A relaxing week and fun with the Rays!!

A welcome relief for the team here at Dive and Sea Tenerife days off at the start of the week.  We all get so caught up diving planning etc and forget we have been working for two weeks flat out.  So much to do and so little time!

Melissa had a fun day at the shop on her own at the beginning of the week, peaceful and busy catching up more blogs, facebook and newsletters to catch up on while Pete and Alice both enjoyed very lazy days off.

Melissa had a great day off joining the gym, and walking her two dogs Sapphie and Ruby.  Then flopping on the sofa the rest of the day!!!  Unfortunately for Melissa having been away from the gym for over 4 years now she paid with very very achy muscles for the rest of the week.

A chilly but bright start on Wednesday, Chris and Martin were back joining us for two dives at Poco Naufragio and Starfish bay we were also joined by Darren aka Spike who is over for a nice holiday with lots of diving.   Now that both Martin and Chris are PADI Advanced Open Water divers they can now explore more challenging deeper dives. On their first dive they had a great time with the Rays and were also lucky enough to see two moray eels, a really great dive.  On the second dive out at Starfish bay they saw Nudi Branc lots of starfish and Wrasse, Bream and Damsels.

Unfortunately this was the last dives for Chris and Martin but we hope to see them back again next time they are here in Tenerife.

Melissa and Spike headed off to Abades, they had two great dives the first dive to Abades Bay was great, they saw Cuttlefish, Nudi Branch and two small groupers as well as a very brave Octopus.  On the second dive off of Abades beach they saw a large Black Moray, Red Backed Cleaner shrimp cleaning a red reef lobster  as well as lots of gorgeous anemones.  A great mornings dive followed by a lovely cup of hot chocolate.

Its that time of year again when we are all busy advertising the Divemaster Internships for 2013.  Its always great to see a huge response from interested candidates quickly filling the slots over the summer months. If anyone is interested in receiving the information pack about our Divemaster Internships or professional courses please don’t hesitate to let us know.

We are all looking forward to a busy week next week with the Open Water courses as well as the return of Ryan our first every divemaster Intern who has since trained to be an Instructor, and Aidan one of our fabulous repeat customers.

PADI Diver courses and lots of fun!!!

A new week and surprisingly bright hot and sunny weather for the entire week.  Its always great to get out of the dive into the sunshine.

A quiet start to the week with plenty of time for us all to start catching up on all of the jobs that don’t get done when we are all rushing around.  Its great when you have an empty in tray after a few days of administration work!!  As everyone knows though it doesn’t mean that Melissa desk is tidy its still a  tip just the way she likes it!!

This week we have been joined by Martin and Chris.  Martin was here to complete his PADI Advanced Open Water Course.  On his first days diving he chose to complete the Digital Underwater photography, Boat and Navigation dives.  He did really well and  was happy with his underwater photos.  Chris has joined Martin on all his Advanced dives, despite already being an Advanced diver its good practice for him.

On the second day of Martins Advanced course they headed off to Tabaiba to complete the Wreck and Deep Dives they were also joined by Richard for his last dives this visit to Tenerife.  They all had two great dives and saw a really big Grouper much to everyone’s delight!!

More PADI training courses Neil has also been here completing his PADI Open Water diver course.  Neil was here in September to complete a Discover Scuba Diving experience and loved diving so much he has come back to get his certification.

Day one and off to the pool for his confined sessions, watching the DVD and working on his last few reviews.  Neil was an excellent student and got all of the confined skills really quickly.

Then for the first day of the Open Water dives we all headed off to El Puertito, Alice teaching the Open Water Course with Neil.  Neil did great underwater and really enjoyed getting back into the sea and was happy that he also managed to see a turtle.

Melissa was also at El Puertito with Darren, Martin and Chris for some fun recreational dives with the turtles.    On the first dive they had an excellent time despite limited visibility and saw a Turtle, Cuttlefish and scorpion fish.  On the second dive the visibility had lifted and they had a fantastic dive being followed by two turtles for most of the way.  Darren, Chris and Martin were really happy with the personal experience that they had with the turtles.  Chris and Martin are back next week for more recreational dives with the rays!

