Project AWARE (‘Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education’) is a nonprofit organization originally established in 1989 by PADI that works with volunteer scuba divers acting in their own community around the world to protect the ocean, with two main areas of focus: shark conservation and marine debris. In the scope of Project AWARE’s flagship citizen-science…
Boxfish in Bunaken The Boxfish, family ostraciidae, is a strange-looking fish but it is a master of buoyancy control. Being square and rigid, you will be surprised how maneuverable they are and jealous of their seemingly effortless ability to glide and turn, in and around the coral reef, with just a flick of their flimsy-looking fins.…
If you want to go scuba diving with turtles then Gili Air is the place to be! Did you know that here at the Gili Islands we have more than 150 individual green sea turtles? Green sea turtles are easily identified by their large size and smooth carapace, or shell. They’re the only herbivorous species…
Bunutan is a very well appreciated drift dive site in the Amed area. “Drift dive” is sometimes a phrase that people are afraid of – but you don’t need to be! When you get used to the current and know how to deal with a drift dive, it becomes a real enjoyment and you start…
Nudibranch in Lembeh We have sea slugs galore in Lembeh Strait and to celebrate their incredible diversity we’d like to introduce this week’s featured nudibranch: the Anemone-eating Nudibranch (Baeolidia moebii). Anemones are predatory animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria which means they contain stinging cells called nematocysts (same as with hydroids and jellyfish). Does this…
And here it comes.. the end of my training to be a PADI Divemaster in Gili Air! I just spent 2 lovely weeks at Two Fish Divers in Gili Air, the 3rd destination of my course. After my entrance into the game in Amed on mainland Bali, carrying tanks in Nusa Lembongan (though totally worth…
Hi there – my name is John and I just reached the halfway mark of my PADI Divemaster Internship in Nusa Lembongan with Two Fish Divers, at a blink of an eye I have been doing it for three weeks now; two weeks in Amed and one week on Nusa Lembongan. The transition between Amed…
Diving Amed House Reef, Bali We are extremely privileged to have such an amazing house reef at Two Fish Divers Amed. Just steps away from the dive center, making it easily accessible for our resort guests, you can experience the marvelous muck diving. If you’re not familiar with muck diving, it is for divers with…