Quick news update :Our Maldives 9 day trip aboard the Banni Adventurer leaving UK on the 8/11.08 -16/11/08 all inclusive with direct flights from LHR with Sri Lanka Airlines only 3 spaces left come and join us for a some exciting diving, good company and much more..............

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We welcomed Fulham BSAC on their club holiday - thanks guys we all had a great time and congratulations to the students who did so well and are now FULLY qualified - Sorry we couldn't do the Condosita wreck this time, have to blame it on the high winds better luck next time.

Fulham BSAC at their best

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We are back - South Africa - Mozambique what a FANTASTIC trip ! - Hammerheads - Manta's - Whaleshark - Dolphins - Microlighting - Charging elephants - Rhino and much more......... watch this space.

Here are just some of the many pictures from our November trip to the Red Sea North Wrecks all 26 of us had a fantastic time, as you can see by the pictures more to follow soon..............

Our fancy Dress Night - Grease the movie 60's and 70's

October: Well we certainly had fun this week thanks to the Rowlands Clan - Joint Services group diving with us, here is a picture of them after enjoying their turtle experience, thanks guys for a great week and meal on the last night ( Graham still has the headache !!! ) Hope to see you all again and we promise to take you to see the grouper next time................

     BEHIND YOU !!!!

                  Well done Neil O/ W diver now

September: Busy month + loads of pictures here are just a few - thank you guys from Commercial Diving & Marine Services visiting again

Many thanks to High Wycombe BSAC for visiting us yet again to complete some of their training, had a fun time as usual, and congratulations to all who passed their Sports, Dive Leader etc etc. Poor Andy who got a cold ( never mind always next time Andy ) James the twin hose 'Hoover', Eunice the fish ( next time 10 litre for sure ! ) James ( Sturgeon man ) Emily ( great rescue ) Stuart (as always helpful ) Simon ( for always smiling ) Steve ( for breathing less and less ) and last but not least the lovely group leaders Rita and Len ( the gimp suit lost in the marina man - see picture  !!!) The meal on the last night was great fun and closure of a great week, thank you everyone, see you all next year hopefully .....

August - Busy as usual and HOT!  this year seems hotter than before with temperatures for 2 days reaching 40c thankfully it did 'nt last too long although the island did suffer with forest fires on the west coast thankfully a long way from us, it did a lot of damage to the village of Masca a favourite place for a lot of you like too visit during your stay. Thank you to all who mailed to ask if we were OK , its nice to be thought of. As you will see by my last posting a Hammerhead was seen on Paraisio dive site it was up 'close and personal' swimming right past the divers less than a meter away, a great experience for all except Graham who had his head under a rock and Keith Skeetch who was fumbling with his camera ( cant wait to see the photos Keith). Visibility in the last few days has been very good after the high winds and choppy sea's of late and the sea is back to its lovely calm self, long may it last. Our Red Sea trip is fully booked and bursting at the seams, sorry we had to disappoint some of you , just have to wait for the next one possibly June next year after the South Africa experience.

Special thanks to the Wagstaff family and Rob for providing an entertaining week whilst they competed their Open Water Courses, well done to you all, and too all the divers who hated putting on those wetsuits in the heat.

JULY 31st:   Sighted today at Paraisio dive site, Hammerhead shark YES Hammerhead shark approx 1 meter and a half long...........  Never know what you are going to see in Tenerife !!!!!

Message for all the group on the SUDAN TRIP    Gary Aryton wants to thank all who sponsored him for his challenge last week here are a couple of photos to prove he made it, WELL DONE GARY.....  He took part in and successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge at the weekend. That's the three tallest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales (Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowden respectively) in 24 hours, in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. They actually completed the challenge in 23hrs 50mins, so they had loads of time to spare!!!!!!  Once again - well done Gary and see you soon for some relaxing diving.................

