Divine Divers Courses

To breathe underwater is one of the most fascinating and peculiar sensations imaginable. Learn, improve or Go Pro – Dive into our divine universe with us on Gili Meno!

DIVING COURSES IN GILI MENO

Divine Divers Gili Meno offers a full range of recreational scuba courses and fun dives in the warm, crystal-clear waters of the Gili Islands — world-famous as the turtle capital of diving. Whether it’s your very first dive, your next certification level, or the start of a professional career, we’ve got you covered.

We teach according to PADI and SSI standards — the world’s leading dive training systems — ensuring high-quality, internationally recognized certifications.

Our experienced instructors focus on real skill development in a relaxed, personal setting. With small groups (maximum four students per instructor) and multilingual teaching in English, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Dutch, and German, you’ll receive the attention, confidence, and support you deserve.

At Divine Divers, you arrive as a guest — and leave as part of the family.

INTRODUCTION DIVES

There are many names for the same exciting experience: Discover Scuba Diving, Try Scuba, trial dive, or intro dive. While it’s not a full certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is the quickest and easiest way to experience the magic of the underwater world.

Enjoy it as a one-time adventure — or count it toward your first certification course. We offer try dives for both adults and children.

Even kids can take their first breaths underwater and blow their very first bubbles in a safe, shallow environment. Our Bubblemaker and Sasy program introduces young ocean explorers to the scuba lifestyle in a fun, playful way — with their first encounter with Nemo & friends.

Introduction Dive / Discover Scuba Diving – 2 ocean dives

Original price was: Rp 2.050.000.Current price is: Rp 1.947.500.

Introduction Dive / Discover Scuba Diving – 1 ocean dive

Original price was: Rp 1.250.000.Current price is: Rp 1.187.500.

Bubblemaker

Original price was: Rp 1.250.000.Current price is: Rp 1.187.500.

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Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you out in the ocean.

– Christopher Reeve.

Beginner Courses

Ready to take the plunge? If you’ve always dreamed of exploring beneath the ocean’s surface, this is where it begins. The Open Water Diver Course is the world’s most popular scuba certification — and your gateway to a lifetime of adventure.

Once certified, you’ll be qualified to dive independently with a buddy to a maximum depth of 18 meters. Your certification is internationally recognized and valid for life.

Complete the full course with us on Gili Meno, or finish your theory and confined sessions at home and join us for your open water dives in the Gili Islands (Open Water Referral).

Short on time? Start today with convenient eLearning — or choose the Scuba Diver course as a flexible alternative.

Open Water Course

Original price was: Rp 6.900.000.Current price is: Rp 6.210.000.

Open Water Referral Course

Original price was: Rp 4.800.000.Current price is: Rp 4.320.000.

Scuba Diver Course

Original price was: Rp 4.900.000.Current price is: Rp 4.410.000.

Upgrade Scuba Diver to Open Water Diver

Original price was: Rp 4.050.000.Current price is: Rp 3.847.500.

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The key to enjoying scuba diving is to equip yourself with knowledge and certification.

– Femina Travel.

Advanced Courses

Take your diving to the next level with the Advanced Open Water Diver Course (PADI) at Divine Divers, your Gili Meno dive center. Completed over two days, this course is all about diving — building confidence, gaining experience, and expanding your limits underwater.

Short on time or budget? You can also join individual adventure dives to go deeper, improve your buoyancy, or sharpen specific skills.

Ready to grow even further? The Rescue Diver Course helps you become a safer, more confident diver by teaching essential prevention and rescue techniques to protect yourself and others.

Prerequisite: a valid First Aid and CPR certification (not older than 2 years) — which you can conveniently complete with us here in paradise.

Advanced Open Water Course (optional: plus Nitrox)

Price range: Rp 5.310.000 through Rp 7.020.000

Adventure Diver Course

Original price was: Rp 4.600.000.Current price is: Rp 4.140.000.

Adventure Dives

Rp 1.200.000

Refresher Course

Original price was: Rp 1.250.000.Current price is: Rp 1.187.500.

