Mola Mola Dive Center
Mola Mola Dive Center
3.5
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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Mola-Mola Divers is a PADI Resort located in Bali, Indonesia. We offer a full range of PADI courses.
Nusa Dua, Indonesia
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Taryn
Northam, Australia452 contributions
Got picked up from the hotel in a dodgy white van with air con that struggled and i think only had three gears. Finally made it the two and a half hours to the pebble beach. The dive guides were very helpful and the quality of gear was standard for bali. I wouldn't choose this company if i was inexperienced as they have no dive computers or depth gauges to use. Being experienced I was very comfortable. I just hope the padi logo on the flier is from Google images!
Written December 14, 2014
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Mark B
Brough, UK71 contributions
Feb 2018 • Friends
Danny met and discussed our options with us, really nice bloke and helped us create a two day dive package.
Met up with Tarzan at the first dive site, to be our DM for the two days, great great bloke. Tarzan has a wealth of knowledge in both the dive sites and diving in general.
The down side was the equipment; tanks with worn 'O' rings, tanks not up to 200 bar and two BCDs with self inflating issues.
All the staff at each dive site were great, food was good and plenty of water.
Met up with Tarzan at the first dive site, to be our DM for the two days, great great bloke. Tarzan has a wealth of knowledge in both the dive sites and diving in general.
The down side was the equipment; tanks with worn 'O' rings, tanks not up to 200 bar and two BCDs with self inflating issues.
All the staff at each dive site were great, food was good and plenty of water.
Written February 21, 2018
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Andrew P
Adelaide, Australia129 contributions
Jul 2016 • Solo
Used the Mola Mola guys to dive at Talumben. The van they picked me up in was a bit dodgy however when we got to the site they were great and very professional. Overall I was really happy with the service.
Written July 30, 2016
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FarAway34930742502
1 contribution
Oct 2024 • Solo
I took the PADI open water course. Duration was 2 days including e-learning. I had private coaching with the divemaster so everything was quick and lots of attention.
Will recommend people to take Mola Mola Open water course if you need to complete the course quickly.
Will recommend people to take Mola Mola Open water course if you need to complete the course quickly.
Written October 6, 2024
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Explorer10830285370
1 contribution
Aug 2024 • Friends
I did a three dives with Malo Malo in Nusa Penida and it was incredible. First dive was in Manta Point, the Moment we went down 5 Mantas swam under us, amazing experience and unforgettable! The guide always checked with us if everything was okay. The Service was very good, friendly crew and very helpful with the equipment, we did not need to worry about anything. Great experience, I would recommend this company for diving in Bali !!
Written August 16, 2024
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GoPlaces60202416825
1 contribution
Sep 2024 • Solo
It was a great experience.. I took the Padi Open Water course... and the course was great.. Riady is a very experienced diver.. and explained all aspects of diving in a very accessible way... We dived in very interesting places.. in one of the locations we saw a sunken ship. I will definitely come back to this dive center again. I recommend the Mola-Mola Dive Center!
Written September 23, 2024
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Danny
Hong Kong, China4 contributions
Oct 2014 • Friends
My friend and I went diving with Mola Mola Dive Center this week. While the actual diving experience was great (clear water, nice coral/fish, two amazing manta rays), everything else was shady, incompetent, lazy or dangerous.
We were picked up at our hotel in the morning and taken to the dive center. When we arrived, the guy at the center asked for payment in cash. Neither of us had that much cash on hand, assuming that a PADI dive center would happily take credit cards. After way too much discussion, he agreed to take payment by credit card.. but required a 5% credit card fee. I understand that a credit card surcharge is pretty standard in dive companies and other small-ish businesses in southeast Asia, but I've never had one ask for more than 3% in my years of traveling. We pointed this out and he wouldn't budge. On principle, we chose to go to an ATM and get cash out instead of paying the suspiciously high surcharge. We were asked if we had PADI certification (which we both have) but the company never asked for any proof -- already a sign of the company's lack of interest in our safety.
