NSP:318 5 spearos finish instructors course in Bali + spearfishing Rumpongs

spearfishing Bali rumpongs

Blood noses at 32 metres, nappies floating past mid-breathe-up, and a bloke sprinting freestyle across the open ocean after a borrowed Kraken roller gun — part two of the Bali crew’s adventure has the lot. Matty, Liv, Noffs, Rhys (No Viz) and Chiz wrap up their freediving instructors course with Adam Sellars and The Pressure Project, battling flu, an LMC scare and one heartbreaking dynamic apnea before every single one of them gets it done. Then it’s a few hours up the coast to Singaraja to spear the rumpongs — Bali’s handmade floating FADs — with the experienced local guides at Spearo Co, where triple tail come in like chickens of the ocean and the mahi mahi turn up in numbers. Liv’s redemption dynamic after four failed attempts is worth the listen alone, and Helios from Spearo Co jumps on at the end to talk Kraken Spearguns and fad season. If you’ve ever thought about doing your freediving instructors, or spearing Bali’s blue water on a budget, this one’s for you.

Matty, Liv, Noffs, Rhys @novizadventures and Chiz Spearfishing Gallery

Important Timestamps

  • 00:00:45 — Shrek’s intro: part two of the Bali crew adventure — instructors course wrap-up, then spearfishing the rumpongs
  • 00:02:18 — The crew debriefs the final days of the freediving instructors course, including the 30-minute oral presentation requirement nobody saw coming
  • 00:03:31 — Liv wakes up crook on day three — fevers, blocked sinuses and Bali Codral cold & flu with the course requirements still to get
  • 00:05:58 — Noffs and Chiz hit their 32m dives — including another participant getting 31.2 and having it not count
  • 00:08:23 — Noffs pushes through a stuck left ear for the requirement and surfaces with a blood nose while everyone stares
  • 00:09:38 — Adam’s trick for diving with blocked sinuses: feet-first pulls down the line to drain everything out
  • 00:10:58 — Liv’s comeback: first-ever mouth fill at the 20m mark and a 32m dive after two days out sick
  • 00:13:23 — Rhys’s LMC scare at 25m — why he called it and waited instead of pushing for the 32
  • 00:16:45 — Adam’s biggest lesson: you don’t need that almighty pre-dive breath to dive 30–40m — Liv hit 32 on half a lungful
  • 00:17:44 — Mouth fill demystified: watch alarms at 15/20/30/32, charging at free fall, and why it’s simpler than it sounds
  • 00:19:47 — Rhys throws nappies and drags a tree away from another diver’s breathe-up as a river of rubbish floats through the dive site
  • 00:20:52 — Pool day: Matty cruises his 75m dynamic, Chiz sprints the last 25 (“they say you can’t muscle through freediving — lies”)
  • 00:23:47 — Noffs’s three-attempt static at Adam’s villa at 7am — saved by Matty barking “you got the dog in you” from the balcony
  • 00:27:44 — Liv hits the wall: four attempts stuck at 50m with jelly legs and tears in her goggles
  • 00:30:31 — The redemption protocol: a massive feed, sleep, leg activations, Laird Hamilton breathing, borrowed DiveR fins and a one-shot dynamic coached by instructor Elle
  • 00:36:06 — Matty’s tribute to Liv’s rollercoaster week + the crew’s shout-out to “support crew Matty”
  • 00:37:46 — The charter breakdown: $625 each for transfers, accommodation, own rooms and two days on the boat
  • 00:39:07 — Freediving takeaways: listen to your body, slower is faster, and spearfishing is one of the most unforgiving sports
  • 00:40:30 — Rumpong time: two days spearing Bali’s floating FADs in 500m of water — triple tail, rainbow runner and first-ever dolphin fish
  • 00:43:39 — Matty shoots a big bull mahi on the guide’s Kraken roller, the reel jams, and he does “an Ian Thorpe” sprinting after it
  • 00:50:36 — Chiz’s redemption dolly after two heartbreakers — flopper failures, a Hail Mary and a stone shot from Noffs
  • 00:51:38 — The swim cap game: best fish on the fad wears the beautiful white cap
  • 00:52:52 — Bali key takeaways: who you know matters, get away from the main areas, flasher tactics for mahi vs wahoo, and bring Crocs
  • 00:59:05 — Noffs’s gear lesson: always inspect your equipment — his gun failures cost him the biggest fish of the trip
  • 01:00:02 — Helios from Spearo Co on Kraken Spearguns (the Katana rail gun that doesn’t flex), exposing local Indonesian guide talent, and fad season running April to December
  • 01:03:53 — Shrek’s outro: register interest for future Noob Spearo Bali trips at spearfishingcourses.com.au

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