Bali Underwater Photography

Posted on June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 by Annabel Thomas

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Bali Underwater Photography

Bali is located at the very heart of the world’s richest marine biogeographic zone: The Indo-Pacific. The island receives very plankton-rich waters and so contains a stunningly diverse underwater ecosystem. Bali’s diving is a delight for underwater photographers and videographers.

Bali is renowned not only for its variety of dive locations but also for the extra-ordinary density and diversity of marine life, with many sites for macro or wide-angle photography.

Dive Sites for Underwater Photography

We are fortunate to have amazing muck-sites in Bali. Muck diving sites are shallow, muddy and bursting with critters. In particular, Secret Bay and Puri Jati are favourites for underwater photography – you can read more detailed descriptions on the Bali Muck Diving Sites page.

Other popular muck diving sites include:
– Tulamben River Bed
– Tulamben Tianyar
– Seraya Slope
– Amed Ghost Bay
– Padangbai’s Jepun and Turtle Neck

AquaMarine also has quite a number of unpublicised muck sites which we would be happy to include in any Underwater Photography or Videography Dive Safari.

We have Safari Dive Packages designed specifically with photographers in mind. The packages are Macro Photographers’ Dream and Write Your Own Safari.

Learn Underwater Photography in Bali

Are you just beginning to explore the world of underwater photography? Do you want to improve your skills?

You might decide to do the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Speciality course. This underwater photography course can be done either as part of your Dive Safari or on a Day Dive Trip.

PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Speciality Course

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PADI Dive Courses

Dive Course: Advanced Open Water Diver

Posted on May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 by Annabel Thomas

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Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Advanced Open Water Diver course will help you fine-tune your diving skills, increase your abilities and experience, all while exploring Bali’s best dive sites.

This course is a structured programme that gives certified divers the chance to sample some of diving’s most popular specialities. You will practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three speciality dives of your choosing.

You will also gain additional experience and skills with one of AquaMarine’s experienced PADI instructors.

About the Course

AquaMarine Diving – Bali’s PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course is the next step in getting certified to dive in deeper depths and experience the different kinds of adventure diving available.

Students need to complete five dives: Two Core Dives: Deep and Underwater Navigation; and three Elective Dives. The Elective Dives allow divers to sample 3 diving specialities that interest them. At AquaMarine, we offer many PADI Specialities. Here are a few:
– Boat Diver
– Digital Underwater Photographer
– Drift Diver
– Fish Identification
– Enriched Air/Nitrox Diver
– Night Diver
– Peak Performance Buoyancy
– Underwater Naturalist
– Underwater Navigator
– Wreck Diver

After some skill practice with your instructor, you will make five open water dives. There is no exam because this course is truly about having fun and gaining experience.

For every speciality dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI speciality certifications.

After completing the course, you will be a more confident diver. With a wide range of dive experience under your (weight)belt, you will be ready to start thinking about the next step: PADI Rescue Diver or PADI Junior Rescue Diver course.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

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PADI Dive Courses

Dive Course: Open Water Diver

Posted on February 21, 2025May 15, 2025 by Annabel Thomas

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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.