Advanced Open Water
Ready to take your diving skills to the next level? Our Advanced Course is the perfect way to explore new depths and explore exciting adventures. Improve your diving position and buoyancy, better your fin-kick techniques, and learn how to minimise your air consumption like a pro.
Advanced Open Water Course
Are you already a certified diver and ready for the next step? The advanced open water course, also known as the Advanced Adventure Course, will allow you to explore deeper dive sites and will make you a more confident diver. The advanced diver course is designed to expose you to more challenging diving conditions and activities. The goal is to make you a better diver by increasing your confidence and independence as a recreational diver.
The advanced course consists of 5 dives over at least two days. The course is very much about diving and does not have the theory load of the open water course. It is all about learn by doing. You will explore the best parts of the Gili’s dive sites, under the supervision of one of our experienced instructors. The instructor will focus on your dive position, your buoyancy, fin-kick techniques and teach you how to minimise your air-consumption.
The Advanced Open Water Diver license results in qualification to dive down to 30 meters. Pre-book and receive a free Fun dive or an exclusive discount!
Advanced Dive Overview
During the Advanced Dive Course you will be able to choose 5 different speciality dives. The Advanced Dives you do during the Advanced Course can be used towards the equivalent speciality courses.
Deep
The Deep Adventure Dive is one of the core dives of the Advanced Course. As you learned during your open water course, when we go deeper than 18 meters, there are a number of extra factors we need to keep in mind and procedures to observe in order to stay safe.
The presence of your instructor offers security the first time you venture deep enough to experience Nitrogen Narcosis and increased air consumption. We will also try to illustrate to you what Nitrogen Narcoses feels like, and what increased pressure does to things such as color and air spaces. Getting certified to scuba dive to 30 meters will open up a whole new range of dive sites to explore. Around the Gili Islands, you will find better diving areas with marine life such as sharks at the deeper parts of the dive sites.
Once you have fallen in love with diving deep, you can continue with the Deep speciality. During this course, you will learn how to dive to a thrilling 40 meters deep.
Navigation
Another core dive in the Advanced Open Water course is the Navigation dive. Navigation is the adventure dive about skills of knowing where you are. It may seem like magic to you when your divemaster takes you on a long dive and finishes exactly back where you started. But it isn’t that. With the Navigation Dive and by continuing to use the navigation skills you learn during the course, you will gain a lot of confidence and will be able to find your way around any dive site using different navigation techniques.
Do you want to become a navigation hero who never gets lost? Continue with our Navigation Speciality.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
The better your buoyancy, the better your dive. The pure purpose of this adventure dive is to work on your buoyancy skills to the point you will notice a significant improvement in your air consumption. You will work on your dive position and fin-kicking, so you can glide through the water effortlessly.
Do you feel you need more practice? Or are you a photographer and want to get closer to your subject without disturbing the environment? Opt for the Perfect Buoyancy Speciality.
Drift Adventure Dive
We are fortunate here on Gili Trawangan to have many sites which are perfect for drift diving. If you have never done it before, you will probably find it quite exciting! The basic skills of current check, negative water entry, reef hook deployment, taking advantage of current, the difference in buddy procedures and surface marker buoy deployment are all covered.
Are you planning to dive in areas known for their currents, like Komodo National Park? Then the Drift Speciality is the perfect speciality course for you.
Adventure Night Dive
Why go scuba diving at night? Because it’s very exciting, and even more because we can! Also of course because there are a lot of different species active which you will only ever see at night. The different buddy procedures, entry/exit procedures, light handling and navigation skills required are covered in detail.
Have you gotten the nightdive bug? Continue with the Nightdive Speciality.
Search & Recovery Adventure Dive
Once dropped in the sea, things tend to stay lost. If you choose this adventure dive, we will show you some of the techniques for locating items and bringing them back to the surface. Good navigation skills are vital for success.
If you are a pro at finding things that are lost, the Search & Recovery Speciality is for you!
Underwater Photography
During this dive you will learn about composition, camera care, use of light framing, red balance and much more. We will also teach you some extra buoyancy skills required to significantly improve your underwater photos. It is recommended to have your own camera when you choose the Underwater Photography Adventure Dive.
