Discover Scuba Diving in Tenerife

Well just a few pictures that I promised to add which seemed to slip through the festive net!

It was great to welcome Stuart, Sue and Eleanor back again! We hope you enjoyed your dives with us and now Eleanor has the dive bug I am sure we will be seeing you all again soon! Just love the mother and daughter posing on these great pics Stu took! Scuba Divas!!

We had the pleasure of meeting Phillipe who was in Callao swapping Montreal cold water for warmer water diving to complete his PADI training. So it was out to sea to complete the Open Water and then onto the Advanced PADI course. Great job….you can now enjoy some pleasure dives!

Also completing his Advanced Course was Dan who left his parents soaking up the sun and opted for the sea option! We look forward to seeing you again at Easter!

Well that is a quick catch up for now- remember we are open daily for guided dives or training courses so just email or drop in and let us know what you want to do!

I will leave you with this great shot sent to us by Stuart of a cleaner shrimp!

Over & Out

Kerstin & Jon

 

 

 

Sending you all New Year Wishes!

May it be Happy, Healthy and most importantly Wet!

We start this year here at Paradise with optimism, anticipation and excitement for the new diving year ahead!

Plans are always in place and we will look to continue to move the center forwards to meet and exceed the wishes of our divers new and old!  As a taster of things to come I will let you in on a few of our ideas….

• Alongside our regular PADI courses we are now offering PADI online courses. These are available for PADI Scuba Diver, PADI Open Water and PADI Advanced Open Water. More details to follow.
• Enriched Air courses (Nitrox) are available and we are now running the course alongside a dive package.  The enriched air course is theory based but can be done in conjunction with a dive package or training course if you fancy adding to your dive credentials and dive options.
• Diver workshops. We will be running a program of diver workshops through the year for qualified divers to brush up on their skills and techniques which may have not been practiced since training courses. These will be available from Open Water to Dive master level and will be practical based sessions in the pool and / or sea.
• Each month we are choosing a Diver Specialty to focus on. Details and a calendar of these courses to follow shortly.
• Due to demand our discounted Dive Bundles will continue through the year for small groups of 4-6 (families / friends) who are looking to complete either a dive package together or a training course as a group. Advance booking is required.
• Paradise Aqua Unit is a new venture on the back of our recent glimpse at film and fame when working with the crew of ‘Voice Over’ and Volcano Films here in Tenerife. We eagerly await the next opportunity for some more underwater film action.

So that’s it for now and of course we welcome any further suggestions that you may have to take Paradise bubbling through 2012!

Best wishes and we look forward to welcoming you to Tenerife; the home of Paradise Divers!

Jon & Kerstin

So as the doors of the advent calendar disappear we head towards Christmas and then onto New Year jollies! We already have some dives up our Santa sleeves for those of you that are swapping the grey, cold days for some winter sunshine and underwater action so this is just a reminder for anyone else planning on fitting in some dives to drop us an email and slot in your dives. As usual we plan to dive across Christmas up to and including New Years Eve and will be closed only on January 1^st. So come and get wet Paradise style!

A super quick shout out to keep you all up to date with what has been going on here at Paradise! Well done to Marco on becoming a PADI Open Water Diver!

We welcomed back Asko and Alexei for a couple of days diving and this time they also brought their friends Jouni and Simo along to sample diving in Tenerife. It was great to meet you all and we look forward to your Christmas visit.

It has been good to have lots of new divers all trying the Discover Scuba Diving program. Maria and Alexey joined us for a couple of days, so after the pool session it was down to El Puertito. Thanks to our surface support Natalia (Mum) for sending this shot!

Also taking part in a Discover Scuba session were our visitors from the Isle of Lewis! Alisdair, Donald,Aaron and Matthew all completed the pool session and then it was off out to sea with Leo and Jon.

We met John who was here to soak up the sun along with some sea water! Again thanks for sending us some of your pictures- I just wish I had a camera to take your picture when we came across this ray!

It was all sisterly love when by big brother and wife decided to try scuba for the first time! So on with the kit and into the pool to practice the skills before heading out to sea. Good job guys!

Finally, although I have seemed to miss lots of faces this month I did manage to take a quick snap of Paul as he packed his kit up ready for the journey home. After 6 dives with us we hope we were able to show you a little of what diving in Tenerife has to offer.

So that is it for now, as I said a super quick catch up but the sea is flat and there is diving to be done!

Kerstin & Jon

Our Who’s @ Paradise slot is a chance to share with you who has been out diving, where we have been and what we have seen! With lots of divers out and about taking advantage of the October diving, Tenerife style, sea temperatures are still at 23 degrees celsius so there is lots of diving to be enjoyed! A trip up to the wreck is always a popular choice and also a chance to fit in a wreck adventure dive!

Alan and Helen were blown away with rays! We did say that there were a few around and I think they all called by to pay a visit to San Juan. We also enjoyed dives to Paraiso, Alcala and El Puertito.

Charlie and Neil were back and this time they were ready to upgrade to Open Water diver! With the theory all completed at home it was straight in the pool to practice the skills and then on to enjoy the sea dives. Great job guys and we look forward to your next visit!

