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Danie is the co-owner (with his wife Esme) of the Diving World PADI Dive Centre in Benoni and has been scuba diving since 1976. Dive safety has always been a passion in his life. Danie is also a PADI Master Scuba Dive Instructor and also a qualified EFR Instructor. Danie has been doing underwater photography since 1977 and is currently concentrating on Underwater Videography. He has a Ocean Yacht Skippers ticket as well as a DOL skippers ticket for ski and dive boats. He is a DMAC/EDTC grade IIa Diving medicine physician and registered with the Department of Labour (DOL #293) At the Healthy Eye Clinic he is an Eye Specialist (HPCSA #MP 0182311) doing mainly cataract & refractive surgery :- "Glasses and contact lenses don't go well with watersports". Membership of dive medical societies: Committee member of South African Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Association (SAUHMA) Committee member of DAN South Africa. South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) European Underwater & Baromedical Society (EUBS) Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) A rundown of his other diving related interests: Instructor Certificate of the South African Life Saving Society. Silver Cross Certificate of the South African Life Saving Society. South African Underwater Union (CIMAS) 3rd Class Scuba Diver Certificate 1976. Did a BASM course in Sports Medicine in Glasgow Scotland. Member of the British Association of Sport and Medicine. Member of the Federation Internationale de Medicine Sportive. Has Skippers Certificates for Ski Boats and Ocean Yachts. Course in Sports Medicine at the University of Bath, England 1993 -1995 He has a Turbine Helicopter Pilot license.

Pipefish and Eels of Bali

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Ghost pipefish are always stunning tiny creatures to watch. They have so many shapes and colours. You can spend hours in one place, just watching them maneuver themselves in the water. They have so many different shapes and colours. The camouflage is so good, you could easily pass them by without noticing.

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All the other eels and pipefish are an extra bonus.

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Critters, crabs and Shrimps of Bali

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Although Bali is known for it’s soft and hard coral, it is also offers excellent muck diving.

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The colourful Harlequin, Mantis shrimps are but a few of  a large variety of shrimps off the Bali coast. Many of the dives are shore dives and are easily assessable.

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The Pedang Bai pier as well as the North Eastern area, where the wrecks are, has some excellent muck diving spots.

The video only covers a few of many interesting creatures living on the ocean floor all around Bali.

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Tube Worms and Squirts of Bali

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Tube worms and squirts have always been fascinating to me.

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How all these little Christmas tree like structures can so suddenly disappear within a fraction of a second. They then gradually creep out again when no one is looking.

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The creatures are always fascinating to watch

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