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Dave and baby Alex are back.
We would like to welcome Dave and Baby Alex back to Sail Rock divers after there long holiday.Dave is taking over the role of operations manager and will be heading up the Instructor Team. Baby Alex is back for 3 months before he goes to university to study zoology.
Eike – congratulations on becoming an Assistant Instructor
Congratulations to Eike for passing the Assistant Instructor Course with top marks and a big thank you for you efforts in the coral research program.
Congratulations to Haz
Well done Haz on finishing your Assistant Instructor course in style..Good luck with your open water scuba Instructor course and with your professional career.
And now… Magnificent seven newborn Open Water Scuba Instructors!!!
Okay, Instructor Development Course is finished now, and we have seven brand new Instructors ready to rock and roll! Congratulations, Steven, Adam, Eva, Greg, Raf, Nods and Baby Alex! We wish you a nice career in diving, and lots of grateful students! And as student divers reading this, look at the pictures and remember those faces — they are going to be your teachers!
We begin PADI Instructor Development Course – 1st on Koh Phangan!
Yesterday we started our first PADI Instructor Development Course, which is also the first PADI IDC training on Koh Phangan. In the next two weeks our seven Instructor Candidates will be studying theory in the classroom, practicing teaching skills in the pool and open water, and hopefully becoming fully qualified dive Instructors. We wish you all good luck!
Sail Rock Divers clean up of Samran pinnacles
Earth Day
Sail Rock divers clean up of samran pinnacles, Koh phangan, Thailand
Our clean up of Samran started at 7.30 am where 10 eager divers had gathered to Clean up a group of submerged pinnacles 12 km north of Phangan. We had been given reports from local fishermen that a huge trawling net had been snagged around the entire dive site.
After a 15 minute boat ride we arrived at the GPS coordinates for the pinnacles. First in the water was Alex Arnold the owner of Sail rock divers to assess the damage and to formulate a plan of action.
Logistics and Dive Briefing out of the way we all entered the water and descended to the top of the pinnacles at around 15meters. The net looked as though it was choking the dive site, hard and soft corals where barely visible due to the amount of net. A solitary anemone fish hovered over the discarded net unable to reach the protection of the anemone trapped below. Many fish where cut free, but for some we were far too late. After 2 dives we are glad to say that 90 % of the reef and pinnacles were clear. We are now starting a weekly monitoring program of Samran pinnacles to ensure the dive site remains rich and vibrant.
A big Thank you to Neil, Steve, Alex, Eva, Caro, Eike, Tony, Amber, Bo and the dedicated divers who without your help this would not have been possible.
Isis and the Bull Sharks
Our youngest diver had the dive of her life when she managed to see 4 bullsharks on a recent trip with sail rock divers.
We miss you Isis, your our lucky charm…
Whale Shark in July 2009
We recorded this footage in July last year. This was just one of the many whale shark encounters in 2009. More shark videos of 2010 coming soon, we will keep you posted!
CONGRATULATION’S
Well done to Russia who has just passed his IDC & is now an Open Water Scuba Instructor. We wish him every success.
IDC
Russia & Alex are off to Koh Tao today to start Russia’s Instructor Development Course. We wish him every sucess.