This week a few bottlenose dolphins were spotted on a dive on Bunaken! This is only the second time this year, that we witnessed this rare sighting of dolphins during one of our dives. Our lucky pair of divers, Yvette and Riammi with their dive guide Egen saw 3 beautiful bottlenose dolphins fly past the…
There are plenty of weird and wonderful creatures lurking in the waters of the Lembeh Strait but it is the Hairy Monsters in Lembeh which catch a lot of peoples attention. It is commonly known that if something under the water is hairy then that makes it special. There are a few creatures which feature…
One benefit of seing a giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) and any moray (Mureanidae) actually, at the hunt is that they are swimming in open water. If a moray could be considered ugly by some divers when it is just getting sheltered on the rocks or under corals, it is actually pretty graceful when swimming, ondulating…
An amazing find every time again, the giant frogfish. They are sometimes hard to be spotted but we find them often while diving in Bali. On the second dive of the course we spotted it sitting on the sandy bottom; not a very smart spot for a fish that is normally so perfectly camouflaged. The…
Week 1 of my Divemaster training in Bunaken completed, and what a week! I chose Bunaken for its famous wall dives and chilled island vibes and it certainly has delivered. During the week, the centre has still been getting alot of visitors, even for low season! This gave me lots of opportunities to assist on…
Training PADI divemasters has been on our minds over here on Bunaken. We had the pleasure of finishing off Vilia’s divemaster training and turning her into a fine PADI divemaster. Vilia lives in Jakarta and loves to dive in her free time, what better way to escape the city and get to dive every day!…
Welcome to our PADI Indonesian Divemaster Internship Programme for Indonesian Citizens!! We are looking for 6 Indonesian citizens, male or female, to join us for our 2year/24month PADI Indonesian Divemaster Programme in Bali & Lombok. After the programme ends you will also have the possibility to progress to PADI Instructor on our PADI GoPRO Insrtuctor…
The third week of DMT experience has been amazing! With the swim tests and skill circuit out of the way, I have been able to turn my attention to more student and customer-facing activities. I started with assisting Ilse with her Open Water Course (OWC) student, Thijs, who was visiting from the Netherlands. The…