Monday, January 28, 2013

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.

Dive and Sea Tenerife diving with Fangtooth Moray Eel




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.

PADI IDC Centre Tenerife diving at Abades


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.


Monday, January 21, 2013

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.

Scuba Diving Tenerife with Dive and Sea Tenerife




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.

Dive and Sea Tenerife PADI Advanced Open Water Course


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.

PADI Open Water Diver Course Tenerife


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!

PADI 5 Star IDC Centre Diving at El Puertito


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!!





Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Happy New Year but sad farewells to Divemaster Interns

Happy New Year from Dive and Sea Tenerife



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.

Dive and Sea Tenerife diving at Poco Naufragio


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.

PADI Bubblemaker Session


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!!!

PADI Dive master Internship


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

Dive and Sea Tenerife Diving at El Puertito with the Turtles


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!!

Dive and Sea Tenerife diving at Las Eras


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.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

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.

Dive and Sea Christmas night out with Santa!

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.

Wreck Diving

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

PADI Advanced 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!!

PADI Divemasters night out !

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!!

PADI Divemasters

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.

Instructor and Divemaster

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.

Internships Winter 2012

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.

Turtles in Tenerife

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.

PADI Scuba Diver

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.

Red Back Cleaner Shrimp


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.
Dive and Sea Tenerife

Monday, December 31, 2012

More PADI Divemaster's and.... Santa pays a visit !

What a great week the last week before Christmas arrives.  We are all looking forward to a little break for Christmas before the madness of the festive season for diving continues.
Christmas diving


We are all still in the festive spirit here at Dive and Sea Tenerife and we all went out for our Team Christmas Party.  Melissa insists on having Christmas music on every day in the shop and in the cars so everyone has to be happy and cheery they have no other choice, who can not smile when Christmas songs are playing??
Underwater Santa !


Congratulations to Andreas (Perry, Gnasher, Fish Boy and Dog Fish) for passing his PADI Divemaster certification this week. 
Andreas has done really well completing his internship in under 8 weeks, he has been a pleasure to have on the internship and we will all be really sad to see him leave at the end of December. 
Andreas, just like Dennis, joined us without any diving certification at all, so its a HUGE achievement to complete the internship and also be an excellent Divemaster.
Good luck from all of us here at Dive and Sea Tenerife we are all sure you will do brilliantly in your new career!

Divemaster internshipThe week started nice and bright and Pete headed off to Tabaiba with Alice, Lydia, Dennis, Andreas and Moomin.  Andreas was particularly happy to finally get to dive the wreck at Tabaiba as the last two times due to Intern error he has been unable to dive!!
They all loved the Wreck.  Congratulations to Lydia for completing her PADI Wreck Diver Speciality!!  Lydia has really enjoyed the experience of diving not as an intern but as a customer and had lots of fun bossing the other interns around all day!
I am not sure they were so happy but it was fun for us others to see.

Wreck diving in Tenerife

Then we were joined by René from Holland who is over for a diving holiday for two weeks.  The first dives he completed this week were at El Deflin and Pequeno Valle.  Alice, Lydia, Dennis, and Andreas and Moomin joined René on his dives.  On the first dive they were really please to find a Canarian Lobster as well as Moray Eels and Anemones.  
On the second dive they saw Octopus, Anemones and 100's of Bream.

Later in the week we were joined by Kali (from America) and Yaroslav (from Russia) who were here to complete their PADI Open Water Diver course.  They headed off to the Pool for their first confined session, both were really nervous but excited at the same time,
Dennis and Lydia were Alice’s assistant.  First of all Lydia completed the PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience with Kali and Yaroslav, before Alice moved on with the Open Water confined sessions.  They both did really well in their morning session followed by the open Water DVD before the afternoon pool session.
PADI Advanced Course

A great day for Kali and Yaroslav which was then followed by a nice relaxing day off, with more reading!!! Before they start their Open water dives.  They kept themselves busy with Whale Watching and Paragliding.

