* Dancing with the Manta

I was diving on March 28th in manta point; Penida island. Wow...my customers so happy cause met with many manta, and have chance to dancing with them. This dive site be in the back of the island, and need two fortune when you want to dive there. The first one, you could get the location ( depend of the water condition ) and the second one you could see the manta, cause if not, you only see rock and sands. When you compare the price of this dive site with other, you will be surprised cause this dive site the most expensive one and this happened cause the operational cost so high, especially petrol for the boat. That's why normally dive center have minimum persons to go there, but don't leave Bali if you are not diving in this dive site yet.

* Pace Your Self

Almost two weeks more I just lay down in my bed room. I got sick and this I was hate so much cause I couldn't do anything. I felt so tired, headache and nausea; lucky not until vomiting. I couldn't fulfill with regretted two request of my friends to handling their customers for fun dive and the other one that I hated, cause this situation make me couldn't write something for this blog.

'Pace your self', I remember this sentence when I took Dive Master Course. This mean, only you, knows very well about yourself. That's why actually you can make proper decision for everything related with yourself. What is relation with scuba diving? Don't diving stupid if you don't feel well..!!!!

* Variation from the routine

There are two divers still make planning for their dive. They both don’t know about the dive site because first time makes dive there. One day before they have made observation and try to find out important information related with dive site condition. They both little bit nervous cause found scary information that some divers sometime saw a big shark and supposed that a tiger shark when dove there. They both made conversation as below :

Diver A:
“ Ok buddy, Imagine now we both met with that shark, and he looked so aggressive, swam circle around us and showed his sharp teeth.., What we have to do ? His voice heard strange and his face looked serious.”

Diver B:
“you’re right. What we have to do? He repeat its question then looked be quiet and closed his both eyes. Thought something, and afterward he smile and replied Hey…I know what we have to do..!”

Diver A:
“good, what is that? Happy heard his friend got solution to solve the problem “

Diver B:
“That’s easy, just stop my imagination.”

The solution just simple but actually their rights what divers have to do when stress starting grow up to be negative. As we know stress could be positive and negative. Positive will make us more careful and prepared well to solve the problem when occur and negative just the opposite then continue become panic.

Ok now let’s start diving, think about beautiful coral, colorful fish and weightless sensation. Forget about aggressive animal, strong current, limited visibility, and others, but….! Remember, prepared well yourself with good knowledge and skill that you can get with continuing education to prevent or solve the problems that occur. Please don’t you do what you didn’t know how to do.

* Aggressive marine Life

As long as my experience working as Dive guide, I have seen many marine life that people note as aggressive marine life. I was ever seen Oceanic white tip shark, Great Barracuda, and the most frighten 'Bull Shark'. When I saw the last one., this funny cause I didn't recognize it and just thought that was a reef shark;(mostly kind of shark founded in Bali)...but now its size only bigger

That was time I have three customers that came from Thailand. They are new instructors who just finished their IDC over there. They took our program 3 diving in Menjangan Island. When we did the 3rd dive, and had been 15 minutes spend dive time, I saw in the bottom...around 8 meter below me, one big shark..swam slowly. I was happy and want to show to my customers. I gave sign to got attention and point the position of this big shark. Suddenly all of them gave me sign for came up. When we were in the surface, do you know what they were told to me? 'Indra' almost screamed,...why you didn't tell us if there is 'Bull Shark' here ? and me with confused replied,'Oh was that Bull Shark..?

Even some diver in Bali ever seen the frightened marine life same like me, but we never heard about shark attacked, or accident cause aggressive marine life here. My opinion The most really aggressive marine life are Titan Trigger Fish. Do you agree with me?