Course overview

Get fully certified with the PADI Open Water Diver course on Gili Trawangan, the world's most popular scuba certification, which qualifies you to dive to 18 metres anywhere. Across confined-water sessions and four open-water dives on the island's calm turtle reefs, you gain the skills to dive independently with a buddy.

What you’ll learn

• Assemble, use and maintain all scuba equipment
• Master 20-plus core skills in confined water
• Clear your mask, manage buoyancy and share air with a buddy
• Plan dives using tables or a dive computer
• Make four open-water dives to a maximum of 18 metres
• Handle common problems independently and safely

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10 (Junior Open Water Diver 10-14)
• No prior certification required
• Able to swim and float comfortably
• Complete a diver medical questionnaire

What's included · What's not

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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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

   Complete knowledge development and your first confined-water skills in calm, shallow Gili water.
2. Day2
   Confined skills & first open-water dives

   Finish confined-water training and make your first two open-water dives on a Gili turtle reef.
3. Day3
   Open-water dives, exam & certification

   Two more open-water dives to 18 metres, the final theory exam, then certification as a PADI Open Water Diver.

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