There is indeed a fish in the picture below. A experienced diver will spot the Scorpionfish at once. But Scorionfish are masters of camouflage. They sit lazy in the reef all day long and lurking for prey. If a victim … Continue reading →

The Blue Hole in Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt is famous for deep dives and The Arch. But  it’s also very beautiful if you stay shallow. Especially on the right hand side are stunning corals in between 2 and 15 metres. … Continue reading →

2011 has been a very good year for taking pictures. So we decided to create a calendar for 2012 with some of the best shots. Every month has a different impressive underwater photo. The pictures are from various dives and … Continue reading →

Gili Air (Indonesia) is a paradise for turtle lovers. On almost every dive you encounter one of these beautiful creatures. During my holidays I was diving there and was lucky to see loads of these endangered reptiles. This free wallpaper … Continue reading →

During the holidays in Indonesia we were fortunate to come across Oceans 5 in Gili Air. Not only is the place beautifully designed. It also offers a lot of extras that makes your staying there memorable for a lifetime. After … Continue reading →

Having a little bit of time and watching at my pictures I realized once again how many turtles we have seen during the dives on Gili Air with Oceans 5. Almost on every dive we have seen a turtle. Well … Continue reading →

We did not try the “Poo Coffee”. It is very expensive (about 20 Euro a cup) and we were warned that there is a lot of fake brews around – no wonder if that amount of money is involved. But … Continue reading →

If you have the time and possibility go and visit the massive rice terraces or rice fields close to Ubud. It’s about one to 1.5 hours by car. It’s a bi touristic but still impressive to see. There are just … Continue reading →

During our trip through Bali we thought let’s go to the North as well. So we phoned the accommodation Pondok Sari if they have any free rooms available. Even being in holiday we need to do little bits of work … Continue reading →

We are heading towards North West for more pictures and the last bit of the holiday in Bali after we spend a couple of days in Kuala Lumpur. The diving so far was really good and I want to show … Continue reading →

Bali is really impressive. After a couple of days in Gili Air we travelled more inside the island – to Ubud.  The main strip around the monkey forest is quite touristic and also expensive. Sneak through the small streets and … Continue reading →

A little bit more  then half of the holidays in Bali are done. Of course Bali or Gili has far more to offer then just diving. So here are some impressions from above water of the small island Gili Air. … Continue reading →

During a dive in Gili Air I saw something new. A Blue Spotted Stingray at a cleaning station. Trying to sneak towards the scenario as slow as possible I was able to take one shot. It really looks amazing how … Continue reading →

Well according to Wikipedia the Blue Ringed Octopus is one of the most venomous marine species. Even if they are small they can be deadly for humans. They hunt small crabs, hermit crabs, and shrimp, and may bite attackers, including … Continue reading →

Our first couple of dives in Bali, Indonesia. Yesterday we have been to the wreck Liberty Bell. There was a huge school of Jacks. Today we went to a divespot called Manta Point. It really deserves that name. 12 metres … Continue reading →

Obviously Egypt is running low on mobile phone numbers. Therefore the numbers will change. In the future every number will have at least 11 digits. The change start on 6. October 2011. There will be a transition period of 4 … Continue reading →

First I want to say that this is only working with an Acrylic dome port. Do not use this method with glass!!! I finally found some time to polish out a nasty (quite deep) scratch in my Hugyfot dome port.  … Continue reading →

I am clearly flattered! Well everybody would be if a picture taken would fill out almost half of a page in a diving magazine. In my case it is a picture of the famous Arch (Blue Hole) in Dahab, South-Sinai, … Continue reading →

We are really happy to announce that our friend and PADI Course Director Marlies Lang just went online with her brand new and own website: idc-course.com We are double happy as we (Carmen and Juergen) created the website for Marlies … Continue reading →

There are some rules we should follow:   max pPO2 for the bottom gas = 1.4 bar, on dives deeper than 100msw better less (1.0 – 1.3) 2. max END = 40 msw or less (40msw is ok for the … Continue reading →

Even the greatest minds on this earth enjoy diving. As I just found out on Google Plus: The father of Linux (Linus Torvalds) is doing his divemaster course at the moment. It definitely can’t hurt to have more intelligent divers … Continue reading →

Shaab Said is one of the most beautiful dive sites in Gabr El Bint close to Dahab, Egypt. The coral garden there is unbelievable and looks untouched. There is a small cave (it’s more a swimthrough to be honest between … Continue reading →

I do have about 150 invitations to Google+ left. If anybody is interested just follow this link to sign up. First come first serve :) In case somebody was just coming back from behind the moon … Google+ is the … Continue reading →

“Sharks don’t cry” is a very sad movie clip about a little tiger shark. The film was shot as part of a documentary about finning in Mozambique. It is ment to call for immediate termination of the slaughter on sharks. … Continue reading →

School of Batfish seen in the national park of Ras Mohammed close to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Obviously the school is used to divers but you have to approach it slowly. If you take your time you get close enough … Continue reading →

The PADI organization will soon issue the 20 millionth diver certification. In recognition of this milestone, PADI Regional Headquarters around the world are giving a dive trip for two to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef aboard the  Spirit of Freedom to … Continue reading →

Update: The Egyptian Embassy in Germany replied (today 23.08.2011) and will try to find something out. Some things are just unbelievable and I’m still absolutely fuming. So what happened? I joined a group of instructors and divemasters for a two … Continue reading →

Either these companies are working together or the have the same guy filling their webpages with content. But the page www.goldenheightsresort.com is even better then the one I was writing about earlier on. They do have the same description regarding … Continue reading →

Oh really? I was doing it wrong all my life then! (click to enlarge) Well this website king-safari.com offers diving on their website – nothing wrong with that. The picture shows clearly two SCUBA divers – agreed? The explanation on … Continue reading →

On my German geek blog I published recently cost free wallpapers. Two pictures of turtles and one of a school of barracudas. If anybody wants to have the pictures feel free to use it as your background pictures. This one … Continue reading →