A few quick photos of the boys and girls having some fun in the shallows of beautiful Big La Laguna Bay, while Momo had to do her surface swim as part of her scuba course. It’s true what they say… it’s more fun in the Philippines!
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A short video of the steel hull wreck on the Sabang Wrecks dive site in Puerto Galera
Only a minute away from the shoreline, Sabang wrecks is one of the most popular dive sites in the area, and often first on the list if it’s your first time diving in Puerto Galera. There are 3 wrecks making up the site: 2 wooden hull skeletons, and a steel hull yacht. All three of the wrecks are teeming with an incredible amount of fish and coral, and sit at a max depth of about 21m, making it suitable for newbies as well as experienced divers 🙂
Make sure Sabang Wrecks is on your Diving in Puerto Galera ‘to-do’ list!
Our resort manager and dive instructor Terry O’Dowd took this short video of him and his student Momo doing the swim-through at the Hole in The Wall dive site in Puerto Galera.
The Hole in The Wall is truly a world-class dive site, and a favourite amongst divers here. Located at Escarcio Point, divers drop in to 9m of water above beautiful fields of coral, before descending through several drop offs to reach the hole at about 13m.
After doing the swim through (watch your tank valve!) you come out in a wide area where you can often see large fish such as Trevallies, Jacks and Sweetlips playing in the current when the tide is right.
Definitely one to put on your list if you are diving in Puerto Galera!
Now the roles are reversed and Bob is back in the water, after doing a refresher course, with Terry as his instructor!
Bob is here with his mate Simon Gray who is experiencing Puerto Galera for the first time, and they’ve been in the water like fishes! They’ve done lots of dives with Terry, and got some cool video on the Alma Jane Wreck, and Bob even decided to do his Nitrox speciality.
What better a way to reunite with old friends than on a Scuba Diving holiday in a tropical paradise?
On the night of August 11 a mother green sea turtle came ashore and laid 135 of her eggs next to Scandi Divers front steps. The eggs will hatch after about two months, when the baby turtles will dig themselves out and return to the sea.
We undertook to transfer the eggs to a higher area down the beach at Cataquis Lodge, away from the danger of storm waves. The green sea turtle is an endangered species so we will closely monitor the hatching to ensure all the baby turtles make it safely to the ocean.
Green turtles almost always nest on the same beach used by their mothers, so we wish them all the best and hope to see this family of turtles returning for years to come.
We’d like to welcome back Andy Pang, and his latest group of divers from China. Hope you guys have a great time like always!
Thanks to the Navarro family who were here on a diving holiday from China! The kids were super-enthusiastic and great fun to have around. Jorge did his Bubblemaker course, Jacobo did the Junior Scuba Diver course, Dad Angel did the Scuba Diver course, and poor little Pablo who is too young to dive assumed his role as the official Trouble maker!
Great fun, we hope to see you guys again!
From all the staff at Scandi Divers Resort, we’d like to wish Dennis Frandsen a warm “Congratulations” for successfully passing his PADI IDC / IE and becoming a qualified PADI scuba instructor, as well as our newest resident instructor. Well done Dennis, and welcome to the team! Our Danish guests can now choose to have their PADI courses taught to them in their native tongue!
Our other intructor Conan Fagan is off to Ireland for a couple of weeks for his sister’s wedding, and will be resuming his usual schedule when he returns, and Dennis is taking a trip home to Denmark in September, but will be returning in October to his new job. To celebrate Dennis’ qualitfication, and wish Conan a fond farewell, we had a bit of a party for the lads at the Scandi SkyBar, including a delicious BBQ with the amazing catch of the day prepared by our chef Phillip Pangan.