10 things you should know before booking your first Scuba Diving Course
So you have decided you want to take the plunge and learn how to Scuba Dive? That’s great!!! But before you book yourself into a course here’s some tips about what you should know about before signing up. 1. Is Scuba Diving something you want to try or to commit to? If you want to…
November 23, 2019
How to become a responsible scuba diver?
This blog is a guest post written by Myryame from Divezone.net. The author is a travel blogger also passionate by scuba diving and the ocean. We hope that you will enjoy this article. When I first decided to start writing about responsible scuba diving on Divezone.net, I could only count a few other dive bloggers…
November 4, 2019
The longest egg-brooding in the animal kingdom
Who wins the longest egg brooding in the animal kingdom? At 9 months, human gestation period seems already quite long. Elephants, with around 22 months, have the record of the longest gestation for a mammal. Even they are dwarfed by the egg-brooding of a small octopus living 1 400 meters bellow: Graneledone boreopacifica. How a…
November 2, 2019
Happy Birthday to us…BLD turns 3
Wow how time flys! Three years ago, Kate and Antoni decided to create our own Dive Business. After working in the dive industry for 5 years in numerous countries, it was time to start something new ourselves and be in charge of what we wanted to do. Starting your own Business is always nerve wracking…
October 7, 2019
How to get barbed by a Sting Ray
This is our accident report from an event that happen to us not long ago. The best intention in the world can sometime lead to bad results. We hope that you can learn from this report. What happened on our Night Dive at Hall Bank? Hall Bank is one of our favourite dive spots for…
October 2, 2019
Meet the Crew-Instructor/Chef/Captain
I grew up on a small island called Reunion, between Madagascar and Mauritius and was so lucky to have a house right by the beach in a small town. I spent every day at the beach when I was a kid, playing in the waves, snorkeling and enjoying the sunshine in a beautiful place. I…
September 16, 2019
How did Hayley become a PADI Divemaster with Bucket List Diver?
Where does my passion for the ocean come from? I know you won’t be surprised to read this, but I’ve always loved the sea. Something about its open space and rhythm puts the world in perspective for me. I grew up in Safety Bay, Western Australia where a typical weekend would see Mum and Dad…
August 25, 2019
How did Mel become a PADI Divemaster?
Where does my passion for the ocean come from? I fell in love with the water as a young kid, if there was water about then I was in it! My grandparents lived in a remote part of the coast in the South West of Australia and I stayed with them every school holidays. Most…
August 20, 2019
Meet the Crew-Kate
Owner of Bucket List Diver Kate has always been an ocean child. You may have seen her on our boat MoonshineII or spent a few days training with her during your course. Read all about how she got into diving… I was born to be in the water and my parents knew it, as…
August 4, 2019
What happen during our Komodo Dive Trip?
Wow! What an adventure!!! As you all probably know, we just spent a week diving the magical Indonesian Islands surrounding beautiful Komodo National Park. Famous for some of the richest diving in the world and the rather large dragons. We couldn’t have picked a more perfect spot to take all 28 divers with us to…
July 22, 2019
Congratulations to our new Divemasters
For the last 4 months we have been working with Divemaster’s Mel and Hayley and they have done such an amazing job!!! Divemaster Internships aren’t happening in Perth so we thought we would try something different by offering a unique way to learn to become a Divemaster, through an internship. Working on the boat, gaining…
July 1, 2019
June Ladies Dive
14 Brave ladies showed up last Sunday for June’s Ladies dive morning and put on big girl pants to dive in the rather brisk water. With winter now here in Perth, the conditions are getting fresh with shore dive temperatures reaching 16 degrees. Nudibranch’s were spotted in abundance and unfortunately the vizability wasn’t as its…
June 19, 2019