This past 2 weeks we have accomplished a couple tasks for our training. The tasks included the 24 skill circuit, mapping project of the house reef, sidemount diving, twinset diving, guiding divers, Samuel assisting the open water course, Nathan assisting the Advance open water course, and divemaster final exams. I was amazed that we could…
This week in Amed….we came across many Banded Coral Shrimps as we did a few interesting muck dives in between Tulamben and Amed in search of macro creatures. Thanks to Keith, the photographer behind the camera, who also gave us many of his other pictures. Very common around the Amed area, the omnivorous Banded Coral…
This week we had Sarah who got very excited every time she spotted her favorite fish, the little Nemo during her dives in the North part of Nusa Penida. Nemo is the main character in the animated movie “Finding Nemo”, but the official name of this species is cellaris clownfish or false percula clownfish. You often…
When we first came here to Bali for our PADI Divemaster course Amed we thought that it would have a party nightlife. But upon arriving in Amed, about 3 hours by car from the airport in Denpasar, it had a completely different life and environment than the city. The small fishing village consisted of many…
This week in Amed, we swam in a school of Chevron Barracudas during a Deep Adventure Dive that was part of the PADI Advanced Open Water course at the USAT Liberty Shipwreck at around 21 meters depth. Due to his fierce appearance, the Barracuda is often feared by many divers when they really shouldn’t. Their…
This week our guests Alan and Celina spotted a cute little fire goby on the north part of Nusa Penida. The fire goby is a species of a dart fish and has very bright colors which makes him stand out on every sandy reef. It has a yellow head merging into a white body, gradually…
Yet, another great Bali instructor course just ended on Nusa Lembongan, an IDC that wasn’t part of our schedule for 2017, but that we decided to put together due to the popularity of the IDC training on Nusa Lembongan. Only a few weeks after having starting to promote the course, spots were all taken! Each…
This week in Amed some of our guests spotted a Ghost Pipefish during a Night Dive on the House Reef right in front of the Dive Center. These little guys give us a hard time to find as they have an amazing ability to camouflage, to blend in with the seagrass, weeds, and in this…