SSI Scuba Diver Course in Gili Air
The SSI Scuba Diver licence in Gili Air is completed in one day and valid to 12 metres worldwide. Equipment, insurance and a professional instructor are included.
About the programme
The SSI Scuba Diver course at DPM Diving in Gili Air is a one-day programme for anyone wanting an internationally recognised scuba certification in the shortest possible time. The licence is valid worldwide to a maximum depth of 12 metres and is upgradeable to a full Open Water Diver certification at any time and at any SSI centre worldwide. The course covers classroom theory (equipment, dive physics and safety procedures), confined-water skills (mask clearing, regulator recovery, buoyancy control and equalisation) and open-water dives to the 12-metre limit with a professional SSI instructor in attendance throughout.
Unlike the Open Water Diver certification, the Scuba Diver requires diving with a professional instructor or dive guide at all times — it is a supervised entry-level certification, not an independent one. The 4,600,000 IDR price includes the SSI Scuba Diver international lifetime certification, full dive gear, a professional SSI instructor, dive insurance and snacks on board. A standard SSI medical questionnaire is completed before water entry.
No prior diving experience is required. Minimum age: 10 years (SSI Junior Scuba Diver, supervised, with the same 12-metre limit). A one-time National Marine Park Fee of 100,000 IDR is paid separately in cash.
Bookings via WhatsApp.
Where the Scuba Diver course dives in Gili Air
Turtle Heaven, twenty minutes west, tops out at fifteen metres, so the whole site is inside the twelve-metre limit of this certification: green and hawksbill turtles feeding on the shallow reef, butterflyfish and angelfish over the coral, rays in the sandier patches. Gili Air Harbor, five minutes south, is the other option, with submerged structures and small wrecks at five to eighteen metres.
Both are calm enough for a one-day programme. In the harbour we always tow a surface marker buoy because of the boat traffic, which is a useful habit to pick up on your first certification. Visibility runs 25-30 metres through the April-to-November dry season.
Dive sites are chosen on the day according to weather and sea conditions.
100% online booking
Booked with one WhatsApp message
No forms on the website and nothing to print. Everything happens on your phone, from your first message to your last dive.
- Message us on WhatsApp Tell us the course, the destination and your dates, and we reply with availability and prices.
- Confirm your booking You receive your booking code (for example, DPM-2PB4F) and a payment link to confirm your place.
- Register in minutes With that link you fill in the medical form and sign it online, which takes about 4 minutes.
- Follow your course From then on, your course diary shows what's done and what's left: booking, registration, dives, final payment and certification.
All set! Your code: DPM-2PB4F
📝 Complete your registration (medical form + signature):
https://r.dpmdiving.com/en/DPM-2PB4F
🤿 Save this link — it's your day-by-day course journal:
https://r.dpmdiving.com/en/mi/DPM-2PB4F
💳 If you pay by bank transfer, write this code as the reference and send us the receipt:
DPM-PP-1015-37PNXD
See you at the front desk!
Included with your course
Your whole course, organised on your phone
From your first WhatsApp message to your certification, the whole process is 100% online. Our Mareaviva app takes you through your course day by day, before and after every dive.
Course tracker Every day of your course is laid out in the app, so you always know what's planned and what comes next. You know who your instructor is, and they follow your progress in the app from start to finish.
Dive briefing Each dive comes with its briefing: the site map and the dive plan, with time, entry and exit points, maximum depth and expected dive time.
Dive plan Start time, entry and exit points, maximum depth, expected dive time and the safety stop, drawn as a dive profile.
Species logbook See which marine life to look out for on each dive, then tick off the species you actually spot.
Photo pack When you finish, you get a pack of underwater photos from the best sites around your centre: not pictures of your own dive, but a keepsake to take home.
Surprise prize When you rate your instructor you always get a surprise gift: it could be a discount on another course or even a free course, chosen at random.
All of this is included in the 4600000 IDR. Send us a message to get started: we reply at any hour.
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