Nusa Penida Snorkeling Tour: Expansive Freediving and Encounter with Manta Rays

Experience an expansive freediving adventure and encounter majestic manta rays on a snorkeling tour in Nusa Penida. Join professional instructors and explore three stunning snorkeling points near Nusa Penida, including Manta Point, Gamat Bay or Toyapakeh Wall, and SD Point.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Freedive Nusa - Freediving School - We meet at the school (Freedive Nusa on Google Maps) at 10 am, give you all the equipment (including wetsuits and long fins if needed), and provide a detailed briefing about manta rays, organization aspects, and safety. Then a boat will pick us up right from the school at 10:30 am. Our professional freediving…
What's Included
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Use of freediving equipment
  • Complimentary water refills
  • Tea and coffee available
What's Not Included
  • Transfer from Bali to Nusa Penida
  • Transportation to/from meeting point
Additional Information

There are 2 main spots where you can see manta rays in Nusa Penida - Manta Bay and Manta Point.
The first one is the closest and most of the snorkeling trips are going there. Usually, it is very chaotic and messy, there are a lot of people and boats.
The further spot is Manta Point. It’s a much longer journey but you might get more chances to see…

Location
Freedive Nusa - Freediving School
Jalan Ped - Buyuk
The trip starts from Nusa Penida island, not from the Bali mainland! You have to come to Nusa Penida on your own a day before the trip or on the same day by the first speedboat from Sanur. The Freedive Nusa is located at Nusa Penida in the village called Desa Ped in front of Coco Penida Cafe.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bibinnn
Oct 25, 2024
Great! - Very well, we were well equipped with a suit, at the spot there were about twenty manta rays and we were only 2 boats. Good contact with the guide, nice and smiling. The other 2 spots were very nice too. The place where they receive us before diving is nice and there are nice restaurants around. I recommend.
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_o9133ez
Oct 11, 2024
a unique experience that I will remember for the rest of my life - it was an amazing experience! we swam with manta rays and i will never forget it. the boat driver did everything so that we could enjoy the trip. our instructor was always next to us in the water and i felt safe! the equipment was new and clean. the wetsuit really helped me remember this trip as comfortable. we saw the most beautiful places and enjoyed the underwater world. i highly recommend taking a mini freediving course at this school the day before manta point. we did exactly that! it helped us so much in this unique experience. this mini course was a revelation for us. our instructor masha helped us master the basic level of freediving. my boyfriend was afraid of water, and by the end of the lesson he was already diving upside down 5 meters! it was an amazing experience! thanks to your school!
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Claudiarg6851qs
Sep 24, 2024
Fantastic and well organised trip! - An amazing trip! Reyna and Tony were fantastic guides. The trip felt very well organised and professional. We were given a safety briefing beforehand and they took great care when giving us our equipment. The manta rays were just incredible. They also took us to some other sites to see beautiful corals and fish afterwards.
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93haixiaw
Sep 18, 2024
Life time trip, must do once - Happy me happy mantas😂 Experienced and well knowledged tour guide and great photographer. So lucky dived with Chiara.
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Pixelowl
Sep 17, 2024
Wow! Great Morning with Freedive Nusa 🐟🐠🐢🪸❤️🙏🏻 - I had a great diving trip with Freedive Nusa. I had also booked the photo package for the trip. I am totally thrilled. We were well briefed by Chiara and Reina. As I am not a very experienced diver, I also received valuable tips during the dive. What I saw underwater was very impressive. I was able to see several manta rays at the same time. At two other stops, we saw turtles 🐢 and other colourful fish 🐠🐟🪸. Care was also taken to ensure that all divers kept their distance from the fish and the reefs. I would book this trip again. And the pictures by Chiara (Carpe Diem Holistic) are wonderful
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Philipbz274vp
Aug 22, 2024
Highlight of our trip - Easy to book the trip. You will get on a boat with a small group of around 5-10 people instead of 20-30 like the other diving schools. The instructors seaech some spots which are not as crowded as the classical ones. We saw about 10 mantas and had them for ourselfs. The instructors are encouraged to give you the best experience. Keep it on you to do list at Nusa!
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Chenoawilson
Jul 15, 2024
A Memorable Highlight of our Trip - Our freedive and snorkelling trip was fantastic! Our guides Roberto and Gaston were really helpful and kind, especially for us as first time freedivers. All the equipment was ready and well-organised when we got there and I loved that they provided sea-sickness tablets and ginger tea on the journey. Manta Point was amazing and we saw heaps of mantas. I appreciated that our guides advised us how to approach and treat the mantas so that they would feel safe. It is clear other tour groups do not do this and I was happy that our guides took the protection of the mantas seriously, even stopping people who tried to touch them. The other stops were beautiful and we even saw a turtle. It was an amazing day all round and I would recommend it to everyone. We also got professional photos by Gaston and that was worth it too.
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Ellielq4577ih
Jul 12, 2024
Amazing Tour with excellent guide! - We had such an amazing time at Free Dive Nusa participating in the manta ray tour! We had picked this particular company as we wanted a more ethical way of swimming with the manta! We had Ray as our tour guide.. he was so friendly and welcoming! He sat us down beforehand for a short briefing, which allowed us to learn a bit more about what we would see the manta rays doing. He also taught us how to be respectful of these animals, and how we would position ourselves to minimise disruption of their natural environment. We saw so many manta and had the best time! Ray also took some really cool photos and videos on my GoPro for me! Additionally, he taught us some extra skills in how to equalise underwater and swim further! We couldn’t recommend this tour more! It felt great knowing we were with a company that wants to protect the environment and I would definitely tour with them again in the future.
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919radovanp
Jul 12, 2024
Amazing experience - Manta trip withFreedive Nusa Penida was amazing! 🤩 I enjoyed it so much, to see Mantas is unforgettable experience. Really magnificent animals 🔝 Photographer Gaston did awesome job and gave great advices. Whole team was doing perfect job. I would recommend this company 100%. Also appreciate that you care about nature and you don’t do crazy big crowded trips with many people without advices just to make most money.. I saw some companies doing this trip like tourist trap.. One more time thank you very much! Hope to visit Nusa Penida in future and make some another trip with you or try freediving school ✊🏼
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Anna_e
Jul 8, 2024
Mantas were fabulous but tour expensive and dubious - Very busy spot to see Mantas, and a time change due to tides made it very difficult for us to meet the revised start time and they almost left without us. You would think the tide times were known before? Also Viator made a mistake suggesting this one when I asked for a Scuba diving experience and I mistakenly booked it.
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From $55
up to 12 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).