Rescue Diver Course (optional: plus EFR)

Price range: Rp 6.210.000 through Rp 8.055.000

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Why do scuba divers fall backward off a boat? Because if they fell forwards they’d still be in the boat.

– Mark Hoppus.

Specialty Courses

Specialty programs are the perfect way to sharpen your skills and discover exciting new underwater adventures.

Choose a topic that inspires you, and we’ll teach you the knowledge, techniques, and confidence needed to master it.

You can also combine specialty courses to earn prestigious recognition levels — including the elite Master Diver rating, the highest non-professional certification in recreational diving.

Explore our wide range of specialty programs and dive deeper into what excites you most.

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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.

– Natalie Dormer.

Dive Eco Programmes

At Divine Divers Gili Meno, eco awareness is more than knowledge — it’s a mindset. True awareness means understanding the marine environment and taking personal responsibility for protecting it.

We believe sustainable diving begins with the way we think and act. Respect for coral reefs, marine life, and natural resources shapes every interaction we have with the ocean — both above and below the surface.

As a PADI Eco Center and proud Green Fins Gold Member, we operate to the highest environmental standards in the dive industry. Our daily practices, training methods, and conservation initiatives are designed to minimize impact and actively protect the reefs we love.

Our environmental programs are available for both divers and snorkelers, making ocean education accessible to everyone.

AWARE Fish Identification Speciality

Original price was: Rp 3.100.000.Current price is: Rp 2.790.000.

AWARE Shark Conservation Speciality

Original price was: Rp 3.100.000.Current price is: Rp 2.790.000.

Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty

Original price was: Rp 3.100.000.Current price is: Rp 2.790.000.

AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Speciality

Rp 1.950.000

Dive Against Debris Speciality

Rp 1.950.000

CoralWatch Workshop

Rp 800.000

Coral Identification Workshop

Rp 800.000

Turtle Identification Workshop

Rp 800.000

Underwater Cleanup

Rp 400.000

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The sea…is man’s only hope. Now…the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

– Jacques Cousteau.

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Are you a natural-born diver? Or did you fall in love with the scuba lifestyle along the way? Ready to leave the 9-to-5 behind — or always knew that a “normal” life just isn’t for you? Then it might be time to take the leap and become a Divemaster with Divine Divers on Gili Meno.

The Divemaster course is your first step into the professional diving world. Plan for approximately 4–6 weeks of intensive, hands-on training, real responsibility, and serious personal growth.

You’ll work closely with an experienced mentor, alongside our instructors and resort team, gaining a full insight into life and work at a tropical dive center. And if you catch the teaching bug? You’ll be just one step away from becoming a Dive Instructor yourself.

Turn your passion into your profession — and start living the dream.

Divemaster Course

Original price was: Rp 18.000.000.Current price is: Rp 16.200.000.

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The sea…is man’s only hope. Now…the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

– Jacques Cousteau.

TRY MERMAIDING

Try Mermaiding is your magical first step into the world of mermaids. Start with pool training to learn how to swim safely and gracefully with a monofin, then head into the ocean to glide over coral reefs and truly become a mermaid in the sea. Perfect for kids and adults who love the water and want a fun, unforgettable ocean adventure.

Try Mermaiding

Rp 800.000

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Dive deep, dream big, and maybe you’ll catch a glimpse of a mermaid’s world.

START YOUR COURSE TODAY

With the option of eLearning, you can start your dive adventure right away. You can study at your won pace at home and complete the dive theory before you come on holiday. E-Learning is accessible anywhere in this world, 24 hours per day.

We recommend to not finish the theory too long before your holiday so the knowledge is still fresh. We will still go through the theory once you are staring your course but the big bulk of reading and video watching will already be behind you.

This is your prime chance to maximise your time in the beautiful Gili Islands. To enrol into the eLearning simply chose your course and get in touch with us.

Not Sure Yet?

TRY DIVING FIRST!

