Stay & dive packages

Underwater Centre  has many connections with various hotels, guest houses and self catering apartments and is able to offer  a personalised qoute  for any length of stay and dives or courses.

Georgena's Cottage guest house bed and breakfast

 

A SAMPLE  package based on 2 people sharing a standard double / twin room :

* meet on arrival as you exit the arrivals gate of the international airport  by Masons Tavel
* return aiport / hotel transfers in an air conditioned coach  with Masons Travel
* 7 nights accomodation
* 10 short distance boat dives with tank and weights
* all equipment available for rent if required
* upgrades to longer distance dive sites or night dives available

Costs  start from  euro  575 per person
Beau Vallon self catering apartments

Just ask us for information ! Happy to assist .

Romance Bungalows Bed & Breakfast

Marine Education for the children

Academy by the Sea   is underway again this week.
 An MCSS program sponsored by Save Our Seas,Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort and Underwater Centre  is a week long  beach sided classroom to help educate kids into understanding the need to conserve  nature.........particularyl underwater  species.

Teacher Abbi has been showing students  current Marine monitoring and conservation techniques .....which for the kids meant time in both the classroom and  out snorkelling over the reefs.
Wednesday was the full day trip out by boat .......lunch at Therese Island and lots of fun.
Well done Abbi , teacher assistants and students .
Next week starts the two one week  SURPRISE trips.......... the kids can hardly wait to find out were they are going......so watch this space for more details !!

ALDEBARAN Wreck another success !

Today we visited the wreck of the Aldebaran

  A deep dive of 35-40 meters  over a great artificial reef that has sprung up over the wreck formation.  See photos of before and after !!

New Dive Centre nears completion at Berjaya Resort

We are very happy to announce that we should be moving  into our newly built Dive Centre very soon........we are down to the finnishing touches and internal fittings .........photos to follow when we are 100% complete!!!   BE PATIENT

Thank you for all your support  over the last few difficult months  following the hotel fire . Luckily we were only out of action 24 hours!  and have been running our  dive boats daily offering 3 dives each and every day.  Last night was the night dive at TWIN BARGES........great dive with lots of octopus, lobster and shrimps.

                                                        Happy divers ready to go diving

2013's newest PADI DIVEMASTERS

Underwater Centre - Dive Seychelles  continues with  the PADI Divemaster training courses and internships and so far we have 4 happy and successful graduates.

We are able to offer packages that include accmmodation , Divemaster training course and up to a maximum of a 3 month stay for lots of  internship practical work .  All this from a cost of  euro 1800 .

Pre requisite is to be a PADI Rescue Diver with an up todate EFR certification.  However in just   1  month it is also possible to train from an absolute beginner to Divemaster . Courses include :
Openwater Diver, Advanced Openwater Diver, Rescue Diver, EFR and Divemaster course . With accommodation this minimum one month stay is from a cost of  euro  1500 .  How long you stay is entirely up to you .........but must be less than 3 months total.
Please  email us if you are interested in any intensive training programs  ..... we are glad to help

2013 Happy graduates are :

 Amy Wessel

Tom Ellis

Lara Thompson

Laura.........whos photo I cant find!!!!!  Sorry Laura .

Currently under training we have :
Victoria Beasley

James McKenzie

CharlotteBroadhead

Dr Jacquie ....photos still to come!!


Andrew Laboudallon

Keep watching for their progress over the next few weeks / months

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

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