Sea Rovers Dive Bali

Michael & Karin return to the Brethren for more dive exploits. Below is some of Michael's photo's which the Captain touched up and uploaded for the rest of the brethren to enjoy. The Captain

From the guys at Marlin Divers NL, a lots of nice pics and good memories. www.marlindivers.nl

Interview with your very own Captain Paul on GoBedrock.com http://gobedrock.com/destinations/bali/meet-the-captain/ Will try not to let it go to my head :-)

John Shepherd, regional head for SSI Indonesia gets into the Sea Rovers spirit as both Honourary Captain John & the infamous Captain Paul strike an Accord. Sea Rovers now proudly flies the SSI banner along side our very own Jolly Roger. Garr! The Captain

One of my favourite divesites for the last 14yrs.

In an attempt to crack down on the numerous illegal dive operators springing up all over Bali. The Indonesian government organised some surprise inspections. Basically, for those who don't read Indonesian this says that of seven dive companies in Pemuteran checked, only one divecentre located in inside Adi Assri Hotel (that would be us :-) had the legal paperwork to operate. That would mean that out of the current eleven divecentres in Pemuteran. More than half are operating illegally. Makes you think. The Captain

More than 400 of the permanent sculptures have been installed in recent months in the National Marine Park of Cancún, Isla Mujeres, and Punta Nizuc ( map of the region ) as part of a major artwork called "The Silent Evolution." The installation is the first endeavor of a new underwater museum called MUSA, or Museo Subacuático de Arte. I can't help but remember when Pemuterans very own Underwater Temple Garden made a big splash across the media. Some described our conservation efforts as a theme park. I wonder what they will call this? Personally I think this is brilliant and I'd like to expand our own temple complex here. If they get anything like the coral growth we have here its going to be very interesting. The Captain

Ashley at Nudibase has identified our little friend below as a rare Sap-sucker - Lobiger souverbii - Fischer, 1856 Damn I guess we don't get to name it. :-( The Captain

New find or new Nudi. Still trying to find out

This lil fella & his mates have been hanging around just off the beach in 'Mucky Pirates Bay' for the last couple months Have to give him a name. The Captain

Remember that joke " We never lost a customer yet. We always bring back the bodies." Well maybe not always. Garr! http://www.chrisridley.co.uk/blogs/all-posts/scuba-diving-finding-a-unknown-human-skull-on-a-desert-island-bali/ The Captain

Abdul took out a the GoPro HD Hero 960 to test, it was a rental from our equipment supplier, Ari at DiveSports, on the Jl ByPass, Sanur. This is some surface shots from the boats Nasty Nemo and the Vicious Guppy racing to Menjangan Island with a bevvy of wannabe Pirate wench snorkellers from the States. Camera test, very impressed. Will be posting some snorkelling shots on YouTube soon. The Captain

Harrie & Riet hoist the colours at Dive club Poolduikers Kerkrade. Proud to have you all aboard. The Captain

left to right, Captain Paul, Abdul, Wayan, Botac, Ditta, Sahari, Budi, Made & Commodore Kerry. The happy crew of the good dive base Sea Rovers

Finally got round to moving the ships blog and though I'll continue posting the occassional post here the bulk of the posts can now be found here. http://www.searovers.net/ships-blog/ Content will be just as Piratical & Fun. The Captain

Some new Mucky Pirates Bay pics from the lovely Miss Giovanna Fasanelli. Thanks for them and for showing me stuff I haven't seen before such as Acoel flatworms, which I didn't even realise were worms till you made them move. I really need to read more :-) Sea Squirt on the Jetty Red Stripe Shrimp Spot the Tiny Seahorse Pufferfish Common pipefish Mandarin fish Another Mandarin fish ;-) White eyed Moray Dragonet & Finally the legendary upsidedown jellyfish crab Again thanks for sharing a look forward to critter hunting with you again sometime soon. The Captain

David & Lynne were out at Menjangan Island over the New Year and caught these great shots one the way Beautiful drifting nasty jellyfish. Flipper! Flippers Mateys. Garr! This be my Anenome matey. David & Lynne are a couple of professional photographers based here in Bali. check out their website here. www.davidlynnegallery.com Thanks for the pics guys, we'll see if we can find some more interesting stuff for you to photo next time you're up our way. The Captain