On Neils last day of his Open Water course,  we started nice and early off to the hotel to complete his exam!  Neil did really well with his theory and so the multiple choice quizzes and exams were no trouble at all.  Then we headed off down to El Puertito to complete his last two training dives.   Neil did really well and enjoyed diving with a turtle and seeing so much aquatic life including a cuttlefish, White Bream and Roncadors.  Congratulations to Neil for successfully passing his PADI Open Water course, we hope to see him back again soon.

A perfect end to a great week a nice glass of wine shared with friends!!

Happy New Year but sad farewells to Divemaster Interns

Happy New Year to you all.  The end of another year!!   Its hard to believe that yet another year has flown by here at Dive and Sea Tenerife.  We have had our best year to date and have met some amazing divers.  We have been busy all year round with divemaster Internships, it is always great fun having interns in and around the dive centre keeping us all busy.  We hope that you will all continue to support us and come and enjoy some more fun times with us.

So back to this week another great busy week, poor Pete and Melissa left on their own while Alice recuperates from her busy Christmas eve as Santa’s Elf.

The week started with a  busy administration day much needed after months of diving, so we managed to catch up on all those little jobs that just don’t ever seem to get done, then off out for a fabulous evening at Big Al’s, with a Scottish piper at midnight who could ask for more.  There is still a very long list of things to do in and around the dive centre its never ending!

Unfortunately we had to start back to work on the 2nd January and straight off bright and Early with Richard, David.  Its great to see these guys again who started to Learn to dive with us four years ago, and have been back every Christmas since then!!!  This year they are taking a break from courses to enjoy some recreational diving.  On their first dives to Poco Naufragio and Pequeno Valle they were joined by Instructor Z and Master Scuba Diver Mike.  They had two great dives and were pleased to see Common Rays, Moray Eels and shoals of Barracuda.  Mike was sorely disappointed he was unable to do more dives with us this week but promises to be back next year.

Finally Santa’s Elf returned to Tenerife to her real job and actually to start teaching again!

More fun dives off out on the boat a bright sunny morning at Yellow Mountain with Z and new arrivals Peter, and Juliane from Denmark for some fun dives, Pete was also there to complete Swathi’s PADI Scuba Diver course.  Swathi did really well and is now a fully certified Scuba Diver, we hope that Jay and Swathi come back soon to upgrade to the Open Water diver course soon.

Alice was happy to be completing her first Bubblemaker sessions with Matthew and Joshua, both aged 8 and over the moon to be able to get into the Pool and play some games.  They had a great afternoon and cannot wait to be 10 years old so that they can get into the sea and start diving for real.

A very sad afternoon as Dennis and Andreas are finally leaving the Island.  They have both done amazingly well in their Internship and Pete, Melissa and Alice are definitely going to miss their smiley faces and positive attitude around the dive centre.  We really hope that this is not the last we see of them!!!

Melissa headed off to see the turtles first visit for the new year, with Peter and Juliane, Dmitry, Richard and David  they had an amazing time diving with the turtles and were really lucky to have a turtle with them for around 15 minutes.  The Turtles are so interested in the divers and what they are doing, Poor Peter was knocked onto his back trying to take photographs!  They all had a great morning diving and it was really

Alice was yet again busy in the pool on another Bubble maker session with Dmitry age 9, not Dmitry from the mornings dive of course but his young cousin who was so excited to get into the pool and try what his elder cousin does.  He is already planning his own open Water Course!!!  So maybe we will get to see him back at Dive and Sea!!

Richard and David were back on Saturday diving  at Las Eras a new site for them, they both had a really amazing time and were really happy to have seen  the amazing Rock formations and all of the gorgeous shoals of fish that are there.  On the dives they saw Red Backed Cleaner Shrimp, several beautiful Anemones a fangtooth and  A Brown Moray eels as well as two very large cuttle fish and a streaked Gurnard.  A very nice start to the day followed by a busy afternoon catching up on all of the administration duties that go with the jobs too!!

These are the boys last dives with us this holiday as David heads off back to Ireland and Richard has a long list of tasks to complete for his Grandparents before returning back to college next week.

