Gili Air, Indonesia
Explore the clear, warm water of the Gilis in small groups, with turtles around every corner.
18 dive sites
28-30°C
water
15-40m visibility
3 dives daily
Endless variety, short boat rides, and dives to suit every level.
Diving the Gili Islands is all about comfort: warm water, easy access (5-20 minutes to any site), and a schedule built around your holiday, not the other way around. Whether you’re searching for macro life on Lombok’s black sand, exploring a shark-guarded wreck, drifting over colourful reefs or meeting turtles for the first time, we’ll take you to the best dive sites across the three Gili Islands and Lombok.
• Maximum number of divers per group: 4
• Diving conditions: Generally easy and comfortable
• Type of diving: Boat drift
• Diving Medical: Completed medical questionnaire provided by the diving center, or a medical certificate signed by a doctor in the last 12 months stating that you are fit for scuba diving practice.
• Certification: Fun diving is for certified divers only. You’ll need at least an Open Water Diver certificate. Not certified yet? Check out the courses we offer.
• Recent diving activity: You’ll need to have dived within the last 12 months. If it’s been longer, a Refresher Course is mandatory.
Note: No flying or volcano trekking within 24 hours after your last dive.
1 fun dive: IDR 650,000
2 fun dives: IDR 1,170,000 (10% off)
4 fun dives: IDR 2,210,000 (15% off)
10 fun dives: IDR 5,200,000 (20% off)
Once-off Gili Matra national park entry fee:
IDR 100,000 to be paid directly on site at the dive centre.
• All equipment: fins, wetsuit, mask, BCD, regulator, weight belt, 12 litre aluminium tank
• Dive guide or diving instructor
• Water, coffee, tea and fruit
From gentle reefs to advanced wrecks, each site has something to offer.
Location: North-East of Gili Air
Level: All levels
Depth: 6 – 24 meters
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Sandy bottom with small boomies and a beautiful hill from 8 to 18 meters.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Nudibranches, Leaf Scorpionfish, Indian Walkman, Pipefish, many kinds of shrimps and crabs, morays, Lionfish, Blue Spotted Stingrays, Snake Eels, Sea Snakes and much more!
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The biodiversity. Perfect for photography and night dives. A favorite for scuba diving Gili Air.
Location: North of Gili Air
Level: Advanced Divers
Depth: 14 – 30 meters
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Sandy bottom with coral ridges down to 30m.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Gorgonian corals, Table corals, Whip corals, schools of Sweetlips, Blue Spotted Stingrays, Garden Eels, Scorpionfish and Stonefish.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Deep diving.
Location: West of Gili Air
Level: All levels
Depth: 8 – 30 meters
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Wall starting at 8m.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Beautiful Gorgonian coral, turtles, Nudibranches, Scorpionfish, cuttlefish.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The medium-strong current there makes for a fun and somewhat challenging drift dive when scuba diving Gili Air.
Location: South of Gili Air
Level: All Levels
Depth: 6 – 15 meters
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Gentle slope starting at the harbour and curving around the island with a couple of sunken small fishing boats and some stone statues.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Octopus, Dwarf Cuttlefish, moray eels, lots of crabs and shrimps… and, if you are lucky, the elusive Mandarinfish!
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Night dives.
Location: North of Gili Meno
Level: Advanced Divers
Depth: 30 – 40 meters
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Away from Gili Meno the reef rises up in a small area to form beautiful canyons of very diverse and healthy coral.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Anything from macro to pelagic animals, plus lots of beautiful Gorgonian, hard and soft coral.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Its topography and the coral formations. A popular choice for advanced diving Gili islands.
Location: North-East of Gili Meno
Level: All levels
Depth: 5 – 40 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
A gentle slope down to 35m with some big coral boomies at the bottom and a beautiful pinnacle rising from 40m up to 10m.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Huge schools of tropical fish, big Bluefin Trevallies hunting, Clownfish, Frogfish, Leaf Scorpionfish… and lots of turtles!
WE LOVE IT FOR:
1st-time dives, deep dives and photography/video – a renowned site when diving Gili islands.
Location: North-West of Gili Meno
Level: All levels
Depth: 5 – 18 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
Wall starting around 6m.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Turtles, Sweetlips, macro, Frogfish, moray eels.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Drift diving.
Location: West of Gili Meno
Level: All levels
Depth: 5 – 25 meters
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Sandy slope with small bommies.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Garden Eels, Scorpionfish, Cuttlefish, Octopus, Turtles
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Its biodiversity.
Location: South-West of Gili Meno
Level: All levels
Depth: 8 – 20 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
Gentle slope down to a valley flanked by a coral ridge that opens up to the wreck of an old floating dock that sunk down many years ago.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Schools of Blue-Stripped Snappers and Squirrelfish, big Groupers and Sweetlips, Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Lionfish, Scorpionfish and Humphead Parrotfish
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Wreck diving, photography/video.
