Course overview

Try scuba diving for the first time with the PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience at Nusa Penida, breathing underwater under direct instructor supervision with no certification needed. After you learn the basics in shallow water, you make a guided dive at a calm, sheltered Nusa reef full of tropical fish and coral, a real taste of why divers travel here. It is a sensible introduction before you commit to a full course.

What you’ll learn

• Breathe comfortably underwater using scuba equipment
• Equalise your ears and clear your mask
• Recover a regulator and move calmly underwater
• Understand 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

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Try scuba

   Meet your instructor for a safety briefing, practise basic skills in shallow water, then make one guided dive at a sheltered Nusa reef such as Sental.

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