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Scuba Junkie Penida

7 Days 6 Nights - 15 Boat Dives / 12,040,000 IDR Per Person Double Occupancy

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Tucked away on the stunning island of Nusa Penida is a premier destination for divers seeking to explore Indonesia's marine treasures. This PADI 5-star dive resort offers a unique blend of world-class diving, eco conscious practices, and warm hospitality to create the perfect base for underwater adventures in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. At Nusa Penida, your comfort is as important as your diving experience–the resort is designed to provide a relaxing and convenient stay for divers and travelers alike! Guests can choose from a variety of room options to suit their preferences and budgets. Each room is thoughtfully designed with modern amenities, offering a tranquil retreat after a day of exploration beneath the waves. These accommodations are clean, inviting, and extra cozy to make sure you’re well rested before and after the adventures ahead.

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The resort’s restaurant serves a delightful mix of local Indonesian dishes and international favorites, ensuring every meal is a treat. After a day of diving, the communal lounge area is the perfect spot to relax, swap stories with fellow divers, and plan your next adventure. The on-site dive center is fully equipped with everything you need for a seamless diving experience. It features tons of storage for dive gear, a dedicated training pool, and custom-built dive boats designed for relaxation and peace of mind. Whether you’re gearing up for a dive or reviewing photos and videos from previous underwater excursions, you’ll find everything that you need is right here.

From seasoned divers, to eager newcomers and everything in between, Scuba Junkie provides an exceptional range of dive services and courses around Nusa Penida! Scuba Junkie organizes daily dive trips to some of the most iconic and lesser-known sites around the Nusa islands. Groups are kept small to ensure a personalized and enjoyable experience, with professional dive guides and high-quality equipment. This ensures you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the area’s unparalleled underwater beauty with both professional safety and comfort. As a PADI 5 Star dive resort, Scuba Junkie Penida offers a wide range of certification courses. Beginners can start their diving journey with the Discover Scuba Diving experience or the Open Water Diver course. And more experienced, certified divers can take their skills to the next level with the Advanced Open Water course or specialty certifications. For those dreaming of a career in diving, the resort also offers professional-level courses like the Divemaster program, led by experienced instructors committed to fostering growth and confidence in every student.

Nusa Penida, along with its sister islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, forms part of a Marine Protected Area known for its extraordinary marine life and breathtaking underwater scenery. Located in the heart of the Coral Triangle, this area is home to vibrant coral reefs, diverse ecosystems, and some of the most sought-after marine species. While the entire area’s enchantment is akin to a fantasy dreamscape, perhaps the most famous draw are the manta rays, who are around all year at Manta Point and other locations. During the mola mola (oceanic sunfish) season, usually between July and October, divers flock to these waters for a glimpse of this gentle giant. The dive sites range from thrilling drift dives along coral covered walls to calmer bays filled with macro-marine life like nudibranchs and seahorses.

While diving is the highlight for most, Nusa Penida offers a wealth of on land attractions, showcasing the bountiful natural beauty and cultural heritage of Indonesia’s islands. For those looking for excitement outside of the resort, Scuba Junkie can arrange tours to some of the island’s most picturesque spots. Kelingking Beach boasts breathtaking, dramatic cliffs; Angel’s Billabong is home to an impossibly serene natural infinity pool, and the unique rock formations at Broken Beach are worth a couple pictures. Each destination provides incredible photo opportunities and a few moments to stop and take in a deeper appreciation for Nusa Penida’s rugged charm. For a taste of local life, visit traditional Balinese villages and temples, where you can witness intricate ceremonies and experience the island’s rich cultural traditions.

Scuba Junkie is deeply committed to protecting the marine environment and promoting sustainable tourism. The resort actively participates in conservation initiatives, including reef cleanups, marine education programs, and community outreach projects. Guests are encouraged to get involved in these efforts to make their stay not only memorable, but also impactful. By choosing Scuba Junkie, you’re supporting a business that prioritizes the health of the ocean and its ecosystems. The resort’s eco-friendly practices ensure that future generations can continue to enjoy the beauty of Nusa Penida’s underwater world.

Scuba Junkie Penida offers EAN-nitrox to certified divers but does not support rebreathers or technical diving.

