Renowned for almost guaranteed turtle interactions and reef sharks, Gili Trawangan ranks among Indonesia’s most popular dive locations. Easy boat access to at least 16 beautiful dive sites teeming with marine life ensures excitement for divers of all levels. Diving cannot get much easier than this!

Dive Boats depart directly from nearby white sandy beaches. 

A colourful array of weird and wonderful creatures await divers on multiple dive sites, all within 20 twenty minutes transit on more-often-than-not very smooth seas. Highlights include turtles, reef sharks, manta rays and cuttlefish.  Characterized by good visibility and warm water year round, the ease and enjoyment of Trawangan’s diving is a magnet for both experienced and inexperienced divers.

Enjoy daily dive trips around the 3 Gili Islands. All descents are made in small groups (Divemaster/Diver ratio 1:4), carefully guided by full time, fully insured, certified Divemasters, who are in tune with Trawangan reefs and rhythms.

Well maintained “State of the Art” equipment, including computers for each diver, further ensures your safety and enjoyment. 

Vila Ombak Diving Academy offers regular night dives, allowing you to observe a remarkable variety of animals rarely seen during the day.

Name: Shark Point
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: West of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard corals, gorgonians, egg cowries, mantis shrimps, many different host anemones.
Sharks (white and black tip reef shark), leaf fish, ribbon eel, moray, trevally, seahorse, cuttlefish, octopus, scorpion fish , grouper, angelfish, jackfish, snappers, turtle, hump head parrot fish

Name: Coral Fan Garden
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: West of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard corals, soft corals, gorgonian, giant clam, mantis shrimp, lobster, egg cowries, mantis shrimp, cleaner shrimp, bump head parrotfish, napoleon, eagle ray, moray eel, cuttlefish, octopus, anemone fish, box fish, leaf fish, grouper

Name: Manta point
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 25 m
Location: South of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard and soft coral, mixed acropora, spiral coral, blue coral, blue sea star, Christmas tree worm, porcelain crab, anemone shrimp, sharks (white and black tip reef shark), leaf fish, cuttlefish, octopus, scorpion fish , blue spot stingray, barracuda (group), sea snake, puffer fish, turtles, sweetlips, manta ray, frog fish, snapper

Name: Voda Slope
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 20 m
Location: East of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard corals, soft corals, Biorock®, anemone, sea slug, cowries, cleaner shrimp, nudibranch, frog fish, lion fish, cuttlefish, octopus, unicorn surgeon fish, puffer fish, box fish, porcupine fish, triggerfish, angelfish, ghost pipe fish, seahorse

Name: Basket Coral Biorock®
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 20 m
Location: East of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Barrel sponge, table coral, soft coral lobster scorpion fish, pufferfish, frog fish, sea snake, turtles (hawksbill, green), butterfly fish, trevally

Name: Sponge Coral
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 25 m
Location: North East of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Barrel sponge, soft coral, mantis shrimp, anemone, unicorn shrimp, surgeon fish, barracuda, hump head parrot fish, reef shark, sea snake, turtle, sting ray

Name: Sponge Coral
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 28 m
Location: West of Gili Meno
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard corals, sea fan, gorgonian egg cowries, mantis shrimp, sponge crab, lobster, anemone crab, Spanish dancer, boxer shrimp, Christmas tree worm, nudibranches, turtles, harlequin sweetlips, Moorish idol, Napoleon, octopus, cuttlefish, sting ray, shark, frog fish, eagle ray, blue ribbon eel, lobster

Name: Meno Slope
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 28 m
Location: West of Gili Meno
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard corals, soft coral, sea fan, spiral black coral, gorgonian mantis Shrimp, nudibranch, glass fish, blue ring octopus, scorpion fish, lion fish, white tip reef shark, potato grouper, blue spot ribbon, tail stingray, frog fish, octopus, cuttlefish, eagle ray

Name: Air Wall
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: West of Gili Meno
Characteristics and Marine Life: Soft coral, sea fan, spiral black coral, mantis shrimp, giant clam, glass fish, blue ring octopus, scorpion fish, lion fish, surgeon fish, blue spot stingray, grouper, frog fish, WT reef shark, ghost pipe fish

Name: Frog Fish Point
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 22 m
Location: North of Gili Air
Characteristics and Marine Life: Soft Coral, table coral, sponge, mantis shrimp, lobster, nudibranch, flat worm, frog fish, leaf fish, parrot fish, frog fish, stone fish, pipe fish, blue ribbon eel, sea snake

Name: Air Slope
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 20 m
Location: West of Gili Air
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard coral, soft coral, lobster, mantis shrimp sting ray, frog fish, shark, box fish, robust ghost pipe fish

Name: Deep Sponge
Required level: Advanced
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: North of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Stylophora, nudibranch, flat worm, zebra shark, tuna, ghost pipefish, reef shark, sting ray

Name: Bommies
Required level: Advanced
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: North of Gili Meno
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard corals, sea fan, stylophora, sea slug, flatworm, sea snake, nudibranch, pygmy seahorse, sting ray, shark, barracuda, trevally

Name:Taket Malang
Required level: Advanced
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: North of Gili Air
Characteristics and Marine Life: Gorgonian, sea slug, flat worm, nudibranch, zebra hark, trevally, grouper, jack fish

Name:Andy’s Reef
Required level: Beginner
Depth: Max 22 m
Location: West of Gili Trawangan
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard coral, leather anemone, host anemone, sea slug, mantis shrimp, anemone shrimp, snapper, harlequin sweetlips, oriental sweetlips, peacock grouper, western clownfish, puffer fish, box fish, turtles, pipe fish, stone fish, sting ray, shark

Name: Mirko Reef
Required level: Advanced
Depth: Max 30 m
Location: East of Gili Meno
Characteristics and Marine Life: Hard coral, soft soral, spiral black coral, sea slug, anemone crab, nudibranch, puffer fish, reef shark, sting ray, box fish

The dive sites we’ve listed here are only a few of what is available in the waters surrounding the Gili islands. Let’s discover the rest together!

