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…
The second week of my Divemaster training was already a bit more relaxed and yet very instructive. We repeated a few things like the skill circuit and practiced many new exercises. From deep dive, rescue training, search & recovery to dive site management and mapping project to only supposedly simple water skill exercises (like swimming,…
Tuna is on our mind this week, as we have made another visit to Ron’s point, where at around 30-40 meters deep, there is a shelf at which these giant silvery fish like to hang out. Unfortunately, it is becoming less and less common to pass large fish whilst diving as the demand for pelagic…
This week has been more than just ‘fun dives’ as we have been teaching people how to save lives in Lembeh by becoming PADI Rescue Divers. The PADI Rescue Diver Course is a fantastic way to improve not only your diving ability and knowledge but it also improves your awareness to potential problems under the…
We saw dolphins in the bay during a surface interval this week! It was a bit after lunch time when a couple of fins just pierced the surface in front of our restaurant at TwoFish Amed. If fishermen usually see them off shore, it’s quite rare that dolphins are cruising that close from the shore…
The past few weeks have been exciting for Toby and Miranda as they were doing their PADI Junior Open Water Diver course with Two Fish Divers in Sanur. These young ocean enthusiasts did their course on Saturday mornings, because they have to go to school during the week. The first week was easy for Miranda…
Ever since I did my open water course, which was 12 years ago, I dreamed of making my divemaster someday. When planning to take a “time out“ from my life at home, I was clearly aware that I would like to combine a world trip with the divemaster and even instructor course. This would fulfill…
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…