When you book your Discover Scuba Diving Program (DSD), we’ll meet you at the diving center at 8:00 AM. If you’re staying in Candidasa or Manggis, we’ll pick you up at your hotel or villa. If you’re in another part of the island, we can arrange a car to pick you up at an additional cost, depending on the distance. Alternatively, you can come on your own.
After two dives in the sea, we typically finish our diving sessions between 2 and 4 in the afternoon. To cap off the experience, we share a meal and discuss our sensations from the unforgettable day.
You’re in Bali for your first diving experience, so there’s no need to rush. Our top priority is ensuring you enjoy the day safely and at your own pace.n, and we’ll wait for you at SDDC.
Getting ready for a DSD
Upon arrival at the SDDC, you will be introduced to the center’s staff and potential companions for the day.
And you will meet your instructor. It is very important to communicate any doubts, nerves, or concerns about diving with your instructor and to trust them completely from the start.
When you enroll in a DSD program you will need to read and fill out some paperwork. Don’t worry, this is a necessary step required by Indonesian law (and in most countries) for any risky activity. The paperwork is an informed consent form, which acknowledges that you are voluntarily choosing to participate in this adventure activity. Additionally, you will need to complete a medical questionnaire.
Next, you will proceed to try on the diving equipment that you will use that day.
Don’t worry if you feel overwhelmed while trying on the wetsuit for the first time. It’s normal to struggle a bit. Fortunately, we’re lucky enough to dive with 3 mm suits in Bali, where the average water temperature is 28 degrees! These suits are highly elastic and more comfortable to put on.
We are ready, and your adventure is about to begin! You are going to do your DSD
Once we have all the equipment prepared and the paperwork done, we go to the dive spot with the best sea conditions that day. We leave the diving center by van to the diving point where we have the best sea conditions that day. Depending on where we dive, the trip can last from 10 minutes to a maximum of 1 hour. Along the way you can enjoy beautiful scenery, see the volcano, coconut trees, monkeys and rice fields in this part of the island.
Once there, we will give you a briefing and explain some exercises we will practice on the surface before making the first dive. Among other things, we will talk to you about:
- Diving equipment, how it works, and what it is for (they are very logical and easy to understand things).
- The basic rules of diving for a safe experience are very easy and will practically come out on your own.
- How to communicate underwater. We speak with very simple and fun signs of signs. If there is something that we don’t know how to say, we can also write on a tablet that we can use underwater. Yes, you read that right, and we can write underwater!
- Safety procedures.
- Finally, it will explain and show you how the most common eventualities are solved underwater without having to go up to the surface.
We start practicing exercises on the surface.
Once we have understood all the explanations and resolved all the doubts, it is time to go to the water and begin the try dive.
We always start the DSD program in shallow water. It depends on where we dive, whether we enter the water from the beach or from the boat. The first thing you will do is breathe at the surface, with your head in the water while you float with your full vest as a life jacket, as if you were snorkeling. It is very easy, but we need to get used to this new sensation and we are always by your side at all times.You will also get a chance to practice some basic and simple exercises on the surface until you feel entirely comfortable. We want you to know that there is no need to rush because you have an instructor just for you! So, don’t get overwhelmed and take your time until you are truly comfortable.
We begin the descent. Let’s go diving!
As you prepare to descend, get ready to experience the thrill of your first dive. This moment will be unforgettable and will stay with you for a lifetime. Embrace the nerves and feel the magic unfold as you explore the underwater world.
When it’s time for your first dive, get ready to have some fun! As you start to go down, you might feel a bit nervous, but that’s totally normal. Once you’re in, you’ll experience something you’ll remember for the rest of your life. There’s nothing quite like it, so enjoy every moment!
The first dive can last between approximately 30 minutes and an hour. It always depends on you and how you feel. Remember that today is your day, and you decide, we are the ones who adapt to you.
At the end of the first dive we relax on the beach or on the boat for approximately an hour, while we have tea or coffee and some snacks. It’s time to talk about how everything went, how you feel, relax and prepare for the second dive.
At this moment, you have already overcome your first fears, you have enjoyed your first underwater experience, you feel comfortable, and you can enjoy your second dive even more!
When we finish the second dive, we collect all the equipment, change, and enjoy a meal together while discussing all the day’s emotions. Finally, we all return together to the diving center. You have the rest of the day to relax and remember this experience, your first DSD in Bali.
DSD. Discover Scuba Diving
When was the last time you did something for the first time? You will remember your try dive for a lifetime!
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