More Diving Awards and we are so pleased :)

Newsletter April 2013

Another lovely month here is Tenerife we have had some fabulous calm seas (well once the storm went!!) and the sun has been shining.  We have also been to a new dive site in the north of the island Punta Teno which is where the north meets the south.  This was a fabulous dive site and we saw a very large Black Sting Ray, truly amazing.

You can almost feel the summer arriving! Easter is all set to be a busy period.

Even more fantastic news for us here at Dive and Sea Tenerife as we were accepted into the PADI Green star award.  We are the only Dive Centre in the whole of the canaries to be both 100% Project AWARE and have the PADI Green Star Award.

Team update

Sam one of our Divemaster’s  from the internship 2 years ago has been back for a two week break in the sunshine.

Sam has loved getting back into the Water and it almost feels that he While Sam was here he has been filming the Dive sites and we are all looking forward to the finished product so watch this space for further information.

Internship Update

New interns Emelyne and Gary have just completed their first month here at Dive and Sea Tenerife.  You can see the improvements daily, in their knowledge diving skills and customer service skills.

Gary has managed to add to his nickname by becoming Gary Pineapple...... Just look at the picture below!!

Emelyne and Gary have both been doing really well and are  working hard on completing  their Advanced Open Water Diver Course as well as having lots of fun diving.

It was great to welcome Peter back to the dive centre but this time joining us as a Divemaster Intern.  Peter joins us as an Open Water diver with only 8 dives.  This week he will start his Advanced Open Water Diver Course and Brian and Gary will complete their final dive Navigation.

At the end of the month we are looking forward to welcoming Sebastien who is from Belgium who is joining the internship as a non diver.  We are all looking forward to meeting him and seeing his progress all the way to Divemaster.

Things Every Diver should have

Own mask, having a comfortable mask is such an important part of your dive if you have a mask that leaks through out the dive this will impair your enjoyment of the dive.

There is a massive selection of masks available with an array of wonderful colours to choose from HOWEVER don’t be side tracked by your favourite colours the most important part is that the mask fits you properly!

So How to tell if a Mask actually fits you properly

1. Place the mask on your face and look upwards with the strap loose infront of your face.  The mask skirt should rest evenly against your face the whole way round.
2. Inhale slightly through your nose, the mask should pull snugly into place and stay well enough that you can turn or shake your head without is coming loose.

 Some popular masks are

Aqualung Favola                Mares X Vision           Subgear Sprite       Aqualung Teknika

49.98 Euros                      42 Euros                    45 Euros                49.50 Euros

Dive Site Review

El Delfin

This site is one of our newest sites, every diver we take to this site has had a fantastic dive, so its become a favourite of ours.

We named the site El Delfin because at 40 meters a small statue of a dolphin can be found.  This site is suitable for Advanced divers and above and is located approximately 5 or 6 minutes outside of the Marina.

We descend from the boat into around 20 meters of water and head over to the rocky outcrop. We move around the different levels of the large rock formation searching for the hidden gems. 

When we have visited this site we have come across, Rays, Canarian Lobster, Fangtooth Moray Eels, as well as Lots of Large Bream, Trumpet fish and a selection of amazing anemones.                                                                                                  

April Special Offers

• Book a scuba tune up and get 10% off your dive pack.
• EFR course and Rescue diver for 350 Euros
• Discover Scuba diving including one ocean dive, and insurance for two people only 120 Euros

Spotlight on PADI Courses

PADI Advanced Open Water Course - 280 Euros

As a PADI Open Water Diver, the underwater world of Scuba Diving has been opened up to you.

So it’s only natural to want to progress with your diving education.

Whether you have just taken the open water course or have been diving for a while its always a good opportunity to take the plunge and join us on one of our PADI Advanced open Water courses.

There are many benefits to the Advanced course, this course allows you to try different types of diving with the security of having your instructor at your side, i.e. Night Diving, Wreck Diving, or Drift diving.

