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Sail Rock Divers are now a 5 star IDDR center
Sail rock divers have just been awarded the 5 star instructor development dive resort status which means we can teach all instructor level courses from open water scuba instructor, specialty instructor master scuba diver trainers and staff instructors. We are the ONLY 5 star instructor development dive resort on Koh Phangan with a 3 meter deep, 10 meter long purpose built training pool designed specifically for diving, we also have our own boat, NITROX facility’s and air-con classrooms.
OUR NEW OFFICE IN HAAD RIN IS OPEN
Sail rock divers and Buddha view have joined forces in Haad rin to open a new dive shop and booking office.
We are now able to offer courses on both Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. The new shop is located in the heart of Haad Rin just 50m from the beach.
We will be stocking all of the latest PADI materials as sole distributor on the island. We are also an AQUALUNG partner center.
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.
Bull Sharks
The Bull Sharks are back at Chumpon Pinnacle, Koh Tao. This was our first trip of the season and 8 feeding bullsharks were seen. The opinion from our dive guides were that they are bigger, some female were up to 3m. So we are going back tomorrow Jan 10 2010 with a full boat again.. Happy Shark hunting guys….