Best dive shops in Gili Islands
10 shops scored on six published criteria. No shop can pay to move up. Top of the list right now: Gili Air Divers with 83.3 of 100.
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Gili Air Divers
Gili Air (west coast), Gili Islands · SSI / PADI · since 2011
83.3/100 on 60% of criteriaSmaller-scale PADI 5-star centre on Gili Air with a quieter atmosphere and personalised course flow.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 22/25 max 3 per instructor · 15 yrs operating · multi-agency · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 15/15 Open Water 13% below destination median
- Offering breadth 8/10 SSI/PADI · 4 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Blue Marlin Dive
Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air (also Senggigi and Kuta Lombok, Komodo) · PADI / TDI · since 1992
78.6/100 on 70% of criteriaFounded 1992, the largest operator on Trawangan with full PADI 5-star CDC status and IDC capability.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 25/25 max 4 per instructor · 34 yrs operating · multi-agency · instructor-level centre · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 12/15 Open Water at destination median
- Offering breadth 8/10 PADI/TDI · 7 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability 5/10 Conservation activity mentioned, not verified
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Backpacker-friendly PADI 5-star centre on Trawangan with a budget course pricing and eco-leaning ethos.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 22/25 max 4 per instructor · 16 yrs operating · multi-agency · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 15/15 Open Water 22% below destination median
- Offering breadth 8/10 PADI/SSI · 4 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability 5/10 Conservation activity mentioned, not verified
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Established 1995, long-running PADI 5-star centre with an active BioRock reef restoration programme.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 22/25 max 4 per instructor · 31 yrs operating · multi-agency · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 15/15 Open Water 13% below destination median
- Offering breadth 8/10 PADI/TDI · 5 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability 5/10 Conservation activity mentioned, not verified
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Oceans 5 Dive is an SSI centre in Gili Air, Lombok Utara, operating since 2008. It states a maximum of 4 divers per guide and has a training pool, on-site accommodation, a restaurant, an equipment shop and an air-conditioned classroom.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 22/25 max 4 per instructor · 18 yrs operating · instructor-level centre · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 12/15 Open Water 6% below destination median
- Offering breadth 6/10 SSI · 5 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Divine Divers Gili Meno is a PADI centre in Gili Meno, Lombok Utara, operating since 2009.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 19/25 max 3 per instructor · 17 yrs operating · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 12/15 Open Water at destination median
- Offering breadth 6/10 PADI · 3 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Manta Dive Gili Trawangan (PT Manta Resort Development)
Gili Trawangan (separate centre on Gili Air) · SSI · since 2002
70/100 on 60% of criteriaManta Dive Gili Trawangan (PT Manta Resort Development) is an SSI centre in Gili Trawangan (separate centre on Gili Air), operating since 2002.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals 19/25 max 4 per instructor · 24 yrs operating · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 12/15 Open Water at destination median
- Offering breadth 6/10 SSI · 5 languages · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Active Gili Air dive centre with its own fun-dive and course site; one of the main independent operators on Gili Air alongside Oceans 5 and Gili Air Divers.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals — group size not provided · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 12/15 Open Water at destination median
- Offering breadth 4/10 · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Operated separately from the Gili Trawangan Manta Dive and on its own domain - worth a distinct listing if you rank by shop rather than by brand.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals — group size not provided · nitrox on site
- Price transparency & value 12/15 Open Water at destination median
- Offering breadth 4/10 · tech / liveaboard / nitrox
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit 5/10 Data confirmed with the shop
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Long-established Gili Trawangan dive centre and resort (Extra Divers-affiliated) with its own multi-language site covering diving, courses and accommodation.
- Verified reviews — Not scored — no review data we have verified
- Safety & quality signals — group size not provided
- Price transparency & value — No comparable price published
- Offering breadth 2/10
- Sustainability — No sustainability programme reported
- Editorial visit — Not yet visited or confirmed
How we rank
Every shop gets a score out of 100 from six criteria. The weights and the data behind each score are shown on every entry, and the full table can be downloaded as CSV. Scores are recalculated whenever the data changes; this page was last updated on 14 September 2026.
| Criterion | Weight | What we measure |
|---|---|---|
| Verified reviews | 30 | Google rating and review count, shrunk toward the destination average so a 4.9 with 30 reviews does not beat a 4.8 with 1,500. |
| Safety & quality signals | 25 | Maximum students per instructor (the single biggest safety lever on a course), years in operation, multi-agency status, instructor-level training centre, nitrox on site. |
| Price transparency & value | 15 | Published Open Water price (or fun-dive price where courses are not the main product) against the destination median. Cheapest is not always best; transparency is rewarded, hidden fees are not. |
| Offering breadth | 10 | Agencies offered, languages spoken, range of products, and whether technical, liveaboard or nitrox diving is available. |
| Sustainability | 10 | Green Fins membership or a documented conservation programme scores full; a mention without evidence scores half. |
| Editorial visit | 10 | Full marks when our team has visited the shop and verified boats, gear room and classroom in person. Half when the shop has confirmed its data with us. |
Rules
- Paid listings and partnerships never affect the score, and are labelled where they appear.
- Missing data scores zero. It is the shop's data to provide; we do not guess.
- A shop can dispute any data point. Corrections are applied and dated.
- Review data is pulled from Google and dated; we do not collect our own reviews yet.
Cite as: "Best dive shops in Gili Islands 2026", topdiveshops.com, updated 2026-09-14. Scores CSV: best-dive-shops.csv.