Bali has more dive spots than most people think — with great corals, manta rays, mola molas, and shipwrecks. Our top picks for the best diving in Bali.

Diving in Bali: Our Top Dive Trips for Mantas, Mola Molas & Wrecks

Diving in Bali

9am: Pool Session 
11am: Lunch 
12.30pm: Dive 1 
1.30pm: Surface Interval 

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Diving Spots

9am: Dive 3 
10am: Surface Interval 
12pm: Lunch 
1pm: Dive 4

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10am: Theory discussion and exam 
12pm: Lunch 
1pm: Fill in PADI form

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Dive Centre

During the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course you will complete 2 core dives: deep and navigation, plus an additional 3 Adventure dives of your choice – such as drift diving, fish identification, underwater naturalist, peak performance buoyancy, recovery, or underwater photography. This course is a great way to improve skills already achieved in the Open Water Diver course, while expanding your certification level as a diver. It will broaden your knowledge and enable to you dive to 30 metres, which will open up a whole new world of diving!

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Diving

Build on your Open Water cert with a 3-day PADI Advanced course. Do deep and navigation dives, pick 3 more of your choice, and qualify to dive to 30m.

3 Day PADI Advanced Open Water Course

3 Day Advanced Cert

Dive to 30m and tailor the course with 3 adventure dives.

Really great people. Safety mattered and also very friendly.

2 Leisure Dives - Manta Point or Malibu

Really great people. Safety mattered and also very friendly. 

I had best time with Abdul! I so enjoyed our dives. Abdul is the best kind of divemaster. You have safely dives but still so much fun ! We did lot of drift dives and Abdul handled situation really good and gave us good intructions during the dive! Terima kasih Abdul and sampai jumpa lagi! And of course Teemu you are the best! No words needed! I hope I see you all soon! With love Sanna

I had best time with Abdul! I so enjoyed our dives. Abdul is the best kind of divemaster. You have safely dives but still so much fun ! We did lot of drift dives and Abdul handled situation really good and gave us good intructions during the dive! Terima kasih Abdul and sampai jumpa lagi! And of course Teemu you are the best! No words needed! I hope I see you all soon! With love Sanna

Good place ! Good moment ! Thanks a lot for this day ! And for the professionalism ! Thanks for the instructor Andrei !

Good place ! Good moment ! Thanks a lot for this day ! And for the professionalism ! Thanks for the instructor Andrei !

Super friendly , funny and attentive staff! Equipment and Boat on Point! Special thanks to Jho &amp; Rocky who made our dives sooooo interesting and fun! Will definitely be back!

Super friendly , funny and attentive staff! Equipment and Boat on Point! Special thanks to Jho &amp; Rocky who made our dives sooooo interesting and fun! Will definitely be back!

Everything was organized very well, they though of every details, even pancakes tea and coffee. I saw lots of beautiful fish as well as amazing mantas. My instructor Heski was very patient and made sure I was comfortable. Definitely recommend

Everything was organized very well, they though of every details, even pancakes tea and coffee. I saw lots of beautiful fish as well as amazing mantas. My instructor Heski was very patient and made sure I was comfortable. Definitely recommend

My bf and I got our advanced dive certification and had a great experience! Yoseph took amazing care of us during all of our dives. We are heading to their Gili location for even more diving and get an additional 10% off! Definitely recommend this shop for all your diving needs.

My bf and I got our advanced dive certification and had a great experience! Yoseph took amazing care of us during all of our dives. We are heading to their Gili location for even more diving and get an additional 10% off! Definitely recommend this shop for all your diving needs.

Super great place to go to dive, recreational or to get certificate! Mantas are amazing!!! Yosef was our instructor and made every part of our advanced open water a blast. Non stop laughing and fun. They serve wonderful coffee and snacks in between dives and a free meal when we got back every day. Highly recommend sanctum wherever you are in Bali!! Request Yosef for an extra good time!

Super great place to go to dive, recreational or to get certificate! Mantas are amazing!!! Yosef was our instructor and made every part of our advanced open water a blast. Non stop laughing and fun. They serve wonderful coffee and snacks in between dives and a free meal when we got back every day. Highly recommend sanctum wherever you are in Bali!! Request Yosef for an extra good time!

