Our blogs about diving, Nusa Penida and more

Why are we called Purple Dive? Excellent question! Find out the story behind our name....

How did the diver in full gear end up dead in a forest? He got scooped up by a helicopter collecting water to put out a forest fire and fell

There are so many reasons to love octopuses!

A few good reasons to do your PADI Divemaster training

Aaaah, the rapture of the deep… The fascination of those sunken wrecks and mysterious dark blue reefs, those strange and magical...

Using an SMB is an essential skill to be a safe and independent diver. It's use is now part of the PADI Open Water course but many divers...

A series of blog posts about the ups and downs of starting a dive shop

All our tricks to beat the cold when you are diving in cooler waters. Believe us, we have been there too!

Find out the keys to mastering your underwater buoyancy in scuba diving

Weird and wonderful. We feel that divers might not give enough attention and love to worms! Here are some info about them.

We love all fishies, but some of them we love more than others...Here are our favorite marine animals to see while diving in Nusa Penida!...

As we are lucky enough to dive with manta rays all year long here in Nusa Penida, we thought we would give you a few facts about these gentl

Check out our best tips for drift diving, that we do a lot here around Nusa Penida

We love nudibranches! There are thousands of different species and while diving in Bali you will probably spot quite a few! Here below a...

Diving Bali is a treat to start with, but we think the waters of Nusa Penida really are one of the best dive spots around here. Here are...

Check this cool video from PADI giving you a taste about diving in Indonesia.