Dive trip pricing, by the numbers

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One row per destination and offer type (Open Water, Advanced, try dive, single dive, multi-dive day trip): lowest, median and highest price in USD, with the number of offers and operators behind it.These figures are computed directly from Dive Curated's own operator and product listings. Every underlying price is sourced, dated, and re-verified on a cadence (see each destination page for details). You're welcome to cite or reuse these stats with attribution and a link to https://divecurated.com/data.

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Dataset at a glance

The price range spans every offer type (day trips, courses, packages, liveaboards) at face value. It is not a comparable average, since a multi-day liveaboard and a single day trip are different units.

Average Open Water course price, by region

PADI/equivalent Open Water certification courses only (no prior certification required), converted to USD. Advanced courses, packages, and liveaboards excluded, not directly comparable units.

• Cebu, Philippines$313n=3
• East Bali, Indonesia$315n=5
• Bay Islands, Honduras$330n=8
• Thailand$352n=4
• Egypt$393n=11
• Indonesia$418n=18
• Bonaire$501n=4
• Mexico$521n=5
• Malta$528n=4
• Tanzania$540n=3
• Maldives$632n=3

Open Water course price spread, by destination

Same Open Water courses as above, shown per destination instead of averaged into a region, so the spread between operators at a single destination is visible too.

• Amed & Padangbai
  $186–$441 (n=5)
• Roatán
  $220–$440 (n=5)
• Utila
  $290–$350 (n=3)
• Koh Tao
  $297–$389 (n=4)
• Moalboal
  $303–$326 (n=3)
• Dahab
  $317–$427 (n=4)
• Gili Islands
  $338–$390 (n=6)
• Nusa Penida & Lembongan
  $352–$390 (n=6)
• Malta & Gozo
  $358–$635 (n=4)
• Bonaire National Marine Park
  $374–$565 (n=4)
• Red Sea (Egypt)
  $381–$427 (n=7)
• Cozumel Reef National Park
  $400–$650 (n=5)
• Komodo
  $418–$480 (n=5)
• Zanzibar
  $520–$550 (n=3)
• Maldives
  $595–$650 (n=3)
• Raja Ampat
  $669–$669 (n=1)

Advanced Open Water course price spread, by destination

Advanced Open Water certification courses (prior Open Water certification required), converted to USD, per destination.

• Dahab
  $231–$323 (n=4)
• Amed & Padangbai
  $260–$314 (n=3)
• Koh Tao
  $270–$357 (n=3)
• Moalboal
  $277–$285 (n=2)
• Gili Islands
  $281–$339 (n=6)
• Red Sea (Egypt)
  $288–$346 (n=7)
• Nusa Penida & Lembongan
  $311–$367 (n=8)
• Bonaire National Marine Park
  $375–$475 (n=4)
• Roatán
  $400–$410 (n=2)
• Komodo
  $415–$452 (n=3)
• Malta & Gozo
  $427–$456 (n=2)
• Cozumel Reef National Park
  $446–$595 (n=3)
• Maldives
  $475–$550 (n=3)
• Zanzibar
  $475–$500 (n=3)

Try-dive price spread, by destination

Discover Scuba / try-dive experiences (no certification required), converted to USD. Priced and marketed as a beginner experience, not a per-tank rate for certified divers, so it's kept separate from single fun dives below.

• Gili Islands
  $40–$76 (n=5)
• Moalboal
  $40–$56 (n=2)
• Nusa Penida & Lembongan
  $51–$130 (n=5)
• Dahab
  $52–$114 (n=4)
• Red Sea (Egypt)
  $58–$58 (n=1)
• Roatán
  $60–$150 (n=4)
• Amed & Padangbai
  $95–$95 (n=1)
• Malta & Gozo
  $104–$179 (n=2)
• Maldives
  $130–$130 (n=1)
• Zanzibar
  $150–$200 (n=2)
• Komodo
  $164–$178 (n=2)
• Cozumel Reef National Park
  $169–$169 (n=1)

Single-dive price spread, by destination

One-tank fun dives and night dives for certified divers, converted to USD. Multi-dive credit packages usable across several days are excluded, since those aren't a single dive's price.

• Roatán
  $15–$120 (n=12)
• Moalboal
  $16–$96 (n=20)
• Nusa Penida & Lembongan
  $28–$130 (n=6)
• Zanzibar
  $30–$120 (n=7)
• Koh Tao
  $30–$30 (n=1)
• Gili Islands
  $31–$48 (n=12)
• Raja Ampat
  $34–$34 (n=1)
• Amed & Padangbai
  $40–$40 (n=1)
• Utila
  $40–$50 (n=4)
• Dahab
  $46–$52 (n=3)
• Palau
  $50–$105 (n=3)
• Bonaire National Marine Park
  $60–$64 (n=3)
• Maldives
  $69–$120 (n=3)
• Komodo
  $73–$73 (n=1)
• Malta & Gozo
  $75–$152 (n=3)
• Red Sea (Egypt)
  $75–$110 (n=2)
• Cozumel Reef National Park
  $85–$90 (n=2)

Multi-dive day trip price spread, by destination

Single-day trips with 2 or more dives (e.g. a two-tank boat trip), converted to USD.

• Moalboal
  $25–$83 (n=6)
• Red Sea (Egypt)
  $46–$288 (n=15)
• Roatán
  $50–$200 (n=5)
• Amed & Padangbai
  $57–$158 (n=12)
• Koh Tao
  $57–$120 (n=8)
• Utila
  $58–$90 (n=3)
• Dahab
  $81–$89 (n=2)
• Nusa Penida & Lembongan
  $90–$136 (n=7)
• Zanzibar
  $95–$195 (n=7)
• Bonaire National Marine Park
  $100–$131 (n=2)
• Cozumel Reef National Park
  $115–$199 (n=5)
• Maldives
  $120–$345 (n=4)
• Malta & Gozo
  $133–$173 (n=4)
• Komodo
  $141–$167 (n=7)
• Gili Islands
  $170–$226 (n=2)
• Palau
  $209–$540 (n=3)