The PADI Advanced Open Water course can be completed in as little as two days, the theory to this course is minimal and you need only read the 5 chapters of the manual that relate to the dives you are going to make and complete the review sections at the end of the chapters, there is no Exam.

Its obligatory to complete a Deep dive and a Navigation dive, but then you have a choice of the list below for your other 3 dives.

Peak Performance Buoyancy

AWARE Fish ID

Boat Diver

Drift Diver

Wreck Diver

Night Diver

Multi Level and Computer

Underwater Naturalist

Search and Recovery

Digital Underwater Photography

You can use the Adventure dive towards gaining a PADI Speciality

The practical and theory skills you get from the PADI Advanced Open Water course is a great way to gain experience, as well as developing yourself as a diver.

Once you have certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water diver you will be certified to dive to a maximum of 30 meters

Divemaster Internships

Next Available Dates

29^th April August, 27^th May, 24^th June, 22^nd July

We are offering an 8 week Divemaster internship, you can join our internship at any level and we welcome non divers.

All of the training is provided for free however there are costs for Materials, Equipment and Accommodation.

During your time with us you will learn to be a dive guide and teaching assistant. You will also learn how to interact with clients and students as well as various aspects of sales, customer services, equipment maintenance and obviously diving lots!

All diving is FREE for the whole duration you are with us, some of our interns manage over 100 dives!

As the longest running, and only 5 Star IDC PADI Dive centre in the area, (1 of only 3 in Tenerife) and number 1 in the PADI Rankings for the Golf Del Sur / Amarilla Golf regions of Tenerife 2009 / 2010 / 2011/ 2012 we ensure you will have a great time and give you loads of assistance during your course.

Don't forget we have a 100% pass rate for the PADI Divemaster certification's.

Our PADI Dive centre has trained more Divemasters than any other centre in the area and the majority have gone on to use the qualification for employment in some form or for continuing their education.

Some are now working DM's others continued on to be PADI Instructors.

For more information please email melissa@diveandseatenerife.com

Dive and Sea Tenerife Newsletter March 2013

Hello divers

More good news for the start of 2013.  We are very pleased to announce that we are now 100% Project AWARE!

Our Award winning PADI IDC Centre leads the way again as the first Dive Centre committed to conservation in Tenerife.

The Project AWARE Foundation is a growing movement of scuba divers protecting the ocean planet – one dive at a time.

Everyone completing a PADI certification with us will now receive a unique Project AWARE certification card instantly showing you care about our oceans.

Also new for 2013........ FREE Diving!! All our Dive Against Debris Dives will now be free, with a donation to Project AWARE.      

Thank you for your continuing support in 2013, it has been really great to meet all the new divers in February, as well as great to see familiar faces back again.

February has been another busy month here at Dive and Sea Tenerife, and the weather has been kind to us with calm seas and warm….ish water!!!

Divemaster Internship Update

At the beginning of March we welcomed Emelyne from France to join us on her PADI Divemaster 8 week Internship.  Emelyne is an open water diver, but hadn’t dived for a few years so she started off on her induction day with Instructor Alice for a Scuba Tune Up.  She has now moved on to her PADI Advanced Open Water Course.

We also welcome Canarian Adalberto.  He has recently completed his Open waterdiver course, and loved diving so much that he has immediately enrolled in our divemaster course. 

We are looking forward to seeing the two interns develop their skills over the next 8 weeks.

Next month we are looking forward to welcoming Peter, a repeat customer of ours who has decided to come and join us for our 8 week Internship.

March Special Offers

·         Free PADI Training Logbook with any PADI Scuba Diver or PADI Open Water Diver Course

·         Free Project Aware Dive with Project Aware Speciality 110 Euros

·         Half price for second diver on all dive packs

Items every diver needs

Dive Computer

Why should I have my own Dive Computer?

The reason all divers should own their own dive computer is so that they know they are diving within their dive limits for depth and decompression time, it is also a great tool for use for your logbook,

On the market there is a great variety of choice available from under 200 Euros up to 1000 Euros. 

A couple of tips for when you are choosing a dive computer!!

Buttons- Are the buttons easy to use even with dive gloves on?

