3 Thing to Consider to choose a mask

For any divers, mask needs to fit our specific face, therefore between all other diving equipment we can rent, but its better to have our own mask. Before we buy our own mask, first we need to know what is it for?

1. The difference between diving mask and snorkling or swimming mask is that diving mask have strong tempered glass that can withstand the pressures of diving, while snorkling / swimming mask dont necessary have.

2. Next, after we know the difference we then need to know about the mask's skirt. A transparent skirt will allow for more light, and give wider sight and openness feeling, but it has tendency to cast images or reflection in the inside of the lens causing distraction and glares.

A dark skirt will reduce light and glares, give more focus feeling but also could give "claustrophobic" feeling to some people.

Me personally will prefer clear silicon mask for recreational dive and silicon mask for more serious dive.

3. The last consideration is the volume of the mask, is it high volume or low volume mask. The air volume of mask is important on freediving but not as important on scuba diving; as a diver descends, water pressures creates an effect that pushes the mask against the divers face where a diver must equalize. To equalize the mask, a diver needs to exhale from the nose into the mask.

With a low volume mask, a freediver requires less air to equalize, and able to save more air for longer dive. But for a scuba divers, equalizing mask isnt really a problem, because they have a lot of air on their tank to use.

I have use a high volume mask and low volume mask, and i would always suggest low volume for comfort reason. It also feel so light and free

After considering this 3 things, i hope would help to narrow down the options and find the right mask that :) happy diving...

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Menjangan 1 Day Trip

Menjangan island is a small island located 5 miles to the north-west of Bali island. Even though the island is a significant part of Bali Barat National Park, but it is assigned to the Javanese administrative district and falls under its juridiction. The closes big cities are Singaraja, located to the north of Bali and Banyuwangi, located on the eastern coast of Java.

If you love underwater activity, and planning to spend some time in Bali, then Menjangan should be on your list. Most of the island shelf extend to about 200 meter, then begins to descend at verious angles, for holiday snorkeling or swimming the island shelf is a great spot to have fun.

For the most part of the island gently slopes down to about 40 to 50 meters creates a dramatic backdrop of walls and abundance of fish life, gives amazing dive experiance.

With our Menjangan 1 Day Trip, you can enjoy Menjangan's amazing underwater view and snorkling around the island. The package include :
- Boat
- Guide
- Transportation and driver
- Snorkling equipment
- Tickets
- Lunch box

This package is great for those in short schedule, need intro to Menjangan and want to have fun snorkling or just want to away from the hectic city. The price is only IDR 650.000,- / person with minimum 4 person.

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Lembongan Day trip with Bounty Cruise

If you only have 1 day to spend at Lembongan, you cannot go take our 2D1N trip plan, you can consider Bounty Cruise. Bounty cruise is a day trip cruise to Lembongan island, and then have fun activities for the whole day, such as island exploration, see the underwater world from a semi submersible boat, snorkling, diving, volleyball, banana boat and swimming, waterslide, cannoing. 

The boat will take around 45 minute to arrive and docking on the pontoon, then you can choose any kind of activities you want to do; delicious lunch available at the boat.

This trip is great for groups, honeymooner and families.
Price IDR 725.000,- / pax
(Include pickup hotel at 7-8 AM, lunch. Several activities need extra payment, such as scuba diving, beach club package and massage)

What to wait, contact us for booking or just asking question via email : info.balinest@gmail.com

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Equalize air space in our body

Our middle ears are dead air space, connected to the outer world only by the Eustachian tubes running to the back of our throat. On dive, the underwater pressure will squeeze our eardrums and causes painful middle-ear, this is the most common pressure-related ears injury. Therefore, we need to equalize so the pressure in our outer and inner ears match.

This is one of the basic skill that every diver need to practice, so we can dive safely. Another part that will needed to be equalized is our mask, because it contain air. The deeper we go, we will feel our mask squeeze and even cause pain. To equalize it we can blow a little air from our nose, enough to reduce the pressure.

If you dive without equalizing your middle ears, you can experience painful and damaging middle-ear barotrauma. Step by step here is what happened :
1. At one foot below the surface, you feel pressure on your ears.
2. At four feet, your ear drums bulge into your middle ears. Mucus begin to fill your Eustachian tubes, making it deficult to equalize your ears if you try. You start to feel pain.
3. At six feet, ear drums continue to bulge even further and tissue begin to tear causing inflammation that will last for 1 week. If small blood vessels in your eardrums breaks, this will last for up to 3 weeks. Your Eustachian tube are now locked shut by pressure, making equalization is imposibble.
4. At eight feet, if you are lucky, blood and mucus is sucked from surrounding tissues and begin to fill you middle ears. This is called middle-ears barotrauma. Fluid, not air, is now equalizes pressure on your eardrums.
5. At 10 feet, Eardrums may break. Water will flood your middle ear. The suddent sensation against your balance mechanism, your vestibular canals, may cause vertigo, especially if only one eardrum is breaks. Temporary or permanent hearing lost may result.

