Tenerife Dive News

Today is Lisa's last day of diving with us here at Tenerife Dive. Lisa has come such a long way since her arrival and leaves us a knowledgeable PADI Divemaster who will be missed by the Tenerife Dive Team. I am sure that all of you that have had the pleasure of diving with Lisa during her 3 month stay with us wish her well for the future, some of us will be seeing her again very soon as we head off to the Red Sea at the end of June! 

It was Ali Baba's and The Rays today with Eduardo, Peter, Jurgen, Christian, Sam,Lisa and the last day of diving for Roger. 
Tomorrow is Lisa's last day of diving with us after completing her Divemaster course with us. She has done such fantastic job since arriving in March to complete her Open Course for which many of you who have dived with her will agree! Well done Lisa.

More great dives, whilst the main group were exploring the wreck of the Condesito, Martin and Tim went off to Ali Baba's cave. Loads of life, groupers and stingrays and an abundance of Black Coral!

So what are you up to this Sunday? For us it's back into the water to cool off with the first dive of the day to our new dive site with Ken, Gill, Jürgen, Rainer, Paul, Sam and Lisa. The sun is out, another 30ºC and a flat calm sea, so lets go diving. Have a great Sunday everyone.

Congratulations to Vicki and Les completing their PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty with a little help from Stingrays, Grunts and a Turtle!

More great dives to day at la otra Montaña Amarilla and The Steps giving Martin the chance to try out his new GoPro Black! Now we all wait to see the results! Atlantic Rays with two pups, Buttlerfly Ray, Fangtooth Morays and Roncadores all turning up be on film!

Only 4 weeks away is the start of our next PADI Instructor Development Course, so all you Divemasters want to take the next step up and become a scuba diving instructor then this is your opportunity!

The course starts on the 27th May with the PADI Instructor Exam which is hosted by PADI on the 4th and 5th June. The PADI Instructor Exam is conducted in the Marino Hotel which is where our dive centre is located.

With over 10 years experience conducting the PADI Instructor Development Course, being Tenerife's only PADI Career Development Centre on the island and having Tenerife's only full time resident PADI Platinum Course Director we pride ourselves on the level of training, knowledge assistance we offer before, during and after the course is second to none!

If you would like further information on our next PADI Instructor Development Course or dates of the other courses during the year then contact us today by:

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Congratulations to Rachael who completed her PADI Advanced Open Water Course with us today at Maravilla. Also Lisa and Sam completed the rescue scenario's for their PADI Rescue Diver Course, now it's onto the Divemaster Internship for the both of them! Finally, well done to Natalie for participating in the PADI Bubblemaker experience with us in the pool.

With the sea on the west coast of Tenerife being rough today our dives where just out of the marina at Las Galletas to The Mushrooms and The Rays. There seems to be so much marine life around at the moment. We were even fortunate enough to spot this Dotted Sea Slug, these grow to a maximum of 7cm in length and feed on sponges. Also our resident Green Turtle at The Rays was particularly friendly. A great end to Roy's diving holiday and we look forward to his return in the near future! 

Yet another bright sunny day here in Tenerife whilst diving at Yellow Mountain. Well done to lisa who completed her Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive today and also welcome to another Lisa who after a long break from diving joined us underwater

Easter Sunday already and the clocks went forward last night! Nearly 30ºC today and two great dives at Catalufa and The Ruins. There seems to be so much marine life around at the moment. 

Catalufa being true to it's name given the English translation being Glasseye was teaming with them. The Glasseye likes to hide in caves or under ledges during daylight hours and are given their name by their large eyes which look like glass especially when caught in the light of a torch. This picture of a Glasseye was taken by one of our PADI IDC candidates and now PADI Instructor, Elio.

A fantastic days diving, firstly at The Mushrooms where we were joined by a Dusky Grouper! This one in comparison to the big ones which can grow up to a length of 1.5 metres was small, probably 70-80 cm.

Over recent years sightings of these have become infrequent which makes the sighting of this one that little more special.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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A great story! Giving hope to all us scuba divers who lose a camera whilst diving

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Another day spent in the underwater office here in Tenerife at our new dive site for which we are getting closer to thinking up a name!

Many moray's and fish in their hundreds along with a free swimming Angel Shark that came past. This site just gets better and better, ideally suited for people with the Advanced Open Water certification it's a large rock formation with its deepest point at 40 metres and shallowest area at 11 metres! Don't forget to request a visit there during your next trip with us.

Today we had a great couple of dives with Ally, Juan Ramon and Jan. First dive we were off to The Mushrooms, then off to see our faithful friends the rays, with a flying visit from the friendly resident turtle. We also spotted a Scorpionfish hiding away and a baby Triggerfish. 

Have a ´fish-tastic´week everyone!

A great Friday was had with conducting the PADI Wreck Instructor  Specialty  for Jan and Julian as well as Andy, Sam, Dave, Ian, Jackie, Peter and Norman enjoying a fantastic dive where they where joined by a group of Wahoo's. Congratulations also go out to the Hedman family who loved the PADI Discover Diving program, once they had completed the skills in the pool it was off to Yellow Mountain where they loved seeing the cuttlefish and baby stingray which was having a sleep under a rock. Well done to you all!

Saturday it was off to Tabaiba for a shore dive with Andy, Sam and Ally. This is a fantastic wreck dive with plenty of marine life and the  opportunity  to penetrate the wreck into the engine room. 

Have a great Sunday and a Happy Mothers Day.

After having spent Monday and Tuesday on dry land following a storm that hit the island producing some very impressive rough seas which where fascinating to watch yesterday we headed up to the east coast to Abades for a shore dive where Russell completed his 100th dive. Today it was back on the boat with two dives to The Mushrooms and The Rays where Andy also completed his 100th dive! It was great to be back to the calm seas and great visibility. Our intern Sam took some great video today at The Rays of our friendly turtle who seemed very pleased to have us back in the water to keep him company.

The weather forecasters may have been right about the weather causing rougher than normal sea's. However underneath the waves the visibility today was still 20+ metres during our two dives at The Arches and The Rays. Welcome to both Russ and Dave who are having their first diving holiday in Tenerife. Also welcome to Helen from New Zealand who experienced her first sea dive away from New Zealand waters where she informed us that the water is a lot colder than our present 20`C.

Have a good Sunday afternoon everyone!

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