PADI Open Water Course

After our long days hard work it was time to put on our glad rags and head out to Sound of musicals!  We were joined on our team Christmas Party by friends from Teide Divers, Jackie, Javier, Phil and Stfy.  We all had an amazing time, the show, food and company was great as alway.
We were all a little bemused to see that Pete not only tried to have a piggy back ride on Alice…...but found that his feet were still touching the floor but also later Dennis was carrying him around the car park.
Nudibranch
Shame we all felt a little worse for wear the next day!!! Worse for Alice who apparently fell over but has no memory of such an event. A well planned day off followed for everyone!

So Day two of the PADI Open Water course bright and early with smiley faces they headed off to Yellow Mountain to complete their first two Open Water dives, they had two great sessions, and really enjoyed the experience, then it was off to the shop to complete their exams!  They both did really well with high scores and were looking forward to the next day!!
Trumpet fish

Meanwhile Melissa and Andreas headed off with Reno to Las Eras, they had two great dives, and it was so nice to visit Las Eras without there being any trace of a current, on the first dive they were really lucky and Saw Octopus, Cuttlefish, Cleaner Shrimp, Moray Eels, A Grouper as well as a small Common Ray, a fabulous start, then off to the pipeline where they saw Octopus, Moray Eels as well as Wrasse, Bream Damsels and Hermit Crabs.
A great mornings diving then off to the Marina for kit washing!

Day 3 of the course and the final Open Water dives for Kali and Yaroslav.  It has been great fun completing the Open Water course for Kali and Yaroslav as they are both really friendly happy people who are really enjoying their diving experiences.
Brown Moray Eel
They did really well on all the skills on their dives.  They are looking forward to more dives during their holiday. Dennis has proved to Alice that he is an excellent assistant on diving courses and we are all really proud of his achievements.

Andreas and Moonim were out completing the final dives for Moomins PADI Divemaster course as he needed to finish his dive site map of Alien Rock.  Luckily he managed to get all of the correct data today.  This was the last box to tick for Moomin for his PADI Divemaster course.  Well done to Moomin for finally passing his Divemaster Internship.  A welcome drink was had by all.
Divemaster's and Instructors

Lucky Alice, as she must now be known, has 11 days off for Xmas!  Poor Melissa and Pete have to stay behind to do all the hard work!!!
She claims shes sad to be going!  But really we know she is off to appear as Santa’s little Helper on Christmas Eve.
So all of you look out for Alice delivering your Christmas Presents, with Santa, on Christmas Eve …. She’s the one dressed like an Elf!!!

Kali and Varoslav enjoyed their diving experience so much they have already started their PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course.
They along with Rob from America have so far completed 3 of their Advanced Open Water divers, Navigation, Fish Identification, and Digital Underwater photography.

PADI Advanced course Tenerife
They all did really well on their dives and Brooke, who joined partner Rob, was also there having fun recreational dives at Yellow Mountain.
So well done guys more hard work tomorrow at Tabaiba for the Deep and Wreck dives.



Thursday, December 27, 2012

PADI Divemaster certification and time for a break


This week amazingly Melissa and Pete have had a well deserved break for 5 days, and So Alice has been in charge, while they have been relaxing, sunbathing and enjoying a few drinks, all the interns have been really busy.
Divemaster internship Tenerife

They started off diving at Abades, they had 3 fantastic dives in the afternoon sunshine they were able to see Octopus, Cuttlefish, and a Black Moray as well as seeing lots of Starfish, Wrasse, Bream and Damsels.  So after the nice relaxing dives they were back at the car and then disaster struck the car key  had got wet on the dives and wouldn't work!
An hour later still not working……. Oh the joys, at least the recovery company arrived quickly and repaired the problem!
Cuttle fish

Another bright cloud free morning and off to Las Eras,  Lydia, Mahmoud, Andreas, Dennis and Alice all piled into the car heading off for some fun dives.  On the first dive despite a very strong current they had a great time and were really impressed by the over hanging rock formations.  On this dive they saw Cleaner Shrimp large shoals of Bream and groups of Trumpet fish.
anemone

On the last dive Alice managed to go on a small detour around the bay, but they did eventually head out to the pipeline after doing several circles of the bay.  On the dive to the pipeline they were able to find a large Brown Moray that was being particularly brave coming out to have his photo taken. Surrounding the pipeline were groups of Bream and Damsels and they were also able to spot some Plainhead file fish which is a nice find as we rarely see them.

