Calm seas Blue Skies and even better Dolphins!!!

Diving, Dolphins, Calm seas and Sunshine what more could we ask for?

We have had another week of flat calm seas absolutely wonderful.  Its been so calm Melissa has even been out on the boat and even Pete has been diving whatever next?

This week we were joined by Maggie and Richard, Master Scuba Divers, for their Surface Marker Buoy Speciality and some fun recreational dives.

We have had a great week with Maggie and Richard they are great divers and its been lots of fun meeting them and we have all enjoyed their company whilst out diving on the boat.  So on their first days diving, Alice and Pete took them to Girano arecife for their SMB speciality, they both did really well and have continued all week practicing putting their SMB’s up, as they say practice makes perfect.

Richard and Maggie joined us with Terry, Matthew, and Paul and we headed off to Yellow Mountain.  The two dives were really great and on the second dive they saw 5 large octopus which was incredible, as well as Anemones, Cleaner Shrimp and Annulated brittlestars.

In the afternoon Melissa and Alice went off for a nice warm bath in a private pool, with Darren and David.  David was completing his Bubblemaker experience and they all had amazing fun playing games in the pool including tag!  Darren meanwhile was completing his Discover Scuba Diving pool experience.  They both did incredibly well and are all back soon and even mum will be trying first snorkelling and then diving, and David will be able to join in diving as he will be 10.

Melissa and Alice were reluctant to leave the warm bath like swimming pool but headed back to the shop for more administration duties.

Maggie and Richard were back and joined by James for their dives at Poco Naufragio and The Moon pools.  A bright early start clear blue skies, vey calm sea, and two great dives. 

On the first dive Melissa and James explored the shelf as James is an open water divers, they had a great dive and saw several gorgeous anemones as well as two Wahoo sprint past, there is always so much life to see on the shelf, with Red back cleaner Shrimp, Barracuda, Groupers and then as Maggie and Richard went deeper with Alice they saw a Large Stingray plus black and fangtooth Moray eels.

The best part of the morning was the dolphins who surfaced near the boat as we were moving off to our next dive, a pod of 4 dolphins put on a nice display for us all, and it was also funny to see the seagulls actually getting some of the fish the dolphins were chasing.  Its so amazing seeing the dolphins, and as we were all leaning over the sides you could see the dolphin just underneath the water appearing to be looking up at us watching to see what we were doing

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For their second dive of the day they headed off to The Moon Pools, where Pete joined Alice so that she could learn this dive site.  They had an amazing dive with the sun shining through the pools, gorgeous Octopus and Cuttlefish at this dive site.  A fabulous morning out on the boat for all.

100% Project AWARE, Fabulous Dives with great divers

We are really pleased to be able to share our good news that we are now 100% Project AWARE!!!  Our Award winning PADI IDC Centre leads the way again as the first Dive Centre committed to conservation in Tenerife.  The Project AWARE Foundation is a growing movement of scuba divers protecting the ocean planet – one dive at a time.

Everyone completing a PADI certification with us will now receive a unique Project AWARE certification card instantly showing you care about our oceans.  Also new for 2013........ FREE Diving!! All our Dive Against Debris Dives will now be free, with a donation to Project AWARE.

Whilst others are talking about saving the oceans we here at Dive and Sea Tenerife have committed to doing something about it.... NOW.  So why not join us and feel good that you are helping save the oceans.

Another fun filled week here at Dive and Sea Tenerife, Turtles, Morays, Discover Scuba diving and much more.  

After a nice well deserved lay in Melissa and Alice  headed down to El puertito with new divers, Ana, and Tristan, Rescue Diver Cyril and Open Water diver Gary.  They had an excellent morning diving and everyone was thrilled at their experience with the Turtles. 

It is definitely one thing to see the Turtles in photos and TV but its an amazing experience when you see them up close and personal.  Its such a nice experience to see how inquisitive the Turtles are, they come so close to divers, and their eyes seem to be looking directly into yours.  This is definitely one of our favourite sites, and I have not met anyone who doesn’t love the experience.

At this dive site there is also plenty of other aquatic life to see, and for new divers Tristan and Ana it was an eye opening experience into the array of aquatic life they could see.  They were really happy to see Nudi Branc, Bream, Damsels and hermit crabs.

A very early start with Discover Scuba Diving for Edim and Colm, they did really well in their pool session and were very excited for their Open Water dive at Yellow Mountain, where they were joined by Aidan.

 On the Open Water dives they saw Octopus, Bream, Trumpet Fish as well as a cuttlefish.  As always it was amazing to see the faces of the two boys on their first experience under the sea. 

Finally it was time for Ana to complete her Open Water diver course, so off she went with Alice, Pete and boyfriend Cyril to Yellow Mountain, to complete Open water dives 3 and 4.  She has done really well on her course and has been a pleasure to teach for Alice. 

Unfortunately this was their last dives here in  Tenerife but hopefully we will see them both again back in Tenerife.

