Thursday, May 31, 2012

Activities of the week

So what happens in the Dive Centre in a week?

Openwater certification classes get completed..well done Irina and Sergey from Russia














Next came DEEP DIVER specialty course graduates ...........Ross, Pedro and Georgina.

Dont forget the 3 boat dives a day to different dive sites...........we managed longe range sites such as Shark Bank, Conception and Matupa Point but our short distance sites are also top producers of unusual sightings..... leaf fish, Indian Ocean Walkman, green and hawksbill turtles, black tip shark, eagle and sting rays and fish in shoalling numbers!! Just Great!! Visit L'Ilot Island, Aquarium, Grand Bazar reef, Grouper point , Bay Ternay Marine Park, and the 3 wreck sites .

We also had visiting Marine Biologists from Tasmania who are inspecting our corals and fish life to be included into a world based website .........their quote of the week is :




''The corals are amazing........varied and in good condition and the fish life cover over both corals and granitic rock sites is very worthwhile ''

So we cant ask for a better report than that...........thanks Rick and Jemina

Dont forget the returning visit of the crew form the RFA PortVictoria who managed to do lots of dives. So far this year they have had three visits and we are cetainly on a first name basis !!!












At the end of the week came the closing of the north end of Beau Vallon Beach to allow the laying of the fiber optic cable ..........so we will finally be able to upload and download almost as fast as the rest of the world... a big step for a small country like ours!!

It takes a boat this size to cross the ocean with our cable

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

New Divemaster trainees start the course

We are pleased to welcome 2 more students to our Divemastr Training course .

The girls will be certified by mid June and
join our 3 boys with lots of diving and educational practice.







Brianna is from the USA
Meggy is Seychellois

Teaching the children to SCUBA






It has always been a favourite activity of the Underwater Centre - Dive Seychelles to teach children to SCUBA dive and to Snorkel so we are happy to show you a few of the classes so far this year!

Monday, April 23, 2012

More Rescue Courses

Brianna, Sabrina, Johan  and Meggy
This month has been exceptional for PADI Rescue Diver training .............the serious fun course  for accident management .  This week we have another 2 students   going through their paces  with Instructor Sabrina and Divemaster trainee Johan .  Next step PADI Divemaster and or Master Diver !!!

Paul & Nathalie get engaged

Congratulations  on getting engaged to Paul and Nathalie!!

  Paul had booked a stay and dive package with us  spending time in Mahe and Praslin with dives booked  to explore both places but all along he had another motive.............to ask his girlfriend Nathalie to marry him.
Nathalie & Paul before leaving for Praslin

So as you can see we had very happy people all week long and a very sparkely ring.!
The  beautiful saphire and diamond ring


Sunday, April 22, 2012

Dive to L'Ilot Island 22-04-2012

This morning we did a dive to L'Ilot Island..............a large granitic rock island with encrusting corals and  hanging coral garden.............always great for turtles, schooling fish and rays.  So no dissapointments today!!
Eagle Ray

Hawksbill Turtle


We often find Hawksbill turtle  slowly eating the soft coral  that they love so much. This means that they usually stay still and allow divers to get very close . Do not disturb them or try to touch them and  and it is possible to get the best photos ever
Several  Eagle rays were seen  today all swimming at about 12 meters .  This one made a good display of its spots.

Divers love schooling fish !


Schooling fish are very common here  and alway a delight to every diver .  We will be back to L'Ilot  very soon    as its always a great dive.

Seychellois staff do well

We are delighted to post that two of our new  Seychellois  staff have done excellent work by gaining their 10 miles skipper licences.

Andrew and Yannick  are both graduates from the Seychelles Maratime Training College and have proven to be excellent   skippers with their ability to handle the boats and divers at  the various dive sites.


Andrew
 Andrew is also a RESCUE diver and we will be training him to Divemaster level soon
Yannick




Yannick has just qualified as a Divemaster and is very popular with the clients as he is patient , attentive and knows all the local fish!











3 month Divemaster Internship has started

Once  again we have started our 3 month Divemaster training  with internship  program .  We have
Glyn
three students  with us : Callum Gilbert from Scotland, Glyn Curtis from England , Johan Karlsson from Sweden

Callum


Johan
So far the boys have been busy with their theory lectures but having more fun  taking divers and snorkellers out over  the various dive sites around the NW Bay of Mahe .  Next week is a big week for them...........lots of water work , skills training and a few exams!! 


Octopus everywere


We have been seeing many octopus on every dive.........it has been fantastic.  Just look at some of the photos that you might also take !!


Saturday, March 17, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW PADI DIVERS

Welcome to the world of PADI , Congratulations to you all for participating these last few months

SCUBA DIVER: Alistair Purcell, Sophie Purcell, Elena Sedelkera

OPENWATER DIVER :
Vadims Pikarevskis , Gerhard Morgenstern, Di Lu , LinLan Luo, Eric Shelton, Julian Minatchy, Marc Luscher. Roger Quin, Carl Toyer , Rikard Karlsson, Todd Gargac, Elizabeth Martin,

ADVANCED DIVER:
Alistair Morel , Simon Weber

RESCUE DIVER :
Simon Delabays, Alexander Crawford, Kimberly Gardiner, Charlotte Broadhead , Simon Weber

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER:
Annie Adeline , Simon Weber

ENRICHED AIR DIVER :
Deevesh Hemraj

WRECK DIVER:
Tom Sweet , Patrick Sukop, Robin Bater, Daniel Wilson,

WHALE SHARK SPECIALTY: Julia Rushton , Darren Whitehead, Samantha West, Marc Rutherford, Leah Myer, Susie Wiley

DIVEMASTER :
Simon Weber , James Taylor. Nina Andrews, Sarah Hardy, Ross Makulec,
Yannick Vidot, Julia Rushton, Meaghan McDonald, Veronique Theruault, Shelby Fleming

2012 ...........a new year upon us!!


HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR DIVERS AND BLOG FOLLOWERS .

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR FULL OF NEW AND EXCITING OPPERTUNITIES. TAKE GOOD CARE AND ENJOY YOURSELVES