Big Bubble is a fully licensed PADI dive centre (S-6529). We have multi-lingual, professional diving instructors working year round, maintaining our 100% safety record by following dive course standards/procedures whilst ensuring our guests have as much fun as possible. We are proud to offer a complete selection of PADI Scuba Diving courses in Gili Trawangan.
We have scuba diving course materials in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian and Indonesian.Included in the price of every scuba diving course are the study materials required for you to complete your course. This includes your very own PADI course manual, dive table, log book and a free Big Bubble t-shirt! We also offer scuba diving certification courses for kids. Did you know your child can learn to experience the underwater magic beforecompleting the Junior Open Water course? Bubble makers are available for children as young as 8 years old
We have further information available about the following PADI training programmes :
All of our scuba diving courses start daily and can be organised to suit your requirements and schedule. For more information and bookings, contact us and we can arrange a PADI dive course to suit your level and schedule. If you complete the on-line theory for your chosen dive course prior to arriving at Big Bubble, the cost of the course will alter slightly to what is quoted below!
This course is designed to give you the necessary knowledge and skills to prevent/ deal with any problems or emergencies mainly related to diving but the EFR course gives you the knowledge you need to be able to assist anyone with a health emergency whether they are diving or not.
We refresh some self rescue skills that you would have learned on the Open Water course too. You will be taken on at least 5 dives whilst doing this course, but on each dive you will be learning more rescue skills as oppose to just going for a ‘fun’ dive.
You will learn how to deal with stressful situations both under water and also on the surface in order to help save lives. The rescue diver course is extremely rewarding and will ensure you feel more comfortable and in control when diving. After completing training exercises both in the swimming pool and in the ocean, scenarios are staged in order for you to test your skills and ability to deal with in the most efficient and successful way.
We will teach you how to search for missing divers, bring up an unconscious diver from the bottom of the ocean, and from the surface back to the boat or shore, whilst helping them breathe, or whilst providing rescue breaths for them. We will also teach you how to prevent most problems that can occur both under water and on the surface.
Cost: IDR 950,000
XE Personal Currency Assistant
Minimum age 10, max depth 12m, half day or full day
To experience your first dive in the underwater world, we begin with a brief introduction to diving, a session in the pool to become comfortable with breathing and the equipment, and practice a few skills, then a dive in the open water. This is in fact the first day of the Open Water course, so should you wish to continue, day 1 is already complete at no extra cost!
Cost: IDR 3,800,000
XE Personal Currency Assistant
Minimum age 10, max depth 12m, 2 days
This course gives you a license that enables you to dive with a dive professional at any time to a maximum depth of 12 metres. This equates to the first half of the open water course and is perfect for those who don’t have time to complete the full open water or are not confidant swimmers but would still like to get certified. This involves some theory, at least one pool session plus two dives in the ocean. To upgrade this at a later date to Open Water diver is easy.
Cost: IDR 5,900,000
XE Personal Currency Assistant
Minimum age 10, max depth 18m (12m Junior Open Water), 3 or 4 days
The first level on the diving license ladder! This is a popular, fully comprehensive diving course, comprising of videos, theory, two pool sessions and four open water dives. Once completed, the license is life long and gives you the opportunity to continue on to the advanced open water course or even do specialty courses.
Now PADI offer the option to complete the theory on-line before you arrive!
Course available with PADI eLearning
Cost: IDR 4,900,000
XE Personal Currency Assistant
Minimum age 12, max depth 30m (21m Junior Advanced), 2 days
This course introduces you to various diving activities depending on what interests you as a diver. There are five dives, two of which are the compulsory dives – the deep dive and the navigation dive – and then others you can choose depending on your preferences, such as night dive, buoyancy, multi-level/computer, fish identification, photography, naturalist, drift, boat etc. The beauty of this course is there is little theory but a thorough briefing to the dive, making it fun! During the dive, we concentrate on the dive choice in hand, furthering skills and broadening knowledge.
Cost: Please contact us regarding the full details of the Dive Master Course.
Minimum Age 18
The PADI Divemaster course here at Big Bubble is the premier divemaster internship in the Gili Islands, representing the first step into a career as a scuba diving professional! It teaches you the theory of diving – physics, physiology, decompression theory, equipment, skills and environment, as well as skills practice, mapping, assisting, teaching and the general day to day running’s of a dive shop. It is also a great course and so much fun – you will become part of the team!
The time frame for this course is flexible but usually takes between 4 and 6 weeks – meaning you get to do a lot of diving!
Cost of Rescue (no EFR): IDR 5,900,000
Cost Of EFR and Rescue Combined: IDR 7,700,000
XE Personal Currency Assistant
Minimum age 15, 4 days minimum.
This course is designed to give you the necessary knowledge and skills to prevent/ deal with any problems or emergencies mainly related to diving but the EFR course gives you the knowledge you need to be able to assist anyone with a health emergency whether they are diving or not. You will learn how to deal with stressful situations both under water and also on the surface in order to help save lives. The rescue diver course is extremely rewarding and will ensure you feel more comfortable and in control when diving. After completing training exercises both in the swimming pool and in the ocean, scenarios are staged in order for you to test your skills and ability to help in the most efficient and successful way.
We will teach you how to search for missing divers, bring up an unconscious diver from the bottom of the ocean, and from the surface back to the boat or shore, whilst helping them breathe, or whilst providing rescue breaths for them. We will also teach you how to prevent most problems that can occur both under water and on the surface. We refresh some self rescue skills that you would have learned on the Open Water course too. You will be taken on at least 4 dives whilst doing this course and on each dive you will be learning new rescue skills making you a more competent diver.
All our courses are scheduled to start as and when we have requests but we do offer a free fun dive at the end of full certification courses, so always better to let us know by email as we can then make sure that we have an instructor free to start with you and also that you get taken to our best dive sites for that particular course. EG 5 different dive sites for the advanced course with a deeper site for the deep dive etc.
Any person wishing to take a course with us at Big Bubble Dive will also have to pass a medical questionnaire which we can send you by email prior to arriving to make sure you are fit to dive but also to give you time to check with your own doctor or a diving doctor if you do have a medical condition. Diving medical doctors do not exist once you arrive to the island, so always good to check first.
Our maximum student to instructor ratio is 4 people, unless you are a group wishing to learn together. Anyone enrolling onto a course with us will pay the 50,000rp reef tax just once only. If you stay on to do more than one course, the reef Tax is still the same as it is only charged once per visit.
For online bookings for PADI certification courses, Big Bubble Dive offers you a free fun dive at the end of your course. By booking online your course can be scheduled to suit your holiday, ensures we have an instructor free to teach you starting the day you wish to begin and book the best dive sites for your course.
For online Bookings for certified divers, we offer you a 10% discount from our diving prices. We can also guarantee you get to dive the best dive sites for your certification level if you pre-book with us. If you do a 5 or more dive package online we offer 15% discount and if you book 10 or more dives, we extend the discount to 20% of the whole dive bill.
Are you ready to change your life? Embark on a journey to explore a whole new world untouched by the frantic pace of everyday life. Scuba diving provides a thrill and adventure unmatched by anything else. Start or continue your adventure today by completing the theory portion of your course online!
Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
Office: +62 (0) 370 6125020 8am - 8pm
HP:+62 (0) 811 390 969
Email: info@bigbubblediving.com
