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PADI Courses at Blue Marlin

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Book any PADI course via the internet (send us an email) and pay a deposit prior to your arrival and when you show up at Blue Marlin you can claim your free fun dive - a $38,50 value (though not the IDC).

Languages

We teach courses in: English, Danish, Swedish, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Bahasa Indonesia. Please let us know ahead of time if you have a non-english language need, so we can ensure that we have the right instructor available for you, as well as the correct materials.

Payment

You can pay for your course by:
  • Bank transfer to our Indonesian bank accounts (please allow at least 14 days for this to clear) - please ensure that you carry all the costs of the transfer
  • Via PayPal before (or after) you arrive
  • Credit card (Visa and MasterCard) - we will charge you an additional 3%

Get a taste of what you can see on a dive course - click on the link below!
 

PADI Discover Scuba Diving ( 1 Day, 2 Dives)

So, you're on Gilli Trawangan and looking for something different, but you have limited time - No problem.
Well why not combine spending time on Gilli Trawangan with seeing what is under the water as well as above? Perfect for someone who enjoys snorkelling and swimming and all for only USD 60.

The PADI Discover Scuba Diver experience is designed to give you just this. After a thorough briefing and a few questions you will find yourself getting familiar with the equipment, and trying a few skills underwater. Once you have mastered these skills then your PADI Instructor will give you a short briefing on the dive and off you go, you will be amazed at what you will find down there, to a maximum depth of 12m.

The PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience is part of the PADI Open Water Course and you can get credit towards this rating if you decide to continue either right away, or up to 12 months in the future, just ask your instructor.
PADI Discovery Scuba Diving fun_divers

 

PADI Scuba Diver Course (2 days)

USD 275

Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI Scuba Diver certification might just be for you. This course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, covering only the first three of five sections of knowledge development, the first three of five pool sessions, and the first two of four open water training dives, resulting in a limited certification. Particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily in the company of a dive guide or if you have limited time to devote to scuba certification, consider becoming a PADI Scuba Diver.
This certification allows for ample dive experience and is a good warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, if that's your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:
  • Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 metres / 40 feet
  • Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in other diving activities as long as they have the required supervision
  • Continue their dive training and complete PADI Open Water Diver certification and other courses such as Project AWARE and equipment specialty courses

The Fun Part

The Scuba Diver certification opens the door on the underwater world for anyone who's thought that a course would take too long or be too difficult.

 

  • Upgrade to Open Water Diver whenever you want! With less time than the Scuba Diver course takes, you can make the jump to Open Water Diver certification and start scuba diving independently whenever time allows or you're up for more
Scubadiver coming up after a dive on Gili Islands

Dolphins swimming in the North Gili Air
 

PADI Open Water Course (3 Days)

USD 350

Get Certified! Take a Scuba Lesson with the PADI Open Water Diver Course at Blue Marlin Dive

Get your PADI scuba certification. If you've always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world's most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle and at Blue Marlin, learning to dive is comfortable, easy and convenient - not to mention the crystal clear waters

What You Learn

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:
  • Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
  • Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
  • Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!
If you've tried diving through a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must
  • Be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires a minimum age of 13 years due to international internet laws

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you'll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you'll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
Open Water Divers Diving with Dolphins
Happy divers at Blue Marlin Dive
Diving equipment
Alternatively, you can choose to do your theory as an on-line elearning course from PADI. This is a convenient and easy way to get all of the theory done at your own pace. By doing this, you will save not only time (no need to use precious vacation time in the classroom) but you will be spending your course time with us where you belong - in the water!
The eLearning course is run by PADI, our certification agency, and the largest dive education organisation in the world. Some highlights:
  • The course is run at your own pace - you can log in or out from anywhere - any time!
  • The course covers all the theory and tests associated with the PADI Open Water course
  • Once you arrive at Blue Marlin, you will then completed the confined water sessions and the four open water dives - no more tests, quizzes or knowledge reviews.
  • You can complete all the water sessions in as little as 2 1/2 days - giving you more time to use the skills you have learned at our many dive sites.
  • The price for the eLearning part of the course is $120. For the confined and open water sessions, we will charge you $295 (book ahead of time, pay a deposit, and you can claim your one free fun dive at the end of your course - a $38.50 value!
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PADI Adventure Diver / Advanced Open Water

US $ 225 / 275

The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of scuba diving adventures. It's a great opportunity to work with your instructor to build your scuba diving skills and gain more confidence.
The Fun Part
Have you always wanted to try underwater photography? How about wreck diving? Here's your chance because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more at ease in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy scuba diving more than ever.
  • Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may be credited toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty course. This means you can be well on your path to becoming a Master Scuba Diver.
What You Learn
You can choose what you're most interested in learning. Need to work on your buoyancy skills? Try the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive. Want to know what you're looking at down there? Try the AWARE-Fish Identification Adventure Dive. Choose any three of the following Adventure Dives:
Adventure Dives available to scuba divers 10 years old and older:
  • Altitude Diver
  • AWARE-Fish Identification
  • Boat Diver
  • Dry Suit Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Underwater Naturalist
  • Underwater Navigator
  • Underwater Photography
Additional Adventure Dives available to scuba divers 12 years old and older:
  • Deep Diver
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle
  • Drift Diver
  • Multilevel Diver
  • Night Diver
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Underwater Videography
  • Wreck Diver
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PADI Specialties

