Blue Season Bali

Blue Season Bali Goes ECO with the Project AWARE Go ECO Operator Campaign

Blue Season Bali is the latest PADI dive centre to be awarded with Project AWARE Go ECO Operator status in 2008.

Project AWARE Foundation, a non-profit environmental organisation working with divers to conserve underwater environments, launched the Go ECO campaign into the Asia Pacific region in 2005. The main objective of Go ECO is for dive centres to minimise their impact on the aquatic ecosystem whilst contributing to environmental, economic and cultural conservation. Dive centres are required to meet best practice environmental guidelines and commit to the Project AWARE Go ECO philosophy.

“Blue Season Bali is delighted to be awarded with the Project AWARE Go ECO Operator status for 2008. As a Go ECO Operator we are committed to providing dive experiences that enhance visitor awareness, appreciation and understanding of the local aquatic environment,” said Jonathan Cross

Joanne Marston, Manager, of Project AWARE Asia Pacific added, “We are pleased to recognise Blue Season Bali as a Go ECO Operator. We look forward to working with them to implement environmental best practices and educate tourists about how they can travel responsibly.”

Go ECO Operators also demonstrate a commitment to conservation and pledge to follow the Go ECO Operator guidelines.

For further information about Blue Season Bali visit www.baliocean.com or email info@baliocean.com

For further information about the Go ECO campaign visit the EcoTourism section of the Project AWARE website www.projectaware.org or email info@projectaware.org.au

About Blue Season Bali

Blue Season Bali is an International PADI Five Star instructor Development Centre 6570 and has been operating in Bali since 2001. Japanese and British owned, Blue Season Bali offers only the highest level in SCUBA diving services around Bali and the Indonesian archipelago.

About Project AWARE:

Project AWARE Foundation is a nonprofit environmental organisation dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Project AWARE Foundation offices located in Australia, United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Switzerland combine efforts to conserve aquatic resources in 175 countries of the world.

www.projectaware.org

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We are coming to the end of another long and successful Mola Mola season in Bali.  The season has had some excellent sightings which have kept our Bali divers happy and wanting to come back for more.

Be sure to checkout Bali Sunfish later on for more updates on the 2009 season.  Remember to book your Mola Mola package well in advance as this year we were booked up to four months in advance.

Also take a look at the new Mola Mola code of conduct in order to give all divers an idea on how to interact with Mola Mola and also large pelagics in general.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching a great PADI instructor in the water. Chong a PADI Course Director was working with Gabriel on his Confined Open Water skills in preparation for Gabriel to do the IE in a couple of weeks. Chong makes all of the demonstrations and explanations so clear and with a minimum of effort and it is very easy to see that anyone that is trained by him is going to be a great open water instructor, if they take what he is teaching and use it the way he presents it. I am really looking forward to participating in the Next Blue Season Bali IDC in a couple of weeks towards the end of July.

I am also waiting to get out and see the Mola Molas there have been a few sightings recently as we head into the sunfish season here in Bali. I was scheduled to do a reef clean at Nusa Penida which had to be postponed as we were very busy, getting to be that time of the season where you want to book early to make sure you get your preferred days.

The weather here in Bali I have to say has been perfect I just cannot get over how much like Hawaii this place is from the friendliest of the locals to the great weather. One area where it is different is the prices Bali has to be the cheapest paradise around, I have traveled all over Asia and this is so far the best place I have seen for hanging out.

Video of a Bali Dive