Location: East of Gili Meno
Level: All levels
Depth: 10 – 40 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
A central ridge with a sandy bottom and plenty of hard coral slopes down to 40m and opens up to many canyons.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Turtles, Octopus, Moray Eels, Scorpionfish, schools of Fusiliers, Table coral, Whip coral.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Deep diving, drift diving.
Location: North-West of Gili Trawangan
Level: All levels
Current: Often has medium to strong current
Depth: 10 – 40 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
A gentle slope down to 18m becomes a succession of valleys, each deeper than the one before, which open up to a drop off down to over 50m.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Whitetip and Blacktip Reef Sharks both adult and juveniles, Sweetlips, big Snappers, Green and Hawksbill turtles, Blue Spotted Stingrays, Octopus, big schools of Blue Stripped Snappers, moray eels.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The current often brings in all the big animals and makes it perfect for drift diving, though it’s also ideal for deep diving and diving with NITROX.
Location: North-West of Gili Trawangan
Level: Advanced Divers
Current: Usually has pretty strong current
Depth: 20 – 30 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
The reef slopes down to 30m where the wreck lays.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
The Glenn Nusa was a cargo boat that was sunk at the beginning of 2016 for the express purpose of creating a wreck dive site. Aside from exploring the wreck inside and out, you can also expect to see some big Triggerfish, Snappers, Angelfish and maybe some Humphead Parrotfish.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Wreck diving.
Location: North-West of Gili Trawangan
Level: Advanced Divers
Current: Often has medium to strong current
Depth: 25 – 35 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
Dropping at the deepest part of Jack Point, you will cross a series of canyons until you find shallower reef that leads back to Shark Point.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Whitetip and Blacktip reef sharks, big school of Jackfish, Gorgionan coral which, in some cases, might host a Pigmy Seahorse, Octopus, Blue Spotted Stingrays.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The abundance of sea life. It’s perfect for Deep Diving and Sidemount Diving so you can take your time!
Location: North of Gili Trawangan
Level: All levels
Current: Sometimes has small to medium current
Depth: 5 – 20m
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TOPOGRAPHY:
Beautiful sandy plateau at 5m with many coral formations which drops into a mini-wall full of hard coral and which, in turns, slopes down to 20m.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Lots of Anthias, Clownfish, Rabbitfish, Moray Eels, Scorpionfish, Humphead Parrotfish (during the Full Moon), Green Sea Turtles
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The beautiful coral formations and abundance of marine life which make it into a usually clear and colourful dive site. It’s perfect for 1st-time dives and photography.
Location: North of Gili Trawangan
Level: Advanced Divers
Current: Often has medium to strong current
Depth: 20 – 40 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
After the slope leading down from Halik the reef breaks into increasingly deeper canyons full of beautifully untouched hard and soft coral.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Fusiliers, Sweetlips, Moray Eels, sometimes Whitetip and Blacktip Reef Sharks, the occasional Eagle Ray
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The beauty of the dive and the quantity and diversity of the coral. It’s perfect for Sidemount Diving.
Location: North-East of Gili Trawangan
Level: Advanced Divers
Current: Often has medium to strong current
Depth: 25 – 30m
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TOPOGRAPHY:
Succession of canyons full of untouched coral very slowly leading back to shallower water.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Giant Sea Fans, schools of Fusiliers and Blue Stripped Snappers, Green Sea Turtles, Nudibranches, Sweetlips, the occasional Eagle Ray
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The topography, beautiful coral and wide range of marine life. It’s perfect for NITROX diving. A firm favorite for fun diving the Gili islands.
Location: South-West of Gili Trawangan
Level: All levels
Current: Sometimes has strong surge
Depth: 10 – 30 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
A very gentle slope completely covered in hard coral slowly makes its way down to about 20m at which point it gives way to a sandy bottom interrupted by many coral bommies.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Sweetlips, Moray Eels, Lionfish, Turtles and Clownfish, with big schools of fish along the coral garden. On the sandy bottom you might see Stingrays, Octopus and Cuttlefish. Whitetip Reef Sharks like to lay under the coral bommies.
WE LOVE IT FOR:
Its abundant and varied hard coral and resident Reef Sharks.
Location: South-East of Gili Trawangan
Level: All levels
Depth: 3 – 18 meters
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TOPOGRAPHY:
On the gentle slope leading from the beach there are a few “biorocks”, artificial reef formations aimed at the regrowth of coral in the area.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE:
Nudibranches, Frogfish, Lionfish, Pufferfish, Triggerfish
WE LOVE IT FOR:
The initiative to help in the reef reconstruction around the Gilis brought upon by Gili Eco Trust. It’s a wonderful dive for Macro Photography.
Everything you need to know about fun diving with us in the Gilis.
