Pool Party

The DTL Dive Club went with a splash this month, with the official pool opening!

Dive Log

Its been a great week for diving. Here are some of the highlights:-

Atauro - Dolphins and pilot whales

Dili Rock - Turtle and cuttlefish

Bob's Rock - Leopard Shark

Photo thanks to Randy Gosse

K57 - 40 Meters Vis

New Certifications This Week

Congratulations to all the new divers certified at Dive Timor Lorosae this week:-



Serena
Open Water








Ken
Open Water

Dave

Open Water

Javier
Deep Specialty

Whitney

Open Water

Carla
Open Water

New Certifications This Week

Congratulations to all the new divers certified at Dive Timor Lorosae this week:-



Randy
Open Water

Leonel

Advanced Open Water

Gustavo
Advanced Open Water

Dive Gear For Sale

$125 Cressi regulator (1st stage, primary and backup 2nd stage, LP hose, SPG/depth gauge. Needs annual servicing and replacement SPG. $125 (current US sale prices $125+$60+$120=$305)

$100 Cressi Aquapro 5 BCD, medium (new $300)

$25 Seac-Sub Fins, Med-Large

$15 Apollo Boots, US size 10

$5 Weight bags for lead shot, 2 small and 2 medium bags

$5 Gloves, tropical style (mesh back)

$10 Regulator/gear bag (large messenger bag)

$40 Princeton Tech Shockwave II dive light, with spare bulb, but without rubber lens boot ($70 new)

$250 UK Light Cannon w/ rechargeable battery pack & 120V charger, light diffuser, adapter for using 8-C size batteries, pistol grip handle, spare o-ring, (new light $300, + new battery pack $65 = $365)

Call Greg: 731-1507orE-mail: greg@twende.net

DTL Dive Club Party

Shiny!!!

Finally after a few months on back order or latest shipment of dive gear has arrived. Including 10 new sets of gear and a batch of new tanks taking the total up to 100!

New Certifications This Week

Congratulations to all the new divers certified at Dive Timor Lorosae this week:-


Sonia
Open Water

Ricardo

Open Water

Luis
Open Water

Carla

Open Water

Joanna
Open Water

Dive Log

It's been one of the busiest weeks of the year for diving. Here's some of the highlights:-

Manta Cove - Atauro
2 humpback whales

Shark Point - Atauro
Fish City

K41
Bumphead Parrotfish, stonefish

Pertamina Jetty
Shoal of Barracuda, Blue spotted stingrays, stonefish

Pool Soft Opening

The pool is built and the water is in. After 9 years in Timor, DTL has always set the standard for dive training, travel and service.

Bringing into Timor the only 5 star PADI dive centre that owns and operates its own dive vessel, large retail and service centre, own restaraunt and bar, 8 fully furnished villa's and units and now Timors only purposed built 2.5m dive training swimming pool.

Digital Underwater Photography

You can do Digital Underwater Photography as part of the Advanced Open Water course. Or if you are really keen, there is the Digital Underwater Photography Specialty.

You can also hire a camera from Dive Timor Lorosae for $20 a day and take pictures of all the interesting things you see including your buddy.

Here are some of Jennifers, Guilherme''s and Gustavos first attempts:-

Congratulations to all the new diver certified at Dive Timor Lorosae this week:-



Javier
Rescue





Silvio
Navigation Speciality

Dive Log

What a fantastic weekend for diving!

Backside of Jesus

Date: 7th June 2009
Vis: 15-20 meters
Temp: 28 degrees
Depth: 18 meters

Spotted: Loads of Fusilliers, Eagle Ray and Tuna

Tasi Tolu

Date: 6/7th June 2009
Vis: 5-15 meters
Temp: 28 degrees
Depth: 18 -20 meters

Spotted: Frogfish, rhinopious and a free swimming white seahorse

Pertamina Jetty

Date: 7th June 2009
Vis: 5-7 meters
Temp: 29 degrees
Depth: 5-16 meters

Spotted: Loads of Blue spotted stingray, stonefish, school of barracuda and a turtle

K41

Date: 7th June 2009
Vis: 30 meters
Temp: 29 degrees
Depth: 18 meters

Spotted: Bumphead Parrotfish

Check out K57 as well, today we had 30 meters vis!

The Kids are famous

Our young divers in East Timor have made the glossy's in Asian Geographic Junior.

Check out this link for the article http://www.asiangeojunior.com/attentiongrabber.html

Dive Log - Cristo Rei

Date: 3rd June 2009
Vis: 10-15 meters
Temp: 28 degrees
Depth: 18 meters

Spotted: Schooling Bannerfish and the biggest giant trevally that any of the 6 divers had ever seen. 1.3-1.4 meters and very close!

New Certifications This Week

Congratulations to all the new students certified at Dive Timor Lorosae this week:-




Maria
Advanced Open Water




Luis
Open Water

Jessica - Navigation Speciality

Guilherme
Advanced Open Water

Barney

Open Water

Ana
Rescue

Dive Log

This weeks highlights:-

Maori Wrasse and 25meters vis with no current at secret garden

A huge turtle with 2 remora and a shoal of baby big eyed barracuda at Dili Rock