14 Jun Whaleshark!!!
Best Dive Job Blog #4 Yesterday I was treated to something that rarely happens in Bali. While assisting on Open Water dives 3 and 4 with instructor Mike, DMT Natasha and our very lucky student Jim, we saw a whaleshark. ...
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13 Jun Blue Season Bali Finathon 2013
Blue Season Bali’s Finathon was a great success last Saturday. You may now be thinking “that a Finathon allegedly sounds like a contraction between ‘fins’ and ‘marathon’”, or it may be that Spanish thriller ‘Fin’ watched from inside a 1980’s ...
12 Jun Mapping, Fish ID & Night specialties in Tulamben
Best Dive Job Blog entry #2 Well, I have survived my first week as a Blue Season Bali Divemaster Intern and what a week it has been! I arrived just in time for the 3 day intern overnight trip to ...
10 Jun Assisting on an Open Water course
Best Dive Job Blog #3 – Open Water Assist Part of being a Divemaster is assisting certified PADI instructors as they conduct Open Water courses. Although Divemasters don’t actually teach any part of the course, they still play an important ...
04 Jun An Open Water Course experience
After 4 months on Bali I can now write certified diver on my résumé. One could argue that it’s been long overdue, seeing as I’m in the business of promoting diving and to do this I need to know my ...
30 May Best Dive Job 2012 runner-up – Joe, reporting for duty!
Best Dive Job Blog Entry #1 Good things come to those who wait…. Long, long ago (..well, actually August 2011) in a land far, far away (… a.k.a Bali), a Canadian school teacher and intrepid diver (me!!) was on a ...
15 May Bali IDC course for FREE & more birthday surprises
Blue Season Bali’s Directors are celebrating their birthdays! Wakaba Toyoma turns 35 today (Yes we women continue celebrating our birthdays but don’t keep track after we hit 35) & Mark Giles will celebrate his big 50th next week. In honor ...
15 May The BIG trial dive day !
Sunday 5th was a day with a lot of buzz around the Blue Season Bali dive center. As a part of the artificial reef design project initiated by Blue Season Bali, students have been invited to participate in a trial ...
13 May Top spots to visit in Bali pt. 2
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series of top spots to visit in Bali. Following on, you will find tips on which surf beach to visit (Bali has become a hallowed surf destination), which tourist attraction to ...
11 May My air is better – part 3
Welcome back for the third installment of this article on air consumption. This time I want to focus on your finning and how it impacts your work rate underwater and therefore your air consumption. The most powerful kick you can ...