BOOKING RED SEA ON BOARD THE LUXURY  BLUE O' TWO BOAT - BLUE Horizon 9/11 - 16/11 ONLY £949.00 INCLUSIVE DEPOSITS   BEING TAKEN NOW PLEASE E MAIL SOON TO RESERVE YOU PLACE    SORRY ALL SOLD OUT : Next trip South Africa

Many thanks to Maureen and Lee for a fun week on the boat - you guys where just great we laughed so much, so pleased your joining us on the Red Sea Trip in November.                                                             

                           John & Mark great company

Cave diving in Tenerife with Martyn Farr:  Read about his trip to dive and explore the cave in Palm Mar with us, the  article will be in Sports Diver  July issue, don't miss it. Our regular divers will remember this cave, it has a cross outside and is on the Las Moreanas dive site, a popular dive location, now you can read about its hidden secrets and see the pictures, here are just a few . Many thanks to Martyn Farr for these superb photos, view his web site for more great pictures from his cave diving exploits.                                                                www.farrworld.com

Few family pictures : Rio our grandson doing his Discover Scuba in the pool and then off for a dive with the friendly turtles at Puertito.  Penny our UK agent  just checking out the new pool measurements with Graham, does she look confused !!!

Dave on his skydiving adventure - think we prefer you diving though. If anybody is visiting Broughton in Cumbria then you must visit the owners of BESWICKS Resturant and meet these two lovely people Dave and Christine Roe - great food too  www.beswicks.co.uk

Need a strong heart for this hobby !!!!!

Back in Tenerife Easter - Thank for visiting & finding the shark tooth, Bob, Mary, Roy, Susan, Martin and Oliver.

    Michelle well done once more  on completing those Sports Diver skills                                                                                       

                                                                      And to Paul for the great Geordie Banter - what did you say Graham !!!!!

SUDAN TRIP 2007

 Sudan lived up to its rightful acclaim's ! Loads of sharks, sharks and sharks, unspoilt dive sites without loads of other boats around, the very interesting Cousteau project, and the icing on the cake the Umbria, Graham said he could of spent at least a couple of days just exploring this lovely wreck ( bigger than the Thistlegorm ) Funny moments, James's "security incident" at Port Sudan airport, the delights of Port Sudan Duty Free shop (Persil!), Dave & Tom sneaking beer aboard the bus & chucking the empties out before the checkpoint ( naughty ) and of course the last night Pirate's fancy dress party onboard and the weirdest dancers !! Not quite sure what the dive guide made of it all !!! Thanks to Jerry, Fiona and Garry for the pictures.
A great time was had by all , and thank you guys for making the trip such good fun as always, see you for the next one.......

APRIL 2007

Congratulations Darren ! Your now an Open Water/Advanced  Diver - all that  training in South Africa and in Tenerife really paid off, you were a pleasure to teach, come back and see us soon.

March 2007:  Heathrow Departure for some of the group going to Sudan....... More pics and report to follow very soon watch this space ........................            

******   Good to see everyone at LIDS and thanks to everyone who kept us going with cups of coffee, wine  etc and bookings of course   *****

Well done Martin from Boldmere Divers on completing your BSAC Sports Diver Course, hope to see you again soon. Also thanks to Tim and Bob for yet another visit and a special thanks to Gary for being such a good instructor, nice to have you back !

Congratulations Carl on gaining you PADI Advanced Open Water you did really well especially with all those DSMB !!!! And so nice to have Tom and Dave along too to provide the entertainment, Graham says he's got the mixer ready Dave !!!  See you all soon.

Jan/February:  NEWS : We have been pretty busy with our new project, giving a makeover to our villa and Dive Centre - we have decided to put in a swimming pool and re-tile patios and wet area for the dive centre, its quite a big project and will take a while longer but I am sure all will be worth it in the end. A very special thanks to the help received and especially Phil McIntosh for being such a good lumberjack and giving up his holiday/dive time to get stuck in ( see picture ). Also all our divers who fitted in around the JCB etc....................... In between all this visited China - had a great time a very different  destination, no diving I'm afraid and very cold minus 4C grrrrrrrrrrrrr

                                            Be good when its finished!!!!!

Just like to say thanks to Clive and Maggie Rolf and his group from Kingsdown Divers BSAC for such a good laugh and so nice to meet all you paramedics too. Always a pleasure  to have a group that's so well organised especially as I didn't feel up to much with the dreaded cough that everyone seems to have ! See you later in the year for the trip to El Heirro.

Happy New Year 2007 to all our friends and customers - Just a few of our partygoer's in Adeje seeing in the New Year in style.

Christmas Day - Cave Dive Exploration Project:

We had some SPECIAL GUESTS join us for Christmas this year, the well known Cave Diver MARTYN FARR and his partner HELEN RIDER they came over to explore the infamous cave at Palm Mar where several people have unfortunately died in the past due to entering an environment without adequate training. I am sure many of our regular customers know the area, we call it Las Morenas due to the rather large congregation of Moray Eels that live there too. So on Christmas day with the sea mirror smooth and brilliant sunshine we took them to explore the cave's secrets, lots of preparation and much needed prior planning were all taken into account and so the adventure began....  Look out for a full write up and exciting pictures soon in a UK diver magazine.

