Pigmy Seahorse Riding around Sea Fans
This week in bali: We had pigmy seahorse riding around sea fans at Amed and it has given our guest a reason to get out their macro lenses.
Great Diving During Divemaster Course in Lembongan
The first fortnight of my DM training as come to a close, along with my time on Nusa Lembongan. It’s with mixed feelings that I head to Two Fish on Bunaken to continue the course: excitement at experiencing new dive sites and working with different instructors yet a sadness in saying goodbye to the fantastic team here, just…
PADI Divemaster Training for Carmelo – last week!
This week I continued my tech diving training with the TDI Deco Procedures course with Dom. I planned two 45m dives with decompression stops. I did those dives in Sidemount which I like much more than the backmounted twinsets. I also practiced a lot of tech skills. Now I know the basics of tech diving…
Helena 1 – New Adventures on Divemaster Course in Lembongan
The last two weeks of my PADI divemaster training in Lembongan has been truly amazing. I have barely seen such a variety of dive sites that can be explored all from just one dive center! One day the boat could be heading north to one of the sites with beautiful corals, an abundance of reef…
PADI Divemaster Carmelo – Week 4
Last week I tried some technical diving in the pool and the “tech-fever” caught me. So I decided to take some technical courses with Dom. I started with the TDI Advanced Nitrox course. The theory is really interesting. I also planned my first dive to 40m with a stage cylinder. During this dive I saw…
DMT Jacqueline – Week 1
What a week! Even though I’ve only been here for a week, it feels like I’ve been here for months already because I have experienced so much to fill a whole book. Of course I’m gonna spare you the details 😉
DMT Carmelo – Week 3
This week Jackie, a new divemaster trainee, arrived in Bunaken. We were really busy but had also a lot of fun. Together with the instructors Ina and Dion and some diveguides Jackie and me helped with a Coral Rehabilitation program. We helped the Indonesian Marine to rebuild a reef and even ended up in the local…
Cuttlefish, Lombok south gilis
Cuttlefish’s eyes are speculated to be fully developed before birth and start observing their surroundings while still in the egg, and may prefer to hunt the prey they saw before hatching.