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Dive • Learn • Explore • Protect Become a Better Diver in the Gili Islands Your first diving certification opens the door to a new world. What comes next depends on what you enjoy: exploring reefs, understanding marine life, developing your skills or helping other …
The stereotype: muscles, ego and deeper dives Picture a technical diver. Does a muscular man appear in your mind? Someone surrounded by cylinders, convinced he knows everything better, with an arrogant attitude and one ambition: to go deeper and deeper? That stereotype can make technical …
Gili Air vs Gili Trawangan: Which Island Is Better for Scuba Diving? Planning a scuba diving holiday in the Gili Islands? Both Gili Air and Gili Trawangan offer excellent access to the underwater world around the Gilis and Lombok. However, the islands have different atmospheres, …
Before we repair a reef, we need to ask why it was damaged At Oceans 5 Gili Air, we believe conservation must address the pressures damaging our marine environment, as well as the damage we can already see. Planting coral, creating artificial reefs and restoring …
A Comfortable Beginning for Your Underwater Adventure Your first breath underwater is a moment to remember. It can also feel unfamiliar: you are wearing new equipment, breathing through a regulator and discovering how to move beneath the surface. Starting in a training pool gives you …
Technical diving often brings to mind multiple cylinders, deeper dives and detailed decompression plans. But some of its most useful lessons apply just as well to a recreational dive along a shallow reef. You do not need to become a technical diver to improve your …
Gili Trawangan Takes a Step Towards Becoming Its Own Village Gili Trawangan has reached an important stage in its move towards becoming a separate administrative village. However, its current status is Desa Persiapan Gili Trawangan—a preparatory village—rather than a fully established independent village. What Has …
What can you do after your Open Water Course? Completing your Open Water Diver course is a moment worth celebrating. You have learned how to use scuba equipment, practised essential skills and explored the underwater world with your instructor. But what happens next? For many …
Oceans 5 Gili Air offers more than dive trips and beginner courses. Our work now includes Divemaster internships, instructor training, technical diving and marine conservation. We have developed dedicated websites for these areas so you can find detailed information about the program that interests you. …
How Far Can Scuba Diving Take You? For many people, scuba diving begins with one simple idea: I want to see what is underwater. Maybe it starts with an introduction dive while travelling through Indonesia. Maybe it is an Open Water Diver course on Gili Air. …