It’s more fun in the Philippines! Jock has been busy at the Birmingham dive show for the past few days promoting Asia Divers and El Galleon at the Philippines Department of Tourism booth. Hope to see lots of divers from the U.K. coming to visit us soon!
Come over for a “spooktacular night! Rooms are still available. Contact admin@asiadivers.com
It’s been a fun week here with the OBDC (Old Broad’s Dive Club). OBDC is dedicated to enriching the lives of their members with fascinating trips all over the globe, striving to develop friendships and great memories for women divers and their guests.
OBDC was conceived in 1999 by Jane Huessener, who invited 5 women for dinner to discuss her concept of organizing a dive club for woman only (of course, our Sherpa`s and families were always welcome). Her dream was shared and OBDC was born! Today they have over 170 current members from all over the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Palau, New Zealand and Italy. OBDC will dive anywhere its members think would be a fun and safe destination for our group, however, they tend to follow the 80/80 rule of diving. 80 ft or better visibility and 80 degrees or better for the water temp. (Princess Diving)….LOVE IT!! We missed you here this year Jane, but we made sure your whole gang had a great time.
See: https://www.obdc.org/web/OBDC/default.asp
This is a 2200 dive photo! Congratulations to some of our OBDC divers who did some anniversary dives with us this week. Jeanne 700, Martha 500, and Sal with a whopping 1000! Considering Sal has only been diving for 8 years that’s pretty amazing!
Congrats to three of the “Old Broads”, Connie, Carly and Diana for getting their nitrox certifications this week and enjoying some great dives on 32%.
There are still 1 spot left for a male and one spot left for a female on the Palau Tropical Dancer, sister-ship to Palau Aggressor. The trip starts the afternoon of November 1 and disembarks the morning of November 8, which gives us 5 ½ days of brilliant diving among Sharks and other big pelagic animals. Contact tommy@asiadivers.com if you’re interested.
Look whose back in town, the amazing Rhinopia. After getting a tip from down the beach Jamie and few divers went out to search for this amazing fish. What luck they had not only did they come across it but Video Rob was on the dive and got some great video footage.
You’re invited to a Halloween Scare, come and join us if you dare. It’s our way of saying thanks to all of our friends without pulling pranks. Don’t be lame, don’t be naughty, creep, float or crawl to our costume party! There will face painting, costume prizes and witch’s brew, now all we need is you! The undertaking will occur Saturday, October 31st at The Point bar. Rooms are still available. Contact us at admin@asiadivers.com
There are still 1 spot left for a male and one spot left for a female on the Palau Tropical Dancer, sister-ship to Palau Aggressor. The trip starts the afternoon of November 1 and disembarks the morning of November 8, which gives us 5 ½ days of brilliant diving among Sharks and other big pelagic animals. Contact tommy@asiadivers.com if you’re interested.
Congratulations to Brigitte Swanson for finally being able to wear this 100 dive club t-shirt! The big number had been in the works for a while so Alli had a shirt all prepared and waiting for the right moment to happen.
Congratulations to all the winners of the HUGYCUP photo competition which was held here over a two month period from Feb to April. It was great to see the results of the competition and it’s a wonderful showcase for Puerto Galera’s amazing marine biodiversity.
A special congratulations to LUC EECKHAUT Winner of the HUGYCUP 2014/2015 (Series of 10 pictures – best macro photo – best fish portrait photo– best nudibranch or seashell photo – best wide angle), Best result in 5 categories.
Here are some more of the winning photos. You can see them all at: http://2014.hugycup.com/
Congratulations to Gareth Bowen who cleaned up in the compact category. He got best compact camera photographer (Series of 3 pictures – compact macro – compact fish portrait)
Congratulations to Gareth Bowen who won Best Compact Camera Photographer Winner in the HUGYCUP. This was one of his winning photos. You can see more or his photos on the HUGYCUP website: http://2014.hugycup.com/competition/best-compact-camera-photographer/portfolio-compact-3rd-place
