Our blogs about diving, Nusa Penida and more

I’ve started to refer to Manta point as the Eiffel tower of Nusa Penida. Yes, it’s super famous, yes, it’s pretty amazing, yes, it’s big and

Everything you ever wanted to know about shark sex: weird bizarre facts about shark sex

One of the most fascinating and entertaining activities that happens on the reef is at the cleaning station.

Some tips for picking your dive equipment!

Nusa Penida is a place of pilgrimage for Balinese Hindus. They go there to visit a temple whose negative energy will balance out the positiv

Years ago, one of my divers famously came up with the line ‘la plongée, c’est vraiment pas un sport pour draguer’ which loosely translates a

Most people have heard of the mile-high club, you know the one where you got a tap up your bum whilst getting it on in the plane’s tiny loo

This post was written by Sophie Nougue, who came to dive with us for a few days and was kind enough to share her words and photos with...

Strange and wonderful alien creatures… Read on to know how amazing and bizarre they really are…

There are many great dive sites in Bali and sometimes it’s hard to decide where to go for a great scuba diving holiday. Here are 6 good...

Julia here. You've heard Helene's take on the Purple thing, now here's mine. When we were looking for a name, Helene said she had always...

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

A few tips to improve your air consumption while scuba diving

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...

The joke amongst divers about peeing in your wetsuit is that there are two types of divers: those who pee and those who lie about it.

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!...