DTL Dive Club

Tonight we will be showing photos and video of marine life in Komodo National Park. 7.30pm onwards


















See you there!

Book Signing

A great Christmas gift. Also available in the shop, ladies jewelry, hammocks and T-Shirts

Dive the PINNACLE - AT NIGHT!!!

Dive Timor have finally found a spot to leave their boat in the water over night which means that for the next two months the Pinnacle Night dives are on again!


Departing at 6.15pm on Wednesdays (or by demand) you can have you gear sorted the night before, placed on the boat and waiting for you when you finish work!!!

Experience the sunset over Dili harbour as we glide across clear seas to descend onto what is one of Timor's most magical sight.


Things to expect...Schools of Barracuda, Reef Sharks, Large and small turtles and Timor's largest Moray eel (still to be named!)



Contact DTL on 7237092 to book your spot.

Dive BIG FISH

Its that time of year again that the water is teeming with large pelagics, dolphins and whales. And all the old time Timor divers are requesting to be taken on a day diving to BIG FISH - Atauro Island.

For those that don't know, big fish is one of Timor's best dives for current and a large amount of Big fish - funny enough. Last dive was a week ago with the Abyss Dive shop tour from Sydney Australia. Well it put on a treat with over 2000 barracuda, several large dog tooth tuna, sharks, turtles and mix of other larger than life fishes.


If your interested in diving big fish in the next two months please contact our staff and put your name down. We only take divers that are experienced and that have dived with us before!

Remember to bring your passports as the currents can take you to either Australia, Indonesia or PNG!!!

Dont forget to do your safety stop!!!!

International Beach Clean Up Day

This years International Beach Clean Up was a great success with over 70 volunteers including 25 US Navy CB's and 20 kids from the Quality International Schools Dili.

Over 50 bags of trash were collected and over 2000 pieces of trash recorded.

A big thanks to all the divers, snorkelers and helping hands on the day.

Thanks Everyone!

Dive Club 31st August 7pm

International Beach Clean Up Day 19th September

Pool Party

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

DTL Dive Club Party

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.

DTL Dive Club

Many thanks to Richard Willan, who gave us a fascinating presentation on Nudibranches. The coloured dots on the skirts as can be seen on the Hypselodoris infucata below are poisonous. Apparently if you lick them, they taste like sulphur, yuck!

Also thier bum is in the middle of thier breathing apparatus. Sometimes macro can be a bit too close!

Not sure how we can top that this month!

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

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

DTL Dive Club February

There is nothing more capivating to an audience of divers than footage of turtles and sharks. Thanks to Kym and fantastic film of Sipidan, all eyes were glued to the screen.

Congratulations to Bree who won a DTL T-shirt in our prize draw.

This month's winners of the 'Most Unusual Critter' photo competion were:

1st Prize - Cockatoo Waspfish - JB

Runner Up - Ceratosoma sinuatum - Bree

Runner Up - 'Guess I won't be diving with THOSE booties today!" - Marcella

The next dive club will be held on the 30th of March. The photo competition this month is 'Cephlapods'. If you don't know what they are, then take advantage of this months DTL special offer: 10% off of the AWARE Fish ID and Naturalist Specialty Courses.

See you next month.

2nd DTL Dive Club

DTL Dive Club

DTL's 1st dive club took place on the 26th of January which unfortunately clashed with Australia Day. But we still had around 25 attendees, including a visiting Estonian journalist who is reporting on the diving in East Timor.

Many thanks to all those that attended, especially Tania our guest speaker. Congratulations to Elder who won a Neo2 mask in our prize draw.

The Dive Club will meet every last monday in every month, its a perfect forum to meet new buddies, talk diving tales and get special offers and prizes.

There is a monthly photo competition, this month is the most unusual critter in line with the lower vis this time of the year (saying that, we had 20 meters vis at K41 yesterday), so get your cameras clicking!

Looking forward to seeing you next month February the 23rd 7pm.

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Divers help us celerbrate

Dive TImor is having a Christmas party and a party to celerbrate our 5 star PADI dive centre rating.

All divers in TImor are welcome to come help make it a night to remember.

When : 16th December
Time: 6pm till late
Where: DIve Timor and Castaway Bar

10% discount on Open Water courses (so bring a friend)

International Beach Clean Up Day

Dive Timor Lorosae 'Splashed for Trash' with The Quality International School Dili and Dili International School. Starting from the Ocean View hotel, over 50 volunteers donned thier rubber gloves, grabbed thier plastic sacks and cleaned up the beach and the surrounding waters. Collecting hundreds of plastic bottles and plastic bags in thier own time, we thought we would give them a bit of a treat awarding prizes for the most unusual pieces of trash. These were a radio, a car bumper and a welding mask!

All ages and nationalites were involved including some very eager Timorese teenagers. We managed to fill 46 large bags full of rubbish before the midday sun got the better of us. All of which will be disposed of for free by Anteater, thank you.

And it wasn't just on the beach, some of our enthusiastic divers went down to clean up the reef. They brought up plastic sheeting, loads of shoes and a hat! Shoes were one of the most common thing collected today.

So thanks to everyone who took part, it was a great day and hopefully we will be able to make it an annual event. Lets make clean water in Timor Leste a reality

2008 and a new year for Diving and East TImor

2008 is here

and most people have or are returning from their family holidays from all corners of the world. East Timor looks set for a great year of diving! Currenlty we are still in the middle of the wet season and vis is best expected at 10m along the shore dives.

Those lucky enough to get to Atauro Island can expect better vis up to 25m.

DTL has a new dive team line up with Volker Katzung (German) returning for another season as manager and Mark Mialszygrosz (Australian) returning after being MIA in Australia for a few years. Also returning part time is Rui (Portuguese) and Maartin (Dutch) allowing DTL to cover courses in English, German, Portuguese and Dutch.

Martin (our Dive master in training) is 3/4 finished and will be helping out at the dive centre for the first 1/4 of the year.

New and Inproved

our new dive office and shop is up and running with some great deals on all diving equipmet and snorkelling equipment. And our court yard area should be finished within a few weeks (Timor Time...)

The shop has just recieved new stock including SUUNTO dive computers D6 and D9's along with a new range of fins and masks.

Remember if you have not used your regs for a while this time of year is perfect for and inspection and service. DTL offers full inspections for 20USD during Febuary 2008 so take advantage.

Dive Courses

Wet season is a great chance to join one of our Advanced Open Water Courses. Improve your skills and explore new fields in diving. Courses start daily and are run to fit your busy life styles. Contact DTL for details.

Enough writing for now...its time to get wet and go for a dive!

Keep checking this post for updates and some great photos....out resident photographers have all upgraded their cameras so we are expecting some great shots!!