Thursday, December 31, 2009

December 31 - New Years Eve!

Date:December 31
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:25+ m

It's New Years Eve and the island is packed!! Apparently they are sending people back at the ferry pier as there is nowhere to stay for them on the island.

We have taken a very busy Reefer 1 out to Sail Rock. Vic and Nods are guiding 8 fun divers. Ryan and Kim are taking 6 Discovery divers in the Water and a few snorkelers have joined our trip as well.

We are not diving tomorrow, as the whole team is going to the Eagel Bar in Haad Yao for a New Years Eve party.

On the 2nd of January we are teaching Open Water, a Nitrox Speciality and are taking some fun divers out to the Rock.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

December 30 - We are busy, busy, busy!!

Date:December 30
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:25+ m

It's a beautifual day on Koh Phangan and the island is packed.

We have taken a busy Reefer 1 out to Sail Rock today. Kim and George are on the boat with some fun divers. Vic is taking his 3 Open Water students for their first couple of dives off the beach in Haad Yao. Ryan is covering the beach office in the morning and taken 4 DSD's in the swimming pool in the afternoon.

Tomorrow we are diving Sail Rock again, it's absolutely beautiful there at the moment.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

December 29 - We are teaching Open Water today!

Date:December 29
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:25+ m

It's a nice and sunny day today.

Ryan and G-man have taken Reefer 1 out to Sail Rock. Ryan is taking his Discover Scuba Divers from yesterday for a couple of dives. The G-man is fun diving with a couple of divers. Vic is busy at the dive center; he is teaching day one of the Open Water course in the morning and then taking his students in the pool in the afternoon to do the confined water skills.

Tomorrow we are diving Mae Haad/Koh Ma.

Monday, December 28, 2009

December 28 - We are diving Sailrock today!

Date:December 28
Location:
Sailrock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:25+ m

Today we are diving Sail Rock again. The visibility at the rock was really good yesterday, so we decided to take Reefer 1 back out to the rock.

Kim is taking two Dsd's in the water, who came to the dive center in the afternoon yesterday and did their pool skills. Nods is taking Russ and Martin for another couple of fun dives.

Tomorrow we are starting an Open Water course with 4 students.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

December 27 - Diving Sail Rock today!

Date:December 27
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

All the X-mas celebrations are finally over and we are back in the water today.

Reefer 1 has gone out to Sail Rock. Kim is on the boat with Michelle and Lee. Ryan is taking some fun divers and a few snorkellers joined our trip as well.

Tomorrow we are going back out to dive the rock.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

December 24 - We are diving Sail Rock

Date:December 24
Location:
Koh Phangan - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:10+ m

It's a beautiful sunny Christmas Eve.

The divers all enjoyed Koh Tao yesterday. We Chose Aow Leuk and Shark Island and saw sting rays and eels and lots of triggers!

Vic and G-man have taken fun divers to the Sail Rock today and Ryan is finishing his Open Water course so there will be more Shark Bombs later!

We are taking Christmas Day and Boxing day as holiday and diving again on the 27th.

Happy Xmas everyone! x

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

December 23 - We are diving Koh Tao today!

Date:December 23
Location:
Koh Tao - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

It's a beautiful and sunny day again today and the sea is absolutely flat, so we decided to take our customers to Koh Tao today!

Kim and Ryan are taking their Open Water student for their first couple of dives in the sea. Vic is starting an Advanced course and Nods is guiding a few fun divers.

Adam is covering the beach office in Haad Yao for us today.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

December 20 - Adam finally completed his Divemaster!!!

Date: December 20
Location:
Koh Phangan - Thailand


It's abit of a windy and rainy day today.



The team is still recovering from Adam's DM funnel. Adam has been seen limping down the hill on the way to Shiralea, he looked broke and must have aged about 10 years since last night ;-) Congratulations to Adam on finally finishing his Divemaster course!!!



Vic is coming in in the afteroon to take a guy in the Swimmingpool for some Refresher skills. He will be diving the Rock the following day.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

December 19 - Diving Sailrock!

Date:December 19
Location:
Sailrock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:20+ m

Beautiful morning in Haad Yao.

Vic took the boat out to Sailrock to finish the course with his Advanced student as a storm came in when they were about to dive Haad Yao yesterday, so they couldn't do the last dive.There are a few fun divers on the boat and Adam who is doing his final 2 dives before finishing his DM course. He will be doing his funnel tonight!

