Another fun filled week for us all here at Dive and Sea Tenerife.
The week started off well, with the return of Annaliza completing her PADI Open Water course.
Another pool session and her final two open water dives, and then the fun part...... the exam!!!
She did really well on the exam so congratulations to her for passing for PADI Open Water Diver course.
Melissa and Matt headed off to one of their favourite dives at El Puertito to see the Turtles, they had two fantastic dives, despite poor vis they still saw the Turtles, Cuttlefish and Octopus… however beer fine for Pete for failing to mention that Anemones burn you!!!
Poor Melissa had a burn and Matt (who even knew about the burn got 5!!!) all of this was in aid of searching for the elusive "Sexy Shrimp"……. Matt has waxed lyrical about the Sexy Shrimp and none of us had managed to find any here, however we finally did manage to fin 5 or 6 of the seriously Sexy Shrimp!
Olive oil has joined in with Tom this week to complete their PADI Advanced Open Water Course, the fun of the hoops on the Peak performance Buoyancy option should not be missed.
Congratulations to Tom and Lydia for passing their PADI Advanced open water diver course.
Matt, was out with Pete, Alice, Olive Oil, Popeye Jannine, Rod and Tom for dives at Pequeno Valle where they saw a Stingray, as well as some beautiful Anemones with more Sexy Shrimp!!
They then went diving at one of our new sites El Delfin where they had a fabulous dive and saw 2 common Rays and an Eagle Ray, and then the third dive of the day was at Starfish bay with lots of cleaner shrimp, a Moray Eel and some lovely Starfish.
Olive Oil has also started some of her PADI Specialty dives and is working hard towards achieving her PADI Master Scuba Diver. This week she has completed her Boat Speciality, Fish ID Specialty and started her Deep and Navigation dives.
It was really nice to see Annaliza enjoying some recreational dives with Tom and they are already planning their next adventure.
They plan to spend the rest of their time here on holiday in Tenerife relaxing in the sun!!!
We were also happy to see Rod and Janine back for more diving with us this is the third year in a row they have been to see us and have become BSAC Sports divers since their last visit,
This week they joined us for some diving at El Puertito, EL Defin and Starfish Bay. They have had a great week and can’t wait to join us for some more diving the next time they are here.
Another old friend of Melissa’s arrived this week Kristian, who learnt to dive with us 2 years ago.
It was great to see him again and meet his girlfriend Lucy. They are hoping to join in some diving next week after they have recovered from their colds!!
Melissa headed off to Abades with Matt, Lydia and Sam. Sam had volunteered to give the dive brief and lead the dive.
He was surprised at how difficult it actually was to give brief, and is looking forward to practising more.
On the dives they had a great time and Saw a Black Moray, a Fangtooth Moray as well as an elusive Frog Fish the first spotting by any of the Dive and Sea Team ever!!!
At first they all thought that Matt was a little crazy but then you saw what looked like a lump of rock move it was fabulous!!!
As well as more sexy shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp and Anemones….. they had learnt their lesson not to touch them though.
Melissa and Matt were happy amusing themselves pretending they were wearing a watch on their ankle!! So were repeatedly asking the time!!! Small things and all that!!…………
To top off such a fab mornings diving, the team headed down to the Aberdeen for breakfast, Another scrumptious feast made all the tastier by a very generous Matt paying for us all! (Thanks Matt, your welcome back anytime)
And then Melissa and Matt headed off to the "toy shop"… where Matt was like the proverbial child in a sweetie shop he managed to restrain himself and ONLY bought a Lava Core (very expensive rash vest), a new mask, springs for his fins and some new boots!!!
It’s a very persuasive shop with all the shiny and sparking new dive toys!!!
Ryan from the Netherlands joined us this week for some recreational dives. His first two dives with Alice were off to Yellow Mountain and Alien Rock, he was really pleased to see an Octopus, and thought the underwater topography was really interesting.
Matt was back again, with Ryan, off to Poco Naufragio and Starfish Bay.
They had a great time with a Common Ray and were very happy when they spotted 2 Black Moray Eels and a Fangtooth close to each other.
At starfish bay they had fun cutting Urchins up and saw some gorgeous Anemones and more Sexy Shrimp, now that we have seen then they seem to be everywhere its very bizarre!!!
Another great trip to Las Eras on Sunday but boy was the current strong, I am sure we could have ended up in Gran Canaria, but despite this we still manage to see a Small round Ray, A Black Moray Eel, Some gorgeous Cleaner Shrimp and Anemones and a family of 5 cuttlefish.
On the second dive it was amusing for Melissa to watch Matt and Alice struggle for grip on top of the pipeline when they could just have idled by the side out of the current.
In the pipeline we spotted a Fangtooh Moray Eel, a large Brown Moray and a Black Moray, a great mornings diving just very tiring!
Its been great fun this week meeting new divers and welcoming back familiar faces.
However Matt has made it his mission this week to cause damage to poor Melissa, if he is not hitting her with a swinging tank, he is head butting her underwater, getting her burnt on Anemones or knocking her over whilst diving!!!!
If it wasn’t for the fact that Matt is such a lovely guy I think he might of gotten banned from diving with Melissa this time!!
More from us next week.
