Geko Dive

Geko Dive

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
About
Geko Dive first opened in June 1997. It is the longest operating dive centre in Padang Bai. Geko Dive has been a PADI Resort since 1998, and is now a PADI 5 Star Resort and TecRec facility. We are fortunate to have one of Bali's best dive staff. The Geko Dive Team can guide and teach in Balinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Indonesian and Japanese. All of our dive guides are excellent divers, with years of working experience on Bali's dive sites. At the same time, SCUBA remains a passion first and foremost. Diving with Geko Dive has always been fun and serene. To make sure that it stays this way, we are not planning to get any bigger than we already are. Dive factories and diving in large herds are not things that the Geko Dive Team enjoys. Diving should be a personal experience! We therefore keep dive groups small (4 max and often less), with similarly experienced divers together. We believe all our guests deserve the ultimate diving adventure with utmost enjoyment and safety.
Padangbai, Indonesia
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Darcy929
21 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
Fantastic dive shop in Pandangbai! Cannot say enough about this shop. We dived with them for 8 days in October 2022. I am PADI rescue diver, my husband is AOW, however we only get to dive about once a year so I do a lot of research before picking a shop. Geko Dive is professional, efficient, safe, and a joy to work with. Operations manager Eka is responsive and informative via email (a huge plus in my mind when planning a trip from the other side of the globe!), and had everything ready for us from the minute we arrived. Front desk was organized, helpful, and they always greeted us by name when we entered. Our dive master, Kanox, was a delight - kept everyone laughing the entire day. Keen eye underwater, aware of the needs of each diver in his team, and radiated a love of the ocean. We would dive with him again in a heartbeat. #teamMolaMola

The shop has several boats (some single engine boats for local dives and larger speed boats to reach sites off Nusa Penida), with very skilled captains and crew. **I suggest taking motion sickness pills if you get seasick when traveling to Nusa Penida sites, as the channel does get rough.

The cost of the dives includes all rental gear, nitrox (recommended), and as a plus, a delicious lunch upon return to the shop that you preorder in the morning before you leave. This was a huge perk for us as it was both cost-effective and a relaxing way to start the afternoon.

We really enjoyed our time here, and highly recommend the shop to anyone coming through Padangbai and looking for a safe, efficient and fun dive shop.
Written October 27, 2022
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Hey Darcy, The Geko Dive Team loves to see such a great review. Thanks for taking the time to write this. We loved diving with you back in 2022. Hope to see you again wuickly in 2023.
Written January 16, 2023
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Alex
9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
What a great experience! This was my first time diving and Geko were awesome in all aspects of making it as good as possible. I did the open water course with my instructor, Made. He was super helpful and a great teacher and helped me progress through each stage with confidence. The dive sites we visited were incredible and an amazing introuduction to the underwater world. Geko were great in accomodating my request to dive at the Liberty shipwreck site further up the coast which I highly recommend and worth the trip. The rest of the staff are also super helpful, Eka was great with the communications in organising my trip and the rest of the shop staff were very helpful and kind.
I will definitely return to dive with Geko when I am next in Bali !! Highly recommend !!
Written October 18, 2022
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Thank you for diving with the Geko Dive Team and taking the time to review your formidable experience. Made is a great instructor. Both beginners and certified divers love to learn from him and share time under the sea or above ground. He is a great guy after all! Looking forward to your return.
Written January 16, 2023
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Jennifer A
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Solo
Great diving experience! Everyone was professional and knew what they were doing, the shop is really cute and had some fabulous dives. I enjoyed it much more than another local dive shop I used a few days before. Did a great job matching up people based on level and the dives were the best I went on in Bali. I’d definitely come back to dive with them again!!!
Written January 4, 2024
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beaubo
Cleveland Ohio USA331 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
I booked a last minute dive and contacted a few companies and Eka from Geko was the first to get back to me. His shop was going to the Liberty wreck on my only possible date of travel....and he accepted credit cards. And that was the clincher!

I met his staff at a hotel near the dive site. They arrived on time and had the requested gear I needed. I was assigned a Divemaster along with another diver that had my experience level, so that we were not slowed down by a DSD course that another guide was responsible for.

The Liberty wreck is pretty wrecked, much of it looks more like a huge articulate reef than a proper ship, but it was still a great dive worth doing. There was a nice lunch during the surface interval and the 1.5 hour ride back to their shop afterwords, was on a spacious and comfortable bus, with coffeee, tea, water and Eka waiting for us back at the shop.