4 great fun dives in two days with Sanctum Dive Nusa Penida. Really nice and beatiful divesites. Lots of reefs and reef fishes. We saw mantas, octopus and even dolphins. I had a lot of fun!

Sactum Dive has good fastboats and new gear.

Thanks for my dive masters Donny and Sam making my underwater experiences so great! Terima kashi!

4 great fun dives in two days with Sanctum Dive Nusa Penida. Really nice and beatiful divesites. Lots of reefs and reef fishes. We saw mantas, octopus and even dolphins. I had a lot of fun!

Sactum Dive has good fastboats and new gear.

Thanks for my dive masters Donny and Sam making my underwater experiences so great! Terima kashi!

First and best experience. From Spain i came with two friends and had an amazing experience in Sanctum. Fast booking, good vibes and beautiful people. The place is very charming too!

First and best experience. From Spain i came with two friends and had an amazing experience in Sanctum. Fast booking, good vibes and beautiful people. The place is very charming too!

Spent our time seeing HUGE manta rays and ending with seeing turtles hunting jellyfish was an amazing experience, and a big Thankyou to our instructor Sami

Spent our time seeing HUGE manta rays and ending with seeing turtles hunting jellyfish was an amazing experience, and a big Thankyou to our instructor Sami

Second time back at sanctum and it was just as good if not better. Got to see a new diving spot today as they take you to the best spot that day to make sure you get the most out of the experience.

A must do whilst in nusa penida!

Second time back at sanctum and it was just as good if not better. Got to see a new diving spot today as they take you to the best spot that day to make sure you get the most out of the experience.

A must do whilst in nusa penida!

Me and my girlfriend decided to take our diving certificate at this diving center. We were met with positive energy and were allowed to start immediately. Despite it being an actual course and us having to do homework and learn theoretical stuff, we had an amazing experience. The instructor Yoseph and sam, were super patient and we got to see some amazing animals in our first 3 open water dives. Would definitely recommend this place for all! Nice people and good diving sites

Me and my girlfriend decided to take our diving certificate at this diving center. We were met with positive energy and were allowed to start immediately. Despite it being an actual course and us having to do homework and learn theoretical stuff, we had an amazing experience. The instructor Yoseph and sam, were super patient and we got to see some amazing animals in our first 3 open water dives. Would definitely recommend this place for all! Nice people and good diving sites

We wanted to take a diving certificate each and they just gave us the opportunity the minute we went in. Because of the season there wasn’t so many people so we got to experience Private course! It was so fun learning but they take it seriously so it is also a demanding course. But it’s really all worth it. I was a little (a lot) scared and didn’t know what to expect but they were so patient with me and I ended up passing. We had Joseph as our instructor, and I can really recommend it all! So professional

We experienced mantas and turtles on our first open water experience!! Really greatfull, and we already miss the people!

We wanted to take a diving certificate each and they just gave us the opportunity the minute we went in. Because of the season there wasn’t so many people so we got to experience Private course! It was so fun learning but they take it seriously so it is also a demanding course. But it’s really all worth it. I was a little (a lot) scared and didn’t know what to expect but they were so patient with me and I ended up passing. We had Joseph as our instructor, and I can really recommend it all! So professional

We experienced mantas and turtles on our first open water experience!! Really greatfull, and we already miss the people!

We talked to several dive clubs but thought this one was the more the professional. They say they see mantas 90% of the time. They also check the conditions before going to a site on the day. So that feels safe. There was yummy pancakes on the boat too. They have a nice club with a beach club. Great to hang out.

We talked to several dive clubs but thought this one was the more the professional. They say they see mantas 90% of the time. They also check the conditions before going to a site on the day. So that feels safe. There was yummy pancakes on the boat too. They have a nice club with a beach club. Great to hang out.

Excellent dive with professional crew. Our Dive Master Heski was very good at his job and showed us lots of marine life including a Manta Ray! Would definitely recommend to others.

