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Scuba Diving Costs If you are planning a diving holiday to the Gili Islands, one of the first things you will probably search online is: How much does scuba diving cost on Gili Air? It is a perfectly reasonable question. There are several dive centers on Gili Air, and when people compare them, price is often one of the first things they look at. One shop charges one amount, another shop is…

A Complete Guide to Learning to Dive in the Gili Islands If you have never scuba dived before, choosing where to take your first breaths underwater is an important decision. You want warm water, interesting marine life, professional instructors, good training facilities and, most importantly, an environment where you can learn without feeling rushed. So, is Gili Air good for beginner…

Open Water Diver Course If you already love snorkeling, you probably know the feeling. You are floating at the surface, looking down at a beautiful coral reef. Below you are colorful reef fish, perhaps a turtle, a moray eel disappearing between the rocks, or something interesting hiding underneath a coral formation. And then you think: “I wish I could go down there and have a closer…

Where Every Tourist Is Valentino Rossi There was a time, not so long ago, when Gili Air was famous for something rather unusual in the modern world: there were no motorized vehicles. No cars. No motorbikes. No traffic jams. Just bicycles, cidomos, people walking barefoot along sandy roads, coconut trees, the sound of the ocean and the occasional chicken making the questionable decision to…

Gili Air | Holiday Destination Asia | Dive Resort Oceans 5 Gili Air From a Small Fishing Community to an International Island Destination Today, Gili Air is known around the world as a tropical holiday destination. Travellers come here to scuba dive, snorkel with turtles, relax on white-sand beaches, practice yoga and enjoy an island without conventional cars or motorbikes. But Gili Air did…

Turn Your Passion for Diving Into a Professional Career Are you an Indonesian citizen with a Rescue Diver certification who dreams of becoming a professional Divemaster? Perhaps you want to guide divers around Indonesia’s incredible reefs. Maybe you dream about working in Raja Ampat, Komodo, Bali, the Gili Islands or another famous Indonesian diving destination. Or perhaps becoming a Divemaster…

Become an SSI Dive Instructor Already a dive instructor with another training agency and thinking about adding SSI to your professional qualifications? This August, Oceans 5 Gili Air is offering a special opportunity. Starting 20 August 2026, Oceans 5 Gili Air will organize a special 10-day SSI Instructor Crossover Course, specifically designed for certified dive instructors from other…

Diving for Everyone | SSI Instructor Training Center Oceans 5 Gili Air Diving for Everyone For many people, scuba diving looks like an activity reserved for athletes, adventurous travelers, or people in perfect physical condition. Movies often portray diving as an extreme sport involving sharks, deep wrecks, or dangerous caves. As a result, one of the most common questions we receive at Oceans…

Certified Local SSI Divemasters When you join a dive at Oceans 5 Gili Air, one thing immediately stands out: every certified diver is guided by a local Indonesian SSI Divemaster. This is not a coincidence, nor is it simply a company preference. It is a conscious decision based on three important principles: complying with Indonesian law, supporting the local community, and providing guests with…

The Habit That Makes Every Dive Safer For many people who have never tried scuba diving, one of the biggest concerns is safety. They often imagine that once they enter the water, they are completely dependent on their equipment. The reality is very different. Modern scuba equipment is extremely reliable when it is properly maintained and correctly assembled. Even more importantly, every…

Becoming a Divemaster is much more than collecting a professional certification. It is about developing the confidence, experience, and knowledge to guide certified divers safely in a wide range of underwater environments. While the Divemaster internship itself provides an enormous amount of practical experience, combining it with the SSI Deep Diving Specialty and SSI Enriched Air Nitrox…

Diving Gili Air | SSI ITC Dive Resort Oceans 5 | Scuba Diving Indonesia The Truth About Learning to Dive Safely For many people, the idea of breathing underwater sounds exciting—but also a little frightening. One of the first questions beginners ask is: “Is scuba diving dangerous?” It is a fair question. If you have never been scuba diving before, it is easy to imagine that diving is an…

Take Your Diving Beyond the Recreational Limits For many scuba divers, earning an Open Water certification is just the beginning of an incredible underwater journey. After completing Advanced Adventurer, Deep Diving, Nitrox, or Rescue Diver, many divers start wondering what lies beyond the recreational limits. What is it like to explore deeper reefs, spend longer underwater, or visit dive sites…

SSI Divemaster Internship Indonesia | Divemaster Course Gili Islands | Oceans 5 Gili Air Why This Is More Than Just Another Internship Every year, thousands of divers decide to take the next step in their diving career by enrolling in a Divemaster Internship. Indonesia has become one of the world’s most popular destinations for professional dive training, offering warm water, incredible marine…

Muck Diving Gili Islands | Scuba Diving Indonesia | SSI ITC Dive Resort Oceans 5 Gili Air Even If Diving Isn’t Your Main Holiday Activity When people think about a diving holiday, they often imagine spending every waking hour on a dive boat. Wake up, dive, surface interval, dive again, return late in the afternoon, eat dinner, sleep, and repeat. That is exactly what many divers are looking…

Special Instructor Crossover Course Starts: 20 AugustInstructor Trainer: Warren “Waz” BeyersLocation: Oceans 5 Gili Air, Indonesia Already a certified dive instructor with another training agency? Then this course has been designed specifically for you. Instead of completing the full 16-day Instructor Training Course (ITC), Oceans 5 Gili Air is offering a special 10-day SSI Instructor…

Green Sea Turtle Gili islands | SSI ITC Center Oceans 5 Gili Air Discover the Secret Behind Indonesia’s Turtle Paradise If you’ve ever spoken to divers who have visited the Gili Islands, you’ve probably heard the same sentence over and over again: “I saw turtles on every dive!” For many divers, seeing a sea turtle is a bucket-list experience. Around the world, divers often need several…