Private PADI Course
Discover Scuba Diving
A first breath underwater, entirely on your own terms
An introduction to diving for guests who aren't ready to commit to full certification — or simply want to try it privately before they do. No experience required, no group of strangers, no busy dive-centre pool.
Who It's For
First-time divers, non-divers travelling with a certified partner, and anyone curious about diving who'd rather not learn in a crowd.
Private Training
One instructor, one guest (or a small private party) — a calm introduction at your own pace, not a rotation through a group timetable.
Duration
Half day
Private Confined Water
In our villa's pool.
A private orientation and confined-water introduction in our own villa's pool — mask clearing, breathing, buoyancy basics — before ever entering open water. No pool at your own accommodation required. Training takes place at Villa Rice.
Open Water
At sea.
An optional supervised dive at a calm, appropriate Bali site, to a PADI-specified maximum depth, once you're comfortable with the basics.
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Included
- Private PADI professional
- All equipment
- Villa-pool orientation session
- One supervised open-water experience dive
Prerequisites
- No prior diving experience required
- Basic swimming comfort
- Good general health (a short medical questionnaire is completed directly with your instructor)
Discover Scuba Diving is an experience program, not a certification — a natural first step toward the Open Water Diver course if you enjoy it. Private PADI training arranged through qualified PADI professionals.
Good to Know
What are the prerequisites?+
No prior diving experience required Basic swimming comfort Good general health (a short medical questionnaire is completed directly with your instructor)
Is there a minimum age?+
Minimum age: 10, per PADI's minimum age for Discover Scuba Diving, per current PADI standards.
How long does it take?+
Half day. Training is scheduled privately around your stay rather than a fixed class timetable.
Does the villa pool replace the open-water dives?+
No. Villa-pool sessions cover the confined-water phase only — open-water training dives still take place at a qualifying Bali site, as PADI standards require.
What's the natural next step?+
PADI Open Water Diver — the next stage in the pathway (certify). Ask us about combining courses in one stay.