As always with Scuba Junkie, safety is our top priority. Our group ratio here on Derawan is 4 divers per guide. All of our guides are renewed and up-to-date PADI Divemasters or Instructors and we usually group our refreshers separately from other fun divers. We ensure that we can offer you top quality guides, not only in line with PADI standards, but also by our Scuba Junkie standards! Our equipment is well maintained, and serviced regularly, and our dive boats have all safety equipment you may need, including emergency oxygen and first aid kit.
Diving around the islands in the Sangalaki area is incredibly diverse – After your skills you could be diving with manta rays, looking for sharks or drifting along the spectacular reefs. Many of our dive sites are suitable for refreshers with sheltered areas and mooring lines so that you can descend with control.
A member of our dive team will meet you at the jetty in the morning to help collect your dive equipment from the dive shop. You will be given a thorough dive briefing about the different skills covered in the refresher, standard emergency procedures, hand signals and what to expect to see at the dive site. Your guide will also go over any questions or concerns you may have about the dive. If there’s anything extra you wish to practise, you can let your Divemaster or Instructor know. Following the equipment setup, the underwater skills will be practiced in calm, shallow waters, with your guide demonstrating the skills underwater.
Once you have practised the skills and are feeling comfortable with blowing bubbles again, you’ll be able to head out to explore the site without delay! You may see anything from colourful schooling fish and massive green turtles, to pipefish hiding in the sand, nudibranchs and of course Nemo! After the dive your guide will go over any reminders for you and give you feedback while you cruise to the next dive site. At the end of the day, your guide will sit down with you to help fill in your log book with all the details from the dives and of course go through our fish reference books and point out the awesome marine life you’ve encountered!
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Dive packages include accommodation with daily breakfast, boat diving with three dives per day, dive equipment, guide, tanks & weights and lunch on diving days. Your refresher will be incorporated in your first dive free of charge.
Dive sites will be chosen by our staff on site based on the conditions at the time. Specific dive sites cannot be guaranteed in advance but we will do our best to accommodate requests.