Preparations and kit for the cave exploration :

CHRISTMAS AGAIN !! Just a few pictures

We had a very busy run up to Christmas our boat came out for its inspection and general tidying up etc which always takes longer than you expect and then Graham managed to break his wrist ! What a nightmare, glad to say with a lot of help from our friends we were back on track for yet another busy Christmas.  Congratulation to Charlotte for completing her Open Water certification and mum Kim for all the support, see you on the Sudan Trip Kim. And to all our other visiting divers Ivan, Marise, Sally, Steve, Alan, Shaun, Michael, Boyd, Margaret, Dave, Tom, Nick, Michael, Tony, Paul,  Jim, and Titanium Bill  ( say hi to the lads from ' Deep Blue' for us and see you at the dive show)

South and St Johns - October trip:   Were back !!!!!    Thanks to all that came with us on our trip to the Red Sea 12/10 another great time and great diving in the South St Johns and to make it extra special Steve proposed to Sally underwater ( yes she did accept ) very romantic - we all wish them lots of good luck for the future and don't forget we all want to come to the wedding !!! No Hammerheads on this trip but great diving never the less thanks to Steve Marchant for the lovely picture of the Oceanic White tip, movie clip was good too except for the shaky bits when it got up close and personal !!!  Again everyone excelled themselves on the fancy dress night cool outfits everyone and great party, I wonder what theme we will choose next time here's to next year - SUDAN here we come ...............

Thanks to Inverness Sub Aqua Club 2407 for all their hard work - but so very rewarding - well done everyone on passing your BSAC Ocean Diver and Sports Diver Training and a Special Thanks to Deidre and Steve your hardworking and patient  Instructors - Looking forward to seeing you next year........

July 2006

Simply the Best Red Sea -  June 2006 -  Well what can we say the trip was superb in every way, Blue Fin our boat was the height of luxury, food, crew, accommodation great, and the diving lived up to its enviable reputation we saw all we wanted  but the highlights must be the dive with the Hammerheads ( awesome) and swimming with dolphins. Many thanks to Allison  ( our non diver and keen snorkel ) who put up with us all taking diving non stop, to Karen and Kevin for guiding us and Baz our crew host, plus the chef who presented us on our last night with a huge turkey with all the trimmings and Baked Alaska ! Thank you everyone for making our first Liveaboard trip such fun I think the pictures tell the story  ....................................

Garry,, Steve, Allison, Kate, Louise, Tom, Dave ,Roy,  Mary, John, Ray, Jerry, Fiona, Douglas, Andy, Michael

Our last night Fancy Dress Party - did we have a great time or what ! the game of Twister was hilarious !!!!!!

                                          The Divers Elite !!! Simply the Best Trip 2006

TRIBUTE: To all our clients and friends that new Chris Hall  I am sorry to say that he passed away on the 19/4/06 after his year long battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Chris became a fond friend of ours and he will be missed by us very much, our thoughts are with Liz his wife. We would like to help to raise money to fight this terrible disease if you can give what ever you can, please go to Chris's web site.        http://www.justgiving.com/diverchris

2006

APRIL: Sorry for not getting up to date with the news but unfortunately we decided to change providers for our broadband  access and we have been only on dial up for nearly a month ( a nightmare ).

Its been a busy month so I thought I would just add some pics from some of our students and divers as promised. Decided not to exhibit at the London Dive Show, last year the turn out was pretty poor, sorry to anybody who looked for us there. We have certainly received a mixed bag of weather even rain in April ! but it looks to be back on track now thank goodness and the viz is back to normal. Also can I say a big thank you to all who have booked our trips to the Red Sea and Sudan and because the response has been so great we are to put together at least 3 trips next year - so visit the web site for news updates.

2006

Quick update: The El Hierro trip was a great success with a group of very happy divers they managed to see just about everything, Shark turtle, large groupers and loads of puffer fish to name a few. We really enjoyed everyone's company and the bad jokes too, thanks you guy's.

