Barefoot Scuba IDC 2009, Andaman Islands India

25th November
Confined water at Elephant Beach, Havelock

Dive 117: the Wall
Max Depth: 21.6m ; Bottom time: 40 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 15-20m

26th November
Dive 118: Johnny's Gorge
Max Depth: 25.9m ; Bottom time: 47 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 20-30m

Dive 119: Jackson's Bar
Max Depth: 10.9m ; Bottom time: 73 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 20-30m

Comment: Supporting Barefoot Scuba in launching India's first ever PADI IDC in the Andaman Islands. Huge Congrats to the team at Barefoot for their 100% successful first PADI IDC and IE Program. More photos of the candidates (Manish, Romissa, Damien and Olivier) in action are at My Facebook Photos Album. Check them out.

King Cruiser & Shark Point, Training dives with Gavin

Dive 114: King Cruiser Wreck
Max Depth: 30.7m ; Bottom time: 44 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 115: Shark Point
Max Depth: 17.0m ; Bottom time: 55 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 116: Koh Doc Mai
Max Depth: 19.5m ; Bottom time: 47 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

Open Water Course with Nuj, Thanin & Daryl

14th November
Dive 110: Kata Reef
Max Depth: 9.1m ; Bottom time: 31 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 111: Kata Reef
Max Depth: 5.1m ; Bottom time: 17 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 10-15m

15th November
Dive 112: Raya Yai, Lucy's Reef
Max Depth: 17.9m ; Bottom time: 39 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 20m+


Dive 113: Raya Yai, Bay 2
Max Depth: 15.8m ; Bottom time: 47 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 20m+

Comment: My first PADI eLearning OW course with Nuj, her son Thanin and Daryl, all from Singapore. Keeping with my passion of teaching and molding kids to be future Padiwans, both kids were awesome in the water. Now, I'm looking forward to some fun dive trips with them in the future.

8th & 12th November IDC training dives

8th November
Dive 108: Kata Reef
Max Depth: 5.1m ; Bottom time: 70 min
Water Temp: 30c; Visibility: 10-15m

12th November
Dive 109: Kata Reef
Max Depth: 5.1m ; Bottom time: 47 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 10-15m

Comment: A big congrats shout out to Kylea, Sergi, Mario and Gavin for successfully completed the IDC and Instructor Examination. A truly international program was assisted by Bibi (IDCS Grad of GoPro Cambodia 08) with his superb Spanish speaking skills. Also, coming through in the mix was Daryl, completing his IDC Staff Course. See some photos of the gang in action at my Facebook Photos Album.

Gillmanoids Invasion on Halloween

Friday, 30th
Dive 103: Lucy's Reef, Raya Yai
Max Depth: 22.8m ; Bottom time: 52 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 20-30m

Dive 104: Bay 2, Raya Yai
Max Depth: 23.4m ; Bottom time: 53 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 20-30m

Saturday, Halloween's Day
Dive 105: Koh Doc Mai
Max Depth: 20.7m ; Bottom time: 40 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 106: Shark Point
Max Depth: 17.6m ; Bottom time: 38 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 10-15m

Dive 107: Anemone Reef
Max Depth: 15.2m ; Bottom time: 58 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 10-15m

Comment:
the gang from KL came to dive :-) Sophi, Mogan, Sabrya, Remar, Ian, Maggie, Marc. Ivy, Andrew, Alicia & Ashima invaded Phuket dive sites. somuch fun and really good dive conditions for the 2 days... Photos of the dive trips are posted on our Picassa website. Click here to view.