, and practical booking advice.
“great staff and we could go to Manta point and saw the Manra rays and we went to an other beautiful dive spot. great experience!”
Explore Tulamben’s USS Liberty wreck on a private three-session scuba day trip from South Bali, with gear, lunch, transfers, and guides included.
“The diving was ok but it is a massive drive from Kuta/Seminyak area so the bulk of the day was spent sitting in traffic doing high speed overtaking and tail gating vehicles while desperatelyneeding to go to the bathroomfor the last hour. It was 13 hours between pick up and drop off. If you want to dive there spend the night. It is an exhausting day trip.”
Review of Purple Dive Penida’s two-tank morning scuba trip, with manta sightings, small groups, equipment, lunch, price, and practical tips.
“I had a really wonderful experience at Purple Dive. The center is super nice, my instructor Bastien was also really nice and chill. Made sure we were ok throughout the dive and I had a lot of fun. Got to see a bunch of Mantas.”
Review of Nusa Lembongan’s seven-session underwater package, with manta sites, gear, transfers, guides, pricing, and practical tips.
“We did 7 dives with Diving Consepts amd we really enjoy it. Great service, experienced team, and lot of fun seeing Mola Mola too”
Explore five Tulamben scuba sites, including the Liberty and Boga wrecks, with gear, guides, transfers, and facilities included.
“Very good! super good experience with James!!!highly recommend, better to go with James for his kindness and he will sing the Chinese song for you!!! A really good dive master here. Highly highly recommend remember to find him here at Dive concepts”
Spend one night in Nusa Lembongan with two guided scuba outings at Manta Point and Crystal Bay, including transport, gear, meals, and lodging.
“The diving experience was really good. Although I had swollen knee due to accident but our Guide Caca & their team really did helped me out. It was amazing experience & worth it. Well experienced team. Kudos to Dive Concepts team.”
Review of Tulamben’s seven-session scuba package, with Liberty and Boga wrecks, gear, guides, pricing, logistics, and who should book.
“I love to dive with this dive center. I did like 20 dives with 1 guide from beginning to the very last, Gita. He's a very friendly and professional guide. I trust his choice to pick my diving spot due to my weakness (strong current 😁)”
Review of Pure Dive Resort’s Nusa Penida three-dive trip, with manta sites, small groups, gear, lunch, price, safety, and practical tips.
“An absolutely fantastic resort for divers. The crew was professional, safe, and very friendly. The boats were well-organized and the gear was in great condition. The marine life was abundant and the reefs were beautiful. Could not have asked for a better experience. Highly recommend Pure Dive Resort!”
Review of Sanctum Dive’s Nusa Penida manta ray trip, with Manta Point, Crystal Bay, gear, lunch, safety, price, and practical tips.
“I had a fantastic dive experience. I used their dive gear which all was in good shape. All instructions were clearly explained. The boat was well run. We saw at least 6 Manta Ray and the DM took great film of them and myself. All in all we had a great dive experience.”
Try scuba in Nusa Penida with pool training, a 12-meter reef session, small groups, full gear, and close instructor support.
“I had an absolutely amazing experience scuba diving! The entire dive was unforgettable, and the underwater world was just stunning. A huge shout-out to Budiana, our instructor — he was truly exceptional. Patient, knowledgeable, and made Read more”
Review of Nusa Penida’s three-tank scuba trip, with manta sightings, small groups, costs, timing, equipment, and practical booking advice.
“We did our Padi Open Water Certification with Bas and we couldn’t recommend Purple Dive enough! Bas was a great teacher and made us feel safe and confident on our dives :)”
Review of Zero Gravity Diving’s Nusa Penida manta trip, with boat logistics, marine life, safety, price, itinerary, and practical booking advice.
“We had done lot search on dive shops and luckily we chose the zero gravity! Very impressed with Branko’ email communication, promote reply, very organized management! Our dive master Robert and Alfian took good care of us. We saw two mola mola in row! Lucky lucky! Next time, if we can back, definitely we will choose zero again!”
Review of Tulamben’s USAT Liberty scuba trip from Seminyak, with two wreck descents, lunch, gear, transport, costs, and practical tips.
“We used this dive shop twice in this trip and did 5 Dives. They were great. Very attentive and knowledgeable about the dive sites and conditions. We had a fantastic experience. Our Dive Master (wayan ) was great, very easy going and made sure we had a great experience. Highly recommended.”
Try scuba in Bali with manta rays, pool training, two boat outings, equipment, lunch, and a 1:2 instructor ratio.
“Very inexperienced coachs and as my first diving experience this was very terrible place to learn. The coach has a bad attitude and very unfriendly dangerous to go with him in the water.”
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