Small by design
A maximum of four students per instructor, against the PADI standard of eight. Private one-to-one is available on any course.
Juara Holding Group
About Us A dive centre built on a gap nobody was filling
Lombok was being recognised as a luxury destination while its diving was still being sold to a different market. We were founded to close that gap — small groups, serviced equipment, and instruction that does not rush.
- 5-Star
- PADI IDC rating
- S-26789
- PADI Centre number
- 1:4
- Instructor ratio
- 15,000+
- Dives logged by our team
- 3 islands
- Training centres
- 365
- Days open per year
What we believe
Beyond the Certification Card
A course is an initiation into something you will do for decades, not a transaction that ends when the card arrives.
Flexible schedules
We adapt course timings to your itinerary — a sunrise session before breakfast, or theory in the afternoon. Open 365 days a year.
Conservation first
Stewards of the Coral Triangle. Project AWARE principles run through the curriculum, and we partner with the Gili Eco Trust.
Safety as a system
Scubapro and Aqualung serviced every six months, emergency oxygen on every boat, and EFR-trained staff throughout.
Our booking office is in Bali. Every dive operation runs from the Gili Islands themselves, where the instructors live.
Our story
Where This Came From
Founded under the Juara philosophy — juara is Indonesian for champion.
The observation
Why we exist
Lombok's service on land had moved upmarket. Its diving had not kept pace, and travellers were being pointed at centres built for a different kind of visitor.
A gap, not a complaint
The standard
What we built
Elite PADI instructors and luxury travel specialists in one team, with one measure: does the certification experience match the rest of the trip?
PADI 5-Star IDC, S-26789
Gotong royong
How we operate
The Indonesian principle of mutual cooperation. Our operations are meant to benefit the communities on these islands and the reefs we dive over, not extract from them.
Gili Eco Trust partner
Start here
The Course Most People Book
PADI Open Water is three days, nine dives, and a certification recognised anywhere in the world to 18 metres. If you have never breathed underwater, this is where it begins.
PADI Open Water course
About us
Common Questions
The booking office is on Jalan Sunset Road in Kuta, Badung, Bali. Every dive operation runs from the Gili Islands, where we have training centres on Trawangan, Air and Meno, and where the instructors live.
Our parent company. Juara is Indonesian for champion, and the group operates across Indonesian luxury hospitality. This dive centre is the specialised diving arm of it.
We hold PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center status, PADI Centre number S-26789. That rating is awarded by PADI, not self-appointed, and it means we are qualified to train PADI professionals as well as recreational divers.
A maximum of four students per instructor, against the PADI standard of eight. Private one-to-one instruction is available on any course — ask us for the current price.
An active-status, insured PADI professional. Our senior instructors hold the Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating with an average of over 5,000 logged dives each, and teach in English, French, German and Indonesian.
Get in touch
Four Steps to Booking
Tell us what you want to do and when. We reply within four hours during operating hours.
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Enquiry
Your course, dates and island.
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Consultation
Availability confirmed and the PADI Medical Statement sent.
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20% deposit
Secures your place. eLearning access follows.
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Arrive
Balance payable on arrival.