This week we were joined by Aidans Daughter Gill and her friends Muireen and Brian for their Discover scuba diving experience.  The kids were definitely not awake when they arrive at 07:30 at the dive centre but the pool soon woken them all up, and they couldn’t wait to go out in the ocean, with Pete, Alice, Aidan, and Mick.

Then they headed out to Yellow Mountain on the boat for a nice relaxing dive.  They all had a great time and the new divers were amazing it was a great dive.  On the dive they saw Lizard Fish, Wide Eyed Flounders and Arrow Crabs.  Then  after dropping Aidan and the kids off they went to Giranno Arecife for a nice drift dive!!  They saw Redbacked Cleaner Shrimp, Anemones as well as an octopus.  All in all a great mornings diving.

A glorious sunny morning calm seas and Melissa out diving on the boat, whatever next!!!  Melissa and Alice headed out to Poco Naufragio with Mick, Aidan and Nigel, Alice headed off into the depths insearch of Stingray while Melissa stayed on the shelf with nigel and Aidan Open Water Divers.  On the shelf there are some absolutely amazing things to see, on this particular dive, there were several different coloured anemones, with Sexy Shrimp, A small and a Large Grouper as well as a shoal of large Baracuda circling the shoals of bream.  Best of all though was Melissa getting attacked by an Octopus, it obviously took exception to the flash on the camera and launched itself at her!  Lots of squeeling and laughing all round!!!  Down in the depths where a very small fishing boat lies Alice and Mick were happy to See two Morays black and fangtooth as well as a large stingray and a small common ray.  What a fantastic way to start your day.

After dropping Melissa and Aidan off at the Marina Alice, Mick and Nigel headed off to Alien Rock, another one of our favourite sites, a large rock formation which hides a mulitude of aquatic life.  On this particular dive they saw saw lots of octopus although none that attacked them!!! As well as Trumpet fish, Anemones and cleaner shrimp.

A great week here at Dive and Sea, and more fun to look forward to next week, with PADI Specialities and fun recreational diving.

PADI Courses and the PADI Instructor Course

Everything is going well on the IDC for Paul so we are sure he will do well on his Instructor Examination.  The first few days have been focused on teaching the candidates how to teach a PADI Course in the Classroom, Pool and Ocean, and giving presentations all of which is to help with the Instructor Examination.  He is enjoying working with the other applicants, and Course Director David to improve on all his skills and theoretical Knowledge. 

Alice and Tristan had a great two days completing the rest of his Open water course.  For his first Open water dives they headed out to Abades with Boy and Melissa. Tristan performed really well on his dive and was happy to have seen a small common ray as well as Cuttlefish and lots of damsels and breams.

Boy was just happy to be in the water again with no skills to perform just having fun waving at the fish again.  He is still over whelmed by how amazing the experience of being under water is.

Then onto dives 2, 3 and 4 for Tristan they headed out to Yellow Mountain, better viz and calmer conditions and Tristan was having lots of fun, they were also accompanied by Boy his last dives for this visit in Tenerife.  Congratulations to Tristan for completing his PADI Open Water course.  He is looking forward to joining us next week for some recreational dives.

Finally we managed to get the boat out of the water, as always lots of fun getting the guys at the Marina to lift the boat, annual maintenance for a few days before it will be back in the water.

We were joined by Kelly and John for their afternoon Discover Scuba Diving session in the pool, they both did realty well and enjoyed the experience with Alice, and were very excited about their early morning trip out to Abades with Alice, Melissa, Cyril, Dallas and Grace.

The sun was shining thankfully for our outing bright and early up to Abades, and the dives were excellent, Melissa headed off with Cyril, Dallas and Grace for some fun dives, they saw some fantastic aquatic life including a shy Black Moray Eel, Gorgeous Anemones with Sexy Shrimp as well as Red Backed Cleaner Shrimp. 

Kelly and John both did really well for their dives in the Sea and both had two wonderful dives with Alice.  They were really happy underwater and are looking forward to moving on to a PADI Open Water Course.

Melissa and Cyril headed off to Las Eras for a wonderful dive a tough current to fight but a great dive where they were able to see lots of Anemones, Hermit Crabs large Baracuda and Trumpet fish as well as a really beautiful cuttlefish.

Bright and early the next day Ana headed down to the pool with Alice to Start her PADI Open Water Course.  Ana was excellent under the water in the pool on her confined sessions.  Ana spent the rest of the first day watching the DVD, and finally sat her exam,

Ana then moved on the next day for her PADI Open Water dives at Girjano Arrecife with Alice and Cyril they had two great dives and were really happy with Ana´s skills

Alice was back off to the pool in the afternoon on the return from  the open water dives with Gary for his Scuba Tune Up.  Gary hadn’t dived for a few years and so brushed up his skills with Alice.  He is really looking forward to heading off to El Puertito to see the Turtles next week.

A great week of diving and lots of fun with great customers.