The calm water, good visibility and outstanding aquatic life were the reasons, which made our French guests to blow some bubbles for the first time.

Bob (one of the biggest fish in our team) brought them out with Gaby to a Discover Scuba Diving experience in Dauin. Alain, Cathy, Valentine and Faustine Auzanneau did fantastic and were welcomed by thousands of fish.

If you wonder why they can not stop smiling, just drop by for a Discover Scuba Diving and get addicted.

The Discover Scuba program is ideal for everybody who wants to make his first breaths under water. After a short theory part you gear up and go into the water where you learn some simple skills under the direct supervision of our experienced instructors, the rest is watching fish…

Another great advantage of the Discover Scuba Diving program, it gives you credit towards the Open Water Course if one decides to go for the certification.

If you have any question about diving in Dumaguete, write us a mail, drop by in our Adventure Diveshop at the boulevard or in our Beach Resort in Dauin. We look forward to get you wet.

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I’ve been quiet about this because you know how things work in the Philippines….slowly, slowly and more slowly…..  Well, finally our new banka boat is in the water and ready for diving……

Miley Kate (named after our daughter) is 20 meters or 70 feet long she is a much bigger and more comfortable boat then our other Adventure dive boat. Licensed for 20 passengers she will easily handle 16 divers with 3 tanks each, but our target will be 12 divers max.  With a comfortable little cabin with coffee and hot tea onboard the now only 30 min ride to Apo Island is quicker then ever.

Monday Oct 18^th with typhoon Juan still in the area we headed out to Apo Island to bless the new boat. The boat was full of staff and a couple of guests, Karen and Laurence…

Halfway there the clouds closed in on us bringing the visibility down to zero… wind and waves where wild… Staff (the girls that can’t swim) were starting to panic…

Our experienced captain kept the boat on course even though he couldn’t see anything… after 30 minutes the storm passed and we could see Apo Island not so far away…. The seas calmed a bit and soon we where on the island enjoying roast pig and fresh fish. The blessing was done by Pastor Jec Jec, manager of our Adventure DiveShop branch in Dumaguete branch.

After a trip like that a thanks to God was in order…. All in all the boat handled the seas with out problem and proved to be just what we where looking for a safe, comfortable and reliable dive boat.

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It is always a pleasure to see our guests and especially our students coming back to see us. Freddy and Angela from Taiwan started diving with the Adventure Dive Shop at the Boulevard and we were happy to welcome the lovely couple now in our Dauin Beach Resort for a great week of Scuba Diving and some celebrations.

We are proud to say congratulations to Freddy and Angela , our Open Water and Advanced students, as they celebrate their 100th dive!!! Of course, we celebrated this milestone with family and friends appropriate.

The diving conditions couldn’t be better. Great visibility, flat surface and sunshine were perfect for some great Scuba diving around the coral Reefs of Apo Island and Dauin.

Thanks for staying with us and keep up the good work, maybe Rescue Course next year!

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Mike’s Dauin Beach Resort and Adventure Dive Shop are pleased to announce that we are now PADI facilities. So you can be assured that the highest standards of safety and service will always be met.

Start your adventure today with the world biggest SCUBA Dive Association and the Adventure Dive Shop.

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We just received a picture of the strong presence of the Philippine Diving Community at the DEMA Show 2010 in the US. The DEMA is considered to be the world’s biggest dive show.

Here a picture of the strong Philippine delegation:

Four seminars about diving in the Philippines were held over 3 days and world-class underwater-photographer like Michael Aw (who just won with his recent publication “Philippines – Heart of the Ocean”  the “Palme d’Or (Gold) International Prize for Best Book of the Year” at the World Underwater Pictures Festival) and Mr. Stan Waterman, a world renowned underwater videographer, were supporting the Philippines with colorful presentations.

Just in case you are using a small netbook, we magnified the picture above partially, to make it easier to “Find Mike”

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We were very busy since early January. after some clouds the sun is back and we went daily out for great diving adventures. Plenty of divers enjoyed diving in brilliant conditions with clear water and sunshine.

Here are just 3 three pictures which say it all. More news the next weeks.

Mike

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While I took care about the ongoing process of our Beach Resort in Dauin, the guests of the Adventure Diveshop had some fantastic conditions in the Dauin area. Marlon took out some fun-divers on a muck dive at Dauin , just to find some Black Tip Reef-Shark’s resting on the sandy bottom around 25 meters. Rhoody was busy with Nicky and Linda to practice mask-clearing and bouancy skills for their Open Water certification when the three found some baby – seahorses hanging on to sea grass in 2 meters of water.

They all look forward to the Apo Island trip tomorrow, while I am heading to Cebu to get some more Equipment for our Dive and Beach Resort in Dauin.

All the best

Mike

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