Narrative text and photographs courtesy of Scuba Junkie.

Dive Conditions

Conditions can make or break your trip. Temperature, visibility and the current vary greatly across this expansive country. Be sure to check the conditions of each destination you’re planning to dive before you leave. Diving is excellent year-round, but the best time is from May to September. Monsoon season is from December to June. Visibility may not be as good during the monsoon, however, certain locations like the Komodo Islands are a diver’s dream during this time due to an influx of mantas.

Most of Indonesia can be dived year-round with March to October being the most popular time of year to dive. This period of time marks the dry season in most parts of the country, with the exception of some dive areas like Ambon and southern Raja Ampat where most rainfall occurs in May/June to October/September due to the southern monsoon. It's best to visit these areas in the months of November to April for optimal dive conditions.

Generally speaking, Indonesia's climate is almost entirely tropical, with May to September as the dry season, and October to April the rainy season, and with heavier rainfall from December through February. However, the opposite might be true for certain dive areas in Indonesia like Raja Ampat and Ambon, and the best time of year to visit Indonesia really depends on where you intend to stay in the country.

The water temperatures remain quite consistent through the country, hovering at 26°-29°C (82°- 85°F) year-round. Typically, you won't need anything more than a 3-5mm wetsuit, or even a skinsuit. However, the diving conditions and difficulty in Indonesia hugely vary, depending on where and when you dive in the country.

Ambon Bay, Maluku – world class muck diving. Critters that can be seen here include rhinopias, frogfish, ghost pipefish, lots of juvenile fish, stonefish, mandarin fish, nudibranchs, harlequin and coleman shrimps, wonderpus, mimic and flamboyant cuttlefish, and even the much-sought-after psychedelic frogfish.

Alor, East Nusa Tenggara – the hidden gem. This off-the-beaten-path dive destination offers a mix of both world-class wide-angle and macro sites. Pristine coral reefs, steep walls, sloping muck sites--the diving in Alor is really diverse and would please the most discerning diver and underwater photographer.

Banda Sea, Maluku – sea snakes and hammerheads. Most of the diving around the Banda Sea involves excellent wall dives, and great macro sites, but the biggest draw is probably the resident sea snakes at Manuk and Gunung Api islands.

Bali – wrecks and mola molas. Unique critters, fascinating wrecks, beautiful walls, colorful corals, excellent muck dives, huge schools of fish, pelagics--Bali has it all. Technical diving and freediving are also possible in Bali with a good number of reputable dive operations.

Derawan Islands, Borneo – manta rays and whalesharks. Derawan is a remote group of islands in East Kalimantan (East Borneo), and is home to one of the three jellyfish lakes known to men, with the other two located in Palau and Misool Island in Raja Ampat.

Komodo, East Nusa Tenggara – drift dives and world class reefs. Komodo National Park is a group of volcanic islands with over 5,700 giant lizards known as Komodo dragons. This UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts a world-class scuba diving scene. Imagine drift dives with colorful corals in various formations teeming with marine life, big and small. Divers can see big schools of fish pretty much year-round, as well as eagle and manta rays.

Lembeh, North Sulawesi – muck diving capital. Known as the world's capital for muck diving, Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi offers second-to-none macro biodiversity. The number species that you can cross off your list within a week of diving Lembeh is staggering.

Manado and Bunaken, North Sulawesi – wall dives and reefs. Manado Bay offers a mix of great muck and reef sites, treating divers to unique critters like mimic octopus and flamboyant cuttlefish, as well as various seahorses, squid, nudibranchs, and frogfish.

Raja Ampat, West Papua – the holy grail of Indonesia. Alongside Kaimana Regency and Triton Bay in the south, and Cenderawasih Bay in the east, Raja Ampat archipelago makes up a massive area, collectively known as the Bird’s Head Seascape. Divers can visit the Raja Ampat area many times in their lifes and discover something new each time.

Wakatobi, South East Sulawesi – beautiful coral reefs. Wakatobi's reefs are extremely healthy and offer unique large coral formations, various sea fans, and sponges which are overflowing with marine life. The underwater topography is no less unique, featuring various walls, ridges, and overhangs. While it's not the place for large pelagics, eagle rays and reef sharks can typically be seen.