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Notes from the reef
Dive site stories, marine life curiosities, and the occasional rant about plastic.
6 Jul 2026
How much does diving on Gili Air cost?
A transparent breakdown of what diving on Gili Air actually costs in 2026 — fun dives, try dives, the Open Water course and the extras like the marine-park fee — plus how to pay less.
1 Jul 2026
The 8 best dive sites in the Gili Islands
From shark-patrolled canyons to a reef where you'll count ten turtles on a single dive — the sites that make Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan one of the best places to dive in Indonesia, and who each one suits.
20 Jun 2026
Start Your SSI Course Before You Arrive — and Spend Your Holiday Diving, Not Studying
The free MySSI app lets you get the theory out of the way at home — so you arrive relaxed, skip the classroom, and spend your Gili Air holiday in the water. Here's how to get a free head start with us.
15 Jun 2026
Diving with kids at Gili Air — a family-friendly summer at the dive centre
Summer at Gili Air is dry season — calm water, 28 °C all day, and a whole catalogue of dives built around kids. Here is what each age can do, what it costs, and how a family week actually looks at the centre.
15 Jun 2026
Gili Air, Gili Meno or Gili Trawangan — which island for your dive trip?
Three islands, one reef system, very different days on land. We run dive centres on Gili Air and Gili Meno and we send people to Trawangan when it makes sense. Here is the honest comparison — by atmosphere, by dive sites, by what your week actually looks like.
9 Jun 2026
Green Sea Turtles of the Gili Islands — Everything You Need to Know Before You Dive
The Gili Islands are one of the most reliable places in Southeast Asia to dive with green sea turtles. Here is who they are, where to find them, and how to approach without ruining the moment — for you and for the turtle.
28 May 2012
New Video of Wonderpuss in Gili Islands
Have a look to our sighteeing of this incredible and rare creature the wonderpuss…
4 Dec 2011
Finding Nemo with Gili Air Divers
Everyone that ever watched the movie Finding Nemo is very familiar with the cute orange-white striped fish that got lost in the big wide ocean. But what do we really know about those amazing creatures found all around the Gili islands?
2 Oct 2011
Mirko's Reef gives divers the best of both worlds
Mirko's Reef sits in the valley between Gili Meno and Gili Air. Open Water-friendly depths, table corals two metres across, schools of sweetlips, and a pygmy seahorse if you've got a guide with the patience to find one.
2 Sept 2011
Where the predators come to play
A dive at Jack Point helps prove the Gili Islands have lots to offer Advanced-level divers, too. Schooling barracuda, swirling jacks, a black-tipped reef shark and the unmistakable bumphead parrotfish.
18 Jun 2011
Big Clean Up Days in Gili Air — We are part of it !!!
The Local Community in Gili Air is now taking its environment in charge by organizing monthly clean ups. That was today — and Gili Air Divers was part of it, with a team of 12 divers cleaning the reefs on the east side of Gili Air.
7 Jun 2011
New amazing Muck Diving dive site found...
Gili Air Divers is proud of his new dive site near Lombok. The whole team went for an exploration dive at night and we found — believe it or not — 2 Ambon Scorpion Fish, plus bright yellow dwarf Lion Fish, many weird nudibranches, Blue Eye Stingfish, the whole family of Waspfish, seahorses and much more.
7 Jun 2011
Whale Shark in Takat Piniu
We had our first Whale Shark of the season in one of our new dive sites. After crossing a forest of giant Elephant Ear Sponge, meeting a Black Frogfish and finding a Fan covered with 8 Pigmy Seahorses, we spotted a beautiful 4-to-5 metre Whale Shark in the shallow part of the pinnacle.
4 Jun 2011
We know now where the Mandarin Fish is hiding...
We finally found the spot where the Mandarin fish lives. He only comes out at dawn for a few moments and is very secretive — but with enough patience, you'll get the chance to discover this incredibly coloured creature.