2006

JAN/FEB 2006

Here you go guys ! Phil, Stuart, Colin, Dave, Steve and Tom thanks for the meal and a great week of fun and laughter we were sorry to see you leave hopefully see you in El Hierro/ Red Sea soon

CHRISTMAS and New Year FESTIVITIES ISLAND DIVERS STYLE: 2005

 AS USUAL SOME GREAT HAT CREATIONS FROM EVERYONE. Just too many photos!  here are just a selected few, thanks to you all for sharing it with us, here's the pics to prove  that Brendan really did wear his kilt and Mike his gold lame swimmies !!! very nice too..... Happy New Year 2006 to Brendan, Lyn, Sally, Steve, Dinah, Mike, Marise, Ivan, Roy, Mary, Jeanette, Ken, Ray, Vikki, Alex, Britta and John

Congratulations to Phil and Judith completing their Advanced Open Water ,the turtles were there as we promised and here's the proof. Say hello to the guys at Looe Divers for us Judith and if we get to visit we will be sure to share a bottle of Rioja with you at Tom Sawyers thanks for the good company.

"Breaking News October 2005: New Wreck Project Just dived the newly sunk wreck 'MERIDIAN' 23/10/05 great!! So nice to have another wreck site for our clients to visit, sure this will be a firm favourite with you all.

OCTOBER:

 And what a week it was for you all on your BOYS ONLY Stag week !! Thanks guys you were great Stuart, Nigel, Nigel, Rowland and Alan

  Thanks , John, Alan, Fiona, Jerry, Jon, Frank, Fergal, Chris and Ronan for a great week of diving and good jokes !!!!!

Well done  Eavan and Errol from  Ireland on completing there PADI Open Water certification see you again soon.                 

Sept 05

Here you go Steve, I think its a good picture of you all, thanks for finding that weight when you went for a snorkel dive in the harbour !!  see you and your groups again soon. Keep up the good work in Yorkshire see our links page.                                

Nice to see you again Carol, Laura too, see you at the Dive Show girls, and Laura good luck at Uni.......

Well done James on completing your BSAC Sports Diver Course I am sure you will never want to send up another DSMB for a long time !!! Keep taking the sea sickness tablets!! and dive safely.

                            James Banstead Sub Aqua 
 

August 2005:Congratulations to Stuart on completing his Ocean Diver course with us and experiencing possibly the worst day in Tenerife, rain in August and with a waterfall too un-heard of !!!!  See you later in the year. Dave and grandson too see you in October, We promise no rain    then Ok.

August 2005: Just returned from our holiday to Indonesia, yes we have them too!  Had a great time 'Muck Diving'  Bunaken Island and the Lembeh Straits saw lots of seahorse's, Frog fish and loads more, stayed at Froggies Dive Centre, great setup run very much like our's friendly, good boat practices, great diving and staff we highly recommend them, check out our links page.                                                 Liz   & Chris  2005 

JULY 9th 2005: Congratulations to our diving friends Liz and Chris on your Wedding Day, Graham and I wish you lots of luck and happiness for the future, see you for some more dives soon we hope, and keep up the good work as always. XXXX

July 9th 2005:  'Breaking News' Dived with dolphins today ! Simon, Adam Graham and Byron dived with dolphins today after leaving Ali Ba Ba Cave what a fabulous experience, shame nobody had a camera !!!
Thanks to you all, Steve Plotkin, Kim Butler, Darrin Mackie, Emma Newton, Paul Coxon, Tony Stevens, John Handy, Rita and Len Sumner, Hannah Sturdy, Katherine Sturdy, Ron Percell, Andy Rose, Suzanne Tunn	JUNE 2005 Many thanks to High Wycombe BSAC  for visiting us yet again, again and again. We always have a great time, and its a pleasure to see some quality training taking place, well done to everyone who passed. Special thanks to 'Skelly ' 'Steve, Emma and Kim for some quality instruction.  A special mention for Paul 'Camera'  Coxon, next time Paul better leave the camera on the boat not a rock at 32m  Priceless eh !!!!!!! Wish you luck with the Heinke Trophy next year. See you all next year and thanks for the meal and night out at Via Moana we had a great time.                        Too much for some !!!!!
Carl and Kim	A big 'Thank You' to Carl and Kim for bringing over the compressor bits and for the good company all week. The week just flew by as always, see you both at the Dive Show in October. Dave, Kate and Louise the Coral Arch Speciality Crew !!!! May/June 2005
NEW YEARS DAY 2005: Off to see the Whales and Dolphins. Thanks to Alex for a great video of all the antics on board. A fun day out for us all no diving today !  and a special thanks to the crew who supplied us with lots of wine and beer - Great !!!!!!
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