TSD PADI Awards

Thresher Shark Divers has been operational for 9 years, and during that time we have become known as one of the best and most professional dive operations in the Philippines. The PADI awards we now regularly receive are a testament to that. These includes the most prestigious of their awards, finalist for two years running for OUTSTANDING DIVE CENTER BUSINESS (2009 and 2010) and for OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DIVE INDUSTRY (2011 and 2012).

PADI Certificates of Excellence

We have been having a great run on Certificates of Excellence!

    
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PADI Member Awards 2010

Awarded February 2010

PADI Member Awards 2009

Awarded March 2009

Older Instructor Certificates of Excellence

PADI very occasionally issues Certificates of Excellence to its instructors. This is a great honor and they are not common.  TSD's instructors have received two recently.

Richard Reardon

Awarded February 2010

Mike Ferguson (Course Director 2010)

Awarded March 2009

Project Aware 2009 International Environmental Achievement Award

The International Environmental Achievement Award honors dive operators around the world who display commitment and excellence in their efforts to protect underwater environments within business operations and their community.

"The Environment Achievement Award is about rewarding vision, excellence and pursuit of conservation. More importantly, this award ensures the enjoyment of underwater environments for future generations."

Dr. Drew Richardson, Chairman, Project AWARE Foundation.

Awarded: January 2010

Go Eco Status

TSD was awarded Project AWARE GO Eco Operator Status in March 2009. Project AWARE Foundation, a non-profit environmental organization working with divers to conserve underwater environments, launched the Go ECO campaign into the Asia Pacific region in 2005. The main objective of Go ECO is for dive centres to minimize their impact on the aquatic ecosystem whilst contributing to environmental, economic and cultural conservation. Dive centres are required to meet best practice environmental guidelines and commit to the Project AWARE Go ECO philosophy.

Joanne Marston, Manager, of Project AWARE Asia Pacific added, “We are pleased to recognize Thresher Shark Divers as a Go ECO Operator. We look forward to working with them to implement environmental best practices and educate tourists about how they can travel responsibly.”

Awarded March 2009

Keyman Award

This award is given by PADI International. It honors the top PADI instructors of the year in the UK for their commitment to teaching and their success with students. Mike Ferguson, one of our Course Directors, received the Bronze Keyman Award in 2005 out of the whole country.

Awarded 2005