This month has started with a bang & has been very very busy. So here is a run down of the dives.

1st June 2011. Junior Open Water Course.

The month started of with some Junior divers George & Zinnia. They started their OW course with Neil and was out to sea today for Open waters 3 & 4. They did a great job & they also managed to complete their exam and are now Junior Open Water divers. Well done guys.

2nd June 2011. EL Puertito.

The morning was spent at El Puertito with divers Mary, Neil, Zinnia, George & Rachel, plus we had snorkellers Mick, Billy, Chloe, Georgia & Abbie. The turtles were out to lay and it was a great dive.

2nd June 2011. DSD.

After spending the morning practicing their Snorkelling, Chloe & Abbie came in the pool with Mary for a Discover Scuba Diver course. Both girls did a great job and the skills went along well. Abbie will now go on to her PADI Scuba Diver course with Mary & Neil. Well done girls.

3rd June 2011. Boat Diving

Neil, Billy, Mick & Alan went along to Las Galletas for some boat dives. The first dive was at The Steps, followed by Los Chuchos. Both dives were great and the Turtle at Los Chuchos was very feisty today and took a liking to Billy's arm !!... never mind Billy, you have another one !. :)

3rd June 2011. Open Water courses.

Mary & Rachel were in the pool today for confined water session and were joined by father & son team David & Guy and also Abbie.

David has been a diver for years and started in the forces, but never got any certifications! So to stop all the hassles he decided to do his Open Water with Guy.

The session went well and the skills were executed perfectly. We managed to get part of the confined work done along with some theory.

4th June 2011. Dive Master Intern.

We welcomed our latest Dive Master intern from Scotland Iain. He will be with us for the summer and will be going on to his instructor course in September here in Tenerife. He will be training along side Neil and Rachel and will be joined by his brother later in the month.

4th June 2011. Open Water course

So day one for Iain and we jump straight in with Confined waters 3, 4 & 5 and OW 1 with David, Son Guy, Mary & Iain. The session went well and the skills were performed well by both students.

We went out to the house reef for dive, just to get used to the sea and it was a great dive. Guy was very excited and is looking forward to the rest of the dives.

Abades.

Whilst Mary was teaching in the pool Neil was off to Abades for 2 dives with Billy, Abbie, Melinda, Rachel, Mel & Geoff. As always Abades had a lot of life to offer and the visibility was good.

Abbie did a great job as part of her Scuba Diver course and we are looking forward to Monday dives with her.

6th June 2011. Open Water course

Neil was out to open water with David & Guy for open water 2 on the house reef, which went very well and they managed a few of the flexi skills too.

Discover Scuba Diver

Mary was in the pool for Discover Scuba with Ali & Peti. They were both rather nervous but managed to relax and complete the skills and then Ali went to the house reef with Mary, whilst Peti stayed dry. Well done guys.

Jonny was off round to see the Sting Rays with Mel & Geoff and they were pleased to see them too.

Open Waters 3 & 4.

The afternoon was spent at Poris Pier where David & Guy managed to complete open water dives 3 & 4 so only now have the exam left to be certified.

Neil was with Jonny, Mel, Geoff, Abbie & Billy along the reef at Poris Pier where Geoff managed to find one of the lovely Sea Horses that have been round lately.

7th June 2011. Discover Scuba Diver.

Mary was in the pool with Lesley for a DSD, whilst Neil was in with Craig. Both guys went well and we went to open water on the house reef. Mel & Geoff joined son craig for open water.

Lesley was very nervous and was originally having problems with her mask. After overcoming the problem Lesley was like a fish to water and Mary was extremely happy as was her Husband David. Well done all of you.

Bubble Maker

Mary was back in the pool in the afternoon with Chloe, Georgia & Kay for Bubble Maker. Rachel & Mick also came in to play some fun games and blow lots of bubbles!. The girls all did a great job and we know we will definitely be seeing these guys soon.

Open Water courses.

David & Guy completed their exam with confidence and gained great scores, well done guys!.

Neil was then back in the pool in the afternoon with the Boyz Carlo & Lewis for some Confined water training. Let's see how they get on.

8th June 2011. Poris Pier

Neil was off to Poris Pier for a dive with Paul B, Lauren, Danny, Mel & Geoff. The visibility was good and the reef was full of it's usual life. We managed to reach the Madonna and nativity too.

Scuba Review.

