http://sailrockdiversresort.com Koh Phangan diving - Thailand Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:45:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/dave-and-baby-alex-are-back/ 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. http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/eike-another-assistant-instructor/ 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. http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/congratulations-to-haz/ 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 ... http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/and-now-magnificent-seven-newborn-padi-instructors/ 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 ... http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/padi-instructor-development-course-first-on-koh-phangan/ 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 ... http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/sail-rockdivers-clean-up-of-samran-pinnacles/ 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... http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/isis-and-the-bull-sharks/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqWMWpa_css 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! http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/whale-shark-in-july-2009/ Well done to Russia who has just passed his IDC & is now an Open Water Scuba Instructor. We wish him every success. http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/idc-congratulations/ Russia & Alex are off to Koh Tao today to start Russia's  Instructor Development Course. We wish him every sucess. http://sailrockdiversresort.com/blog/idc/