Monday, June 22, 2009

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

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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.

Monday, June 8, 2009

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:-





















Sunday, June 7, 2009

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!