Display Visibility- Can you read the display even in a low light situation. Are the numbers big enough? Does the background light up if needed?

The more information you want to see, the smaller it will need to be to fit on the screen.

Dive Equipment  Review

Suntoo Zoop

An easy to use relatively inexpensive dive computer, at 199 Euros

The sunto zoop , is distinctive in colour as it is orange so easily seen underwater.

 The Zoop can be used with Air or Nitrox and is also available to be mounted into a console.  There is an optional interface for detailed graphical logbooks and data analysis.

This dive computer is a favourite of divers due to its easy operation system and clear large LCD screen.

Dive Site Review

Starfish Bay

This site is a great boat dive and suitable for all certification levels, we descend into 12 meters of wate and head towards the coats line, where you can search amongst all the rocks looking for hidden Aquatic life.

So called due to the large number of different species of starfish that can be found at this site, there is however a variety of aquatic life to be found. 

Normally on this dive you will find Moray Eels, Octopus, Cuttlefish and depending on the season some Angel sharks that are sleeping in the sand.

This site is a great dive for Project AWARE days when we are culling the Urchins. 

PADI Courses what to do next!!!

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver – Only 263 Euros per person. 

Are you a PADI Open Water diver looking to continue in your PADI Education why not become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.  This course is a great way of trying new diving experiences under the direct super vision of an instructor. 

The PADI Advanced Open Water diver course comprises of 5 different dives, and can be completed in just 2 days.

Here at Dive and Sea Tenerife as well as the obligatory Deep and Navigation dives we are able to offer the following options,  AWARE Fish Identification, Boat Diving, Drift Diving, Multilevel Computer Diving, Night Diving, Peak performance Buoyancy, Search and Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Digital Underwater Photography, and Wreck Diving.

For more information about this course or to make a booking please contact melissa@diveandseatenerife.com or call 00 34 609 666 865.  Discounts are available for multiple bookings please enquire for details

New Instructor Internship

NewInternship offer from Open Water to Instructor

POA

This is a 16-week internship that will take you from minimum open water diver all the way to becoming a PADI Instructor with 6 weeks work experience at the end of your Instructor course.

Be one of the first to join our new internship program and gain invaluable experience as an instructor, once you have passed, teaching PADI courses

What the Internship includes

·         Accommodation for 16 weeks

·         Advanced Open Water Diver Course 

·         PADI Adventures in diving Manual

·         Certification

·         Rescue Diver Course

·         PADI Rescue Diver Manual

·         Certification

·         Emergency First Response Course

·         Participant Manual

·         Certification

·         Divemaster Course

·         Divemaster Crewpak

·         Minimum 100 Dives

·         Pre IDC

·         IDC + IE

·         Instructor Kit

·         EFRI

Project AWARE Update February 2013

CITES4SHARKS Here We Come!

In a matter of days, officials from countries around the world will have a historic opportunity to protect a record number of sharks and rays – including oceanic whitetip sharks, hammerheads and manta rays. Project AWARE will be on the ground during the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3 – 14 March. We’ll represent the voice of divers worldwide and ensure the world’s most vulnerable sharks and rays have a voice too.






More than 150,000 of your have stood by sharks on the CITES campaign trail since 2010 – signing petitions, making donations and rallying local communities. Now is the time to amplify our global call. Sharks can’t afford to wait for another shot at this.

   Passionate shark lovers are sending a loud message to CITES leaders - “Vote ‘Yes’ for sharks and rays!”. You can help spread the word. Download the “Extinction is NOT an Option” sign, take a picture and post it to our Facebook wall of support.

This week, we asked Ania Budziak, Associate Director of Science and Policy and Project AWARE staffer on the front lines of our program work, to answer some top CITES-related questions. She’ll be on the ground pushing for much needed protections for sharks and rays this March

  

PADI Award of Excellence a great start to 2013

Newsletter February 2013

Hello All,

Its great to hear so much positive feedback about our newsletter its nice to know that you are reading the information we send out to you.

