What better way to kick off the new year than by further advancing your SCUBA diving skills? Our most recent advanced open water and nitrox diver from Japan thought exactly that! Masa checked in at the very end of last year and immediately got started with his advanced course. Our instructor Ilse guided him through…
Our house reef is on fire at the time ! Several kinds of octopuses (Mimic , Wonderpuse, Blue ring, Mottoti ) are to be spotted at the moment in our house reef. Of course not only these beauties are hanging around for the pleasure of our guests, harlequin, decorators and porcelain crabs are legion as…
“It’s snowing pyramid butterflyfish” is what my student, Mokhtaria from France, shouted after we came up from her last advanced open water dive! She was beyond excited by the fish snow as she described it. With her 9th dive completed she has seen some incredible things here on Bunaken and she is very aware that…
It’s not why it’s world famous but we have perfect conditions for courses in Lembeh. This past month has seen plenty of students stepping off our boat and then leaving with more knowledge and skills. We have had Discover Scuba Divers, Scuba Divers, Open Water Divers, Advanced Open Water Divers, Divemasters and also Specialty Divers…
This week a group of seven divers from Singapore visited us in Amed, Bali, for a couple of amazing dives. During two days they have been under the supervision of Bayu, our Indonesian Divemaster, and Moli, one of our dive guide, for a total of seven dives around Amed and Tulamben. They have been charmed…
Meet our boat Captains and Crew, Asmaui, Zul, Ijank and Dani. We would be “lost at see” without them. These four gentleman work incredibly hard to ensure our guest, guides, and instructors have a safe and fun experience. They rise early in the morning to prepare the tanks and boat. Their knowledge of scuba equipment…
One of the great things about diving in Lembongan is that when you are doing a course such as Advanced Navigation, like Molly and Richard completed in Crystal Bay, is that you can find ‘Alien like’ creatures, such as the Cuttlefish! Cuttlefish belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish…
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…