Excellent dive with professional crew. Our Dive Master Heski was very good at his job and showed us lots of marine life including a Manta Ray! Would definitely recommend to others.

One of the cheapest places to dive around here, only 1.2M while others ask atleast 1.3M. We saw a mantaray, shark, octopus, seasnake, 2 turtles and many other amazing sealife. Would definitely recommend

One of the cheapest places to dive around here, only 1.2M while others ask atleast 1.3M. We saw a mantaray, shark, octopus, seasnake, 2 turtles and many other amazing sealife. Would definitely recommend

Scheduled a 2 diver session the morning before going out and Sanctum Dive was happily able to fit me in their schedule for the day. Me and friend dived in Manta Point and SB with Sam as our dive Master and we loved it. Sam gave a great briefing and did his best to make sure we got to see everything possible. In 1 dive we saw Sea Snakes, Turtles, Sharks, Manta Rays, Octopus, Lobsters, and more. Great dive !!

Scheduled a 2 diver session the morning before going out and Sanctum Dive was happily able to fit me in their schedule for the day. Me and friend dived in Manta Point and SB with Sam as our dive Master and we loved it. Sam gave a great briefing and did his best to make sure we got to see everything possible. In 1 dive we saw Sea Snakes, Turtles, Sharks, Manta Rays, Octopus, Lobsters, and more. Great dive !!

We came to Pendia as a celebration for my husband and I, we were both open water divers, looking to take a course, our first dive master was very disappointing, and scared us very much. Spoke to Mimi, and she fixed it IMMEDIATELY. The next day we had a new instructor who knew his stuff. We ended up having an amazing time. The new instructor Teemu, started the whole course over and we ended up learning so much, and built such a great friendship with the staff. Mimi, Hugo, Teemu, Andre, Rocky, Emmi, made our trip memorable and then some.
 Cindy in the kitchen staff were very amazing as well knowing exactly what we liked when we came back from a dive.
 So blessed to have met these people.

We came to Pendia as a celebration for my husband and I, we were both open water divers, looking to take a course, our first dive master was very disappointing, and scared us very much. Spoke to Mimi, and she fixed it IMMEDIATELY. The next day we had a new instructor who knew his stuff. We ended up having an amazing time. The new instructor Teemu, started the whole course over and we ended up learning so much, and built such a great friendship with the staff. Mimi, Hugo, Teemu, Andre, Rocky, Emmi, made our trip memorable and then some.
Cindy in the kitchen staff were very amazing as well knowing exactly what we liked when we came back from a dive.
So blessed to have met these people.

I got my advanced here with awesome instructor Andrei, and made numerous dives with Heskey (Ischia). Saw manga rays, sea turtles, smaller beautiful creatures, nice corals and lots of fish.

I got my advanced here with awesome instructor Andrei, and made numerous dives with Heskey (Ischia). Saw manga rays, sea turtles, smaller beautiful creatures, nice corals and lots of fish.

After excellent experience at Sanctum Una Una, we’ve tried also Sanctum Diving School in Nusa Penida, and didn’t regret it! Professional service, nice and friendly environment, very enjoyable. Our instructor Andrey and dive master Heskey/Ischia made us feel very comfortable during our dives, we saw a big group of mantas, billhawk turtles, lion fishes, tons of angelfishes, wrasse, different kind of shrimps, and even a tresher shark. Very recommended!

After excellent experience at Sanctum Una Una, we’ve tried also Sanctum Diving School in Nusa Penida, and didn’t regret it! Professional service, nice and friendly environment, very enjoyable. Our instructor Andrey and dive master Heskey/Ischia made us feel very comfortable during our dives, we saw a big group of mantas, billhawk turtles, lion fishes, tons of angelfishes, wrasse, different kind of shrimps, and even a tresher shark. Very recommended!

Sanctum Dive's mission is simple: to provide a homely place for travellers to go diving and make sure their guests have unforgettable moments. Join them to create new dive memories with this friendly crew!

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Sanctum Dive's mission is simple: to provide a homely place for travellers to go diving and make sure their guests have unforgettable moments. Join them to create new dive memories with this friendly crew!

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