Everyone was really excited to complete another Project AWARE dive this time they selected a Dive Against Debris dive at EL Puertito, and amazingly got to see the Turtles as well as bring a lot of rubbish out of the ocean.
Project AWARE Tenerife

El Puertito seems to attract a lot of rubbish, largely due to the number of sightseeing boats and large numbers of campers during the summer months, but each time we have completed clean up dive we have bought glass bottles, plastic bottles, items of clothing, fishing line and much more out of the ocean.

Project AWARE Tenerife

Next onto a new dive site, this was another shore dive site now named Sunset Bay.  It’s a nice easy entry point in calm weather.  All of the interns were really excited to be able to try a new dive site.  They really enjoyed their mornings dives, on the dives they saw Octopus, A few Moray Eels, Star fish and Feathered stars as well as the usual suspect's Ornate Wrasse, Blue Fin Damsel fish and Trumpet fish.

Divemaster Internship Tenerife

In the afternoon they were off to the sea to do some more snorkel practising and unfortunately unlike every other afternoon that week the clouds rolled in and it started to rain!  However they were still happy to head off and enjoyed getting wet!

All week Alice has been running competitions prizes such as a bottle of wine or for those non drinkers a bottle of coke.  Andreas won the first prize for spotting the most interesting species of Aquatic life at Abades, Mahmoud won the competition for the person who got the largest amount of debris out of the sea.  Lydia won a competition for a quiz on the PADI Instructor Manual.
So well done interns for winning prizes this week.
Black Moray eel

Saturday was a great day everyone back at the Dive Centre, it was time for Dennis to complete his final sections for his PADI Divemaster Course.  Congratulations he has passed!  And then off they went on some nice dives.  A fun morning had by all.
PADI Divemaster

Then a great evening with a BBQ and drinks at Melissa and Pete's house, much to their dogs delights who got fed lots of treats!
Chilling in Tenerife
It was even more special as Dennis got his Guitar and both him and Andreas played different songs for us all to sing along to an impromptu Karaoke session!

Melissa headed off to Las Eras on Sunday with Sergay, Dennis, Andreas, Moomin and Lydia.  They had 2 really great dives.  On the first dive they were fighting a strong current but were still able to see 2 Octopus, a small Common Ray, Cleaner Shrimp and several Cylinder Anemones.
Fangtooth Moray

On the second dive the current felt even stronger but again another fabulous dive where they were able to see, three Moray Eels, although they were definitely feeling less brave, Octopus hiding away in the holes and Lots of lovely Hermit Crabs taking shelter among the cracks.

We are all especially proud when a non certified diver makes it to the heady ranks of PADI Divemaster and Dennis has been a pleasure to train and what a lovely surprise nice drinks after work!

Dolphins Tenerife



Thursday, December 20, 2012

Proud of our new PADI Instructor's, PADI Staff Instructors and PADI Divemasters :-)


This week started on a real high as Lydia passed her PADI Divemaster course.  She did really well on her Exams, and was very proud to have completed her course.  Lydia is staying on with us for a few weeks as she wants to gain some more experience.  So we won’t be saying goodbye just yet. 

