For the last few weeks we have been returning to a nest of sea snakes at Gato. Every time they have been growing bigger and bigger. Here is a piccy courtesy of Sarah King…
How cute are they?
Archive for June, 2009
Nesting Sea Snakes
Friday, June 26th, 2009TSD Tattoo
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009It’s official, TSD has been the inspiration for its first tattoo!
Alex Kang has been back to TSD three, or is it four times? On his last visit we recognized a familiar – yet different – shape on his ankle. Lo and behold, it was our thresher shark logo, tribalized into an amazing tattoo!
TSD Tattoo
Way to go Alex!
The first successful IDC on Malapascua!!!
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Thresher Shark Divers are very pleased to have completed our first ever IDC (Instructor Development Course). As well as being a historical event for TSD, it is a groundbreaking in being the first ever successful IDC held in its entirety on Malapascua.
Congratulations over and over to David and Sarah on passing their PADI Instructor Exam yesterday.
They have worked very hard over the last 2 weeks of the IDC and improved in leaps and bounds.
The IE (Instructor Exam), is the final part of the Instructor course when evaluators from PADI headquarters test all instructor candidates during a rigorous two day session. During the IE David and Sarah did us proud, scoring consistently high marks throughout. They were presented with their certificates of completion yesterday afternoon by George Wegmann, PADI Instructor Examiner.
L-R: John Taylor (Course Director), George Wegmann (PADI Instructor Examiner), David Vize (OWSI), Sarah King (OWSI), Mike Ferguson (IDC Staff), me (Andrea - IDC Staff)
Many thanks to John Taylor, our Course Director, and Mike our IDC Staff Instructor, for all their hard work with the candidates throughout the IDC, it really paid off. To round off a very successful IDC, David will remain to complete his Specialty Instructor ratings, and Charlie will be finishing her IDC Staff Instructor Course this week.
We had a great party last night, I think there will be some sore heads this morning….
Booze cruise
Monday, June 15th, 2009What a great booze cruise last night. That had to rank one of our most fun.
The weather wasn’t ideal, but at least it didn’t rain and the participants certainly made up for it in terms of personality.
Mixing the first of many lethal buckets
I made my lethal rum bucket and it was passed around many times. We got to 13 straws in our patented drinking game, which is quite something. But this still did not beat Klaus’ group record of 23 straws and I doubt we ever will.
JN, jumping in for the first try of the first straw of the first bucket, its a slippery slope...
Ashley - what a man!
We stopped at Lighthouse and at first it seemed like no-one was going to venture into the sea, but as soon as Tzachir jumped in, there were girls from Singapore flying in thick and fast (usually after being pushed by Tzachir). No one escaped the wrath of Tzachir, including myself, despite being fully clothed.
She really didn't want to go in
WWF - should that be wrestling or wildlife?
Big smiles all around
Later that night at the Pub after a hearty dinner of steaks (U.S. Angus – yum!), we turned up the tunes and there was dancing late into the night…
Two lucky ladies
Friday, June 5th, 2009It has been a pleasure having Rose and Lynn here from the UK and we are sad to say goodbye. They have been here 2 weeks and done nearly 80 dives between them. JN (their new adopted son) has shown them an incredible array of marine life – as well as the usual sharks and mantas they have seen a mimic, a stargazer, pygmies including a possible denise, endless nudis including a Dancing Doris (Hypselodoris) that was about one foot long (according to Lyn anyway!).
They both completed the Thresher Shark Specialty course which they enjoyed tremendously and had some great shark sightings on the course dives. Rose also did her Night Diver Specialty while she was here, both courses contributing towards her Master Scuba Diver rating.
We are looking forward to seeing your photos and hope to see you again sometime.
Malapascua’s 1st IDC!
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009We welcome Course Director John Taylor and are proud to be the location for the FIRST EVER IDC HELD ON MALAPASCUA! John comes to us with many years experience as a CD and many successful students, including past, present and we hope future members of staff. David and Sarah are our first two candidates, with our instructor Charlie doing her IDC Staff Instructor course and Mike and myself staffing.
Best of luck to them both!
Tec again
Monday, June 1st, 2009Trevor returned from Puerto Galera having completed a series of tech dives in preparation for his upcoming search for wrecks and sharks in Malapascuan waters. His deepest was a dive to 90 meters on an industrial strength DPV. Boys and their toys – zooming round the canyons like teenagers….