Looking forward to another fun week next week, the return of Darren to complete his PADI Advanced Open Water Course with Alice.

Saying Goodbye at Christmas :-(

A great week with lots of dives two heavenly days off  but sad farewells as we have said goodbye to all of our interns at Dive and Sea Tenerife.

Christmas Eve dawned bright and early and off we headed with Lydia, Kali, Yarolslav, Brooke, Rob and Andreas and Dennis to Tabaiba.  They all had two fantastic dives whilst Melissa was sunbathing near the car!  They were all really pleased seeing the Wreck  after a nice coffee in the sunshine we headed back down to the south.

Congratulations to Kali, Yarrolsav and Rob for passing their PADI Advanced Open Water Course.

Kali and Yaroslav have now definitely got the diving bug and are already creating a list of must dive destinations as well as a return visit to see us all here at the Dive Centre

After a great night out on Christmas even with Lydia, Moomin and Dennis we all enjoyed two days off………..  On Christmas Day the interns popped round for a Christmas Drink and to eat the celebration chocolates.  Melissa was happy showing of her new Pink Diving watch, Lydia was definitely Jealous!!

Melissa handed out her Christmas Bauble presents which she has asked to be returned with a special message in them so that she will always remember them!!

So on Boxing day we all went out for a quick drink with Lydia to say goodbye, and they all handed Melissa the Christmas Baubles, Dennis and Andreas had painted over the Christmas design with their own designs, Dennis had painted the Dive and Sea Tenerife logo and Andreas had painted the island of Tenerife and a Christmas hat.  Melissa was delighted with these excellent presents and also very sad that they are all leaving this week.


And then it was time to say goodbye to Lydia.  We will all miss Lydia she has become part of the team in the last 12 weeks and we hope that she will return to see us all.  Lydia has been so busy in her time here she has not only completed  her PADI Master Scuba Diver with 5 Specialities but also carried out an additional 3 Specialities Wreck, Nitrox and  Project AWARE specialities as well as her PADI Divemaster and her Discover Scuba Diver Internship.

Another day dawned it was grey, cloudy and windy we were all thinking we had woken up in England….. but then the sun came out and all was well.  Pete headed out to dive with Mahmoud who was completing his PADI Deep Diving speciality.  He completed his first 3 dives, and was lucky to see Common Rays and Atlantic Rays.  Dennis and Andreas were sad to complete their final dives on the last day of their internship.

More sad goodbyes as the boys have also finished, Andreas and Dennis will be around for a few more days which is nice and we hope that they will come back

Melissa headed out to El Puertito with Iain and Rebecca in search of the Turtles.  They had two great dives.  On the first dive they headed off to the right hand side of the bay where they went in search of  the Turtles they were really happy to see two turtles one of whom stayed with us for the rest of the dive following us back into very shallow water.  On the second dive they headed out to the left hand side of the bay where they saw Annulated Brittle Stars Feathered Star fish Anemones and a red backed cleaner shrimp as well as another turtle!  Both Iain and Rebecca had a wonderful mornings diving and hope to come back to Tenerife for some more fun diving.

Jay and Swathi  joined us for their PADI Scuba Diver course.  The first day bright and early and straight off to the pool to complete their first underwater experience.  Well done, with a busy day spent in the pool, watching the DVD and more pool they both did really well.

While Pete was busy in the pool Melissa headed off to Abades with repeat customer Richard, David and Sophie.  They had two fantastic dives, and all enjoyed getting back in the water, they saw Red Backed Cleaner Shrimp, Sexy Shrimp, Anemones and Cylinder Anemones a Black Moray as well as Annulated Brittle Star fish and Feathered Star fish and the usual fish Wrasse, Bream Damsels, Parrot Fish.  Melissa was sorry to admit that she wishes the interns had been there to help with the cleaning of all the kit, its hard work all on your own.

Day 2 of the Scuba Diver course and off they headed on the boat with Pete and Melissa out to Yellow Mountain.  They both did really well as neither of them had ever tried diving before enrolling on this course on their Christmas break.