We then went to the boat (a small one as we were the only two divers on the trip) and headed out to Manta Point. The ride out there was fine and I think we made pretty good time. Once we arrived, we put on our gear and got ready to dive. Thankfully, my friend and I are reasonably experienced divers because the guide and crew didn't do any equipment safety checks or even suggest that we do any ourselves. The process was rushed and if we didn't know what we were doing, it could have been dangerous. Once we descended, my friend had to tighten the connection between my regulator and tank because it was leaking a significant amount of air. The guide somehow didn't notice this even after several minutes in the water. While diving, the guide seemed much more interested in taking photos of fish/coral than he was in keeping an eye on us.
Between dives, lunch was acceptable but basic. We were given bottled water a couple times during the day but it was warm because the dive company didn't bother to bring a cooler with ice. It's not a huge deal, obviously, but that just seemed lazy.
On our way back to the mainland, the motors stalled. While one of the boat crew tinkered with the motors and fuel lines, another stood about 2 feet away with a lit cigarette. After about 10 minutes of messing around with the motors, one of the crew pulled up a panel on the floor of the boat to reveal the fuel tank. He propped one end up so that it was tilted toward the motors. At this point I realized that the motors weren't broken -- THE BOAT HAD JUST RUN OUT OF FUEL. We spent the next hour and a half stranded in the middle of the ocean because the company didn't fill the fuel tanks properly. Unbelievable. After several phone calls and 90+ minutes of waiting, another boat from the company dropped off a container of fuel for our boat and took us onto the new boat for the ride back to shore.
We eventually arrived back on land and were taken back to the dive center office. There was no apology from the guy running the office, no offer of compensation, etc. Just "Ok, the driver will take you to your hotel". After floating around in rough seas for so long, my friend was extremely nauseous and we didn't stick around to argue with the guy at the center, especially since they clearly have no regard the enjoyment or safety of their customers.
To top it all off, we called the next day to ask them to send us the photos the guide had taken of us during the dive. We were told that the guide had "deleted the photos because he thought we didn't want them" -- meaning that they almost certainly still had the photos on the camera but knew we weren't going to give them any extra money so it wasn't worth the 2 minutes it would take to download and email the photos to us.
I strongly recommend avoiding this company. They're incompetent and dangerous.
Pros: Manta Point was beautiful.
Cons: Absolutely everything else.
We were picked up at our hotel in the morning and taken to the dive center. When we arrived, the guy at the center asked for payment in cash. Neither of us had that much cash on hand, assuming that a PADI dive center would happily take credit cards. After way too much discussion, he agreed to take payment by credit card.. but required a 5% credit card fee. I understand that a credit card surcharge is pretty standard in dive companies and other small-ish businesses in southeast Asia, but I've never had one ask for more than 3% in my years of traveling. We pointed this out and he wouldn't budge. On principle, we chose to go to an ATM and get cash out instead of paying the suspiciously high surcharge. We were asked if we had PADI certification (which we both have) but the company never asked for any proof -- already a sign of the company's lack of interest in our safety.
We then went to the boat (a small one as we were the only two divers on the trip) and headed out to Manta Point. The ride out there was fine and I think we made pretty good time. Once we arrived, we put on our gear and got ready to dive. Thankfully, my friend and I are reasonably experienced divers because the guide and crew didn't do any equipment safety checks or even suggest that we do any ourselves. The process was rushed and if we didn't know what we were doing, it could have been dangerous. Once we descended, my friend had to tighten the connection between my regulator and tank because it was leaking a significant amount of air. The guide somehow didn't notice this even after several minutes in the water. While diving, the guide seemed much more interested in taking photos of fish/coral than he was in keeping an eye on us.
Between dives, lunch was acceptable but basic. We were given bottled water a couple times during the day but it was warm because the dive company didn't bother to bring a cooler with ice. It's not a huge deal, obviously, but that just seemed lazy.
