Trawangan Dive is now one of only 2 dive centres on the Gili Islands offering the PADI TecRec Courses. With either no technical diving experience or years of it, our PADI and TDI trained, certified and experienced instructors will be able to cater for what you want.

Our aim is not only to provide a conducive environment for training, but a facility where qualified technical divers can actually use their skills to dive the many deep walls, pinnacles and wrecks the Gili Islands and Indonesia have to offer. We feel a gap exists in the dive industry, as many places offer technical training to divers, but few offer daily guided technical dives and both PADI TecRec and TDI Technical Diving Courses. Our aim is to try and fill this industry gap.
Trawangan Dive is dedicated to providing quality technical diver training, guided daily technical dive trips, as well as technical expeditions to Komodo National Marine Park, the WWII Wrecks of Balikpapan and other areas of South East Asia.  The co-founder of Trawangan Dive, Simon Liddiard has been living and diving the waters around the Gili Islands and other parts of Indonesia since 1990. He is a PADI Course director (cert. No. 64562) and has been an instructor since 1986. Simon also holds the following IANTD Certifications: Nitrox Instructor Trainer-Trainer (#64), Technical Wreck Diver Instructor (#835), Normoxic Trimix Instructor (#229), Trimix Instructor Trainer (#835), Buddy Inspiration Trimix Instructor, and is a member of the IANTD Board of Advisers.

Guidelines and Policies for Safe Technical Diving

Outside of training activities, diving will be supervised in water (or from surface where deemed appropriate) by qualified Trawangan Dive staff. Diving will take place at sites appropriate for the experience and certifications levels of the individuals involved. All decompression diving will be backed up by a dedicated boat equipped with surface oxygen, additional decompression gases and mobile phones.







By taking the technical diving courses you will not only learn a great deal, but also be challenged and by the end of the course you will be a much more knowledgeable, capable and accomplished diver.
                                                          

All divers must plan their dives to comply with the following guidelines: - All gas mixes MUST be analyzed, correctly labeled for MOD,   signed and dated by the user. Fill station log must be signed. - Maximum bottom PO2 will be 1.5 ATA or less. - Maximum decompression PO2 will be 1.6 ATA or less. - All divers must carry sufficient gas to complete their dives within the rule of thirds,   or as appropriate for the dive plan. - On Trimix dives, maximum END will be 40m/130ft. - Divers must be equipped with at least one reel and SMB (lift bag),   with two of each being strongly recommended. - A whistle and dive light are highly recommended on all dives. - Divers must carry back-up depth and time information.