discover scuba diving

Have you always wanted to try diving, but you’re not quite sure if you want to sign up for the full Open Water Course? Then PADI Discover Scuba Diving may be for you! The program lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of a PADI Professional in confined water under easy conditions. You do not need any prior diving experience! We will introduce you to blowing bubbles and the magical underwater world. During your adventure, you'll master some basic concepts and scuba skills and will even head off to experience an open water adventure. Just be aware - diving is highly addictive!

Scuba Junkie is an award winning 5* PADI IDC centre, and your safety is our top priority! Our instructors are friendly and experienced, and most have been trained in-house to ensure that we can offer you top quality training, not only in line with PADI standards, but also by our Scuba Junkie standards!

We keep group sizes to a maximum of 4 students per Instructor, to ensure that you get all the attention that you need during your Discover Scuba Diving experience. Our equipment is well maintained, and serviced regularly, and our dive boats have all safety equipment you may need, including emergency oxygen and first aid kit.

Our purpose built training platform is located in the calm waters right in front of our jetty, it offers the perfect place for you to try blowing bubbles in a confined area for the first time. The shallow waters of our House Reef is an amazing place to experience the underwater world for the first time, where you can spot massive turtles, cuttlefish, colourful corals and an abundance of reef fish, all on your first dive!

As soon as you Discover Scuba Diving, you're on your way to an internationally recognized dive certification. That's because you may learn skills used in the PADI Open Water Diver course during your Discover Scuba Diving adventure. If you and your instructor elect to practice these skills, they may be credited toward the Open Water Diver certification. If you’re feeling ready to take the next step in your dive education, check out the Open Water Course!

Experience the magical underwater world under the guidance of our experienced PADI instructors. We will guide you safely through taking your first breath underwater, and hopefully you will fall in love with diving, just as much as we did!

You will meet your instructor in the morning to collect your dive equipment and fill in the necessary paperwork. Your instructor will give a short introduction to basic dive theory, including breathing and equalization techniques, how to use the equipment, hand signals and regulator and mask clearing techniques. You will also go through the importance of interacting responsibly with marine life, and what marine life you might see on your dive. At the end there is a short quiz (10 yes/no questions) for you to answer, to make sure you have understood everything clearly.

Next you will gear up, and progress to our training platform in confined water. You’ll practise blowing some bubbles on the surface, and once you’re ready, kneel down on the platform - the water here is shallow enough for you to stand up. Once settled underwater, your instructor will demonstrate the following skills for you to practise.

- Breathing underwater
- Regulator clearing
- Regulator recovery
- Mask clearing
- Equalization techniques

Having successfully completed the skills, it’s time to head out on a tour of the dive site, under close supervision of your PADI instructor. Diving to a maximum depth of 12m, explore our House Reef, and be amazed by the underwater world! You’ll be able to see plenty of colourful fish including Nemo, pufferfish, crocodile fish, and huge green turtles!

After your first dive you can take a rest whilst enjoying a snack in our restaurant, looking through the fish books with your instructor, and learning the names of all the incredible marine creatures you’ve just encountered! Then it is time for dive number two - this time, you do not need to repeat the skills, you can just head straight out to the dive site and enjoy the underwater world once again!

Once you’ve surfaced from dive number two, it’s time to enjoy a delicious lunch in our restaurant. After lunch you may choose to spend the rest of the day relaxing on the beach with a good book, or maybe with a cold drink in our jetty bar. If you’re not ready for the adventure to be over, you can head out for a third and final dive. If you are feeling confident in the water, and the schedule allows, you may even be able to head out on the boat to discover other amazing Mabul dive sites!

If you enjoyed your try diving experience, you may already find yourself planning for the next step - the full Open Water Course - which will train you to dive with a buddy independent of a dive professional. If you have the time, you can talk to your instructor about how to sign up for the course with us!

If you want to experience both snorkelling at Sipadan (one of the best dive and snorkelling sites in the world) and discover scuba diving, you should consider booking one of our snorkelling Sipadan packages. Your Discover Scuba Diving experience can be booked as part of the Sipadan snorkelling package - with no extra charge!

If you do not wish to book a Sipadan package at this time, you’ll also find our non-package rates below. We can help put together a tailor-made holiday plan for you, with a mix of Discover Scuba Diving, snorkelling days, and maybe even a day or two simply relaxing in our beach resort! During your free time, you are welcome to borrow snorkelling equipment to snorkel on our house reef, at no extra charge.