A new diver to our center was Paul R. He came in initially for a scuba review after not diving for around 8 years !!. Once in the pool it all came back to him quickly and he managed the skill circuit with ease. He then went out for a nice shallow dive on the house reef with Jonny to get back in to it!. We will be seeing a lot more of Paul R in the future.

Open Water course.

Neil was back in the pool with Carlo & Lewis to finish the confined water sessions. They then went out to Open water 1 on the house reef. Lewis had a few problems with his ears, but still managed the dive. They will be out to Open water again tomorrow.

9th June 2011. El Puertito.

Well we had a very busy morning at El Puertito with divers & life!. Neil was there with Carlo & Lewis for open water 2.

Mary was off searching for turtles with David L, David B, Guy, Mel, Geoff, Mick, Paul B & Paul R. We found 4 turtles and lots of life including a Sea Horse. This was a great dive and everyone had a wonderful time.

9th June 2011. Abades.

The afternoon was spent at Abades with Neil, James, Mel, Geoff, Paul B, Paul R, Carlo, Lewis & Mick.

Carlo & Lewis completed open water dive 3 with Neil whilst the others searched the reef for new life.

10th June 2011. Black Cove.

The last dive for the boyz was Black Cove and they completed their open water skills easily. Lewis was no longer having problems with his ears after a little practice equalizing.

Mick was with James and got slightly taken off track! but came back after a very long dive.

The boyz completed their exam and successfully gained their open water certification.

10th June 2011. Moon Pools.

Neil took James & Paul to the Moon Pools which as ever was a delightful dive with loads of life and clear waters.

11th June 2011. Yellow Mountain.

Newly qualified Dive Master Rachel was here this morning with her friend Cara, So Mary took them both down to Yellow Mountain for a nice gentle dive. There was loads of life here and we was greeted by a large Moray Eel too. Nice dive.

San Miguel Wall Sting Rays.

Rachel was out this afternoon with James & Iain and they went down to see the rays. There was a large Atlantic Ray and also the new Eagle ray too.

13th June 2011. Poris Pier.

The morning was spent at Poris Pier with James & Neil and they were on the look out for Sea Horses. Today though they had no luck but did manage to find the Madonna along with all the reef life.

14th June 2011. Dive Master training.

Iain was in the pool with neil this morning to review his skills in preparation for his skill circuit training. Iain showed some good skill mastery along with a few mistakes :) however he will definitely be up to the challenge soon.

15th June 2011. Skill Circuit practice.

After yesterday's review of Iain's skills, today we were focusing on demonstration. So Neil was off to the pool again with Iain to see how he got on.

Iain did a great job and has a lot of potential with his skills circuit. We will be doing a few more practice runs before we start scoring.

16th June 2011. Search & Recovery

As part of the Dive Master course there are search & recovery scenarios or you can take the specialty. SO this morning we were at the house reef finishing Rachel's Specialty and starting Iain's

They went in search of our little Nativity that was placed at Christmas. They found it at last and it has been replaced. They also did a very lift with a hoover at 5 meters. Well done guys.

17th June 2011. Moon Pools.

We went down to the Moon Pools this morning and had a great dive. It was a long 58 minutes underwater but there was so much life to see. The Caves are full of corals & sponges along with all the Scorpion fish and Trumpet fish. This was a nice dive.

19th June 2011. Discover Scuba Diver

We was joined this morning by Clodagh for her Discover cuba diver with Neil & Iain. Clodagh did a grand job and was very confident. She went out to the house reef and was all smiles afterwards. Well done Clodagh.

20th June 2011. House Reef

Today we welcomed back Vicki Lewis who was out for a 10 dive pack, Plus Melinda & Kiko joined us along with Neil , Mary & Jonny. The house reef was the dive for this morning and the visibility down here was amazing! We definitely had it good today and the reef was alive with fish.

San Miguel Rays.

This afternoon which such great visibility we decided to go see the rays. This was an absolute pleasure and we were graced with the Eagle Ray, who spent around 10 to 15 minutes just swimming round us. This was a beautiful sight to see. Neil has made a video of this and has uploaded it to our you tube account HERE. Please take a look, it is fabulous.

21th June 2011. Abades Beach

A new site for Vicki was Abades Beach, so we took along Iain, David L & Neil. The site was excellent and the visibility was good which allowed us to see all the life that the reef holds. It also gave Iain & Vicki a chance to see the reef during the day as we will be night diving here tonight.

Black Cove.