Friday, December 18, 2009

December 18 - Finishing Advanced today!

Date:December 18
Location:
Haad Yao - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:10+ m

Vic is finishing his Advanced course today with his French student. They are going to dive Haad Yao in the afternoon.

Tomorrow we are thinking of diving Sail Rock.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

December 17 - Diving the Rock again today

Date:December 17
Location:
Sailrock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:20+ m

It's a quiet morning in Haad Yao.

We changed today's plan of diving the Marine Park. Vic is guiding Axel and Almut around Sailrock again as they are hoping to get to see the Whaleshark.

Tomorrow we are finishing an Advanced course, most likely with a beach dive in Haad Yao.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

December 16 - Back at the Rock, hoping to see the Whaleshark!!

Date:December 16
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:20+ m

It's a lovely and sunny morning on Koh Phangan.

After overhearing on the radio yesterday that there was a Whaleshark at the Rock, we changed our plan of diving Mae Haad, turned the boat around and dived Sail Rock with another Whaleshark. It was a 3 m female Whaleshark and it was hanging around for ages, all our students and fun diver really enjoyed the day.

Today we went back out there, in the hope that she is still there. Kim is finishing her Open Water course, Vic is teaching Advanced and Nods is guiding a few fun divers.

Tomorrow we are planning a trip to the National Marine Park.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

December 15 - Diving Mae Haad/Koh Ma today!

Date:December 15
Location:
Mae Haad/Koh Ma - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:10+ m

Another busy day at Reefers today.

The boat is going out to Mae Haad Bay in the morning. Kim is taking her 2 Open Water students for their first dives. Vic is starting an Advanced course with one of the Refreshers from yesterday and Nods is guiding a fun diver. Adam is on the boat as well, he is coming to the end of his Divemaster trainig.

Tomorrow we are diving Sail Rock.

December 14 - Teaching Open Water today

Date:December 14
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

Our Discovery diver loved Sail Rock yesterday - its a shame he is leaving today r he would have completed his course.

Kim is starting a new Open Water course with an Aussie guy and a girl from Lebannon. It's a small world as Vic took her boyfriend diving in the U.A.E 4 years ago and he will be doing a refresher in the pool this afternoon to dive with her tomorrow as well. We are going to let Adamski take control....... depending on how bad his hang over is!

December 13 - Taking some Discovery divers to Sail Rock

Date:December 13
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

It's a another beautiful, sunny day on Koh Phangan!!

Vic is spoiling some Discovery Divers by taking them to Sail Rock for their first ever dives! The sea is really flat and there is no current so they'll have a great time.

Adamski is really close to finishing his DM course so he is completing his mapping project.

Tomorrow we are going to take advantage of the great local visibility and dive around the island

Saturday, December 12, 2009

December 12 - Sunny day in Haad Yao!

Date:December 12
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand

15+ m

It's a beautiful, sunny day on Koh Phangan!!

All of Kim's students managed to complete their Open Water course yesterday and finished the day with a Shark bomb!!

Reefer 1 has gone back out to the rock today as it was really nice yesterday and the visibility was very good! Vic is on the boat guiding a few fun divers!

Friday, December 11, 2009

December 11 - We are diving Sail Rock today!!

Date:December 11
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

It's a really nice and sunny day today.

Kim and Vic have taken Reefer 1 out to the rock. Kim is going to do dives 3 and 4 with her Open Water students, while Vic is taking Dan and Jo in the water for dive 3. George is guiding a couple of fun divers, who did their Refresher skills with Kim yesterday afternooon.

Tomorrow we are thinking of diving Mae Haad again, as it was really beautiful yesterday.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

December 10 - Quiet morning in Haad Yao.

Date:December 10
Location:
Mae Haad - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:10+ m

It's a quiet morning in Haad Yao. Most people are probably still recovering from the half moon party last night. All of Kim's Open Water students have decided to take the day off and complete their course tomorrow as they wanted to go to the party as well.

We have put all the Christmas decorations up this morning and are planting some flowers in front of the dive center. Vic is taking Dan and Jo to Mae Haad this afternoon as it was really beautiful there yesterday. They are doing dive no. 2 of their Open Water course. Kim is taking a couple in the Pool for a quick Refresher session.