Operating on Gili Trawangan since 1998, Vila Ombak Diving Academy is the Lombok arm of the Bali Diving Academy group.

Our ongoing passion for diving and commitment to safety and enjoyment has been recognised by our divers, who come to us from around the globe. Importantly, knowledgeable international diving organisations also acknowledge our commitment to safety combined with enjoyment.  Some examples are our “Outstanding Commitment to the PADI System of Education” award received in 2002, and the PADI “Outstanding Contribution to the Diving Industry,” for the whole Asia Pacific Region, in 2010.

Vila Ombak Diving Academy offers a relaxed diving environment that enables us to provide a flexible and personalised level of service, aimed at surpassing your highest expectations.

Our team of multilingual Instructors and Divemasters includes some of the most highly trained and experienced dive professionals from Indonesia and overseas. We look forward to ensuring the valuable leisure time you entrust to us is a safe, rewarding and unforgettable diving experience.

Bali Diving Academy Trawangan recognises its responsibility to protect the unique marine environment of the three Gili Islands.  Our team was integral in the facilitation of the 2006 Biorock® Workshop that resulted in reef regeneration structures or “Coral Arks” creating habitat in which coral thrives and juvenile fishes can survive to breeding age. We also play an active role in vocational training programs, scientific studies, and environmental audits and maintain ongoing liaison to ensure protection and management of the region. Invest in the future by choosing to dive with a company committed to both community and environment. Remember to make your Gili Eco Trust contribution before leaving Trawangan.

Our partnership with Gili Trawangan’s first international and premier property, Hotel Vila Ombak as well as the “newborn” Ombak Sunset, allows us to offer excellent Dive and Stay packages.

Hotel Vila Ombak balances the comforts of first class accommodation with the enchanting natural beauty of its surrounds. It features the traditional building style of Lombok and its neighboring islands to blend harmoniously into the landscape.

Hotel Ombak Sunset is the sister property of our popular Hotel Vila Ombak.

A haven for those seeking the tranquility of an untouched island, Hotel Ombak Sunset is on the quiet western side of the island and is an expression of world class luxury mixed with the unique and exotic style of the surrounding Indonesian islands

As its name suggests, Hotel Ombak Sunset boasts an enthralling sunset view of sun sinking behind Bali’s rolling mountains.

Contact us for the latest offers and special tailor-made packages on these two properties where and accommodation to suit all budgets is available.

Let us know what you are looking for and we will make it happen!

Trawangan is the largest of the three Gili Islands. Long renowned by divers and snorkelers for its unique underwater environment, Trawangan’s reputation as an island paradise is well deserved.

A multi cultural mix of travellers enjoying the white sandy beaches, or sampling the beach side restaurants and bars, ensures it’s never hard to find a friendly conversation. Try horse riding, mountain biking, sea kayaking or snorkelling. Take an evening stroll and at end the day watching a beautiful sunset over Bali’s majestic Mount Agung. 

As the tropical moon rises, so does Trawangan’s nightlife, which can be as romantic, casual or as frenetic as you wish. No motorised transport, no hassle’s… Come and escape for as long as you need to!

Snorkeling at Gili Trawangan can be a magical experience for young and old.

Although it’s possible to go directly from the beach, we always remind our friends to keep an eye on the currents.

The most effective way to enjoy most of the snorkelling sites is to follow our dive boats which depart several times a day just from the beach, and reach the best spots in maximum 20 minutes.

Once on site, our snorkelling guides will brief you first about safety procedures and the marine life that you are going to encounter, and after a fascinating snorkelling experience, they will be happy to sit with you at the dive centre to answer any questions you may have about your underwater encounters.

Turtles are without doubt the highlight!

Contact us and we will organize your personalized Snorkel & Stay package!

There are several ways to get to the Gili Islands. If your hotel is unable to organize a boat transfer from Lombok for you, there are two other ways.

Daily flights operate from Bali to Lombok International airport. The downside is they are often late and involve too many transfers, and if you are a diver transferring to Bali, you have to consider the no-fly time.

We suggest Gili Cat Fast Boats that depart daily from Bali. For our divers, we solely recommend the Gili Cat Fast Boats because they are currently the safest, most reliable means of transport to and from Gili Trawangan. Although other Fast Boats are available and quite cheap, Gili Cat Fast Boats meet International Safety Standards, so their slightly higher fee is well worth it! Currently, no other Gili/Lombok/Bali transfer boats have the same International Safety Standard. 

The Gili Cat Fast Boat trip makes it is possible for you to dive until a few hours before your departure, significantly reducing dive time lost because of transfers.

You can contact Gili Cat www.gilicat.com directly or we can book it for you.