Vicki, Iain & Neil went down to Black Cove after dropping David off. The visibility was OK and so we went along the new route down the wall. Vicki was having a few issues with her mask and didn't really get to see much !!! never mind Vicki we will come back here later heehee.

Night Dive Abades

Back up to Abades for the night dive with Mick,Mary, Iain & Vicki. This dive was excellent and the reef was STILL full of life even at night. We found a large Sting Ray, Moray Eels, Trigger fish and much more. A very good dive and a very late finish!.

22nd June 2011. Yellow Mountain.

Neil & Jonny took today's divers to Yellow Mountain. This was an nice dive and always shows our divers lots of life. It is becoming very beautiful now and the fish are flooding round the swim through area.

23rd June 2011. Tabaiba Wreck

Rachel, Neil, Iain & Vicki went to Tabaiba wreck for 2 dives. Vicki didn't get the chance to go here last year, so this was a nice new dive site for her. The wreck is still very popular and has lots of life on it. The pipeline is fast becoming home to many different species too.

24th June 2011. El Puertito.

For Vicki's last day we went along to El Puertito for the mornings dive. It was great here today and we had 4 turtles come play with us. The visibility was not as good as we normally have the pleasure off but still lots of life coming to the dive site.

Black Cove

Mary & Vicki then went down to Black Cove for the second dive. The visibility was good and the reefs were alive with fish, we even managed to find a couple of octopus. This was a great dive and it was nice to have Vicki back for some diving. we now look forward to September when she returns.

25th June 2011. Stamina & Try Dives

Rachel our new Dive Master was conducting try dives in the pools today at the hotel pools. There were a few people that had a go and Iain was taking photos! hopefully some have come out :)

Iain started on his some of his Dive Master stamina and was in the pool for his 15 minute tread water.

27th June 2011. Abades Outer Reef.

Neil went up to the outer reef at Abades with Jonny, intern Iain & Bo our latest diver. This was a nice long 75 minute dive and Bo was very happy with this dive site. Loads of life and good vis.

Sting Ray Alley at Abades.

A new dive site for Amarilla Divers is Sting Ray Alley at Abades. This was an excellent dive site with a depth of around 18 to 20 meters and LOTS of stingrays, 7 rays to be exact. Everyone was over the moon and had a great dive. We will be investigating this a little more soon to see if the sting rays are regular visitors here.

Confined water skills with Sue

Mary was back in the pool with sue for some confined water skills and stamina. Sue was excellent and managed to complete all the confined sessions and the stamina. We will be out to sea for open water tomorrow.

28th June 2011. Open Water dives.

Sue was back in open water after a break away. She did a great job and completed all her skills in the sea. We are very proud of her for giving it another go and hope to certify her soon.

29th June 2011. Black Cove

After yesterday's dive, Sue has decided that for now Scuba Diver is enough and so today we went for a nice pleasure dive at Black Cove. There was loads of life here to day and we came across the rare Streaked Gurnard, this was a wonderful sight to see.

We also would now like to welcome Ben Horton to the Dive Master program, he now joins Iain his brother for the summer and we wish them both the best of luck.

San Miguel Sting Rays.

Jonny took Bo along to the sting rays (with prior arrangement). This was a very long dive as they went along to the new wreck! Well it definitely is a wreck NOW. The Atlantic ocean is not very forgiving and has flatten the wreck. Never mind it has not deterred the sting rays.

El Puertito.

Cami was back after her holidays and was itching to see the turtles, so along with Iain, Jonny & BO they went along to El Puertito to see them.

They were greeted with 3 of the turtles who spent a little time with the guys whilst visiting ALL the other dive centers there. Cami was very happy with her dive and is now looking forward to seeing more.

30th June 2011. Poris Pier

We welcomed back Sam & Gareth aka Pat & Doc to Amarilla Divers. They were here this time to complete their Advanced Open Water Course and some pleasure dives. Today was Navigation at Poris Pier and fortunately today the visibility was not to great ! They managed very well with their compasses and then went down to Abades.

Interns Ben & Iain were on hand to help out the Navigation and Mick & David were there for a pleasure dive.

Abades for Digital Underwater Photography.

So the guys all did their second dive at Abades beach. This was as ever one of the best sites that Tenerife had to offer. Pat & Doc were practising taking photos and they did a pretty good job too. Well done guys.

Many thanks to all the divers, students and staff.

Amarilla Divers.

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