PADI Dive Courses

At Manta Dive Gili Air, we try to offer you all you could want from your dive education! That is why we offer both PADI and SSI Educational Courses.

We offer all courses from beginner to professional, with many specialties available such as Nitrox, Digital Under water Photography, and Search and Recovery. At present we have 18 specialties available, so if you want to do it we can! Apart from such specialties as Ice Diver, as our Freezers are not big enough to run a course in!

Below is a summary of the Padi course available, if you´re not sure which course is for you just contact us by email.


PADI -  Discover Scuba Diver
: Discover Scuba Diver is your opportunity to try diving without doing a full certification course. This  one day experience will give you the chance to do a dive with an instructor to 12meters.

PADI - Scuba Diver : This is the entry level for PADI Certified Divers, after completing this course you will be certified to dive to 12meters with a PADI professional.

PADI - Open Water Diver : The first PADI Certification that allows you to dive to a maximum depth of 18 meters, with another certified diver.

PADI - Advanced Open Water Diver : With this certification you are certified to dive to 30 meters, and will improve your navigation skills, plus you choose 3 additional adventure dive to suit your needs.

PADI - Emergency First Responder
: The PADI first aid program, that prepares you to assess and assist in a Medical Emergency.

PADI - Rescue Diver
: With this course you will improve your own self rescue skills and learn rescue skills to assist others. This course is often a students favourite as it teaches so much and increases your awareness dramatically.

PADI - Dive Master
: The first PADI Professional Certification, that allows you to guide certified divers and assist an Instructor on Course, plus much more.