Scuba Diving Lessons

Padang Bai - Bali - scuba diving lessons Waterworx Dive shop If you are considering scuba diving lessons a good place to get certified would be Water Worx in Padang Bai. Owned by 2 German guy Wolfgang and David, it is a comfortable friendly place to get started. They use a large pool in Candidasa for initial lessons because it allows new divers to get used to their gear in controlled conditions. David has a very professional and smooth technique that makes learning a breeze. He is very thorough and does one on one instruction with an emphasis on safety. The first dives are usually done in the Blue Lagoon just outside of Padang Bai because it has very mild conditions for the beginner and has an excellent variety of marine life. In one small clump of coral there were 3 beautiful leaf scorpion fish lounging and a fat black frog fish sitting on the top. In that same coral, a moray eel was watching what was going on surrounded by 17 shrimp and several hundred glass fish surging back and forth when a black snapper suddenly swam through. When diving with Wolfgang in the harbor channel an enormous school of fusilears came past. Swimming around us, above and below there were probably well over a million and we were engulfed with fish passing by inches from our faces. We just remained motionless for about 15 minutes and watched the show. It was amazing. There were also sharks, a turtle or two, and an enormous gorgonian fan with a seat cushion from the Lombok ferry resting next to it. After a while the whomp, whomp, whomp of the Lombok ferry passed over. It was cool to lie back and watch it pass. Padang Bai is definately a good place to spend a few days. If you decide to go diving, Gili Biaha has some nice swim through caverns. If you get around the corner in the current and look up there are often a few sharks swimming around. You can do the same dive many times and see new stuff each time. Mimpang and Tepekong always have something interesting going on too. The current at Tepekong can really rip especially during a full moon. Nusa Penida usually has a steady current that sweeps you along. If you use it instead of fight it you can have a relaxing dive and cover an enormous amount of territory with little effort. A nice thing about having a base in Padang Bai is that you are not in a remote location so it is easy to do some day trips when you are not diving. I am kind of partial to Water Worxx but there are others to choose from as well. I think that for lessons it would be a good choice. www.waterworxbali.com Bali - scuba diving lessons 2006   www.dutchpickle.com

 

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