Meet some of the divers of the May Bank Holiday

As previously mentioned, it has been very busy at the Underwater Centre due largely to the guys below .....many thanks indeed for  choosing Underwater Centre to show you the Seychelles underwater world.

Also , many thanks for doing so many dives each!!! .....it has been amazing with divers choosing upwards of 16 dives  .

 Simon, Renata  and daughter Aga  have been visiting Seychelles for many  years and we were delighted to see them again .  Simon is one of our Rescue divers from before and this year we were pleased to confirm Aga as a new PADI Rescue diver





Patiently waiting  for the boat crew  are a small group of divers from Germany and Switzerland  : John , Irene, Sabine and Patrick  dived every day.
 Meik and Heike  only missed a few days  but the trips to Praslin and La Digue are well worth it!

Heike and Meik
have already said that they will return to Seychelles again
which is fantastic news .  See you 2015 ???

Evgeny and Olga and daughter Katarina from Moscow , Russia travelled nearly every day from their resort on Cerf Island. Whilst Mum and Dad dived Katarina practiced her English, played chess with the Divemaster trainee James and  laterly helped us with all the equipement preperations ..........it is expected that she will be as keen a diver as her parents one day soon.



So these are but a few of our many divers these last few weeks .............thank you to everyone and come back again soon.

Academy by the Sea destination of surprise is DARROS ISLAND

Academy by the Sea, MCSS and Underwater Centre are thrilled to be able to thank the privately owned island of Darros for their invitation to bring 8 school children and supervisors for a weeks stay on their island

This weeks group still did not know were they were going so everyone managed to keep the secret ...but now all can be revealed

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Each group got 7 nights accommodation, Marine education and conservation classes , snorkelling, bird watching, beach monitoring  and the thrill  of a life time.. The group above is due back on Saturday 11th May along with Academy teacher Abbi March of  MCSS.

A big THANK YOU to the staff of Underwater Centre

As previously mentioned this May weekend Bank Holiday  is very busy and all the staff are working very hard .

Special thanks go to those who have given up their days off to be in at work :

Sabrina gave up Thursday and Friday to complete her Jr Openwater Diver course with Tristan

Skipper Mervin has given up  his Wednesday and Thursday off to keep driving the dive boats 

Divemaster Yannick  has given up Wednesday and Thursday as the first 2 days of his annual leave to help with intro courses and dives 

Tony has stayed behind to fill bottles ................no bottles no dives!!!!

Lastly is Andrew who has been asked to give up his up an coming rest days .....thank you Andrew !

This is what we call  TEAM WORK  and I am delighted to say that Underwater Centre has the best TEAM ever!!!

1st May Bank Holiday

 It was a very busy day today with  our new Divemaster trainees working very hard.

James went to Grouper Point and Bay Ternay Marine Park  with divers wishing not so deep diving.
Victoria assisted Tony on the  deeper long distance dive site of Shark Bank followed by Aquarium.

I am very pleased to tell  you  that today  I recieved great reports of their  guiding abilities  and attention to safety and comfort which makes  the whole team  very happy . Indeed when divers ask specifically for the same Divemaster  on the next days diving I know things are going well. !!!

So congratulations guys ..................keep up the good work!!!

Bay Ternay Marine Park 

The  Dive boat when here twice today ..........the morning dive with James and then all DMT's in  the afternoon dive with students and snorkellers . It is such a great site with depths from 2  to 18 meters

Rescue Diver course takes place on Beau Vallon Beach

We are pleased to say that AGA  has been working hard at her PADI EFR &  Rescue Diver course .

Today was exiting the water with 1. a tierd diver and then 2 .  a non breathing diver.........hard physical work but very rewarding  and lots of fun when done with IDC Staff  Instructor Tony and assistant Mervin

PADI Rescue diver course details

Monica  doing and exit with tierd diver






 Sylvia doing rescue breaths whilst towing a  non responsive diver

Most divers tell us that the Rescue Diver course is one of the best courses they have done.......serious fun !!!.                                                                                                                                   

Long Distance Dive Sites offer good diving

 Due to the seasonally good sea conditions we have been visiting Longer Distance Dive site daily as part of the 2 morning dive schedule:
BRISSAIRE ROCKS:

Lunear Platte, Conception north reef, Brissiare, Dragons Teeth and Shark Bank  were we expect to see  more pelagic fish, larger shoals and lots of rays
SHARK BANK:

Myster week begins!!!

ACADEMY by the  SEA  has begun its first myster destination week of conservation!!  and still the kids have no idea were they are going.

All were collected with bags packed for a week away from home.  Next they ended up at the airport  for a domestic flight  out of Mahe..but to where?????

This group will be back on Saturday.............the next group will already have left......so we should be able to unveil the big mystery of where did they go for 7 days???????????????