About us

YES! with Amed White Sand Divers, FUNDIVERS REALLY CHOOSE THEIR DIVE SITES. Having the full choice of your dive site is rare and it is our priority because we want our fundivers to have an unforgettable dive time. We are a family-run dive center and we only dive in small groups of usually 2 and maximum 3 divers for 1 dive guide. What matters to us is Quality : After a check dive, you just need to talk to your dive guide to select what YOU want to dive next : reef, deep reef, macro/muck, wreck, drift, wall, cavern or guided Tec dives … All of them are World Class Diving !

For fundives, certified divers just need to contact us the day before by 6:30pm by WhatsApp/Tel and no deposit is required.

For Dive courses, our students usually start the theory online with the Padi eLearning (for the Open Water course we recommend you to learn the chapters 1, 2 & 3 before arrival). A downpayment of 1.000.000 IDR is requested in this case.

At Amed White Sand Divers we offer all Padi courses in 5 languages : French, German, English, Spanish & Bahasa Indonesia. The theory is completed online with the Padi eLearning in any language.

Fundivers also have the guarantee to be able to communicate easily with our dive guides who are all totally fluent in English.

At Amed White Sand Divers we usually spread the dive activities of the Open Water Course over 3 days. We also recommend our students to study the theory online with the Padi Elearning before arriving. A good understanding of the chapters 1, 2 and 3 will help your progression for underwater skills. In case a student needs more time for some skills, a solution will be found to guarantee the perfect mastery of all skills.

At Amed White Sand Divers, we care about Quality not Quantity. Our dive guides usually supervise 2 fundivers only at a time and anyways a maximum of 3. After a check dive, our fundivers can really choose where they dive (Amed or Tulamben) and what they want to do : Reef, deep reef, Macro/Muck, Wreck, Drift, Wall, cavern or guided Tec Dives.  For dive courses, we also have a maximum ratio of 1:3.

In Amed/Tulamben area, we dive all year round but the best time is from April to December. Fom January to March it is raining season and the visibility can sometimes be affected. However, on a bad day it is still possible to enjoy a macro dive or a wreck dive. Probability to spot the Mola-mola are higher from mid-June to early November.

Our dive center Amed White Sand Divers and the 4 hotels (Vienna Beach Resort, Amed Harmony, Villa Adi Amed & OnlYou Villas) are owned by the same Balinese family. It makes logistics, communication and hotel pick ups really easy. If you stay in our hotels, you get a 10% discount on all your morning fundives. We also have special offer for big groups diving and staying with us. However, for accountancy reasons, payments for accomodation and diving are separate.

Don’t worry about that, we provide a free of charge hotel pick-up for all our dive students and fundivers staying in Amed area. We usually pick our diving guests between 8am and 8:30am depending on the hotel location and all divers are back before 2pm after morning activities. If you want to come directly to our dive center, you are welcome to use our private parking.

If you just want to try scuba diving without being certified, it only takes a half day : A short but important briefing about safety rules, equipment selection, 4 underwater kills in shallow water and you already find yourself surrounded by dozens of fish that you never saw before.

If you want to be certified, the first level is the Padi Open Water Course with more theory and skills : buoyancy, propulsion, mask clearing, … It is really fun and at WSD we spread this course over 3 days. It is recommended that you start the theory online with the PADI Elearning before arrival. Our experienced instructors are fully available and all have a flexible schedule to make sure you master all required skills fluently.

To know if you are fit to dive, you just need to answer the 10 questions of this medical form. Most of the participants to entry level courses like the Padi Open Water Course do not need a medical clearance by a doctor.

Yes we do ! And we love it ! Come dive with us and we will guide you down there where 1 tank is not enough !

You must be able to swim 200m without stopping to participate in an entry level certifying course such as the Padi Open Water course (any technique is fine and there is no timing).

However, if you just want to try diving, there is no swimming requirement : an intructor will assist you during the whole Intro Dive program.

A minimum age of 10 years is required to get certified as a Junior Open Water Diver. It is exactly the same course as the Open Water Course for adults but the maximum depth is 12m instead of 18m.