Thanks to Scandi Divers Resort manager and dive instructor Terry O’Dowd for this great footage of one of our divers filming this very beautiful, and very relaxed Lionfish.
Puerto Galera is blessed with an abundance of Lionfish and you can expect to see these gorgeous creatures at most of the dive sites. The cargo hold of The Alma Jane wreck is home to many Lionfish. Quite amazing!
Congratulations to Maria Shannon on completing her Discover Scuba Diving course. Seen here doing the pool session is Maria, and Dive Master husband Scott, and Walter Firstt doing the DSD presentation.
Open Water diver Evelyn Woo With The DSD Girls: Richelle Pajaron, Hazel Javier, Christy Alburo, and Evelyn Chan,  manager and chief Rep from China. 
The girls with a gorgeous yellow fin tuna. Sushi anyone? Barbecue?
Once again Scandi Divers Sky Bar was host to a great night out and a party with a twist. Mark Amdal (AKA Papa Mark), a resident of Big La Laguna, celebrated his longtime girlfriend Rose’s 30th birthday. With a rocking party at the Sky Bar, with local band School of Rock providing the entertainment.
After the food was served and everybody was well into the celebrations, Mark announced that he and Rose were secretly married the week before, so now the birthday party was also their wedding reception! SURPRIIIISE!
The rest of the night was a great party with lots of eating, drinking and dancing for all! All the best wishes for Mark and Rose from everyone on the Scandi Team!
Today saw the launching of Scandi Divers Resort’s new boat. This is now the second boat in our ‘fleet’.
The boat was originally built in Palawan, and was sailed to Puerto Galera three years ago by our friend Steve Hunter. Scandi Divers purchased the vessel and we have been on a mission to resurrect it.
The boat now has a fully covered dive deck and can accommodate 12 divers and their equipment.The boat is also fully equipped with VHF radio, Emergency Oxygen and First Aid. Off-season improvements will be a head and a small galley for tea and coffee during surface intervals.
We are looking forward to having many diving adventures at Verde Island, Maricaban Island, Chicken Feather Island and even further afar!
We have some video footage of the boat launch and some fast cruising around Puerto Galera, so we’ll share that with you as soon as we can!
Scandi Divers Resort instructor Conan Fagan with Open Water Student Ana Zentsova from Russia. Well done to Ana for succesfully completing her PADI Open Water Diver course!
Find out more about the PADI scuba diving courses Scandi Divers has to offer!
Congratulations to Mette Bentzen, Emil Lykke-Sorensen, Niels Lindhardt, Annie Bjoernsig and Anne Andersen, for successfully completing their PADI Open Water Course with fellow countryman and resident Scandi Divers instructor Dennis Frandsen.
We hope to see you guys back soon for more awesome diving in Puerto Galera!
Scandi Divers Resort dive team recently attended the annual Greenfins Seminar, to show their support for Greenfins marine conservation efforts. Puerto Galera has some of the most beautiful reefs in the country and it is vital that resorts, residents and tourists alike make the effort to respect and preserve them, and the incredible marine life that flourishes in these reefs.
Green Fins, internationally coordinated by Reef-World, are the only recognised environmental set of standards with a comprehensive management approach to provide guidance and support for business owners and national authorities to promote best practices.
