Sunday, April 26, 2009

DTL Dive Club

Don't Forget the DTL Dive Club tonight the 27th at 7pm onwards.

For all you Nudi Nerds (like me) we have a visiting Nudibranch expert and underwater photographer as our guest speaker.

See you there

New Certifications This Week

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




Shae
Open Water


Silvio - Deep Specialty

Eder - Open Water

Dive Log

A great weekends diving up the coast

Vis: 25-30 meters
Temperature: 29 degrees
Current: Strong

Spotted:
Dirt Track - Napoleon Wrasse and Turtle, Fish City
Bob's Rock - Big Turtle
Lone Tree - 12 Bumphead Parrotfish

Quote of the Week


"Now I know why everybody wants to dive, it's so beautiful, like heaven"
- Antonio

Juvi and Antonio finished their Discover Scuba Diving this week with Carlos and really enjoyed themselves. "So many fish, big fish, little fish, different colours, fish everywhere"

And PADI have just announced that as of June, the Open Water Manual will be available in Bahasa, making the Open Water Course much more accessible for East Timorese.

Congratulations to both Juvi and Antonio.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Seal Team Is Here!


The PADI Seal Team is for young divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by doing exciting scuba AquaMissions.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to dive with flashlights, take digital pictures underwater or float effortlessly like an astronaut? These are AquaMissions that introduce you to navigation, buoyancy, underwater photography, environmental awareness and more.

Here's your chance to do some cool stuff in the pool, meet friends and share in the adventure of the underwater world.

The Fun Part

The best part of the Specialty AquaMissions is they reinforce save diving skills while the kids are having fun. PADI Seals get to sample a wide variety of dives.

In addition, it provides parents with a structured program that lets their children develop skills, learn about the aquatic environment and have a lot of good, clean fun. This is also an excellent way to introduce kids to scuba diving prior to full Open Water Diver certification.

What You Learn

The PADI Seal Team program is broken into two parts.

Part one, AquaMissions 1 - 5, teaches kids the basics of diving - things like buoyancy control, mask clearing, regulator recovery, etc.

After building a solid foundation of scuba skills, kids move on to part two. Part two is full of specialty AquaMissions

PADI Seal Team

  • Helps children learn responsibility
  • Teaches children about the aquatic environment
  • Is a fun pool-only experience
  • Is conducted by certified, trained PADI Professionals

The Scuba Gear You Use

Children use all the basic scuba gear, which is made for their size and stature.


PADI Seal Team Crew Pak

The Learning Materials You Need

Calling all Seal Team recruits: The Seal Team crewpak includes everything a PADI Seal Team member needs to prepare for their AquaMissions. Video on DVD? Check! Activity book? Check! Log book pages? Check! You are now cleared for an underwater adventure

Call Dive Timor to book your first AquaMission for your kids

Monday, April 20, 2009

New Certifications This Week

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




Sally
Open Water





James
Navigation Speciality


Amon
Navigation Speciality

Silvio - Naturalist Speciality






Louis - Open Water

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Great Diving

What you looking at !

All ok here


Can you find the sea horse











Amon 100th dive


Amon has been with the dive centre training and working for just under a year and today completed his 100th dive! Well done Amon





Amon's dad maned the BBQ for the after party

A few of the crew that dove along side Amon for the past year

Amon on fire all day and night - cant wait for the Dive Master party!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

New Certifications This Week

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



Annette
Deep Specialty








Rachel
Rescue








Naomi - Rescue

Luis - Rescue
Guilherme - Open Water


David - Open Water

DTL Diver Challenge - This Saturday 18th April

Do you think your diving skills are good?

Do you want a new challenge and help protect the environment?

Then take the DTL Diver Challenge!

Try out some of the tasks you learn on the specialty courses such as Search and Recovery, Project Aware Fish ID, Underwater Navigation, Peak Performance Buoyancy and Project Aware Reef Conservation

When: 18th of April
Time: 1.30PM
Where: Dili Rock
Cost: $35 with Equipment, $30 own kit

$10 from each diver will be donated to the Project Aware Foundation


The Project AWARE Foundation is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Project AWARE combats challenges facing aquatic resources in 175 countries and territories with direct support from divers and water enthusiasts worldwide.

Project AWARE and dedicated volunteers are committed to conservation initiatives including:
-Underwater Cleanups and Marine Debris Prevention
-Coral Reef Conservation, Monitoring and Data Collection
-Shark Education, Reporting and Conservation
-Improved Management Policies and Marine Protection Efforts
-Environmental Training for Divers and Education Programs for Kids

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

New Certifications This Week

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

Ryan - Open Water



Rob - Open Water
Abryl
Advanced Open Water


Jose - Open Water