Are you an aspiring underwater photographer? Come and learn how to become a pro from one of our underwater photographers. Contact us for more information.
Fish ID
Ever came back from a dive thinking; what was that fish? With this dive we will show you how to identify species, their habits and how to find the common names of a number of marine life. You will not only explore the vast array of fish species inhabiting the world's oceans, but also acquire the skills to identify them based on their distinctive body features, mouth shapes, tail structures, and behavioral traits.
Can’t get enough of our marine life? We offer a large variety of ECO specialities to choose from.
Wreck Adventure Dive
Wrecks are not just remnants of the past; they are vibrant ecosystems teeming with marine life. The procedures for diving on wrecks vary considerable from reef diving, chiefly because of the potential overhead environment. The Wreck Adventure Dive will highlight the most important safety aspects whilst you experience one of Gili Trawangan’s two wrecks.
During the Wreck Adventure Dive you are not allowed to enter a wreck. Are you interested in learning how to penetrate a wreck? Continue with the Wreck Speciality.
Intro to Nitrox Adventure Dive
We will explain the advantages of diving with Nitrox and how to calculate your increased bottom time with a dive computer. After the theory, you will breathe nitrox for a full dive. Your first dive on mixed gas. If you wanted to get certified as a Nitrox Diver at the same time, you could get these two licenses at one go just by adding some theory and an exam for the cost of 7.000.000 IDR for both!
Advanced Open Water
Meet Bethany
Bethany became an Ocean Quest Coral Propagation trainer, teaching scuba divers how to propagate and manage coral nurseries to preserve this fragile ecosystem for years to come! Climbing the SSI Pathway, Bethany is now an SSI Ecology speciality Instructor, teaching Marine Ecology, Fish identification, coral identification, turtle ecology, shark ecology and Invertebrate ecology.
With a huge passion for marine life and environmental sustainability, Bethany is on a mission to educate scuba divers on the complexity and importance of marine animals and their ecosystems.
Meet Ovan
Why dive with us?
A Friendly & Certified Team
Our team of certified instructors and guides is passionate about marine conservation and sharing the wonders of the Gili Islands Marine Park with you.
Tailored Courses for Every Level
From beginner courses to professional programs, we tailor each experience to your skill level and interests.
Dive in Comfort & Safety
Our state-of-the-art equipment and well-maintained boats ensure comfort and reliability throughout your dive.
Prime beach front location
Our prime beachfront location offers direct and easy access to dive sites around the Gili Islands.
What is Tech Diving?
Beyond its technical aspects, technical diving is an adventure that unlocks access to rare and uncharted sites, offering an unparalleled experience for marine discovery enthusiasts and those seeking personal challenges.
Why Choose Technical Diving?
Meet Clem, our Technical Diving Instructor
From there, she expanded her teaching range with numerous specialties, alongside regularly leading fun and challenging technical dives. Over the years, she has gained invaluable experience teaching and diving in a wide variety of environments; from the cold, murky waters of the English Channel to the deep wrecks of the Maltese islands, and the vibrant marine life of Oman.
She joined Gili Divers in 2021 where she has taken on the task of growing a dedicated technical diving department. With a focus on personalised training, her main drive is always to create a safe and supportive teaching environment to encourage all divers to progress toward pushing their limits.
With a strong passion for deep diving and mentoring, she aims to empower students by giving them the confidence to achieve their diving goals. As a JJ-CCR Mod2 Mixed Gas diver, she enjoys exploring deep reefs and has a special love for historical wrecks.
we have courses starting daily and you can begin at 8.00, 10.30 or 13.30.
Yes, participants often have the flexibility to choose specialties based on their interests and goals. You will decide along with your Instructor on which dive site will suit each speciality.
The program can typically be completed in two days, if you need more time to complete the program it is possible.
Participants must be certified divers and meet any prerequisites for the individual specialty dives included in the program.
The program typically includes specialties such as deep diving, navigation, night diving, wreck diving, drift diving, nitrox and fish identification.
The SSI Advanced Adventurer Program offers certified divers the opportunity to explore five different specialty areas in diving. Participants can try various specialties to discover their interests and enhance their diving skills.
