Everybody graduated! Eight afternoons in the Sanur training pool doing skills, learning about equipment, buoyancy and fish identification, the kids from Sanur International School finished their first dive training! During the last session we were diving with ducks in the Sanur training pool… Well, rubber ducks… A hide and seek game with an increased level…
We are actively involved in the professional part of the dive industry and have just finished our May IDC at our location in Nusa Lembongan. I staffed the Course Director Bas Van Riemsdijk and seven candidates Podge, Angi, Bo, Chris, Andreas, Tom and Marina. It was a lot of fun and life-changing for everyone. They…
A special treat for a small group of our divers this week when they spotted an electric clam tucked away in the wall. Arnaud and Carole, both experienced divemasters themselves had never seen anything like this! During the dive on one of our famous vertical divesites this rare creature provided a bout of amazement from…
Week two of my Dive Master Training lies behind me. So much to learn and think about! Carrying tanks and dive equipment to and from the boat, setting up dive gear for guests, having first attempts of dive guiding, developing own dive skills … it is challenging but also lots of fun. One of the…
Usually at this time of year the water begins to get colder and the nutrient rich currents bring to Lembongan megafauna like the Mola Ramsayi. This week the Mola was seen by our guests Alex and Richard, who were here diving with us for 5 days, and on their last day of diving they were…
A very lucky Mola encounter in Nusa Penida at Crystal Bay during an coincidental all ladies day. Our ladies day started at Manta Point where we were circled by mantas and had the pleasure of having some private manta shows away from the crowds. It cooled down to about 24°C which was a good sign…
Baby seahorse treats some of our students divers during a muck dive on mainland Sulawesi. It has been a real pleasure having a wonderful family from Germany spend two weeks with us already. Diving, snorkeling and continuing their education. The son of the family, Til, came to us as a non-diver and has left as…
A laid-back nurse shark swam by in Nusa Penida (Manta Point) while everybody was looking to see mantas. Nurse sharks can be found on shallow coral reefs, they feed on smaller fish for example stingray, lucky for the nurse shark there are a lot of blue spotted stingrays in Manta Point! Nurse sharks are known…