Discover insights, tips, and stories about scuba diving in Indonesia. From Bali to Komodo and beyond.

Is Lovina worth visiting? An honest look at the dawn dolphin boats, Banjar hot springs, Munduk and north Bali diving, from a Sanur dive centre.

Can you scuba dive with asthma? Usually yes, with a doctor's sign-off. A Sanur dive centre explains the medical form and where to get cleared in Bali.

How to improve your buoyancy scuba diving: it is usually too much lead. Weight checks, trim, lung control and drills from a Sanur dive centre.

Ten Bali waterfalls we actually recommend, with real photos, current entry fees, honest drive times and the altitude warning divers need.

Not the blue-ringed octopus. An operator's honest ranking of what actually injures people in Bali's water, plus the first aid that matters.

A try dive needs no swim test at all. Certification needs 200 metres at your own pace with no clock, or 300 metres in fins, plus a ten minute float.

Why the first five metres cause most ear injuries, all seven equalisation techniques, and what to do when one ear will not clear on the way down.

Why there is no malaria in Bali, which vaccinations clinics recommend, the rabies protocol worth memorising, and antimalarials that affect diving.

The PADI Rescue Diver course in Bali, three days hour by hour: the ten rescue exercises in plain language, real costs, and who should wait.