O.k. the name of our dive school is "Blue Paradise". We had to name our dive center somehow. There are all kind of names, crazy ones, neutral ones, exaggerating ones. We believe that "Blue Paradise" is a beautiful name. There are other dive centers named Blue Paradise. There is no copy right on this name. And if there was we couldn´t have called our dive school in Bali "Blue Paradise". We are definitely not the first to use the name. Anyway, go diving can mean to submerge in Paradise. And if the visibility is great you submerge in a Blue Paradise.

Our dive center offers very individual diving service. Because we are still small we can afford to look at the needs of every single diving customer. We like to take care of our divers, consider their level of training and their interests. It is their holidays after all and they should spend it the happiest way possible. Our job is to help them enjoy their holidays, enjoy diving and enjoy their underwater adventures the safest possible way. We are a German - Japanese dive center, we love diving and try to spread this love to our customers.

Michael, from Germany, has travelled extensively in Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Japan, Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia. I love rock climbing and hiking and diving. With these passions came the desire to keep something that lasts longer than fading memories. He picked up photography and video. He started diving in Germany, many years ago in the cold Starnberg Lake South of Munic. Since then he dove in Egypt (off Hurghada, Sharm el Sheik e.g.), the Philippines (Mindoro, Palawan e.g.), Thailand (the Similans), Bali (Mimpang, Tulamben, Menjangan, Padangbai), Japan (Ice Diving in Northern Hokkaido Utoro), Australia (the Great Barrier Reef). Michael has been a diving instructor for more than ten years. He loves diving. When customers have a deep relationship with nature they will surely enjoy the underwater world.

He loves good conversation and people who try to be open for the wonders of the world and try to see their own prejudices. Seeing oneself can ease prejudices extremely.
He practices yoga every morning which seems to be good for relaxation when diving (in currents off Nusa Penida or Mimpang, or be on a deep dive) or helps to keep confidence when doing a long hike (to the peak of Gunung Rinjani e.g.).

Places where he wants to go some day: Tibet with Mount Kailash, Galapagos, Irian Jaya, the Amazon, Aconcagua, Monte Rosa, Mont Blanc, India.
He has been living most of the time in Bali. He is based in Bali. But he is open for the adventures in the rainforest, in the blue seas with sharks and sun fish, on Balinese and other volcanoes.

He is especially interested in environmental issues. Protecting mother EARTH, mother SEA is in our biggest interest. Even if some of us don´t know it. Michael is a vegetarian. He states this is a good way to express love for animals, to reduce one´s carbon foot print and to be peaceful.

Atsuko

Atsuko from Japan has plenty of experience as a diving instructor. She has done diving around Asia - from the Philippines (Cebu, Cabilao, Balicassak) to Thailand, from Australias Cod Hole to Hokkaidos Ice Diving. Michael likes to look at her elegance when she is diving bali dive sites. She moves effortlessly.
She loves diving Tulamben and diving Mimpang. She is very fond of Menjangan diving. Especially the wall diving is something she enjoys a lot. She started loving the walls when she was diving off Kapoposang, an island famous among divers, about one hour from Makassar by speed boat to the West.

Atsuko has a vast experience as a teacher. She was teaching Japanese when she was working in Makassar for a JICA - programm.

She loves nature, plants and animals. She takes care of a Balinese cat who joined her house after it was rescued from starving as a kitten. Dako is a big cat now and she misses Atsuko a lot when she is not home.

Atsuko is PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR.

 

Hans

Hans from Holland, a divemaster, has been diving around the world. He saw virtually all the divesites in Egypt (Nuweiba, Dahab, Sharm el Sheik, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, the Brothers, Elphinstone, Deadalus, St. Johns etc.) At Daedalus he encountered his first Hammerhead, Silky and Thresher sharks. He dove the Similans in Thailand, Pemba Island in Tanzania, Vietnam, the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea in Australia and some of the best places in the Philippines including the amazing Tabutaha Reef, where he teamed up with a National Geographic movie editor.
He loves diving in Komodo National Park and the reefs around Bali. He loves the big mantas at Manta Point (Nusa Penida) as well as the tiny slender ribbon eels at the Japanese wreck at Lipah Bay (Ahmed). He adores the mantis shrimp with its crooked antenna eyes and the bobtail squid with its bright blue colors during a night dive as well as the sleeping bump head parrotfhish at Tulamben.
Hans is somebody you can rely on if necessary. He got a boyancy as the big barracuda in Tulamben. He can explain you a dive site, plan a dive with you and follow the plan troughout the dive.

Hans got a good sense of humor but never forgets to think about the safety of the customers. Blue Paradise is happy to have Hans in the team.

 

You can contact Blue Paradise Diving Bali:

081 33 77 55 729 and 0361 87 55 788

mail us

PT. Laut Indah, Jl. Danau Poso, Gang Wana Sari 21, 80228 Sanur-Denpasar Bali Indonesia