Marine Adventure

Try Scuba Diving Menjangan

0Experience
required
2Dives, at two
shallow sites
3-7 mDepth range,
instructor led
4 hShare trip,
door to door
Discover Scuba Diving, no course needed

Try scuba diving with no licence and no course

Try scuba diving at Menjangan is for people who have never dived and hold no certification. A professional instructor teaches you the basic skills, fits your gear and stays with you in the water for the whole dive. No classroom, no exam, no commitment.

Menjangan suits try scuba diving better than almost anywhere else in Bali. The island sits inside a sheltered strait with gentle currents and high visibility, and the two sites used for this programme are shallow, sandy and calm. You start in three to five metres of water.

Smiling diver hovering over the reef on a try scuba diving dive at Menjangan Island
Introduction dive, Menjangan Island
01

Gear and briefing

Your instructor explains how the equipment works, how to breathe through a regulator and how to clear your mask. It is short and practical.

02

Sandy Slope

The first site. A gentle sand slope in three to five metres, which is where you practise the basic skills directly in the ocean rather than a pool.

03

Pos I

The second site, after lunch. By now you are comfortable, so the dive is about looking rather than learning. Depth goes to a maximum of seven metres.

04

The instructor stays with you

This is not a guided tour where you follow at a distance. Your instructor is within arm’s reach for the whole of both dives.

Two ways to do it

Share the boat or take it

Both try scuba diving options include two dives, two sites and the beach lunch. The difference is the departure time and who else is aboard.

Share boat

Departs 9 AM
  • Duration4 hours, door to door
  • BoatShared, maximum 10 guests
  • DivesTwo, at Sandy Slope and Pos I
  • Best forSolo travellers and couples

One departure daily at 9 AM. The simplest way to try diving if you do not mind sharing the boat with snorkelers.

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Private boat

7 AM to 3 PM
  • Duration4 hours, flexible
  • BoatYour group alone
  • DivesTwo, paced entirely to you
  • Best forFamilies and nervous first timers

Depart any time from 7 AM. Worth the difference if anyone in your group is anxious, since nobody is waiting on you.

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In the rate

Included
  • TransportFree hotel pick up and drop off in the Pemuteran and Menjangan area
  • BoatReturn boat transfer, one boat carries a maximum of 10 people
  • InstructorProfessional dive instructor with you in the water
  • GearFull set of dive equipment, plus a towel
  • PermitEntrance fee to West Bali National Park
  • InsuranceIncluded for every guest
  • LunchLunch box with a choice of fried rice, fried noodles, chicken sandwich or fruit box

Bring a swimsuit, reef safe sunscreen and a towel if you want your own. If you wear contact lenses or glasses, tell us when you book so the instructor can plan for it.

How the day actually goes

How a try scuba diving day runs

Two dives with an hour on the beach in between, which is where most people decide they want to get certified.

Diver giving the OK hand signal beside a red sea fan on a try scuba diving dive at Menjangan

The briefing

Skills and equipment

Before you get in

Beginner diver swimming over a sandy bottom in shallow water at Menjangan Island

First dive

Three to five metres

Sandy Slope

Diver descending along the reef wall with a second diver below at Menjangan Island

Second dive

To a maximum of seven metres

Pos I

Your day on the water

Two dives, and the depth builds with your confidence

A try scuba diving day starts at Banyuwedang harbour, about thirty minutes from the island by boat. The first dive runs roughly 45 minutes in three to five metres, with the skills practised directly in the ocean rather than a pool.

After an hour on the beach for lunch, you dive a second site for 45 minutes to an hour. That one goes to a maximum of seven metres, and how deep you actually go depends entirely on how you are doing. Nobody is pushed. If you want to go further afterwards, look at our dive courses.

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Flattest water Good Wind builds
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Before you dive

  • Tell usAbout asthma, heart or lung conditions, ear or sinus trouble, recent surgery, epilepsy, diabetes or pregnancy. None of these is automatically a no, but the instructor needs to know beforehand.
  • FlyingDo not fly for at least 18 hours after a two dive day. Plan this trip so it is not the day before you leave Bali.
  • ColdsIf you cannot clear your ears on land, you will not be able to underwater. A blocked nose on the day is a genuine reason to reschedule.
  • AlcoholNothing the night before beyond a drink or two, and nothing on the morning of the dive.
  • SwimmingYou do not need to be a strong swimmer, but you should be comfortable having your face in the water.
  • GlassesContact lenses are usually fine. Tell us your prescription if you need a corrective mask.
Tick them off as you go

What you can see at seven metres

Fourteen things our instructors point out on the shallow sites used for try scuba diving. This is wild reef inside a national park, so nothing is promised.

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Seen on your dives

Nothing matches that search.

Reef fish

6 species

Bigger animals

4 species

Coral and sand

4 things

Already certified? The wall at Menjangan drops far deeper than this programme goes, and scuba diving at Menjangan is the trip for that. If you would rather stay on the surface, our snorkeling trips visit the same island.

Under the surface

More from try scuba diving Menjangan

Turtles, coral gardens and clear, calm water around the island.

Diver gliding past large red sea fans over the reef at Menjangan Island
Past the sea fans
Diver giving a peace sign beside a hawksbill turtle on the reef at Menjangan Island
A turtle on the reef
Diver descending over a sunlit reef slope on a try scuba diving dive at Menjangan
Descending along the reef
Diver hovering over staghorn coral and small fish in shallow water at Menjangan
Over the staghorn shelf
Diver swimming over a garden of soft coral and sponges at Menjangan Island
Soft coral garden
Before you book

Common questions

No. Try scuba diving exists precisely for people who have never dived and hold no certification. A professional instructor teaches you what you need and stays with you in the water.

The first dive is in three to five metres. The second goes to a maximum of seven metres, and only as deep as you are comfortable with. The instructor decides with you, on the day.

Nerves are normal on a try scuba diving trip and the instructor expects them. The water is calm and shallow enough to stand up in at the first site, and you can end a dive at any point without explaining yourself. A private boat is worth considering if you would rather nobody was waiting on you.

Not straight away. The standard recommendation is to wait at least 18 hours after a two dive day before flying. Plan this trip so it is not the day before your flight home.

No, but you should be comfortable in water with your face submerged. Tell us when you book if you are not, and we will make sure the instructor takes it slowly.

Tell us before you book. Asthma, heart and lung conditions, ear or sinus problems, recent surgery, epilepsy, diabetes and pregnancy all need to be raised beforehand. None of them is automatically a no, but the instructor has to know, and some cases need a doctor’s clearance.

Most introductory diving programmes set a minimum age of 10. Tell us the ages when you enquire and we will confirm what we can offer your group.

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