About Us

12 Dayboats

2 Liveaboards

33 Years of Experience

About Blue Marlin

BLUE MARLIN DIVE is the largest dive operator in Indonesia. We now have 6 locations- Komodo, Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, Gili Air, Senggigi Lombok, Kuta Lombok.
Blue Marlin has grown into the largest diving network in Indonesia.

With a fleet of over 12 dayboats and 2 liveaboards, Blue Marlin has grown into a large diving network.

We offer a multitude of experiences for divers under and on top of the water! From diving with turtles in the Gili’s to visiting the prehistoric Dragons in Komodo.

The Beginning

Blue Marlin began in 1990 off the north-west coast of Lombok, in Gili Trawangan. Simon Liddiard, a dive instructor, came to the Gili’s and fell in love with the island and its pristine underwater world. Over the years, Simon started to explore new dive destinations on Ikan Biru setting sail from the Gili islands. It wasn’t long before he dived in Komodo and was amazed by the underwater world. In 2012 after many dive trips to Komodo Labuan Bajo opened.

Simon and his team, by this time, had discovered many dive sites in the national park such as Police Corner and Western Tatawa Besar. Blue Marlin also wanted to offer something different to the rest of the dive operators in the area with the liveaboard hop on/ hop off concept as well as using a fast boat for day trips to reach dive sites quickly.

Gili Trawangan

Courses

Blue Marlin now offers diving courses for beginners through to Instructor courses and specializes in technical diving. Technical diving is Simon’s passion and he still teaches advanced technical courses specializing in Closed Circuit Rebreather diving.

Meet the team

Over the past 33 years, Simon and his team have become some of the most experienced dive professionals in the industry. Simon located many of the dive sites in the Gili’s such as the Japanese World War II Wreck, Tunang Wall and Simon’s Reef. Ikan Biru, Blue Marlin’s liveaboard has been diving Komodo for over 15 years and Simon and his team discovered dive sites in the national park such as Police Corner and Western Tatawa Besar.

In 2003 Simon completed the first ever solo deep trimix rebreather dive to a depth of 150m and holds the record for deepest dive on an unmodified closed circuit rebreather.

Will Goodman, our senior technical dive instructor, is a two-time World Record Holder, holding the record for longest dive and the deepest on a modified CCR.

Blue Marlin has been honoured by PADI with numerous awards last 24 years including,“Outstanding Contribution to Diving Education”,“Outstanding Contribution to Continuing Education”,“Outstanding Contribution to the Dive Industry.”

Blue Marlin Dive combines the highest standards in the dive industry along with a passion for customer service. “Descend as Guests Ascend as Family”