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Open Water Diver Course

Open Water Diver Course is a great way to attain the first required certification to dive internationally.

Through the PADI Open Water Diver Course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive theory, equipment and techniques, over the course of 2 or 3 days. The certification is recognised worldwide and is earned by completing:
– Five Knowledge Development (theory) sessions – these can be done online.
– Five Confined Water (pool) sessions to practise scuba skills, learn to breathe underwater and familiarise yourself with your scuba gear.

Then it’s time for your four Open Water (sea) dives on Bali’s beautiful east and north east coast reefs (including the famous 120m USAT Liberty Shipwreck in Tulamben Bay!).

The Theory

With PADI eLearning, you can complete the dive theory wherever and whenever you want, while going at your own pace. You’ll then be fully-prepared when you meet your AquaMarine PADI instructor and can start diving straight away. Alternatively you can buy an Open Water manual from your local dive shop or we’ll deliver one to you when you arrive in Bali. Complete the theory by the pool, on the beach, or in the shade of a convenient palm or mango tree!

Your Open Water Dives

AquaMarine recommends doing your Open Water dives in Tulamben Bay (we believe this is where you’ll really fall in love with diving) to experience shore diving. And in Blue Lagoon just outside Padangbai on Bali’s east coast for boat diving, rather than at the inferior reefs, with more difficult conditions, in the south of Bali.

Because the course is performance-based, you get as much time as you need to practise your new skills prior to certification. You can choose our 2 or 3 day OWDC schedule. Above all, AquaMarine’s instructors will ensure that not only is your course low-stress and safe, but you will have great fun, too.

The PADI Open Water Diver Course (and PADI Junior Open Water Diver Course) is your ticket to dive anywhere at any time. Once you discover how easy and fun scuba diving is, you’ll want to share it with friends and family. Bring them along to try the PADI Discover Scuba Diving, or the PADI Open Water Diver Courses.

Sea Slugs & Nudi Awareness Specialty

There are over 3,000 species of sea slugs and nudibranchs worldwide, with new species being identified all the time. The Indo-Pacific region, including Bali, is one of the richest areas in the world for nudibranch diversity. Researchers have found nearly 2,000 species in this region alone, with hotspots like Raja Ampat, Bunaken, and Tulamben recognized for their variety of sea slugs.

AquaMarine Diving – Bali (AMD-B) is offering the PADI Sea Slugs & Nudi Awareness Specialty, where you will learn general knowledge about sea slugs and nudibranchs and their fascinating traits.

What You Will Learn

In this course, you will enhance your general knowledge of sea slugs and nudibranchs while learning about their morphology, physiology, reproductive habits, and lifecycle. You will also explore their key features, habitats, diets, and the important role they play in the aquatic ecosystem. With some nudibranch populations declining due to environmental pressures, this course emphasizes the need for conservation efforts to protect these colourful creatures.

Our instructors are skilled at helping you identify the different species found in Bali’s waters, making sure that you can recognize both common and rare nudibranchs.

Practice What You Learn

You can make the decision to only learn the theory or if you would like to have a first hand experience to observe these fascinating creatures in their natural habitat, and we will take you to Tulamben Bay, home to the 120m USAT Liberty Shipwreck applying everything you’ve learned.

Exclusively available at AquaMarine Diving – Bali (because we wrote it!), the PADI Indonesia Sea Slugs and Nudibranchs Awareness Distinctive Specialty will answer all those wiggly-niggly questions you have 🙂