Eka was also helpful with my fast boat logistics from Gili and airport transfer after the dive. I appreciated his extra effort.
Written June 12, 2022
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Hey Beau, We're glad you took the opportunity to enjoy our great services during your last stay in Bali. We try to help whenever we can and do our best both when it comes to diving and help outside diving too. The USAT Liberty is indeed quite a damaged piece of history. Due to its shallow position and history of being pushed back from its stranded position on the beach, it has endured much structural damage. It takes a bit of imagination to visualise the whole ship, but I love a lot of the details like the stern area with its rudder placeholder and canon, the boilers, the cargo room, the bow and its dozens of intact valves spread about the ship. The real stars of the show are however the corals, fishes and crustaceans covering the old girl, along with the numerous nudibranches. Certainly not a site to miss for any diver holidaying on Bali! We hope to see you again soon to dive with sharks and manta rays at other sites. Take care!
Written January 16, 2023
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Gdn
Amsterdam, The Netherlands8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
Did one day of diving with them. Pretty nice diving center. Communication via e-mail was great and quick. The local DM (Made) was clearly experienced. We felt very safe, even with a strong (down) current. He was also friendly. Complimentary nitrox was pretty nice.
Although we we're planning on doing 3 days of diving we could only do 1 due to a bad cold and luckily they we're pretty cool about it. Would dive here again!
Written August 26, 2023
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Tungky
Solo, Indonesia219 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
We are 5 pax with different dive levels, and Geko accommodated all of us with no problems. We are doing Nitrox, OW, DSD, Fun Dives, and it went so well, with zero hiccups. Unfortunately the diving conditions is not that good at this time of the year, murky water with viz of less than 10. We did 2 days of diving, the viz did clear up a litte on the second day. Guides are excellent as they kit us up and ready to dive. No effort needed to prep the equipments etc, everything is ready to go.

Padangbai diving is more for macro critters. Do consider this before diving in Padang bai. We loved it. But macro is not for everyone.
Written January 9, 2020
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Thanks for all the stars you sent our way. Glad you enjoyed the service and the dives, in spite of poor conditions. Conditions do vary in rain season. You can have one week with bad visibility, then next week is crystal clear. It's a game of luck really, but prospective guests are always welcomed to ask us what conditions are like close to their day of diving and we will give an honest answer...
Written January 20, 2023
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jjk23
Europe22 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
We did two dives with Gecko dive and they were great. The divemaster showed us lots of cool critters, communication for reserving was super easy and the dive centre is perfectly situated and pleasant to be in. We will come again!
Written January 11, 2023
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Thanks for diving with you and thanks again for taking the time to review our services. We're mighty glad you enjoyed diving with us and look forward to diving with you again!
Written January 12, 2023
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Vinit J
12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
We had a fabulous snorkeling experience with Geko Dive. Wayan is a fantastic guide and we give him 5 stars for his services. We all were beginners and also had few non swimmers in our group. Wayan took great care of all of us and made sure we had fantastic time. Overall, excellent experience and highly recommended!
Written January 20, 2020
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Thanks for the 5 star review. The Geko Dive Bali Team is thrilled that you enjoyed your first class snorkeling experience. Wayan is indeed a great guide and a fantastic addition to the team!
Written January 20, 2023
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monb777
Toronto, Canada9 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2018 • Couples
The Dives were great. We did two days of diving with Geko in Dec 2018. Overall, we really enjoyed the Dives. That being said, I had really high expectations for them based on their offerings of tech dives. I was nervous about currents in Bali and received very thorough responses over email when I asked about recommended dive sites and expectations for currents as we were diving at Full moon. The conditions on day 1 were windy and the seas a bit choppy at Gili Biaha and Tepekong, we didn't have a very thorough briefing and we felt a bit rushed to get into the water. The boat and sea conditions didn't allow for a buddy check but my partner and I sort of did it quickly from across the boat and I went through all my checks on my own as well as did my partner. We all met in the water and descended quickly due to the waves. We realized that we were missing some people after decent (I thought they were all DMTs, but I later learned they were also guests so I wasn't actually sure if they were in our group). After a few minutes we proceeded with the dive and then we found the other divers later. Turns out, one of them was missing his BCD integrated weights and thus had issues descending (This is the first thing we all look for in the buddy check Acronym). We also did a drift dive on Day 2 which was so fun. I was REALLY nervous about currents and made this clear to our DM, and he was thorough then about what to do and that we need to watch him and how to stay safe on the dive. I will say, I never felt unsafe and I felt that the DM was keeping an eye on us and giving us instructions during the dive. I do think that likely since we chose more intermediate sites, there is an expectation of self sufficiency there and maybe I am more used to more thorough briefings. It was a good reminder to ensure self sufficiency. The food after the dive was also really nice. The other issue I had was smoking on the boat. It was mainly one of the other guests and some of the DMTs. Smoking is common in Indonesia, but I didn't like it on the boat. When the seas were choppy and I was feeling slightly motion sick, then to smell the smoke just made it a less than 5 star experience.
Written January 25, 2019
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Brian S
Melbourne, Australia87 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
I was originally signed up for a tour around Padang Bai, but Cedric offered me a place on a boat leaving for Nusa Penda for the same price so I took it.

We snorkeled at two sites which had plenty of fish and turtles - Cedric and his staff were great and professional (ask for Made - hilarious and he'll take some photos for you under the water).

The trip included a cooked lunch on return which was good. Definitely consider Geko Dive!
Written January 25, 2018
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Hi Brian S Thanks for leaving us a great review! We're happy to upgrade our guests where possible to make sure they have the best experience possible so it's great to hear you loved your day at Nusa Penida and your snorkelling with Made. We hope you will return to see us again! The Geko Dive Team! 👌
Written March 23, 2018
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