Today’s first dive @ Koh Klung ba dan had a very nice surprise install for me and student Aedan as we swam out over the bay we came across two baby bamboo sharks (like the one pictured here) we dont often see these just out on the sand in the bay we were looking for sea horses so two sharks was a happy surprise

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Pattaya Mail Reported this week that a 30-year-old, 100 kg. male turtle was found floating at Laemtian Pier at the Sattahip Naval Base Feb. 16, its shell broken and infected. Authorities said the turtle was not local, as it was missing microchips implanted by the Navy’s Sea Turtle Conservation Center. It had likely come to mate with female Hawksbills on Koh Khram and became an apparent victim of an unlucky strike by a ship’s propeller.

Sad news, we see Turtles everyday on sites like Koh Krok never nice to hear about this kind of accident :/

During February we were challenged in helping Hans (Pictured below) to complete his PADI Open water diver certification. Hans came into speak to us about becoming qualified but was unsure if he could do it… You’d not know, but Hans does not have full use of his right arm, which would leave most wondering how can you perform certain required dive skills such as remove and replace your BCD under water?.. and how do you recover your regulator with the opposite arm to usual?

Its certainly not as easy as you may think!

Well, with unrivaled determination from Hans and the patient lateral thinking and planning from Ann (one of our PADI instructors) he sucessfully, independently, completed all performance requirements in style to achieve his PADI Open Water diving certification.

I think this lends a lesson to us all we can do anything we want to if we try

Want to try scuba diving but think you cant do it?….
maybe you should think again

Very well done to both Hans and Ann in meeting and overcoming this challenge togeather!