The reception at the dive centre: a painted timber counter with the dive schedule board behind it, and rattan chairs around a low table.

Our team

The people

Who you see the most

Between them they book the dives, teach the courses, drive the boat and find the octopus. Come back a second week and it will be the same faces.

  • Yanti

    Manager

    Runs the shop. She books the dives, sorts out ferry tickets and transfers, and makes the coffee.

  • Mur

    Instructor

    Teaches the Open Water and Advanced courses. Nothing hurries him, which is what you want from the person teaching you to breathe underwater.

  • Nasir

    Dive Guide

    Our most experienced diver. He keeps the whole group in sight the entire way round, and still comes up having found more on the reef than anyone else saw.

  • Aldo

    Divemaster

    The other name on the fun dive roster. He has a knack for the things most of us would swim straight past.

  • Mansur

    Boat captain

    Takes the boat out to the sites and brings it home again, though most people end up calling him Benu. When there are dolphins around, he is the one who spots them first.

Divers sitting together under the wooden roof of the dive boat between dives, the forested coast of Pulau Weh through the open side.

How we work

A small operation

We are small enough that you will be on first-name terms with everyone by the second day. The faces behind the counter in the morning are the same ones on the boat with you.

We do not put a number on group sizes. In practice it tends to be two or three divers to a divemaster and about five people on the boat, though it depends on the week. If that matters to you, ask us what your dates look like before you book.