The last few days we saw so many octopuses active and not hiding that we are wondering if it is mating season here. We found a quiet big octopus while we were exploring our bounty wreck. And we were also lucky to have our professional videographer Didan with us on our dive so he was…
My last week on Gili Air of my Divemaster Training started very busy. I got the chance to assist a Scuba Review with a really nice customer from England. We did all the Skills in the pool with supervision of our instructor Kuss and then went on the boat to do the proper dive! It…
As the days are getting hotter and hotter here on Gili Air, what better way is there than spending your time on Gili Air underwater? We have almost perfect conditions at the moment – nice and calm sea, great visibility of 20-30m, very mild currents and water temperature of 28-29oC degrees. The last few days…
I arrived on Gili Air for the final three weeks of my Divemaster Training, after three great weeks in Bunaken. It was easy to adjust to Island life and Kay, the instructor, showed me a great local warung which turned into my lunch spot every day! I stayed at Villa Karang which was lovely and…
August was definitely a very busy month, not only for us, also for the frogfish as our dive guides Hery and Tino found several at few dive sites! But they were also delighted spotting candy crabs, Pygmy cuttlefish, skeleton shrimp, decorator crab and tons of beautiful nudibranchs. We had loads of customers from all over…
We just ended our first Gili Air IDC with our partner centre Dive Zone…and again, with great success! New PADI Instructors are born! The Gili Air tropical vibe Gili Air is one of our new locations for our PADI IDC programme in Indonesia, and for the fans of a tropical vibe and a laid back…
This has been a short week for diving because I went on a small trip to Kuala Lumpur! During the time I was here, I did some more fun activities as a divemaster trainee! We completed the 800 meter swim, which was super tiring for the legs – I managed well as I was never…
This week we did some more practicing in guiding and assisting diving courses but this week’s highlight was definitely the reef clean up, the underwater equipment exchange and the mapping project for the dive master. Monday we did a reef clean up as past of the Dive Master “project aware” workshop! We took 2 smaller…