The Sober Diving team

Kan is the owner and CEO of Sober Diving Center, and a PADI OWSI with 11 years of diving experience behind him. He oversees the centre's training pool, dive boats and instructor team day to day.

• OWSI

Echo Wang has been diving since 2012 and has taught at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as an IDC Staff Instructor and Senior Instructor, both earned in 2022. She has logged more than 4,000 dives and holds Deep Diver, Sidemount and Nitrox specialties. Reviewers who have done a refresher with Echo describe her as kind and clear, quick to put a diver back at ease after time out of the water.

• IDC Staff Instructor
• Senior Instructor
• Deep Diver specialty
• Sidemount specialty
• Nitrox specialty

Anang Sasmito has been diving since 2011 and became an instructor in 2018, and has taught at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as a Master Scuba Diver Trainer. He has logged more than 8,000 dives and holds DPV Diver, Recreational Diver 1/Nitrox and Recreational Diver 2/Triox specialties. He is the instructor guests mention most often in the centre's reviews, credited for calm, attentive teaching from first try-dives through open water certification and fun dives at Manta Point and Crystal Bay.

• MSDT Instructor
• DPV Diver specialty
• Recreational Diver 1/Nitrox specialty
• Recreational Diver 2/Triox specialty

Kendi teaches Discover Scuba and Open Water courses at Sober Diving Center. First-time divers often mention her by name in their reviews, for keeping them safe and taking the time to show them exactly what to do, and one Open Water student singled out her patience.

• PADI Instructor

Pacut, formally I Ketut Mertayasa, has been diving since 2003 and has taught at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. He earned his Divemaster rating in 2004, became an instructor in 2016, and has logged more than 12,000 dives since. He holds a Nitrox specialty, and guests often mention him by name for well-kept gear and a reassuring presence on fun dives to Manta Point.

• OWSI
• Nitrox specialty

Darren has worked at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as Office Manager, with 7 years of diving experience and a PADI Divemaster rating behind him. He is also a swimming coach and captains Indonesia's national underwater hockey team, a sport the centre runs a free weekly session for every Wednesday evening. That background makes him a solid first point of contact for anyone booking a course or a day of fun diving.

• Divemaster
• Swimming coach
• Indonesian national underwater hockey team captain

Putu has worked at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as Office Manager Assistant, with 5 years of diving experience and an Emergency First Response certification. Putu helps run day-to-day bookings and front-desk questions, backing up Darren so guests get a quick answer whether they are planning a first dive or their next certification.

• EFR certified

Komang has worked at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as Equipment Manager, with 11 years of diving experience. Komang is certified in Scubapro regulator and BCD maintenance, scuba tank maintenance and Bauer compressor servicing, and keeps the centre's in-house Scubapro fleet serviced and ready. That in-house servicing is why gear at Sober is checked and rebuilt on site rather than sent off the island.

• Scubapro regulator and BCD maintenance certified
• Scuba tank maintenance certified
• Bauer compressor service certified

Wayan has worked at Sober Diving Center since 2023 as Senior Boat Crew and Supervisor, with 12 years of diving experience. Wayan is a local snorkelling guide and is certified in tank maintenance and Bauer compressor servicing, and oversees the crew running the centre's two speedboats out to the dive sites. That local knowledge of the currents and crossings around Lembongan and Penida is part of what keeps boat days running smoothly.

• Local snorkelling guide
• Tank maintenance certified
• Bauer compressor service certified

Bagas has worked at Sober Diving Center since 2024 as Boat Crew and Compressor Man, with 5 years of diving experience. Bagas is a local snorkelling guide and is certified in tank maintenance and Bauer compressor servicing, filling tanks between trips and helping the crew on the boats. That's the kind of behind-the-scenes work that keeps two boats and a full day of dives running on time.

• Local snorkelling guide
• Tank maintenance certified
• Bauer compressor service certified