Discover Diving Courses
Discover Scuba Diving is perfect if you are on a snorkeling package and want to dive the beautiful shallow coral gardens around Mabul island.
Discover the Underwater World
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to breathe underwater, or get up close and personal with the incredible marine life on our planet, the PADI's Scuba Diving experience is a must.
The Discover Scuba Diving Course is for anyone over the age of 10 that is interested in exploring the wonders of the Celebes Sea!
All that's required is a sense of adventure and you'll be on your way to breathing bubbles underwater and meeting some new fishy friends.
WHAT is all the fuss about?
The underwater world is a magical place and there's plenty of fuss to be made! Discover Scuba Diving is an exhilarating introduction to scuba diving where learners are taught the basic scuba diving concepts in easy conditions around Mabul Island Resort.
Are you up for an adventure?
With PADI's Discover Scuba Diving course, you'll soon be on your way to your first official and internationally recognized diving certification. During the Discover Scuba Diving program, you may be able to practice key diving skills that count as credit towards a PADI Open Water Diver or PADI Scuba Diver certification.
How long does it take?
The PADI's Discover Scuba Diving course only takes 1 day to complete.
There are two options:
- 1 Confined water dive
- 1 Open water dive
- Diving Equipment
- 1 Confined water dive
- 2 Open water dives
- Diving Equipment
HOW do I do a DSD?
Simply sign up for the Scuba Diving program and learn how with friendly, licensed professionals.
Ask us about Discover Scuba Diving
More about Discover Scuba Diving
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to breathe underwater, Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) is the answer sized for a holiday: no course commitment, no exams — a briefing, an instructor at your shoulder, and your first real dive in the shallow coral gardens around Mabul. It's perfect if you're here on a snorkelling package and the divers at dinner keep describing a world you're only seeing the roof of.
How it works: a session covering the essentials (breathing, equalising, the few hand signals that matter), skills practice in confined shallow water, then a guided dive on an easy reef — typically well within 12 metres, at a pace set entirely by your comfort. Minimum age is 10; you need basic water comfort, not athletic ability.
Why Mabul is the right place for a first breath: the shallows here are what other destinations' brochures photoshop — warm, calm, and dense with life at three metres. First-timers see turtles, clownfish cities and more colour in forty minutes than most try-dives deliver in a lifetime of pool sessions.
The honest fine print: DSD is an experience, not a certification — but it counts: enjoy it, and the skills can credit toward your Open Water course, which many guests start the very next morning. Sipadan itself requires certification (AOW), so treat DSD as the doorway, not the destination.