There is several ways to equalize, all methods for equalizing your ears are simply ways to open the lower ends of your Eustachian tubes, so air can enter.
-> Valsalva Maneuver, this method is the most common method. Pinch your nostrils and blow through your nose. The resulting overpressure in your throat usually force air up to Eustachian tube. But this methods do not activate muscles which open the Eustachian tubes, so it may not work if the tubes are already locked by a pressure differential.
-> Toynbee Technique, with your nostrils pinched or blocked against your mask skirt, swallow. Swallowing pulls open your Eustachian tubes while the movement of your tongue, with your nose closed compressed air against them.
-> Lowry Technique, this is a combination of Vasalva and Toynbee. While closing your nostrils, blow and swallow at the same time.
-> Edmonds Technique, while tensing the soft palate and throat muscles and pushing the jaw forward and down, do a Valsalva maneuver.
-> Frenzel Maneuver, close your nostrils and close the back of your throat as if straining to lift a weight, then make the sound of “K”. This will force the back of your tongue upward, compressing air against the openings of your Eustachian tubes.
-> Voluntary Tubal Opening, tens the muscles of the soft palate and the throat while pushing the jaw forward and down as if starting to yawn. These muscles pull the Eustachian tubes open.

When to equalize? Sooner and more often then you think. 

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Laguna Reef Huts Lembongan

Nusa lembongan is a small island off the southeast coast of the main island of Bali, its approximately 8 km in size and is one of the neighbouring island. Many areas around the island are good for diving and snorkling, with abundant marine life and healthy coral.

Laguna Reef Huts, Nusa Lembongan is located in Bali is a popular choice for tourists. From here, guests can enjoy easy access to all part of the island. With its strategic location, the hotel offers easy access to the must-visit destinations. Laguna Reef Huts also offers a wide range of facilities to maximize your stay in Bali. The hotel provides a 24-hour reception, luggage storage, Wi-Fi in public areas, car park, room service to ensure the best comfort for our guests.

Guests can choose from 12 rooms. Entertainment facilities such as a swimming pool (outdoor), garden are designed for relaxing. Laguna Reef Huts is the ideal place to stay for tourists who are looking for the charm and comfort of Bali.

Price per night is : 
Garden View   IDR 820.000,- / room
Sea View  IDR 950.000,- / room

** Additional 450.000 / pax for pickup to Sanur speed boat harbour and crossing to Nusa Lembongan (return)
What to wait, contact us for booking or just asking question via
email : info.balinest@gmail.com
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Lembongan short trip

Nusa lembongan is a small island off the southeast coast of the main island of Bali, its approximately 8 km in size and is one of the neighbouring island. Many areas around the island are good for diving and snorkling, with abundant marine life and healthy coral.

With our Lembongan short trip, you can spend 2 days 1 night in Lembongan with minimum 3 person. The package include :

-> Pickup/drop from hotel to speedboat harbour in Sanur beach

-> Speedboat tickets for 3 person

-> Hotel at Reef Hut Hotel Lembongan

-> Snorkling equipment and boat, in 3 snorkling spot

-> Hotel breakfast

-> Lunch box for 3 person

This package is great for those in short schedule, need intro to Lembongan, love snorkling or if you just want to relax away from Bali's city hectic. The price is only 1.350.000,- / person with minimun 3 pax (person).

What to wait, contact us for booking or just asking question via email : info.balinest@gmail.com

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What can you do if you got stung by jellyfish?

There are a lot of sea creatures that are harmful to humans, one of them is jellyfish. Jellyfish is a sea creature that is gelatinous; they have a gelatinous umbrella shaped body with trailing tentacles. Jellyfish are not a good swimmer; they are drifted by the sea current.

Some jellyfish have season. Their number increases during a certain time. In Indonesia jellyfish season usually happen in September during seasonal change from dry season to rainy season.

Not all jellyfish are stinging, many are harmless to humans. There are some species of jellyfish that are deadly to humans such as the box jellyfish, Portuguese man of war also known as the blue bottle, so it is best to avoid touching if you see one. Jellyfish sting usually happen accidentally, people accidentally touch the jellyfish because they didn’t see it, because their body is transparent. We can avoid the jellyfish sting by wearing protective clothing (wet suit, dive skin and gloves).

What can you do if you got stung by jellyfish?

1. Get out of the water immediately, as calmly as possible.

2. Pour some warm saltwater over the affected area. (Do not use fresh water. Fresh water will cause the venom cells to release their toxin )

3. Remove the tentacles carefully. You can use a credit card to lift and scrape the tentacles from the skin.

4. Once the tentacles have been removed you can use ice to numb the sores skin or take a recommended dose of painkillers.
5. Get to hospital if the pain is very strong.

Symptoms :

1. Burning, stinging pain

2. Red, brown or purple tracks on the skin

3. Itching, tingling pain

4.Swelling, numbness

5.In several dangerous case, is hard to breath

Note: The English popular name Jellyfish has been in use since 1769. It has traditionally also been applied to other animals sharing a superficial resemblance. As Jellyfish are not true fish, the word Jellyfish is considered by some to be a misnomer. Public aquariums may use the terms Jellies or Sea Jellies.

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