Book an introduction dive and discover whether scuba diving is truly for you. Love it? You can easily upgrade your intro dive toward a full certification course.

FAQ – FOR THINGS LEFT UNANSWERED

IS DIVING DANGEROUS?

Because the media tends to portray diving as highly adventurous or even dangerous, many people falsely believe that diving is an extreme sport. Fortunately, the truth isn’t quite so exciting.

Because of the strict training standards found in scuba courses, the reliability of diving equipment, and the strict adherence to safe diving practiced by most trained divers, very few people are injured while diving. In fact, the rate of injury per participant is about the same for diving as it is for bowling.

Generally, when injuries do occur, it is because someone participates in diving without proper training or a properly trained diver disregards his boundaries and training.

CAN I DIVE WITH HEALTH ISSUES?

Almost anyone who is in good health and reasonably fit can participate in scuba. There are some serious conditions such as epilepsy, active asthma, emphysema, heart disease or haemophilia that could prohibit any diving activity. Bottom line is, divers need to be healthy. To make sure of that, You will be asked before every course to fill in a dive medical questionnaire.

If you answer any of the questions with “yes”, then you need to see a doctor to get a fit for diving certificate. Should you need to answer Yes to any condition on the form, you will be asked to have a physician certify you fit for scuba before you will be allowed to participate in training.

There are also doctors on the Gili Islands that can examine you and issue this certificate, so don’t worry if you didn’t check the medical form beforehand.

WHAT DOES A "CERTIFICATION" OR "TICKET" MEAN?

If you have ever talked to a diver, you probably have heard the words “certification” or “ticket” come up. Or perhaps you’ve asked about going out on a dive at a resort or dive center but were told you needed to be “certified” before you can go.

Certification and Ticket simply means that you have been properly trained in the use of scuba equipment and the techniques of safe scuba diving.

ARE THERE WAYS FOR ME TO DIVE IF I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO A WHOLE CERTIFICATION COURSE?

If you have limited time but you still want to try scuba you can consider to either do an introduction dive or the Scuba Diver course may be the perfect choice for you.

The Scuba Diver course is a subset of the Open Water Diver course and takes less time, yet still includes some more advanced training than a trial dive.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DIVING DEEPER THAN 12 METERS?

As a certified scuba diver your depth is limited to 12 meters and you can only dive with a dive professional. There are thousands of amazing dive sites in the world that can been dived at 12 meters or less. However, being able to dive deeper opens up even more dive sites and also the chance for more advanced dive training.

Additionally, some marine species live in deeper waters. Being able to dive deeper increases your chances on seeing them.

IS DIVE THEORY DIFFICULT?

VERY! 🙂 Kidding! In general, dive theory is divided into different chapters and each chapter is accompanied by videos, knowledge reviews and/or quizzes. At the same time your instructor will explain the theory during classroom sessions.

He/she will prepare you well for all potential exams so you will just cruise through it. In the unlikely event of you failing an exam, your instructor will review the theory with you again and work on your weaknesses and you will redo the exam (a different one).

WHAT ARE OPEN WATER DIVES?

In diving, open water is unrestricted water such as an ocean, lake, or flooded quarry. It is the opposite of confined water, which is usually a swimming pool and where the dive training takes place.

The fun part is the open water dives. You will experience different dive sites of the Gili Islands at different depths. During an Open Water training dive, you also repeat a certain skill set that you have already learned during the confined sessions.

The skills will take up usually five to ten minutes of your dive time, but most of your time underwater will be spent exploring.

WHAT IS A REFERRAL?

You may want to consider a referral course if you live in a cold climate and can’t do the open water dives during the winter.

A referral allows you to complete the classroom and pool portions of your certification course in your home country and then complete the four open water dives with Divine Divers during your vacation.

SHOULD I BUY OR RENT DIVING GEAR?

Owning your own scuba diving gear can guarantee comfort and proper fit, but it is not a requirement. Frankly speaking, we think it is better to try and test some equipment before investing.

Some dive shops require incoming students to buy a mask, fins, and snorkel before diving, because these items have a personal fit, but this is not the case at Diving Divers.