Stephen, Pippa and Suzy definatly had diving on the agenda for their holiday! Pippa completed her Open water Diver course by finishing off her sea dives with us, Suzy worked hard in the pool and on the sea scenarios and became a Rescue Diver and Stephen took the opportunity to enjoy some R & R with his daughters and joined in with 3 days of pleasure dives!

Finally, a shout out to Rosie, who called in hungry for some diving action. After a short briefing it was into the pool for some practice and to master the Discover Scuba Diving skills. Then with a change of tank and a nudge in the right direction it was off to sea. A returning Rosie was turtle happy and definitely addicted to diving!

So that is a super quick catch up- lots more happening so watch this space. If you are out this way over Xmas and New Year we are open throughout and looks like we will be getting wet- so don’t miss out!

If you have any questions regarding our diving packages, daily trips or training courses then feel free to email and I will answer away!

Over & Out,

Kerstin & Jon

 

Our Who’s @ Paradise slot is a chance to share with you who has been out diving, where we have been and what we have seen! With lots of divers out and about taking advantage of the October diving, Tenerife style, sea temperatures are still at 23 degrees celsius so there is lots of diving to be enjoyed! A trip up to the wreck is always a popular choice and also a chance to fit in a wreck adventure dive!

Alan and Helen were blown away with rays! We did say that there were a few around and I think they all called by to pay a visit to San Juan. We also enjoyed dives to Paraiso, Alcala and El Puertito.

Charlie and Neil were back and this time they were ready to upgrade to Open Water diver! With the theory all completed at home it was straight in the pool to practice the skills and then on to enjoy the sea dives. Great job guys and we look forward to your next visit!

Stephen, Pippa and Suzy definatly had diving on the agenda for their holiday! Pippa completed her Open water Diver course by finishing off her sea dives with us, Suzy worked hard in the pool and on the sea scenarios and became a Rescue Diver and Stephen took the opportunity to enjoy some R & R with his daughters and joined in with 3 days of pleasure dives!

Finally, a shout out to Rosie, who called in hungry for some diving action. After a short briefing it was into the pool for some practice and to master the Discover Scuba Diving skills. Then with a change of tank and a nudge in the right direction it was off to sea. A returning Rosie was turtle happy and definitely addicted to diving!

So that is a super quick catch up- lots more happening so watch this space.

If you are out this way over Xmas and New Year we are open throughout and looks like we will be getting wet- so don’t miss out!

If you have any questions regarding our diving packages, daily trips or training courses then feel free to email and I will answer away!

Over & Out,

Kerstin & Jon

 

Our Who’s @ Paradise slot is a chance to share with you who has been out diving, where we have been and what we have seen! With lots of divers out and about taking advantage of the October diving, Tenerife style, sea temperatures are still at 23 degrees celsius so there is lots of diving to be enjoyed! A trip up to the wreck is always a popular choice and also a chance to fit in a wreck adventure dive!

Alan and Helen were blown away with rays! We did say that there were a few around and I think they all called by to pay a visit to San Juan. We also enjoyed dives to Paraiso, Alcala and El Puertito.

Charlie and Neil were back and this time they were ready to upgrade to Open Water diver! With the theory all completed at home it was straight in the pool to practice the skills and then on to enjoy the sea dives. Great job guys and we look forward to your next visit!

Stephen, Pippa and Suzy definatly had diving on the agenda for their holiday! Pippa completed her Open water Diver course by finishing off her sea dives with us, Suzy worked hard in the pool and on the sea scenarios and became a Rescue Diver and Stephen took the opportunity to enjoy some R & R with his daughters and joined in with 3 days of pleasure dives!

Finally, a shout out to Rosie, who called in hungry for some diving action. After a short briefing it was into the pool for some practice and to master the Discover Scuba Diving skills. Then with a change of tank and a nudge in the right direction it was off to sea. A returning Rosie was turtle happy and definitely addicted to diving!

So that is a super quick catch up- lots more happening so watch this space.

If you are out this way over Xmas and New Year we are open throughout and looks like we will be getting wet- so don’t miss out!

If you have any questions regarding our diving packages, daily trips or training courses then feel free to email and I will answer away!

Over & Out,

Kerstin & Jon

 

Well a super quick catch up and some shout outs to be given before we find ourselves in October! It was a pleasure as always to welcome back Stuart, Sue and Mac! Stuart was on a mission to complete his specialties, Sue was after some pleasure diving and Mac….well….with torch in hand, it was out for the night dive before you could say night dive anyone? Mac and Stuart are also now our official weather watch crew- east side! Lovely to see you all and before you know it you will back for more at Christmas!

Julian& Irena and Michael also took the opportunity of fitting in some diving with a Discover Scuba Experience program whilst out here on hols!

Rene, Frank and Annette enjoyed a few days diving with us and Rene even fitted in a couple more whilst his parents were enjoying the R & R pool side.

Simon and Phil were back and Simon got stuck in to the Open Water Course to officially become Phil’s buddy! It was suggested that a beer down the snorkel was the done thing on becoming a diver and no encouragement was required! I wished I hadn’t asked for photographic evidence but well here it is- the edited version!