Improve your diving skills further by choosing from a range of available PADI specialty courses, each one designed to challenge and excite you:

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PADI Rescue Diver Course

US $350

The PADI Rescue Diver course is a challenging & informative course that will build your confidence as a recreational diver. 3-4 days of intensive classroom and in-water rescue training will be both fun and rewarding for all divers. Students will complete 12 Open Water Training Exercises which emphasize a divers ability to be flexible and adapt to personal and environmental conditions. In the end, all 12 exercises will be practiced in real-life scenarios.

Course topics include:

First aid for diving injuries
First aid for marine injuries
Emergency procedures
Rescue equipment consideration and usage
Distress recognition
Self rescue
Rescue entries, approaches and exits
Assist and transportation of patients
Missing, unconscious and submerged diver rescue
In-water artificial respiration
Accident recording and reporting

By the end of the course you will have expanded your knowledge of diving, increased your level of diving skill and be more aware of what is happening in the diving environment.
Most importantly, rescue training can help you to save lives and increase safety by preparing you to properly respond to diving emergencies.
Before you can become certified as a Rescue Diver you most complete CPR training, for which we offer the PADI Emergency First Responder course, although current CPR certification from other agencies are recognized (e.g. Red Cross or St John’s Ambulance).
The PADI Emergency First Responder Course is an internationally recognised certification. It is an essential first aid course whether you are a diver or a non-diver. The usual duration is between 5 and 7 hours. There are no pre-requisites. The course consists of a series of video presentations, instructor elaboration and hands-on practice. There is no formal testing, just plenty of time to become familiar with the most important elements in assisting a person in need. The course price is $120 USD on its own - combine the EFR and Rescue Diver courses and the package is your for $450.
 

PADI Divemaster Internship Programme


Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational diving begins with the DM program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.
During the DM program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems. You put this knowledge into action through an internship or series of practical training exercises.

Blue Marlin's philosophy on Divemaster Training is the best way to learn is to experience how a dive centre operates on a day-to-day basis, not just reading books and doing simulated exercises, but by actually helping the instructor train real students in there diving courses.

What you should also know is that the Divemaster program is also serious fun! You will become a member of the Blue Marlin "family" and dive, eat, drink and party with us - our Divemaster trainees have a tendancy to come back year after year, and we really enjoy seeing how you get on with your dive careers! So if you wnt a vacation where you get professional level skills, dive to your heart's delight and build friendships that last forever - then come and train with us!

Course outline - Divemaster Internship Program

Knowledge Development - covers the following topics :
  • the roles & characteristics of a Divemaster
  • supervising general diving activities
  • assisting with student divers in training
  • dive theory introduction
  • physics of diving
  • physiology of diving
  • dive equipment
  • decompression theory & the RDP
  • divemaster conducted programs
  • the business of diving & your diving career.

Assignment

You must prepare an emergency assistance plan detailing the proper procedures to follow in the event of a diving related accident (relevant to the local environment). Prepare a map of a local dive site offering useful information for those unfamiliar with the area i.e. topography, depths, entry/exit points,etc.


Water skills & stamina

In this module, you will perfect your confined water skills to demonstration level, improve your waterman ship ability & practice a rescue scenario.

Practical Application


Equipment Exchange

Underwater, you will exchange all diving equipment with a buddy. This will improve self-confidence and equipment familiarity.

Divemaster Conducted Program

You will conduct a real student training session under the direct supervision of a PADI instructor.

Divemaster Internship

The purpose of this section is to enable the candidate to work with students on a real course and help prevent, overcome, & assist with common problems they may encounter while learning to dive. You will act as an instructional assistant & your performance will be evaluated. In addition, Blue Marlin will also give you training in compressor operation, equipment repair & dive store sales - a very valuable asset to any perspective employer.

Course Time and Costs

We recommend a minimum of three to four weeks to complete the training, however, you can choose to do your Divemaster between three to eight weeks. During that time you have unlimited free fun diving & you can do up to 3 dives per day, which will result in well over 60 dives by the end of the course.

Weeks Program USD
3 to 4 $750
5 $900
6 $1,050
7 $1,200
8
$1,350

Please note there is an additional fee for your PADI membership, payable directly to PADI once a year.

Required Divemaster materials include the PADI Divemaster Manual, The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving Knowledge Workbook. The Divemaster crew pack costs $175.

Equipment rental is included in the course fee.