01 Aug Facing PADI Instructor Examination – one final stretch !

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Best Dive Job Blog | Facing PADI Instructor Examination It’s hard to believe but there is only one week left until James and I are officially in our PADI instructor examination (IE)!!! This is the final stretch !! When I ...

30 Jul PADI IDC Day 2 -PHYSICS!!!!

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PADI IDC – Best Dive Job Blog Today was not a day that I was looking forward to in the PADI IDC. Why? One simple word which strikes fear in the hearts of many an Instructor candidates: PHYSICS!!! (cue scary ...

28 Jul 5 ways to prepare for your ECO Divemaster Internship

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Five ways to prepare for your Eco Divemaster Internship So you’ve made it to our blog, which means that you are probably interested in finding out more about how to prepare the Eco Divemaster Internship program. Taking a Divemaster course ...

25 Jul PADI IDC Day 1

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PADI IDC – Best Dive Job Blog Today was the first day of my PADI IDC and thankfully I have lived to tell the tale. After a somewhat sleepless night and with a belly full of jitters I stepped into ...

20 Jul Snorkle Test!!! A sacred ritual

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Best Dive Job Blog It’s official, after 1 month of studying, diving, guiding, mapping, and lugging tanks, I am a PADI Divemaster! In order to become a Divemaster, a trainee must pass a series assessments and take part in different ...

17 Jul Diving with bats !

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Last Day as a Divemaster!! Wow how time flies here at Blue Season Bali!! It seems like only last week that I showed up wide eyed and somewhat clueless at Ngurah Rai airport in Denpasar ready to take on the ...

15 Jul So you think you’re as tough as a Tulamben porter?

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Best Dive Job Blog | Tulamben Porters One of the fun parts of diving is that sensation of being weightless underwater. Nothing beats that feeling when, after achieving neutral buoyancy, we can just glide through the water effortlessly. It’s like we ...

29 Jun The Dreaded Swims – Divemaster waterskills

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Best Dive Job Blog In order to become a PADI Divemaster, all candidates must complete a series waterskills assessments made up of a 400 m freestyle swim, an 800m handsfree snorkel, a 100m tired diver tow, a 15 minute tread ...

27 Jun Muck Diving in Seraya

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Best Dive Job blog Mucking about in Seraya The word “muck” isn’t very sexy. Usually it makes us think of a muddy, dirty mess. In the diving world however, “muck” is definitely the opposite. Muck diving consists of diving in ...

06 Mar Surviving Bali – Kenzo & Marlies’ Way

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I had the opportunity to interview two of our past “Best Dive Job in The World” contest winners, Kenzo Kiren (2011 winner) and Marlies Tumolo (2012 winner) about their 7 month’s “Zero to Hero” – PADI scuba diving internships program ...