Our instructors here in Komodo are an experienced, multilingual team with a passion for diving and a great eagerness to introduce people to the world of SCUBA. We have a range of courses for people who would just like to try diving for the first time or want to continue their education and take the first professional steps of their diving career. All of our PADI Instructors speak fluent English and can also teach in Bahasa Indonesia, French and Dutch.
Komodo has a wide range of diving sites for the courses we conduct. From aquarium calm bays for beginner students to fast drift dives for advanced students, Komodo has the full package. All of our students receive the PADI e-Manual upon booking. The e-Manual gives you the benefit of preparing for the course beforehand while helping to reduce paper!
Believe it or not but a lot of people that travel to Komodo island have no idea that, besides the famous Komodo dragons, this is one of the best dive destinations in the world. So what are the options for people who have never dived before?
In our blog, we lay out in detail the 2 best options you can choose from if you want to dive in Komodo but have never tried diving. There is the Discover Scuba Dive for people who just want to have a tester how it feels diving underwater for the first time or the Open Water Course to immediately go for your first-level certification in diving. The best part is you can do both! Not sure which diving experience is best for you? Read our blog!
Do you love the sea and always wanted to dive with manta rays and turtles?
If you’ve never had the chance, time, or maybe you’re feeling a bit unsure before you take the Open Water Course, this day of diving is the best option for you!
Scuba diving is our expertise and we introduce people to diving on a daily basis. Your instructor’s teaching methods will make sure that your dive will be both safe and fun. Our mission is to have your first experience breathing underwater feel confident, safe, and unforgettable!
While our boat cruises between the stunning islands, we teach you the introduction to safety rules, scuba equipment, and basic diving concepts on the way to the first dive site. The first dive begins with some basic skills in the shallow sea to make you feel more comfortable underwater. After completing the skills you go explore the exciting underwater world of Komodo. Your PADI Instructor will be by your side ensuring your safety while taking you to a world filled with colorful corals and tropical fishes. This program is also the first step in the Open Water course and counts as your first open water dive!
Have you always wanted to learn to dive, discover new adventures, and explore the big blue? This is where it starts! It is the world’s most popular scuba course and has introduced millions of other people to the world of diving. It is the first complete certificate to become a scuba diver.
During your Open Water Course, you will learn about the diving equipment, the necessary skills and theory to go diving safely. Before the start of the course, you will self-study the theory with the e-Manual that you receive upon booking or the PADI Videos. On the morning of the first day, you will review the theory that you have studied together with your PADI Instructor. After a lunch break, you will train safety and open water dive skills in confined water. The following 2 days you come with us on the boat and into the park to do 4 open water dives. All the dives are conducted inside the Komodo National Park.
After the course, you will be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, allowed to go to 18m and dive together with someone of similar certification level or higher.
4 Dives in Komodo National Park
PADI e-Manual
PADI Open Water Diver Certification
Logbook for diving
Theory lesson
Skills practice session in confined water
Full set of dive equipment
Breakfast and lunch served on the boat
Fruits, cake and Belgian Waffles
Unlimited coffee, tea and water
Free Manta Rhei Tote Bag
Expand your diving skills, boost your confidence and become more comfortable in the water with the advanced course. Komodo island is arguably one of the best places to learn this course because of the many different types of dive site it has to offer. With 5 different adventure dives, you will be introduced to new activities and new ways of diving with the guidance of a PADI instructor.
After preparing the theory through self-study you review your answers to the knowledge reviews with your PADI instructor. You learn to evaluate the practical assessments and safety considerations while planning and executing each different dive.
Deep Dive
AWARE Fish Identification of species
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Drift Dive
Navigation Dive
We always recommend refreshing up and review your dive skills if it has been a long time since you have been diving.
With your personal PADI Divemaster or Instructor, you will join us on the dive day trip boat into the park for 3 dives. The refresher course can be combined with any of the special day trips we offer.
On the first dive, we review a set of dive skills of the Open Water Course. These include Mask skills, buoyancy skills and more.
This training at the beginning of the first dive is intended to polish up those skills and be comfortable in the water. For the 2nd and 3rd dive there are no more skills and you will be fun diving together with your guide and discover the wonders of the park underwater.
Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. Learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well-being of other divers.
This training is the best preparation for you to recognize and anticipate stressful situations of typical dive problems at sea. With different scenarios, you will practice and learn different rescue techniques with the help of specialized safety equipment. This course trains you to be able to take responsibility in stressful situations that can occur when diving. As a part of the course, you will undertake the Emergency First Response course to cover the basic first & aid training in an emergency situation generally.
During your training you will learn:
Self-rescue techniques
How to use emergency medical equipment
Recognize and act in stressful diving situations
Rescue techniques for a panicked diver and unconscious diver
3 Dives in Komodo National Park
PADI Rescue & EFR e-Manual
PADI Rescue Diver & EFR Certification
Logbook for diving
Theory lesson
Skills practice session in confined water
Emergency First Response skill practice on land
Full set of dive equipment
Breakfast and lunch served on the boat
Fruits, cake and Belgian Waffles
Unlimited coffee, tea and water
Free Manta Rhei Tote Bag
Ever dreamed of working in the tropics, travel the globe and turning your dive passion into a profession? Take your first step into the diving industry as a professional with the Divemaster course.
We offer an 8-week long program that will teach you the ins- and outs of a diving center. Our instructors mentor you to get an in-depth dive knowledge, mastering your dive skills to perfection and learn how to take responsibility with assisting courses and guiding certified divers.
The program covers a 6-week training to qualify as a PADI Divemaster with an extra 2 weeks of gaining on-hand experience in the park as a Divemaster guiding certified divers. Download our brochure to get an overview of our program.
You’ve already seen in your Open Water course that some divers choose to dive with enriched air nitrox. All our dive masters and instructors at Manta Rhei dive with nitrox on a daily basis. Diving with nitrox brings a lot of benefits to divers.
In this blog, we lay out all the advantages of diving with enriched air nitrox. If you’re interested in becoming an enriched air nitrox diver contact us!
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