Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Project AWARE dives and the arrival of new interns!!



Another busy week here and the arrival of new Interns Hannah and Eric.  Hannah is from the UK, and has joined us for her eight week PADI Divemaster internship as a PADI Open Water diver and is on break from her university studies.  Eric is from the USA and also joined us as an Open Water Diver, and will be returning to college at the end of his internship.


Mermaid Diving Divemaster Internship




We started off the week at El Puertito with Neda and Sean they had a great time and were so thrilled that they had seen the turtles.   Neda has a massive smile on her face the whole way home.  As usual it was a fantastic dive, and we had the turtles following along as we swam along around the dive site.

Diving at El Puertito with Mermaid Diving


Next, a fun night dive for Gary, Patrick and Stiven led by Pete at Poco Naufragio.  All of the Interns came out of the water with huge grins on their faces as they had an amazing dive.  Melissa always says night are like Marmite you either love em or hate em!!  These three new divers are all of the LOVE IT variety, so despite the early hour they all had a great day, completing skills in the pool and general study.

Mermaid Diving Divemaster Internships


Neda and Sean were back again and off to Abades with Melissa where they had two amazing dives they were really happy to see Cuttlefish, Octopus and lost of Wrasse, Bream, Damsels and Parrot fish.  Unfortunatley this was there last dive with us, and off they went to relax for the remainder of their holiday.

Mermaid Diving Instructor Internship


Patrick and Stiven were off to Yellow Mountain with Dan for more mapping skills for Stiven, Luckily they found their way to the swim through and back again in a timely manner lol!

Alice headed out with Patrick Gary and Stiven to Abades for three fun dives.  They were really happy to see Rays, and Octopus they had a really good fun morning and arrived back at the centre full of beans.

Then the arrival of the New Interns Hannah and Eric, its always so nice to have new interns arriving and joining the team, as tradition dictates they soon had new names Montana and Bananaman!!!  Even more suitable when we first saw Erics wetsuit with Yellow Arms!!

The first day started with their induction and scuba review, they had a great day and we all ended up in the bar after a long days work.

A great finish to our week.

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