Life as a Bunaken Divemaster Trainee Continued….. Hey everyone! it’s blog time from Conny (Bunaken Divemaster Trainee) again! At Two Fish Divers Bunaken this week it has been blue sky, warm weather, a mild breeze (if we’re lucky 😉 and singing birds. It is a wonderful place to be and I feel at home already!…
Octopus of all species are incredibly smart and they are extremely good at playing hide and seek on the walls of Bunaken. Most commonly we find day octopus (Octopus cyanea), also known as the reef octopus, and it is unlike other octopus because these ones hunt during the day time. They are able to dramatically…
New Bunaken Trainee Divemaster Our new Bunaken Trainee Divemaster, Bastien, has just spent his first week on the wonderwalls of Bunaken with us. Thrown in at the deep end with skill circuits, buoyancy practice and some stronger current than he is used to, he is developing fast into a PADI pro. This is Bastien’s adventures…
My 4th week here in Bunaken doing my PADI Divemaster course and I got a new buddy, Bastien has arrived from Amed as the new Bunaken Divemaster trainee. So cool to share the learning of the skills, diving together and be in the ‘same boat’. Yesterday we went the first time on our own diving…
Is Lembeh a good destination for dive training? What is the PADI Advanced Open Water course all about? So, you’ve completed your open water training and you’re now a certified diver – congratulations! The next step is the PADI Advanced Open Water course. This course is intended to improve your new-found dive skills and apply…
Blowing bubbles around Bunaken is our favourite thing to do, especially when we see amazing critters on the walls and in the blue. One of the many tiny macro creatures we like to find for our guests is the Bunaken Bubble Coral Shrimp. The bubble coral is easy to spot, then the challenge begins to…
Here’s Conny – Divemaster Training week 3. Finally arrived at Two Fish Divers Bunaken Resort after my stay in Lembeh. And Pow! – The vibrant underwater environment in Bunaken really hits you. It is definitely the opposite of Lembeh. Huge coral walls and filled with 1000’s of different fish, colorful animals, rays, sharks, frogfish, crocodile-fish,…
The Rhinopias Scorpionfish Even for Lembeh, finding rhinopias is a special occasion! Rhinopias don’t move around very much which means we can often visit our funny looking friends. Pictured is the Paddleflap Rhinopia (Rhinopias eschmeyeri) which must be one of the best common names in the animal kingdom. It is also known as Eschmeyer’s rhinopia/scorpionfish…