January has been a fantastic start to the year for Dive and Sea Tenerife and we can only hope that the rest of the year follows suit.

We were really pleased to receive a certificate of excellence award from PADI presented to us by regional manager Christian Marret.

So far we have had a busy month teaching PADI course, all great experience for new instructor Alice, as well as seeing lots of new and returning customers just looking for some fun recreational dives.

Remember to read more about what we all get up to on a weekly basis please see our blog http://tenerife-diving-centre.blogspot.com.es/

Project Aware Dives

Next scheduled Project Aware Urchin Culling dive March 5^th 2013

Proposed site weather permitting is Starfish bay which despite our best efforts is still inundated with a spreading carpet of Urchins but as they say every little helps!

Items that every diver should have

Number 1 – MASK

Their own mask, one of the most important reasons for having your own mask is that it’s the most comfortable fit for you, fit is everything!

There are so many masks available on the market that you will be able to find one that fits correctly and looks good!

A selection of masks available for sale in our dive centre are below.

SUBGEAR – Devil 55 Euros

Mares X Vision 45 Euros

Aqualung Teknika mask 49 Euros

Aqualung Favola – mask 49 Euros

Team Update

When Alice finally returned from being Santa’s little helper she got to start teaching real students. She has already taught, Open Water, Advanced open water and Wreck diving specialities if you would like to read more about what its like to training to be an instructor and what its like to start working and teach your very first course please see Alice’s new blog

http://instructor-course-tenerife.blogspot.com.es

Special Offers February

· PADI Scuba Diver Course for only 200 Euros

· PADI Master Scuba Diver for only 450 Euros

· PADI Digital Underwater Photography Speciality 150 Euros

Equipment Review

Aqualung Tri laminate Drysuit - only 899 Euros

This Trilaminate dry suit combines flexibility, strength and light weight!

Equipped with the zip seal on the front so that the diver can easily open and close their own suit.

It features a relaxed fit so you can use all kinds of under clothing including very thick to dive in very cold water.

Booties vulcanized and reinforced with non-slip materials

Pete got his drysuit finally in December 2012 and is very happy with the suit, its easy to get in and out of as well as keeping him very toasty as he enjoys pointing out to the other divers out with him!

Dive Site Review

Las Eras

This fantastic shore diving site is suitable for divers open water and above as this site has many levels so you can adjust the depth of the dive to the certification levels of the divers.

We enter the water to the left hand side of the bay and swim out to the edge of the marina wall, at his point we descend into about 6 meters of water, we follow around the marina wall to the left hand side, where you will be able to see large rock formations over hangs and plenty of aquatic life.

I am never disappointed when I visit this site whether I see a Moray, Octopus, Common ray or just Large shoals of fish there are the largest Trumpet fish that live at this site that I have ever had the pleasure to see, its always amazing to see the amount of life.

Living amongst the rocks you are likely to find Anemones, Red Back Cleaner Shrimp, Black and Brown Moray Eels as well as Starfish Cardinal fish and fire worms. An amazing site that is a must see.

Divemaster Internships from as little as £369

You can do the PADI Divemaster internship in as little as 8 week's or increase this, depending on the time and finances you have available, up to 12 week's for additional experience.

We provide all the training for FREE, however there are costs involved with regards PADI materials, diving insurance, accommodation & equipment.

We accept all levels of certification and non-divers who want a new challenge are more than welcome.

During your time with us you will learn to be a dive guide and teaching assistant. You will also learn how to interact with clients and students as well as various aspects of sales, customer services, equipment maintenance and obviously diving lots!

All diving is FREE for the whole duration you are with us, some of our interns manage over 100 dives! Each intern gets a minimum of 60 dives.

As the longest running, and only 5 Star PADI IDC Dive centre in the area, (1 of only 3 in Tenerife), and number 1 in the PADI Rankings for the Golf Del Sur / Amarilla Golf regions of Tenerife 2009 / 2010 / 2011/ 2012, we ensure you will have a great time and give you loads of assistance during your course

For more information please contact melissa@diveandseatenerife.com