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Our blogs about diving, Nusa Penida and more


Open water diver course : Why am I learning these scuba diving skills ?
During your PADI Open Water diver course , you practice many skills. Each skill has a reason to be taught, its value, it teaches you and...

Purple Dive
Jan 3, 20215 min read


World's Worst Dive Buddies, a non-exhaustive list (part 2)
We continue exploring the worst dive buddies ever....Any of these sound familiar?

Purple Dive
Nov 16, 20204 min read


World's Worst Dive Buddies, a non-exhaustive list (part 1)
The worst buddies you can have when scuba diving

Purple Dive
Oct 16, 20203 min read


Diving in times of COVID-19
After months of lockdown, people are slowly coming out again and taking stock of what has happened to the diving world. Those who can...

Purple Dive
Sep 26, 20204 min read


Coolest mermaids, sea goddesses and female sea monsters (part 2)
Read the first part here if you haven't done so! Lusca, the half-shark, half-octopus lady from the Bahamas Lusca is a sea monster with a...

Purple Dive
Aug 19, 20203 min read


A brief history of Bahasa Indonesia
Some facts about Bahasa Indonesia, the language of Indonesia

Purple Dive
Aug 7, 20203 min read


Personality quizz : What fish are you?
Do you have a fish spirit animal? Count the number of a), b), c) and d) answers you have to find out which fish you are.

Purple Dive
Jun 28, 20203 min read


Freeloaders, friends, or bloodsuckers? (Symbiotic) Relationships in the sea
Just like in any community the ocean’s ecosystems are rife with interesting relationships.

Purple Dive
Jun 2, 20204 min read


Coolest mermaids, sea goddesses and lady sea monsters (part 1)
Coolest mermaids and sea goddesses

Purple Dive
May 19, 20204 min read


The dark world of Octopus sex: cross-dressing, erections, cannibalism and suicide.
In recent months, in Nusa Penida,Bali, Indonesia, when diving, we’ve been seeing a lot of octopus (mostly octopus cyanea or day octopus)...

Purple Dive
May 9, 20204 min read


Why do your Divemaster training in Nusa Penida?
Why choose Nusa Penida for your Divemaster course?

Purple Dive
Apr 30, 20204 min read


Masakan Padang story: matriarchs, wanderers and excellent cooks, the incredible Minangkabau people.
If you’ve spent any time in Indonesia, you’ve eaten Masakan Padang. As pervasive as the Irish pub or the Chinese restaurant in other...

Purple Dive
Apr 23, 20203 min read


Great Women in Diving : modern fearless trailblazers
Another post in our series about great women in diving

Purple Dive
Apr 7, 20203 min read


Are flirting and scuba diving mutually exclusive?
Warning: another complete random nonsense rant, not an ounce of seriousness or real information in this post. Read at your own risk. Ah,...

Purple Dive
Mar 29, 20204 min read


Dive gear shopping for dummies : the dive computer
Our tips to buy your dive computer

Purple Dive
Mar 13, 20204 min read


Great women in diving: a new generation of communicators and awareness raisers
Today we look into Ocean Ramsey, Scuba Sarah, Madison Stewart and more...Women raising awareness about ocean's protection

Purple Dive
Mar 7, 20203 min read


Bali's top dive spots
Our pick of the best Bali dive spots: Amed, Tulamben, Nusa Penida and more

Purple Dive
Feb 27, 20206 min read


Gay dolphins and camp orcas, homosexuality in marine mammals is a fact!
Is homosexuality innate or acquired? A very controversial question.

Purple Dive
Feb 20, 20203 min read


Why are there so many Wayans? Balinese names explained
Visitors are often surprised that when they meet local people in Bali, they hear the same five or six names again and again.

Purple Dive
Feb 12, 20203 min read


Best Ocean Themed Documentaries
Our pick of the best ocean related documentaries. Check out our list of best ocean theme documentaries and submerge yourself on your sofa!

Purple Dive
Feb 9, 20204 min read


Great women in diving (part 2)
Simone Melchior Cousteau, the great woman behind the man Simone was the world’s first female scuba diver,

Purple Dive
Jan 29, 20203 min read


5 tips for beginners underwater photographers
Some tips to start underwater photography...it's not as hard as it sounds!

Purple Dive
Jan 22, 20203 min read


How to learn how to scuba dive
You’ve always been intrigued by the ocean realm and now you’ve done the snorkelling, you’ve had the Discover Scuba Diving experience...

Purple Dive
Jan 13, 20205 min read


Great Women in Diving
Like in most areas, and particularly in extreme/ adventure sports and activities, men tend to be the ones recognised for the advancements an

Purple Dive
Jan 6, 20203 min read
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