Becoming a PADI resort, courses, new staff, Divemaster news and more....
Bali Dive cove is now 3 months old! We have been off to a smashing start already having some good friends coming to visit and enjoying some amazing diving! A lot has happened over the last month - here are some of the highlights….
PADI Resort
Bali Dive Cove are proud to announce that we have become a PADI Resort! This means that we are now part of a world class leading organisation which will help us with developing our future in our diving career. We are very excited to continue working with them, using their resources and benefiting from their support systems.
Divemaster
We also wanted to take this opportunity to say a HUGE congratulations to our Divemaster Trainee Josh who has just finished his PADI DM course with us! He has been a fantastic candidate, showing great development with his diving and theoretical skills. He shows great passion for the underwater world and already a great understanding of the diving industry. He has decided that he will continue his education to complete his instructor course! We wish him all the best - and who knows - maybe one day he will be teaching you!!
HUGE congratulations to our Divemaster Trainee Josh who has just finished his PADI Divemaster course
EFR Courses
Last week we decided to refresh some of our Emergency first response skills. Made, Wayan, Kadek, Gede and Nengah worked hard revisiting how to perform CPR, apply bandaging, learning how to control serious bleeding and more. After creating rescusie sally (which we popped her head twice!) you can imagine the fun we had whilst learning!!
Fun dives
We also had some great recent dives with Justyna, Daniel, Sean, Denise and Karl. We got very lucky with great visibility, seeing hundreds of Bump head parrot fish on our early morning dives, big turtles on the Pyramids in Amed and some amazing sunrises. We also enjoyed some beautiful dives on Tulamben drop off, coral gardens, Japanese shipwreck, Emerald and Batu Kelebit.
Courses
After some of his friends enjoyed some diving with us a few months ago, Bram decided to get in touch with us to start his diving adventure :D Over the weekend he arrived and completed his PADI Open Water course with us. He was extremely relaxed and took to the diving with ease - everytime we turned around to check on him he had the biggest smile looking back at us with 2 ecstatic OK signs - this image with stick with us forever! Karl and Denise started doing a few fun dives on the Liberty and in Amed and enjoyed it so much that Karl decided he wanted to continue and enrol in his PADI advanced course. After some exciting night, deep and navigation dives, Karl decided he wanted to learn a bit more about underwater photography and the creatures and critters around the area and continued with his Photography and Naturalist dives. He now walks home with a new diving ticket which will open up even more of the underwater world to him!
he had the biggest smile looking back at us with 2 ecstatic OK signs - this image with stick with us forever!
Party
Naturally a few weeks can’t go by without a ‘small’ celebration! Kadek had whipped up an amazing meal for us with grilled Balinese chicken and irresistible spring rolls! This was enjoyed with the local liquor - Arak and some gin provided by Justyna and Daniel! Lucky we weren't diving the next day as the fun lasted late into the night!
New staff
We are pleased to introduce our newest team members Made and White. Made has come to us as an already made PADI advanced Open Water diver and over the next few weeks we will be completing his rescue course and beginning his Divemaster training. He has already been joining on many of our fun dives and started learning the art of guiding under the direct supervision of our staff. You can read more about them in an upcoming blog.
Discover Scuba Diving
Last week we had an amazing group from India who came all the way up to Amed from the south for a day of great fun! They had never tried Scuba diving before and with a mixture of snorkelers and divers we had a great day in the Water conquering some fears and achieving amazing new experiences with them! Well done team - hope to see you back for some more soon!