All the gear you need for scuba diving is included in the dive price. Cameras and dive computers can be rented at the dive center.

AT WHAT AGE CAN MY CHILD GET CERTIFIED?

Generally, the minimum age for starting a (junior) certification course is 10 years. As a junior diver kids can dive in specific conditions, at limited depth and under professional (or adult) supervision: The Junior Open Water Certification allows kids aged 10-11 to dive to a depth of 12 meters and 12-14 years old to 18 meters.

They must dive with a certified professional or certified adult over the age of 18.

HOW LONG WILL MY CERTIFICATION LAST?

In general, you are certified for life! Your PADI or SSI licence is recognized worldwide and there is no expiry date. It’s highly recommended that you keep in practice.

If you haven’t dived in a while, it might be wise to revive your skills on a Refresher or Scuba Tune Up Dive with an instructor.

Continuing your scuba education is also a great way to keep your skills fresh and up to date.

WHAT IS AN ADVENTURE DIVE?

Adventure dives are the first dive and component of a specialty program. While a specialty program concentrates on a certain topic of diving, the Advanced Adventurer and Advanced Open Water Courses give you a broader perspective.

The advanced course consists of five adventure dives which gives you the possibility to experience a variety of different types of diving such as deep, drift, navigation, fish identification, night diving, and many more. To enjoy an adventure dive, you don’t have to enroll in a specialty or an advanced course.

If you’d only like to dive deep but stay an open water diver, you can simply do a deep adventure dive which also qualifies you to go to 30 meters.

HOW DEEP IS DEEP?

When people consider recreational-diving limits, they tend to consider depths first and foremost. Most courses have clearly specified training depth limits:

• At the open-water diver level (or equivalent) the depth limit is 18 m
• At the advanced open-water level the depth limit is 30 m
• With additional deep-diver training, many agencies set a depth limit of recreational diving at 40 m

WHAT IF I SEE A SHARK?

Congratulations! Sharks are amazing marine animals, and encounters with these graceful creatures are both rare and highly sought out by divers around the world. Despite common belief sharks are not mindless killing machines, and attacks on divers are very rare.

Mostly, sharks will swim quickly away underwater, but if you’re lucky, you may get to see a sleeping white tip reef shark sleeping underneath a coral block for an extended period of time.

IS THERE A MANTA POINT ON THE GILI ISLANDS?

There is a lovely dive site that some dive shops call Manta Point. This is not for the great abundance of manta rays and often confuses people who expect to see the gentle giants there.

We call the dive site Sunset Reef, because of the beautiful sunsets that can be observed from there.

WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE DIVINE DIVERS ON GILI MENO?

We love what we do and we do it well! We have been in the game for over 10 years as Divine Divers on Gili Meno but our passion for diving didn’t start there. During our long dive careers, we have dived all over the world both professionally and recreationally. Sometimes you come to dive centers that just have the little extra.

A place you enter and you feel instantly at home. Being surrounded by likeminded people in a chill yet professional atmosphere. This is exactly what we had in mind when setting up Divine Divers.

Apart from that we are located in paradise and at the most beautiful spot on Gili Meno – sunset beach. Our groups are small and our instructors hand chosen for their personality and excellent teaching records.

Safety is our primary concern; our equipment is in excellent order and of course regularly maintained. We are committed to offering first-class service and superior quality dive courses.

DO I NEED TO BE A GOOD SWIMMER TO BECOME A SCUBA DIVER?

Being a good swimmer will definitely make you more comfortable in the water, but the swimming requirements for the Open Water Diver course are rather modest and also doable by a 10-year-old child.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO EARN A SCUBA DIVING CERTIFICATION?

This is always one of the first questions that comes up: How long is this diving course going to take? Before you go scuba diving independently, you need to have the knowledge and skills to pull it off. A scuba diving certification course will give you just that and get you ready for some amazing underwater adventures.

