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.