PADI Divemaster Internship

We all felt very proud of our urchin killing dives, joined by Nick we set out to Yellow Mountain to complete two project AWARE dives.  There are thousands if not millions of Urchins at Yellow Mountain, but it was great to see over two dives what a difference we can make.  We had a competition running ,  the prize being one of our lovely Project AWARE T shirts, the interns worked in teams counting how many urchins the other was killing, Dennis managed an amazing 280 kills, Melissa and Nick both felt that they had exceeded this number as they were in a frenzy over all the urchins and of course completed both dives.  On these dives they were also lucky enough to discover 2 small Black Moray Eels hiding away in the rocks, lucky they did not get in the way of a knife cutting the urchins.  It was great to see that we were actually making a difference.  Its so different at Yellow Mountain than other Urchin dives that we have done because as soon as you have cut the first Urchin you are surrounded by groups of fish fighting over the Urchins that is until they get full!  But they still come and look at what you are doing. 

Project AWARE Dive Against Debris

Next on the list for Project AWARE is a clean up dive and another chance to win a competition for one of the interns to win a project aware T shirt.

This week, Kevin, Perry and Moomin all passed both parts of their PADI Divemaster exams, so all their study has paid off.  Well done to them, now we have to focus on stamina and skills.
Lydia has been joining the boys up in the pool to help them with their skills.  They are all getting much better each time, and are looking forward to when they can be assessed!


The hardest skill, I believe, is the kit set up, so this week while we have had a few spare hours the interns have been practising Kit Set up, Donning and removal.  A few minor mistakes and they are all doing superbly.

Off to Abades with Lydia, Moomin, Kevin and Perry, for 3 recreational dives.  Kevin briefed the first dive, he did a great brief just a little fine tuning needed.  Dennis also led the first dive, according to the others he did really well, and they were able to see a lot of different aquatic life including a cuttlefish, Trumpet fish, Scorpion fish and Cardinals.

On the second, dive led by Andreas, they went a slightly different route, which is always a great way to learn how to navigate a site.  On this dive they saw an Octopus, Anemones, Ornate Wrasse and lots of Bream.  Third dive was Moomin’s turn to lead,  he did very well, and was happy to find that he was able to bring the group back to the same spot they had descended, on this dive they saw Feathered Star Fish, a Black Moray and  Pearly Razor fish.

We have also been focusing on briefings, after the teams briefings this week at Abades we spent the afternoon going through a thorough briefing so hopefully from now on we will get excellent briefings on the dives from our interns.

Another sad farewell as Nick and Linda, regular customers from the UK, return home.  They have been here for a month, and we will miss them around the place, on a brighter note, Louise and Brian are back.
Louise just for some more recreational dives but Brian will be completing his PADI Advanced Open Water Course.

Alice and Lorcan were both doing really well on their PADI Instructors course (IDC), this week they have been learning how to teach, and present their topics as well as problem solving in confined and Open Water sessions.
All reports coming back are positive despite the nightly stressing from both candidates! 


Also we had Phil completing his PADI Staff Instructor course. During his course he learns how to assess new candidates as well as completing Instructor exams, but with a higher pass rate required.

PADI Staff Instructor Tenerife

We are please to say Phil passed without any problems at all and he now looks forward to training PADI Assistant Instructors.


PADI Instructor Course Tenerife

Then it was time for the IE.  Pete spent the entire first day with the candidates, and has stated that he felt like a nervous parent waiting for the children’s results, he was joined by Melissa on the second day which finally ended at 19:30.
But finally we were happy to report that both Alice and Lorcan are new PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors!!!

PADI Instructor Course Tenerife

We all met up and headed out for a great evening out at Otellos in Adeje.  Unfortunately Lorcan had to dash back to Gran Canaria, but hopefully we will see him again soon.
However Melissa, Pete, Alice, Lydia, Moomin, Andreas, Dennis, Louise and Brian all went out to celebrate.
After such a long day we all had a great meal with all happy smiling faces.
A massive congratulations to Alice who has become a PADI Instructor within a  year of starting diving.

For those of you that don’t know Alice joined us as a PADI Divemaster intern in January, she stayed with us for 13 weeks before getting a job in Gran Canaria but came back to work for us in June of this year, she completed her PADI Assistant Instructor course in August and has now completed her IDC. 

Its always good to have a week that starts and ends on a high!

We look forward to more weeks with this great news.