Tour layout: Your tour will start with a short video about corals and coral reefs and then your guide will give you a briefing about our coral nursery, including information such as, how it was set up, what type of corals we have, how we grow them, the project goals and some important considerations regarding how to interact with the corals at our nursery. After that you will take a boat out to our coral nursery and snorkel around in the shallow waters while your guide explains what you are looking at.
Feel free to ask as many questions as you like!
After the tour enjoy some fresh fruit and relax on our bean bags until you’re ready to be dropped back to your hotel.
Duration: 2 Hours
Price: IDR 500.000
Minimum prerequisites: comfortable in water
Inclusions: pick up and drop off (free in Sanur and Kuta areas), Ocean Gardener Sanur Coral Nursery guide, all necessary snorkel gear including rash guard and life vest, water and fruit, locker and shower facilities, towel, all relevant taxes and fees, insurance.
Dive experience layout: This dive experience shows you the first step towards becoming an Ocean Gardener Coral Diver. You will watch a short video introducing you to corals, coral reefs and the different coral growth forms. After a little coursework you will go for a dive to apply the knowledge you have just learned to identify coral growth forms and hard and soft corals. You will be amazed at how much more you will be able to observe in just a few hours. After this experience you will already have a wealth of new knowledge that will change the way you look at coral forever!
Duration: 4 Hours/1 Dive
Price: IDR 1.320.000
Minimum prerequisites: PADI Scuba Diver certified (or equivalent)
Inclusions: pick up and drop off (free in Sanur and Kuta areas), Ocean Gardener Coral Diver Instructor, all necessary dive equipment, water and fruit, locker and shower facilities, towel, all relevant taxes and fees, insurance.necessary snorkel gear including rash guard and life vest, water and fruit, locker and shower facilities, towel, all relevant taxes and fees, insurance.
Course layout: This course is set out over 3 days and breaks down coral identification into logical steps making the whole experience fun and educational without being overwhelming. On the first day you will learn about coral growth forms, this will later be broken down into the difference between small and large hard coral polyps and also soft corals. Once you have learned about the differences between these corals, how to tell them apart, what conditions they favour, how they reproduce and why they are so important, you will then be able to help out on our coral nursery! Learn how to fragment coral and care for them so they grow big and strong enough to be transplanted on to our house reef. For your last dive of this course you will have the opportunity to take a coral colony that is ready for transplanting and transfer it to our monitored transplanting site.
Not only does this course give you the chance to directly support the regeneration of the coral reef in Sanur, it will also provide you with such an appreciation for coral that all your future dive experiences will have a whole new fascinating element to them. Let’s learn to love corals more and treat them better!
Duration: 3 days / 4 dives and 1 snorkel on the Ocean Gardener Sanur coral nursery.
Price: IDR 5.500.000
Minimum prerequisites: PADI Scuba Diver certified (or equivalent)
Inclusions: pick up and drop off (free in Sanur and Kuta areas), Ocean Gardener Coral Diver Instructor, all necessary dive equipment, water and fruit, locker and shower facilities, towel, all relevant taxes and fees, insurance.necessary snorkel gear including rash guard and life vest, water and fruit, locker and shower facilities, towel, all relevant taxes and fees, insurance.
