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Congratulations to Brian Moh whom has just passed his PADI Divemaster course with us. Brian is a professional photographer from Malaysia with a strong passion for diving. He wanted to gain lots of new experience on the sport that he loves to do and he wanted to experience it in a different country. Alli met Brian at the dive show in KL and things were quickly put in place for Brian to spend a month here in Puerto Galera doing his Rescue and Divemaster courses. Continue reading
Author Archives: Asia Divers
Wonderful to have Thoumire family back with us again! We sure miss seeing them often like we used to when they were living in Manila, but it’s great that they can get back here at least once a year. Congratulations to Amalia for earning her Advanced citification with Alli on this trip and to both Rapheah and Amalia for getting their Nitrox with Jamie. JC tried not to do too much work and just enjoy the time underwater.
With instructor students finishing off their exams with IDAP collage, some went on to gain that extra qualification in the theory and practice of servicing diving regulators by taking the one service seminar on Cress-sub regulators.
In conjunction with IDAP courses held at Asia Divers, a Cressi-sub servicing seminar, that’s free of charge, is tagged at the end of instructor course for those instructors wanting to increase their knowledge in the area of regulator theory and maintenance.
Once again, regulators used for this course were the very versatile AC2 unbalanced with XS2 second stage that is popular in the rental department with dive shop operator, while the afternoon session students went into deep theory, strip down, rebuilding and fine tuning of the MC5 diaphragm and ellipse second stage.
Special mention goes to Ruben, who for some of you my well remember Ruben worked in the Asia Divers service department in the late 1990’s so re-teaching for him was not too much of a problem..
If wanting to know more about this course that could be easily arranged to be conducted other locations in the Philippines, please don’t hesitate to email; andy@asiadivers.com
Congratulations go to:
Ruben Maranan of Asia divers
Marcus Black: Blue Ribbon
Fiona Gould: Blue Ribbon
Robert Coleridge.
Baolin Tan and his fiancée Shenyu Liu are happy to spent their Chinese national holidays to complete their Open water course with Andy and Miumiu.
宝林和小羽这对甜蜜的伉俪在海豚湾和Miumiu，Andy教练一起度过了这个难忘的国庆假期，他们顺利通过了Padi 的open water 课程！恭喜他们！ Continue reading
Photos by Matt Hubball
Last month I noticed that there were many clown fish eggs appearing in one week over several different dive sites. This intrigued me and made me want to look into this a bit deeper and find out why. I noticed this more just after the full moon which this time was known as a Super Moon! I was wondering if this is the time that eggs are laid? Hmmmm….So searching around on the internet I found out some interesting facts about our little orange buddies. Continue reading
Tommy has been on the road again representing Asia Divers-El Galleon at Inter Dive in Friedrichshafen, Germany. We’re hoping to see a lot more divers from Germany heading our way very soon as the colder weather starts to spread across Europe. After the Inter Dive Show, Tommy went to visit the Cressi factory in Genova. On the picture above from left to right: David Avalone (Export Manager), Tommy, Marco Cressi and Antony Cressi.
Check out the new bar on the Asia Divers dive deck! We know that the Point bar is only a few seconds away from the platform, but now with the new bar even closer to the boats, you can have a cold frosty beer in your hand just seconds after returning from your favorite dive site in Puerto Galera. So what are we going to call the new bar? Please send your ideas to instructors@asiadivers.com.
Thanks to the whole gang who took part in today’s International Coastal Clean-up dive. Matt, Snake, Alli, Brian, Brad and Sue came back with rice sacks full of nasty and gnarly stuff from Dalaruan / San Antonio. The main items seem to be paint cans and boat repair items such as plastic cords, tins and jars. There was also lots of old clothing and diapers.
We keep doing these clean-ups year after year in hopes that it will teach everyone in the area the importance about not throwing the rubbish in the ocean. It’s still a long way to go…but every little bit helps!
A big welcome to Susan Young from Island Dreams Travel. We’re thrilled that you were able to stop in for a few days and see the treasures of Puerto Galera. Susan works with an amazing group of folks back in the U.S. who do their best to send us lots of divers. We appreciate all your support!
A big welcome to Susan Young from Island Dreams Travel. We’re thrilled that you were able to stop in for a few days and see the treasures of Puerto Galera. Susan works with an amazing group of folks back in the U.S. who do their best to send us lots of divers. We appreciate all your support!
Older but wiser?! It’s been an exciting time over the past week with most of the animals prowling about. There have been several birthdays and some random boisterous nights, but all in all the animals were quite docile this year. Great to see you guys again!
Getting together for the whole gang’s last night here were Chris Taylor, Eric Masters, Bob Robb, David de Wolf, Magnus Sandstrom, John Tucker, Allan Nash, Mark Bluestone, Terry Llewelyen, Wayne Davis and Peter Bordeaux
Glad that John Tucker could be here to ring in another birthday with us!