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