November 20th marks my first dive since leaving Sibu Island. Finally getting the chance to catch up with the lads at Real Divers, a dive center located here in Jomtien Beach. Neil and Peter are the owners. It is a small little hole in the wall type dive store…but what a great day of diving I had with them.
Chris was the instructor/Dive Leader for the day, and Nick was there as a Divemaster trainee. I made my way to the center for around 08:00, and we headed out not to long after my arrival. We went and picked up two other divers who had just completed their openwater course the week before. We board the dive boat, which was well organized and very clean. Our trip to the far islands took approximately two hours or so, it was long but it was well worth it.
Dive one was at the larger island and it turned out to be a drift dive. The corals and marine life were very nice, and the the visibility has opened up to 10 – 12 meters. Nick did an excellent job as the dive leader, though he had a slight weighting issue at the start of the dive. Our dive lasted 60 minutes and was really very enjoyable.
Dive two was on the small island about 10 minutes away from dive one. The boat remained static so it was an out and back type dive. We went out into a slight current at about 15 meters, and were treated to the ever present box fish and puffers. Nemo was around in plenties which is always nice to see. One the return portion of the dive we found a lovely little moray eel hiding in the coral heads. Once again the dive lasted for approximately and hour, the visibility was the same as the morning dive.
Well done to Real-Divers!!
Posted 2 years, 9 months ago at 11:02 am. 2 comments
Jacob and Danny Koole, have successfully completed the Open Water Divers course which was taken at the Sibu Island Cabanas resort. Both students worked very hard and did an awesome job with their training. Many hours were spent pouring over their diving manuals, and though a little nervous of the final test, they came through with flying colors.
Both Jacob and Danny are naturals in the water, as was proven in the manner in which they completed all of their closed water skills. You can tell both divers love the underwater world, and I am just happy I was the one that was able to train them!
Once again well done to them BOTH!!
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