Tomorrow we are going to dive Sail Rock.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

December 9 - Another beautiful day on Koh Phangan!!

Date:December 9
Location:
Mae Haad - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:12+ m

It's a sunny day on Koh Phangan today.

Kim is in the classroom in the morning, finishing all the theory with her Open Water students. In the afternoon they are taking Reefer 1 to Mae Haad Bay to do dives 1 and 2. Adam is joining them, he is really keen to finish his Divemaster as soon as possible.

Tomorrow we are going out to dive Sail Rock.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

December 8 - Busy day at Reefers!

Date:December 8
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

It's a busy day at Reefers today!

Vic and Nods have taken the boat out to Sail Rock, Vic is doing dives 3 & 4 with his Open Water student Tore and Nods is guiding a fun diver. Kim is in the classroom in the morning teaching 4 Open Water students while Adam is continuing with his Divemaster theory.

Tomorrow we are taking Reefer 1 out to Sail Rock.

Monday, December 7, 2009

December 7 - Diving Haad Yao today!

Date:December 7
Location:
Haad Yao - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:10+ m

Today is a bit of a cloudy day.

Vic is going to dive off Haad Yao with his Open Water student Tore. They are doing dives 1 and 2 of the Open Water course.

Adam returned from his trip to Bangkok and Laos and is keen to continue with his Divemaster training. Kim and him are going to dive Haad Yao as well this morning.

Nods has taken the Refresher students from yesterday to Sail Rock, accompanied by a few more fun divers.

Tomorrow we are starting another Open Water course and a Rescue Diver course.

December 6 - teaching Open Water in the sunshine

Date:December6
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:20+ m

It's another beautiful day in Koh Phangan.

Vic is teaching an Open Water course to a young guy from Sweden and Nods is doing a refresher course wither a couple that havent been diving in 9 years! Kim is office girl today as Nadine is having a day off.

We have some fun divers booked for tomorrow so reefer 1 will be heading out to Sail Rock

Saturday, December 5, 2009

December 5 - Beautiful day in paradise!!

Date:December 5
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:20+ m

It's a stunning day today, the sun is shining and the sea is flat!

Reefer 1 has gone out to Sail Rock. Vic and Nods are on the boat diving with some fun divers. Andy is finishing the Advanced course with Manfred today!

Tomorrow we are thinking of going back out to the Rock!!

Friday, December 4, 2009

December 4 - Diving Mae Haad/Koh Ma

Date:December 4
Location:
Mae Haad - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:12+ m

Today started with some rain in the morning but the sun slowly seems to be coming out again.

Andy and his Advanced Open Water student are going back out to Mae Haad to do a couple more dives as part of the course.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

December 3 - Quiet day after the Full moon party!

Date:December 3
Location:
Mae Haad - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:10+ m

It's a rainy day today and there are not many people around as everyone is probably still recovering from the full moon party.

Andy is taking his student Manfred out on the boat in the afternoon. They are going to dive Mae Haad as part of Manfred's Advanced course.

Tomorrow we are planning on diving Sail Rock.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

December 2 - Busy day at Reefers today!

Date:December 2
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

It's a busy day for us at Reefers today!

The boat has gone back out to Sail Rock. Kim is guiding 4 fun divers, Andy is teaching an Advanced Open Water course in German and we have 11 snorkellers on the boat.

Tomorrow we are probably not taking the boat out as it's the full moon party tonight and people are gonna be recovering in the morning, but we are doing some beach dives in the afternoon.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

December 1 - Diving Sail Rock

Date:December 1
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

Kim and Vic have taken Reefer 1 out to the Rock today. The sea is flat and there are just a few clouds in the sky.

Kim is taking her OW student for dive one and two and Vic is guiding four fun divers. In the afternoon we are taking a french guy in the pool to do his Discover Scuba Pool skills, so he is able to join his girlfriend for a couple of dives at the Rock.

November 30

Date:November 30
Location:
Sail Rock - Koh Phangan - Thailand
Visibility:15+ m

Its a gorgeous morning and Kim is in the classroom with a guy from Estonia teaching an open water course. She will do some pool work this afternoon and they they will go diving in the sea tomorrow.

Sail Rock was great yesterday - no whale shark - but schools and schools of barracuda and snapper and the divers loved it. They hired the digital camera and managed to get loads of really good shots.

Tomorrow we will dive locally and the boat will also go to Sail Rock