Each dive shop offers different schedules for different certifications. In general, we offer the courses with following durations. However, nothing is set in stone and we can totally adapt to your vacation schedule:

• Open Water Course: 3 days
• Advanced course: 2 days
• Rescue Course: 3 to 4 days (depending on if you have to complete first aid training as well)
• Specialty Courses: 1 to 2 days depending on the program

CAN I TRY SCUBA DIVING BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR THE COURSE?

You certainly can! If you don’t know if diving is really for you, you can also simply start with a Discover / Intro Dive. In effect, your introduction to diving is the same as the first part of the Open Water Course.

We will teach you some theory, jump into the swimming pool to practice some skills and top off the adventure with a visit to Nemo & Co. If you liked the Discover Scuba Diving program and your first Open Water Dive, you can simply continue with the Open Water Course with no financial disadvantage. You will be charged the Open Water Course only.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SCUBA DIVER AND OPEN WATER DIVER?

You may have heard people refer to themselves as “scuba divers” or just “I’m a diver”. You might have never come across the term Open Water Diver until you have started searching for information regarding diving course.

In general, when people say they have a diving license, ticket or scuba certification they are usually talking about an Open Water Certification which allows you to:

• Obtain air fills
• Rent dive equipment
• Dive on your own with a buddy to a depth of 18 meters
• Book boat dives
• Take additional (advanced) classes
• Dive all around the world

So now you have come across this Scuba Diver Course and you might wonder what this is all about? The Scuba Diver Course is a little bit more than half the Open Water Diver Course. It is an intermediate step towards full certification for divers who:

• Don’t have the time to complete the entire Open Water Course
• Can’t finish their open water training due to certain (often unforeseeable) circumstances
• Only want to dive with certified guides to a maximum of 12 meters

CAN I DO THE DIVE THEORY FOR MY COURSE ONLINE BEFORE I ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND?

Yes! Once you have paid a deposit and you would like to already start with your diving course, we can help you to get access to the theory online. With SSI you simply download the app, create an account and register with our dive center.

Once this is done, we will send you the theory package and you can already do all theory including all knowledge reviews and most exams in the app.

PADI does not include the eLearning automatically into the package. Nevertheless, we will be able to send you the digital book which you can read before your arrival. Should you be interested in PADI eLearning you need to book the eLearning option directly with PADI at an extra charge.

WHAT IS CONFINED WATER AND WHAT WILL I DO THERE?

Confined water is defined as a: 1) swimming pool or 2) confined open water which is an open water site that offers pool-like conditions with respect to clarity, calmness, and depth.

We conduct our dive trainings in our own purpose built training pool which classifies as confined water. You and your instructor will practice all required exercises together. Your instructor will explain the skills on the surface and demonstrates them before you will perform them yourself.

WHAT ARE OPEN WATER DIVES?

In diving, open water is unrestricted water such as an ocean, lake or flooded quarry. It is the opposite of confined water which is usually a swimming pool and where the dive training takes place.

The fun part are the open water dives. You will experience different dive sites of the Gili Islands at different depths. During an Open Water training dive you also repeat a certain skill set that you have already learned during the confined sessions. The skills will take up usually five to ten minutes of your dive time but most of your time underwater will be spent exploring.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ELEARNING AND A REFFERRAL?

eLearning allows you to start your knowledge development online before you get your feet wet. A referral in general includes both, the knowledge development (theory lessons) and the confined water (pool practice) before your holiday.

HOW OLD IS TOO YOUNG TO DIVE?

This can be one of those questions with quite many answers. Children develop physically and mentally at different rates, making it difficult to define an age at which kids can safely dive. You should take your child’s maturity, reasoning skills and physical limitations into consideration when determining if he or she is ready to begin scuba diving.

At the age of 8 kids can join the first diving programs where the depth is limited to maximum 2 meters. This is to make sure that your child won’t suffer any pressure or other dive related injuries. These Bubblemaker courses are as fun as they sound and they are an easy and safe introduction for kids to have their first breaths under water.

DO I NEED TO CHANGE A JUNIOR CERTIFICATION?

