Celebrations all round Divemasters, Advanced Courses and best of all New Boat Captain :-)

This week has been a whirlwind of activity with Divemaster Intern Jeff who is doing really well, and completed his Advanced course this week

Daisy and Vince are working well together studying and practising their skills in the pool, each day some progress is made, not long now till the start of the Instructor Development course on the 30th January.

We were joined at abades by Rami and Juhani, for two fun recreational dives, they had an amazing time and saw Octopus, Cuttlefish and a small Ray.  Unfortunately Juhanni is back off home but Rami is going to join us next week to start his PADI Advanced Open Water course.

Daisy has finally become a PADI Divemaster so a huge congratulations to her, she completed her kit exchange with Vince and they both performed the problem solving activity in a very controlled manner, so well done guys.

Isobelle intern wannabe joined us for her Advanced Open Water course, on the first day they headed off to Abades, where Isobelle completed her Navigation and Search and Recovery exercises, she did really well, as well as enjoying being back in the water.

Another returning intern Gus has arrived back, its a pleasure to have the old divemaster interns come back to the centre, its always great to see their smiley faces, and Gus has fitted right back in as if he never left!

The next day they all headed off to at the crack of dawn off to complete Izi's Night dive for her PADI Advanced Open Water Course, they had a great dive, and enjoyed seeing all the sleeping fish.  Vince was gutted not to see an Angel shark but loved it anyway.

Then the team headed off to Tabaiba after a nice hot drink with Kenneth, Ryan Vince and Gus.  This time to complete Izi's Deep and Wreck dives.  They had a great time on the dives, lots of barracuda and bream circling the wreck , and they also went off to see the small dog statue.

Congratulations to Izi for passing her Advanced Open Water diver course, we all hope to see Izi back later this year to join us for her PADI Divemaster Internship.

Then amazing news, we found a new boat Captain Marta, shes Spanish and also a PADI Instructor so good news for Dive and Sea Tenerife all round!

So off we went to Poco Naufragio, we were joined by Ryan, Gus, and Vince, where they had an amazing time with a large round ray, who was very interested in the divers, as well as a large shoal of barracuda, and a small black moray all in all a very impressive dive.

Then the team headed off to Pequeno Valle, to complete the navigation exercises for Jeff, all completed really well.  Finally Jeff has completed his Advanced Open Water Diver course.  Well done Jeff!

Jeff, Daisy Vince and Tinman headed down to the pool to complete their skill circuits always good practice for the trainee Instructors to help a new intern with their skills.

Tinman then took them all for some fun dives at Abades where Jeff was mapping the site, we are all looking forward to the finished result!

And another week has flown by here at Mermaid Diving, lots of fun with our customers and interns.

A fabulous End to 2013 and a promising start to 2014

What a fantastic end to the year, and bringing of the new year all in one week.

Its great to have Ann, Richard and David back with us for some more dives, off we headed to Tabaiba, a glorious sunny day, with Daisy, Minnie, Melissa, an Phil.

Phil was there to complete his final dive of his Advanced Open Water course, while Divemaster Interns Daisy and Minnie were there to observe

An amazing morning , great visibility, and a huge shoal of baracuda as well as lots of friendly octopus, and still back in time for a spot of lunch, before heading down to the pool with Daisy to complete her Divemaster skills.


Next up was Las Eras and despite only being able to complete 1 dive it was an amazing dive that we all enjoyed, we were jouined by Phil, Roy, Richard and David.  On the dive we were all lucky to see an Angel Shark, which daisy had spookily predicted that morning.

It was the first angle shark that we had seen here at Mermaid Diving for the current season so everyone came away with huge smiles.

A very welcome day off following New Years eve celebrations, and then back off to EL Puertito to go and see the turtles, on the dive we were joined by Tony, David, Richard, Ann and Lloyd.

Happily we all managed to see the turtles, as well as cuttlefish and octopus, there is always a great amount of life at El Puertito and looking amonst the rocky areas you will find, large starfish, hermit crabs, Annulated brittle stars and arrow crabs.

Daisy was really happy to get her Stamina assessments for her Divemaster course out of the way, she did really well depsite her poor ribs and was happy with all of her scores.  Well done Daisy only a few more items and you will soon be a Divemaster!!!

Another trip to tabaiba this week, with Lloyd, Tony, David and Richard, we had two amazing dives, calm waters and good visability were a bonus.  On the dives the Wreck was encircled by a large shoal of bream with a few baracuda looking for breakfast no doubt!

In the afternoon it was time for Ann and Marta to complete their Emergency Provider course.  They had a fun afternoon, getting used to the various options available for providing oxygen.

A bright and early start the next day as we headed off to Abades with Marta, Ann, Lloyd, Tony and Richard to Abades.  On the dives they saw two common rays sat happily eating while they hovered watching, as well as Moray Eels, and cuttlefish, a lovely bright morning.

Marta and Phil then joined us to complete their Rescue exercises, with Ann as the stooge it was great fun and they had a fun afternoon going through each of the scenarios, the best part as always is watching them bring the unresponsive victim back onto the boat :-)

A great busy week, with lots of fun clients we are looking forward to next week completing the Rescue Course for Phil and Marta and of course welcoming Tinman, new Instructor back into the dive centre, and New Intern Jack aka Jack to the Internship program.

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.

Angel Sharks in Tenerife

Our very regular customers, the Hurley's were back again form Ireland.

This time Richard jr and little David, who's not so little anymore, were back to do the PADI Advanced course.

The first 2 dives were Boat and Fish identification dives .

The boys enjoyed getting back into the ocean, but we think today, they enjoyed driving the boat more! The sketches of the fish for the fish ID adventure dive were "interesting" but the boys were able to work out exactly what they had seen from them!

More from them later in the week.

Angel Shark in Tenerife