Our good friend and Dive Instructor Conan Fagan (yup, he’s an Irish lad) recently turned 29, so from all the staff at Scandi Divers Resort, we’d like to thank him for all his hard work and good times, and wish him all the best for the coming year!
In true Irish style the party started of quite civilised, but after a few beers it seemed that the cake was just too good not to be shared forcibly with everyone! A good time was had by all 😀
Terry O’Dowd, our resort manager and dive intructor bought a cool little GoPro video camera recently and took it out for a test drive while he was snorkeling in Big La Laguna Bay, just a few meters off the beach outside our resort, and found this great Hawksbill Turtle! The turtle is obviously not camera shy, and allowed Terry to get these great shots!
Terry will be taking the camera with him on all his dives now, and hopes to get lots more great footage of the amazing dive sites around Puerto Galera.
This easy-to-use camera will also be available for guests to rent (comes with headstrap) so they can shoot POV (point of view) footage of their own dives too!
A big ‘Thank You’ and farewell to Andy Pang and his fantastic group from China who were here to enjoy some quality diving with us, seen here with their guides Rico and Rey.
To celebrate another great dive trip, they threw a party in the Sky Bar on their last night, complete with a fire dancer, and a delicious barbecue dinner prepared by our chef Mark. It was a great night, and the only unhappy participant at the party was Porky the pig (who was delicious!)
Thank you Andy and friends! We look forward to your next trip here 🙂
To celebrate a good year and reward the staff from Scandi Divers Resort and Campbell’s Beach Resort for all their hard work, the resort owners took the staff on a day excursion to Tagatay.
Tagatay is about halfway between Batangas and Manila. This scenic city, surrounded by mountains and forrests lies along a ridge averaging 2000ft above sea level, overlooking Taal Lake, and the still active Taal Volcano!
The staff enjoyed horse riding, zipline rides, picnicing and souvenier buying, overlooking the spectacular scenery of Lake Taal and the volcano.
We’d like to say thanks again to everyone, and congratulations on a job well done throughout last season!
Next time you stay at one of our resorts, ask our staff about an alternate way back to Manila and go and visit Tagatay yourself. You won’t be disappointed!
Scandidivers staff and guests join in on another successful clean up underwater. Thanks to the great work from Greenfins and everyone involved.
The underwater cleanups are an important part of maintaining our beautiful waters here in Puerto Galera. Unfortunately some passing boats and ferries are careless enough to dump litter on their passage through these waters, and there is also the problem of refuse being washed down from the higher coastal regions into our beautiful bays. The only way to keep this problem in check is by regular underwater cleanups by divers who care about out environment. Fortunately there is no shortage of people willing to spend some free time doing their bit for Puerto Galera!
The Skogland family from Sweden certainly know how to have fun together, and prove that scuba diving is for all ages. Mats (in the photo above) celebrated his birthday on a dive to the Alma Jane wreck with his dive guide Conan, Mats’ wife Asa did her Open Water course while here with us, and their children Victor, Stina, Matilda and Sara did Junior Open water, Junior Scuba Diver and Bubblemaker courses! Awesome stuff 🙂
We really enjoyed having you guys and hope to see you again!
Congratulations to Michael Olausson for successfully completing his Nitrox course with us. Seen here wearing the latest in mens’ diving fashion with Instructor Conan and trainee Divemaster Dennis.
Want to know more about Nitrox and other speciality courses? Check out our diving courses page.
Well done to Christina Bucao and Hiehanan van den Borenkamp who both did their Discover Scuba courses with us!
Find out about PADI courses while diving in Puerto Galera here!
