Bali Diving Academy and safety : First Annual Bali Dive Safety Symposium

As you may know already, Bali is a DivePhotoGuide favorite. For years now Jason has said its diving is under rated and I recently made the argument that its a world class dive destination in my two part special about the Indonesian island. In lieu of this ,we happy to announce that our friends at Hyperbaric Health and Bali Diving Academy have joined up to create the First Annual Bali Dive Safety Symposium. Here is the press release for the event.

While Bali has been a world renown destination for travellers for many years, the Island has only recently received the accolades she deserves as a world class diving destination. Growing numbers of divers arrive in Bali every year seeking to enjoy not only icon species such as the Mola mola and Manta's of Penida, the Harlequin Shrimp of Seraya or the Mimic Octopus of Puri Jati, but also a range of marine habitats and species diversity matched only in a few places on our Blue Planet.

Divers are embarking on more intense diving programs, for longer periods of time, in Bali. The "coming of age" of Bali as a diving destination brings with it many challenges for the industry on both a service and safety level. Succeeding in meeting the challenges, is integral to the long term success of Bali as a diving destination.

It was with this in mind that Peter Manz of Hyperbaric Health joined with Michael Cortenbach of Bali Diving Academy, with support from Divers Alert Network Asia Pacific and the Indonesian Marine Tourism Association, Gahawisri, to create the First Annual Bali Dive Safety Symposium.

Multi Day / Multi Dive programs are now common place in Bali. Combine this with some deep recreational dives targeting Icon species, cold water and occasional strong currents on some sites, plus altitude considerations when moving between dive locations, it seemed obvious that the focus of the First Annual Bali Dive Safety Symposium be Decompression Sickness and Management.

The Symposium is designed to provide Dive Professionals, Doctors and Clinicians an opportunity update and / or further enhance their knowledge of an important and fascinating aspect of Dive Safety.