2 years ago when I did my DSD I would never have imagined training for my Divemaster on the way to becoming an instructor… in Bali! My name is Andrea and here is my story about how I got there, and my video that tells you about a typical day on my Divemaster Internship. From…
This week in Bunaken we’ve seen some amazing wildlife, spotting large white tip sharks, several stunning scorpion leaf fish and of course plenty of turtles! The wildlife here in Bunaken is second to none – with some of the best wall dives in Asia, it boasts some incredible coral, inhabited by a huge diversity of…
This week’s spotlight is on the Network Pipefish of Lembeh. Lembeh is home to many species of Pipefish, all beautiful and interesting in their own way. This lovely image was captured by our guest, Manuela. The Network Pipefish is also known as the Banded Pipefish, Yellow Banded Pipefish and the Reticulated Pipefish. The scientific name…
Lembeh, well what can I say….I am extremely new to muck diving and to say this place blew my mind for numerous reasons is an understatement!!!! Firstly, I have never been to a place where you enter the water and on every single dive you encounter crazy amounts of new critters that I’ve never seen…
We just ended our first Gili Air IDC with our partner centre Dive Zone…and again, with great success! New PADI Instructors are born! The Gili Air tropical vibe Gili Air is one of our new locations for our PADI IDC programme in Indonesia, and for the fans of a tropical vibe and a laid back…
The Brachysomophis Crocodilinus, or more commonly known as the Crocodile Snake Eel, is another one of Lembeh’s crazy critters. This photo was taken by our guest, Manuela. She took some amazing photos while here in Lembeh, this being just one of a few she so generously shared with us. The Crocodile Snake Eel is also…
This week in Amed, we managed to get a closer look at the “Kuro Sapsucking Slug” or “Costasiella Kuroshimae”; lucky we’ve got the photography equipment required to capture such a small crawler, maximum 0.7 cm in size. A great job from our PADI Divemaster Nathan Wong. Meanwhile, some guests of the resort were getting trained…
We do regularly Mantehage daytrips from Bunaken. There are some brilliant divesites further north and we are usually the only boat there and our divers have the divesite to themselves. Our boat Sylvia is fully loaded with people, diving equipment, air cylinders and food for one day. The boat is prepared for the day trip…