Small really is beautiful

Often we hear about big rays , sharks, groupers  and giant parrot fish but sometiems on a dive it is the small things that are truley memorable !

Leaf Fish ........Comes in various colours..pink, white ,yellow and black

Mantis Shrimp ..small but very powerful !!!

We have had some wet and windy days lately and it has been playing  flip flop with the water clarity but even when its cloudy and the visability is not as good as it might be  you have to keep your eyes open or you will miss these  small but beautiful creatures.

Farewell to Yash

Our  young diver, Yash has finally come to an end of his holiday and is  winging his way back to India to start school studies.

He has kept everyone busy by completing 37 logged dives  in Seychelles ( a grand total of 77 in his log book) , 3 specialty courses plus his EFR and Jr Rescue Diver certification . He takes with him his application for Master SCUBA Diver  and becomes one of the few 12 year olds  to complete so much training  .

WELL DONE YASH!!!   The staff held a small farewell  party for him and his Dad brought the wine.....so thanks everyone

Bye Bye Yash ....... Safe Diving

Congratulations to our latest RESCUE Divers

 Sabrina has been very busy doing the last  three PADI  Rescue classes.....so well done everyone

                                                                                        



meet Hanna



meet Ashleigh



Yash has the Jr Rescue as he is only 12 years old.

 Hannah and Ashleigh   also had a successful weekend

Hopefully everyone will think about doing he PADI Divemaster training course .......even if its not in Seychelles!!

N.R.P. Alvares Cabral visits Victoria

The Portuguese Navy is in port  for a few days and several of the crew like to dive .  Seychelles is always a popular port of call for '' Rest & Relaxation''  and the crew are making the most of their short visit.

Some are already certified and some are doing the one day intro course and shallow dive . The 21st May was a very wet and windy day  but today  , the 22nd , was sunny and calm ..............

Tomorrow we have a few more divers  so lets hope we have no more rain!!!

Lots of PADI courses completed

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Its been a busy time with several courses completed these last few days.

Our most active student is Yash who has now completed his 3 Specialty courses ....Boat, Search and Recovery and Navigation. Today he completed his Emergency First Responder & First Aid course and on Wednesday he begins his Jr Rescue Diver training.Within this short holiday he has logged a total of 37 dives in Seychelles and a grand total of 77 in his logbook . He is already asking about other Specialty courses he can take and I am sure he will be a Divemaster by 18 and PADI Instructor very soon after that. Well done Yash .

Next comes honey moon couple Valentina and Allesio from Italy .

Congratulations guys on both the marraige and the dive certifications!!

Gregson from the UK  came with a referral and completed the dive skills on holiday . He now returns to the Uk as a PADI Openwater Diver . From the happy look onhis face after the last dive  I think he will be an active holiday diver for years to come.

So a busy week for the instructors  but still they keep on smilling . Thank you Tony and Sabrina

Long Distance dive site of Conception Island South Point

Glad to say that the weather has improved, seas have clamed and winds are minimal again..........so it was off to the long distance site of Conception Island, south point  and Matoopa Point.

Our youngest diver was delighted to report that they had 6 sharks and a shoal of 24 eagle rays !!  .......so no complaints .

Our youngest diver this week  is 12 year old Yash from India. He is a Jr Advanced Openwater Diver with specialties in Enriched Air Nitrox and U/W photography  and his 10 day holiday has become a SCUBA diving  extraveganza .  Already pre booked is the 20 morning dives and  only yesterday he completed his 50th SCUBA dive.  He received underwater post cards of congratulations signed by all the  dive centre staff and a special  one form his Mum and Dad .

The afternoon dives have turned into training dives and so far Yash has competed the Boat Diver Specialty and is working hard on the Search and Recovery specialty with IDC Staff  Instrcutor Tony . Next is the Navigational Specialty so by the end of the week Yash will have 5  PADI Specialty courses and 70 SCUBA dives !!!

   Before going home he will complete his EFR and Jr Rescue Diver  and an extra 5 dives  . This means that he will be able to apply for the PADI Master SCUBA Diver certification .......... a monumental achievement for any diver .

So well done Yash and well done Mum and Dad for all the support  they have given .

We all wonder what milestones Yash will reach at 18 years,  21 years and 25 years ........ hope we can find out.!

Dive of the week

It has been a few days of easy dives within the Beau Vallon Bay area;

Grouper Point , Bay Ternay Marine Park , Twin Barges wrecks, Aquarium, Grand Bazar reef and  Joker reef.  With 2 dives each morning and one dive each afternoon we quickly  visit lots of places.  So what was special  this week??:

Lots of turtles.........like this Hawksbill have been seen on several sites . This is  seasonally early as mating is usually  later in the year when we expect to see lots of turtles around.   So lucky us!!!!!!!!!!!

A range of moray eels have been seen. This one shows a cleaning station with both cleaning shrimp and cleaning wrass . The  symbiotic relationship between the moray eel is clear to see ...........no  lunch here for the moray eel but lots of work for the cleaning team.



This Bat fish  photo was taken on L'Ilot Island . A site with lots of soft corals and large granitic boulders. One of our favourites .
                                                                             

Green Cromis are often seen in hard corals , particularly the table corals of the Beau Vallon reefs.
Although individually small  they always come in large shoals so expect to see a carpet of colour over the corals.

Weather has been mixed over the last few days  with a day of showers and high winds .  Today was perfect with calm seas inside the Bay area and a very sunny sky. So tomorrow we have planned another trip outside the bay to Conception Island .