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Amed & Padangbai Dive Prices 2026: Shore Dives to Liberty Wreck

Amed and Padangbai are Bali's two budget-diving bases, and our tracked operators bear that out: the cheapest fun dive we track anywhere in the two areas is a IDR 700,000 (about USD 40) guided night dive, and most single- or two-dive trips (the USAT Liberty wreck at Tulamben, Amed's muck-diving house reefs, Padangbai's Blue Lagoon) land in the USD 55-115 range. Courses and multi-day packages climb from there, up to a IDR 17,000,000 (about USD 961) PADI Divemaster course. The numbers below come from four operators we track across both towns: Amed White Sand Divers, Dive Concepts Amed, and Geko Dive Bali and Padangbai Bali Dive Center in Padangbai.

Real prices from our tracked Amed and Padangbai operators, from an IDR 700,000 (~USD 40) guided night dive to a full PADI Divemaster course, so "how much does diving Amed cost" gets an actual number.

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    East Bali, Indonesia

    Amed & Padangbai

    Beginner-friendlyBudget

    Open Water course from IDR 3,300,000 · Day trip from IDR 700,000

    Single guided dives run IDR 700,000-1,300,000 (about USD 40-73): the cheapest is Amed White Sand Divers' guided night dive at IDR 700,000, and two-dive boat or shore trips from Dive Concepts Amed or Padangbai Bali Dive Center run IDR 1,000,000-1,400,000 (about USD 57-79). Discover Scuba Diving (no certification, first-timers) runs IDR 1,350,000-1,750,000 (about USD 76-99) across all four operators. Multi-dive packages bring the per-dive cost down: Dive Concepts Amed's 5-dive pack runs IDR 1,785,000 (about USD 101), rising to Geko Dive Bali's 5-day, 10-dive Mola Mola Hunter package at IDR 8,460,000 (about USD 478) during mola-mola season (Jul-Oct). A PADI Open Water course runs IDR 5,100,000-6,200,000 (about USD 288-350) depending on operator; Advanced Open Water IDR 4,600,000-5,550,000 (about USD 260-314). At the top end, Amed White Sand Divers' PADI Divemaster course runs IDR 17,000,000 (about USD 961) over 30 days. Two products (a tec-diving trip and an Open Water referral course) are inquiry-only with no published price.

Before you book

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Amed & Padangbai

Season

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Also good: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Getting there

  • Fly into Denpasar (DPS), Bali's main international airport.
  • Amed/Tulamben is a 1.5-2 hr drive northeast (private car or shared shuttle, no direct public transport).
  • Padangbai is closer, about 1.5 hr east, and doubles as the ferry port to Lombok and the Gili Islands.
  • Many divers do a one-way loop, arrive via Padangbai, dive Amed/Tulamben, then either return to the airport or continue the ferry onward.
  • No airport in either town.

Minimum stay

3-4 nights to cover both areas properly

Good for your first trip if

Open Water minimum for Amed/Tulamben's sheltered sites and Padangbai's Blue Lagoon. Padangbai's outer pinnacles (Tepekong, Mimpang, Biaha) are Advanced Open Water minimum in practice, most operators require prior drift-dive experience given the current and downwelling risk. Nearest hyperbaric chamber is in Sanur, roughly 2 hr from Amed by road.

Know before you go

  • Nearest hyperbaric chamber is in Sanur, roughly 2 hr from Amed and 1.5 hr from Padangbai by road.
  • The Padangbai pinnacles carry real current and downwelling risk, dive them only with an operator experienced on those specific sites, and only after building drift-dive experience elsewhere first.

Top dive sites

Top sites in Amed & Padangbai

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USAT Liberty Wreck

Intermediate

Depth5–30 m

A WWII cargo wreck lying just off Tulamben's black-sand shore, one of the world's most accessible wreck dives. Coral-encrusted hull, huge schools of jack and batfish, bumphead parrotfish, and pygmy seahorses.

  • shipwreck
  • jack schools
  • bumphead parrotfish
  • pygmy seahorses
  • shore entry
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Gili Tepekong

Advanced only

Depth5–40 m

An offshore pinnacle and channel toward Nusa Penida, Padangbai's mola-mola site. Strong, unpredictable current and downwelling risk; a serious drift dive for experienced divers, with genuine mola-mola sightings in season.

  • mola-mola (seasonal)
  • strong current
  • pinnacle
  • reef sharks
  • drift dive

Common questions

What's the cheapest dive in Amed or Padangbai?

Amed White Sand Divers' guided night dive at IDR 700,000 (about USD 40) is the cheapest single dive we track. For a first two-dive outing, Dive Concepts Amed and Padangbai Bali Dive Center both run trips from IDR 1,000,000-1,100,000 (about USD 57-62).

How much does the USAT Liberty wreck dive cost?

It's priced as a standard shore or boat dive through Tulamben-area trips from Amed operators -- Amed White Sand Divers' two-dive shore trips (which cover Tulamben) run IDR 1,000,000 (about USD 57); ask your operator to confirm whether a specific trip routes to the wreck, since not every listed dive does.

How much does a PADI Open Water course cost in Amed or Padangbai?

IDR 5,100,000-6,200,000 (about USD 288-350) across the operators we track, running 3-4 days. Geko Dive Bali's version is the most expensive at IDR 6,200,000; Amed White Sand Divers is the cheapest tracked option at IDR 5,100,000.

Is Amed or Padangbai cheaper for diving?

Very close -- both towns share roughly the same price floor (around USD 40-60 for a single or double dive) because divers commonly base in one and day-trip to the other's sites. Padangbai's outer-pinnacle drift dives toward Nusa Penida (mola-mola season, Jul-Oct) and Amed's muck-diving house reefs are priced the same way: per-dive or per-package, not by which town you're staying in.

How this guide was built

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