This week in bunaken we had some funny and unique fish such as Giant frogfish, Gorgonian pygmy seahorse, and Ornate ghostpipefish. With some great visibility we have also been seeing some amazing things on the afternoon dives with hordes of Blacktip reef shark, Yellowfin tuna, Giant trevally and Bathfish. We also had some courses this…
Our technical guide in Bunaken, Markus (pictured in the middle), had a busy start to the month, guiding a mixed group of CCR and open circuit divers on what we consider to be Asia’s best wall dives. He was joined by Christoph (left, on his Inspiration Vision) who has dived CCR literally for decades adn…
The Leafy Filefish welcomed VIP’s to Lembeh this week as Tom and Karen returned for their 14th visit to Twofish Divers Lembeh since 2007! Thanks go to Tom amd Karen for this wonderful image. This is their first sighting of this little guy, making this visit extra special for them. Also seen this week in…
The second leg of my Divemaster journey was spent in the South Lombok location. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I got there, most of what I had heard about the location had certainly given me a bit of trepidation about making it my second choice. It seemed like every time someone mentioned…
Bouyancy is one of the central aspects of fun diving on Nusa Lembongan, or taking the PADI Open Water and PADI Advanced Open Water dive courses. Here are 5 tips for better bouyancy we find especially useful. Tip #1: Bouyancy by relaxing and breathing It sounds so simple, but when there are mantas in the…
It’s been an exciting week here in Amed – firstly we were given an award from Padi Asia Pacific – Outstanding New Dive Centre 2016!! So congratulations to all the team for their hard work and to all our guests over the past year!! No time to rest on our laurels though – we’ve been…
This week in Lembongan we had a very memorable dive with a cute little thornback cowfish hovering over some corals in Crystal Bay, and is the first time I saw one. The little cowfish looks a little bit like a juvenile boxfish and gets its name from the two horns on top of its head,…
My third and final destination on my divemaster journey was the Two Fish Lembongan dive center, and although I pride myself on my ability to “rough it,” being somewhere a bit less remote was a pleasant change after Bunaken and Lombok. Lembongan was a charming little island, with lots of good food choices, and some…