SSI Open Water Course in Nusa Penida
The SSI Open Water course in Nusa Penida certifies beginners to 18 metres with pool training and four sea dives. Gear and insurance are included for 6,400,000 IDR.
About the programme
The SSI Open Water Diver course at DPM Diving in Nusa Penida is a three-day programme that takes complete beginners to an internationally recognised scuba certification valid to 18 metres worldwide. No prior diving experience is required, and the certification is for life — there is no renewal fee and the credential is recognised by every major dive agency globally for fun dives and further training. The course includes confined-water pool training covering the standard SSI skills set — mask clearing and replacement, regulator recovery and clearing, buoyancy control, equalisation, controlled emergency ascents and out-of-air procedures — followed by four open-water dives across the remaining days.
Theory is delivered through the SSI MyDiveGuide digital curriculum, with reading and self-paced study before the in-person sessions. Calmer sites within the Nusa Penida area are used for training dives, keeping beginners away from the stronger currents found at the more advanced sites. A written multiple-choice exam at the end of the course completes the certification.
The price of 6,400,000 IDR includes the SSI Open Water certification, full dive equipment, a professional SSI instructor, dive insurance, pool training, four open-water dives, snacks on board and shower and towel service. A standard SSI medical questionnaire is completed before the course. Bookings via WhatsApp.
Why take the Open Water in Nusa Penida
You learn to drift dive from your very first dives, which is not how most Open Water courses go. SD Point and Sental are long sloping reefs on the north coast where the guide reads the tide and the group moves with the water over pristine hard coral, schooling reef fish and turtles, with depth managed carefully because the slope keeps going past recreational limits.
It is a demanding classroom in the best sense: Penida sits on the Lombok Strait, inside a Marine Protected Area, with mantas at Manta Point twelve months a year. March to May gives the best combination of 27-29 °C water and 20-30 metres of visibility for training.
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 6400000 IDR. Send us a message to get started: we reply at any hour.
Book Open Water Course on WhatsAppFrequently asked questions
Do I need any experience to take the Open Water course in Nusa Penida?
No prior diving experience is required. You must be at least 15 years old (10 for Junior Open Water), able to swim and comfortable in the water, and complete a medical questionnaire before the course starts. Training dives are conducted at calmer sites such as Gamat Bay and Toyapakeh, not at the more current-exposed sites used for experienced divers.
