A brace of moray eels, photo Charles Savy

sunday 28th...

Just to let you know we had a fantastic dive at whale rock, we saw 5 peacock mantis shrimps and loads of morays.

There were 5 anemones with a lot of clown fish on, big octopus, wart slugs etc. Luke was so impressed that he said it matches up to L'ilot except no soft coral. He said it’s his best dive since he has been back to the Seychelles. Jeff enjoyed the dive as well, he took lots of pictures. I showed Luke where the swim- through was and everyone went through it. 

Thanks for letting us go there.

Charmein

Dr. David briefing whale shark participants at Dive Seychelles

More whale sharks... The monitoring trips run in conjunction with MCSS started in earnest this month and luckily most of the sharks have been seen off the west coast and so we have been able to depart directly from Dive Seychelles with the briefings taking place in the comfort of our own dive deck.

So far we have had 47 in-water encounters, with 32 sharks identified, 16 of which were recorded  here in a previous year. You can get more information on the status of sightings from the MCSS whaleshark blog.

august 2008...

Its whale shark season!! Although we had some very early sightings the numbers this season are similar to last year... So far we have had 29 in-water encounters, mainly on the MCSS monitoring programme, although we have had 8 directly on our dives. 18 of the sharks have been identified photographically by the MCSS, 9 of which are sharks that were recorded  here in a previous year. 

The Underwater Centre / Dive Seychelles is the leading PADI centre in Seychelles as recorded by PADI in their monthly analysis of certifications and specialty courses. We have been the leader for certifications for several months now and are doing well with specialty courses, particularly Nitrox and Digital Underwater Photography...... and as its whale shark season now we can also offer this!

may 2008...

The first whale shark of the season arrived at Shark Bank on the 22nd of May, very early for this season. The shark was also small at just over 3 metres and visiting divers Tom Kapser & Marion Wagner managed to capture a series of great photos which they passed on to the whale shark team at the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles. Using computer assisted photo ID the shark was added to the Seychelles database as a new shark as the spot patterns did not match any of the sharks currently recorded. A great and early start to the season!

april 2008...

Renovations to Dive Seychelles at Berjaya Beau Vallon Beach Resort are well underway with the new tank-rack being put to full use and changes in the reception area taking shape....

january 2008...

A surprise visit from Greek dive shop owner Anthony Safakianakis in January who brought in some unseasonally good weather... Thanks and hope to see you here again soon 'ADONIS'!

january 2008...

Theiry with Nadine and Samuel Hutchinson on the first junior Open Water course of 2008... all smiles before dive #1!

october 2007...

And of course there were whale sharks... not so many as in 2006 which set new records in Seychelles, but there were still lots of them! This is an aerial view taken from our microlight of a group of sharks feeding off the south of mahe.

january 2007...

Our first Seal team group for youngsters from 8-9 years old from the International School Seychelles poses for a group photo before the first pool session!