If you or your kid is younger than 15, he/she will be certified as a junior diver. Once diving maturity is reached (above 15 years of age) the certification automatically counts as a “normal” adult certification.

However, if you wish to change it, just contact the diving agency and they will be able to remove the “junior” part of it.

WHO SHOULD DO A REFRESHER COURSE?

When you received your latest and greatest certification card, you were certified for life. In theory you could just go to a dive center, rent some tanks and go on a shore dive.

Do you think this is a smart idea? If you have been away from diving a long time long, your skills will have gotten rusty and it might be the best course of action to do a refresher. According to some dive organizations any diver who has not dived in six months needs to take a ReActivate (PADI) or Scuba Skills Update (SSI) course.

We at Divine Divers believe that those statements are a little too broad. We will first look at your dive experience, your comfort level and the time out of water. Only after we will recommend you to enrol into a refresher course or not.

As a general guideline, we recommend refresher training after about 12 months of not diving. However, we also believe that very experienced divers who have not been diving in a while are usually their own best judge if they need a formal course to regain their scuba skills or not.

WHY SHOULD I DO A DIVING COURSE ON THE GILI ISLANDS?

White sandy beaches, azure and year-round warm waters (28 to 29 degrees), the reef on your doorstep and a great lifestyle – does this sound like paradise to you?

The Gili Islands are a postcard image of paradise and known as the turtle capital in the world – rightfully so, because both green and hawksbill turtles are abundant. Reef sharks are also frequently spotted and there is a broad range of marine life to be met on all dives.

The dive sites are rarely more than a 15-minute boat ride away and diving is great all year round. The dry season is running from May to October and the rainy season from November to April. Rainy season sounds more extreme than it actually is because it hardly ever rains an entire day and the diving isn’t really affected by it.

WHAT IS A DIVE SPECIALTY COURSE?

In general, specialty programs are a great way to improve your current skills and learn new ones that pique your interest. Also, when you complete a certain number of logged dives and specialty programs you will earn and automatically receive some recognition cards (with SSI): Specialty Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver and Master Diver – one of the most elite ratings in diving today.

With PADI you can apply for the Master Scuba Diver Rating once you have completed the rescue course, five specialties and a minimum of 50 dives.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PADI AND SSI?

PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) and SSI (Scuba School International) are two of the world’s prestigious scuba diving agencies and your best options for getting a diving certification. Luckily Divine Divers offers you both options. Let’s compare the PADI versus SSI certifications so you can choose the most suitable one for you.

PADI and SSI are both regulated and checked by the World Recreational Scuba Training Council (WRSTC). Their courses are more or less similar. The biggest difference is the teaching methodology:

• In PADI, you need to complete a set order to meet their standards and pass the course while SSI allows slightly more flexibility for students to grow in confidence by completing other skills first.
• Both agencies offer e-learning options as well as a printed manual. PADI requires that you purchase the materials while with SSI, you can choose to either borrow or buy your manual. The PADI e-learning course will cost you money whereas SSI offers the e-learning course for free via the SSI app.
• With both PADI and SSI you will receive a digital certification card that is available directly after your course.

If you are looking for the equivalent PADI or SSI course, be careful as some of the courses have similar names but they are not comparable. For example, the PADI Advanced Open Water course is not same course as SSI Advanced Open Water course. Below, we have summarized the equivalents of the main PADI and SSI courses:

• PADI Open Water – SSI Open Water
• PADI Advanced Open Water – SSI Advanced Adventurer
• PADI Rescue Diver – SSI Diver Stress & Rescue
• PADI Divemaster – SSI Dive Guide

Divine Divers Courses

DIVING COURSES IN GILI MENO

INTRODUCTION DIVES

Beginner Courses

Advanced Courses

Specialty Courses

Dive Eco Programmes

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

TRY MERMAIDING

START YOUR COURSE TODAY

Not Sure Yet?

TRY DIVING FIRST!

FAQ – FOR THINGS LEFT UNANSWERED

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