On our way back to the mainland, the motors stalled. While one of the boat crew tinkered with the motors and fuel lines, another stood about 2 feet away with a lit cigarette. After about 10 minutes of messing around with the motors, one of the crew pulled up a panel on the floor of the boat to reveal the fuel tank. He propped one end up so that it was tilted toward the motors. At this point I realized that the motors weren't broken -- THE BOAT HAD JUST RUN OUT OF FUEL. We spent the next hour and a half stranded in the middle of the ocean because the company didn't fill the fuel tanks properly. Unbelievable. After several phone calls and 90+ minutes of waiting, another boat from the company dropped off a container of fuel for our boat and took us onto the new boat for the ride back to shore.
We eventually arrived back on land and were taken back to the dive center office. There was no apology from the guy running the office, no offer of compensation, etc. Just "Ok, the driver will take you to your hotel". After floating around in rough seas for so long, my friend was extremely nauseous and we didn't stick around to argue with the guy at the center, especially since they clearly have no regard the enjoyment or safety of their customers.
To top it all off, we called the next day to ask them to send us the photos the guide had taken of us during the dive. We were told that the guide had "deleted the photos because he thought we didn't want them" -- meaning that they almost certainly still had the photos on the camera but knew we weren't going to give them any extra money so it wasn't worth the 2 minutes it would take to download and email the photos to us.
I strongly recommend avoiding this company. They're incompetent and dangerous.
Pros: Manta Point was beautiful.
Cons: Absolutely everything else.
Written October 26, 2014
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Roshii26
London, UK49 contributions
My boyfriend and I did our open water course with these guys. The service offered was terrible - we felt unsafe, the dive instructor Hendri was hungover/drunk at every lesson and far from being apologetic, was even making jokes about the vomit in the water attracting fish.
He was also impatient and got angry with students in the water, treating us roughly and rudely.
He confirmed that I would be able to finish my last two dives on the day we flew out, saying the "no diving before flying" rule doesn't apply as long as we only do a shallow dive (<10m in his words). Insisted on it with his 10 years of experience. On the last day, after we'd driven 1.5 hours to the dive shop, he informed me that I wasn't going to dive that day as I'm flying. Not even "shallow dives". So he offers to certify me as an OW diver even though I hadn't completed my 4 dives. He has no regard for his students' lives, else such an offer would not be made.
Needless to say I learnt very little on this course. Stay away from this dive centre. Pay more for a better place.
He was also impatient and got angry with students in the water, treating us roughly and rudely.
He confirmed that I would be able to finish my last two dives on the day we flew out, saying the "no diving before flying" rule doesn't apply as long as we only do a shallow dive (<10m in his words). Insisted on it with his 10 years of experience. On the last day, after we'd driven 1.5 hours to the dive shop, he informed me that I wasn't going to dive that day as I'm flying. Not even "shallow dives". So he offers to certify me as an OW diver even though I hadn't completed my 4 dives. He has no regard for his students' lives, else such an offer would not be made.
Needless to say I learnt very little on this course. Stay away from this dive centre. Pay more for a better place.
Written December 30, 2013
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Luke S
Christchurch, New Zealand4 contributions
May 2016 • Solo
all equipment was faulty/dangerous. Paid for the advanced open water. After 6 months still not registered on padi. The theory part was held in a busted up shack. Instructors name was Made Arnita. Would definitely not recommend Mola Mola dive
Written October 10, 2016
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Laurențiu S
3 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
Hi,
Last week I had the Open Water Diving Course at Mola Mola. I am grateful to note it with excellent as I was very happy with the instructor (Riadi) and I managed to learn even more than I was aware the course will teach me. They included transfer with a good car with AC and also lunch. Theory, practice in pool and 4 dives in the ocean. Everything was great and as a beginner I also felt safe with the instructor who took care of eveything. I recommend Mola Mola centre at least for the PADI courses which from my experience were a great deal.
Last week I had the Open Water Diving Course at Mola Mola. I am grateful to note it with excellent as I was very happy with the instructor (Riadi) and I managed to learn even more than I was aware the course will teach me. They included transfer with a good car with AC and also lunch. Theory, practice in pool and 4 dives in the ocean. Everything was great and as a beginner I also felt safe with the instructor who took care of eveything. I recommend Mola Mola centre at least for the PADI courses which from my experience were a great deal.
Written September 12, 2015
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