Also keen to try scuba were Daisy, Han and Dorian who came accompanied by Jacq and Truus already experienced divers. So after being briefed and kitted out they were into the pool to practice and learn the safety skills. Then it was out to El Puertito for some saltwater action! Well done guys we hope you enjoyed your day here with us!

Finally we welcomed the Callao Kids club back for another try dive session in the pool before they get stuck into some skills and the Discover Scuba experience. Well done guys and we will keep everyone updated with their progress.

So that’s the rapid fire version – lots more diving happening so more on its way soon!

For all our stingray fans I will leave you with this shot of a big Atlantic ray at San Juan- with an even bigger tail! Fitting it all into the photo was quite an achievement!

Over & Out

Jon & Kerstin

 

 

” I have 3 guys visiting Tenerife that would like to try out Scuba diving” our friend Isaac at Chelmar Taekwondo informs us….”Sure no problem” just call in and we will go from there! The 3 guys in question were Gregorio De Leo Four times world champion and 2 times European Champion in the W.A.K.O (World Association of Kick Boxing Organizations) of Kickboxing, -69 kg category, semi contact discipline along with fellow friends and his training team, Emanuele Bozzolani who has won 3 world championships and is the athlete who has fought on the most open Best fighter tournaments and Domenico De Marco who is a founder and master of Fusion Kickboxing Team. In 2010 he won the first Martial Arts and Combat sports world games held in Beijing in the category -69kg of Semi-Contact Kickboxing. The same year he ended with a second place at European championship held in Loutraki, Greece in the same category.

Now working together and visiting Tenerife to give an Intensive Point Fighting Seminar with Isaac’s students they were also looking to fit in some R & R and enjoy all that Tenerife has to offer.

So it was on with an introduction into scuba diving, breathing underwater, the kit and the training skills that we would have to master!

Then into the pool….

Then off to the sea……for some scuba Intensive style- love the point fighting pose guys!

It would seem that even the best of the best can get hooked on something new!

It was great to meet you guys and for anyone interested in knowing more about Intensive Point training check out www.intensivepointfighttraining.com

Or follow this link for Isaac’s photo diary of the visit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akAmm132ts4&feature=share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I promised to give a Part 2 shout out for all our Summer divers that have been enjoying the school holidays and Tenerife sunshine! It has been great to see so many familiar faces back with us and also meet some new friends. There has been a real buzz around the dive center as ‘old’ dive buddies reunite and catch up; and for us to continue the diver training for the youngsters that started in the pool with us and are now qualified divers!

We welcomed back Amanda, Jason, and Dan, and this time they were accompanied also by Molly Sean and Michael. Up for 3 dives a day it was on with the kit and out to sea. Dan also fitted in a night dive! Great to see you guys and for your next visit I will arrange an underwater salsa specialty for Jason!

Continuing the family theme we met with Sophie, Eric, Marine and Cedric- all qualified and looking for a 3 day package we enjoyed dives at Parasio, Mar Azul, Tabaiba, Alcala, and El Puertito.

Wolfgang thought that he would be able to sneak off for his 10 dives without his family noticing but after the second day he had too super keen buddies to try out Scuba! His daughters Saskia and Ilka took the plunge with a discover Scuba experience and after the pool session they all headed out together for their first sea dive. Looks like you may be booking a few family dive holidays now! Good job girls showing Dad how it is done!!

Jon and Hazel were back out and this time and they had a built in child minder (big brother) with them so there was no stopping Hazel. Hope you enjoyed getting wet again and the turtle action.

Stopping here onsite at Tropical Park Resort, Michael took advantage of having the dive center on his door step and fitted in his Advanced Open Water course. So leaving the family happy around the pool it was off to complete, deep, navigation, photography, wreck and ppb to certify as an Advanced diver. Well done and we look forward to enjoying the next dive and some bubble action with your ‘budding’ buddy- who was not quite 8….but next time!

Stuart and Emily- qualified divers called in to book some diving and also signed up their willing victims Isabel, Harry and Alex for a Discover Scuba Experience. So we headed off for a sneaky dive whilst they got to grip with the kit and skills in the pool and then we regrouped to head to El Puertito. Super job guys!

James also caught the scuba bug as he completed the Discover Scuba session- I think he was hooked and it won’t be long before he will be upgrading to Scuba or Open Water Diver!

Finally- double congratulations go to Matt and Marie who were out here on Honeymoon. Being a familiar face to us here, Marie ‘persuaded’ Matt that diving had to be done on their action packed itinerary and being the doting new husband he hesitantly agreed. After the pool session he was already well into Scuba and with some up close and turtle action that was it he was grinning from mask strap clip to mask strap clip!

 

So that’s it for now- phewwwwww- I know I have missed a few but a BIG thankyou to ALL that have been out diving with us this Summer…your continued support, smiles and bubbles as always are greatly appreciated.

 

Diving continues and if you are heading out this way then we are taking advantage of our warmer waters through now till Christmas! We have Open Water, Advanced and Rescue Courses running and of course our daily guided diving is available to suit! Drop us an email or facebook message if you need any further info!   Â

Over and out!

Kerstin & Jon