Established PADI Scuba Diving Business for Sale in Bali with Prime Seminyak Land

About the location

• Central Seminyak commercial district, on a main road with high visibility
• Restaurants, hotels and tourism businesses within walking distance
• Close to the main beach areas and transport routes

Why Investing in This Property

Twenty-seven years of continuous operation is a real asset and it is not easily replicated. Dive businesses fail constantly; the ones that last do so because the safety record holds, the repeat clients return and the name means something to travel agents and guidebooks. A 4.7 on Google and a 4.8 on TripAdvisor across that span say as much.

The operating standards are high: over ninety percent instructor-grade guides, and a strict four divers to one guide. In an industry where the cheap operators run eight or ten to a guide, that ratio is the difference between a premium product and a commodity one, and it is what supports the price a centre like this can charge.

The dive sites are not in Seminyak. Bali's diving is at Tulamben and Amed on the north-east coast, around Nusa Penida, and at Menjangan in the far north-west — two to three hours away. Seminyak is where the customers are, where they book, where they are fitted for equipment and where the day starts. That is why five minibuses are on the asset list: the transport is not an accessory, it is half the operation. Seen that way, a central Seminyak address with a main road frontage is precisely the right asset for this business, and it is the part hardest to replace.

Additional information

• PADI 5-Star Dive Resort operating in Bali since 1999 and at this Seminyak site since 2008, sold as a going concern under a PT PMA
• USD 500,000 — leasehold expiring 18 June 2033
• Land 1,500 m² — rectangular, 20 m road frontage by 75 m depth — building 150 m², built 2008, furnished: reception and offices, staff quarters, storage, garden, car and scooter parking. A large part of the plot is undeveloped
• Assets included: 3 dive boats, 5 minibuses, full diving inventory, compressors, cylinders, nitrox and air filling systems, rinsing and drying stations, GPS and marine navigation, VHF radios, oxygen and rescue equipment, office and booking systems with customer database
• Over 90% of guides are certified PADI instructors or above; the centre operates a ratio of four divers per guide
• Ratings: 4.7 on Google Maps, 4.8 on TripAdvisor
• Bali's dive sites are at Tulamben and Amed, around Nusa Penida and at Menjangan, two to three hours away; the Seminyak site is the booking, fitting and logistics base, which is what the five minibuses serve
• Zoning pink (tourism) — central Seminyak commercial district, main road frontage, walking distance to restaurants, hotels and tourism businesses