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Scandi Sea Turtles Project

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On the night of August 11 a mother green sea turtle came ashore and laid 135 of her eggs next to Scandi Divers front steps. The eggs will hatch after about two months, when the baby turtles will dig themselves out and return to the sea.

We undertook to transfer the eggs to a higher area down the beach at Cataquis Lodge, away from the danger of storm waves. The green sea turtle is an endangered species so we will closely monitor the hatching to ensure all the baby turtles make it safely to the ocean.

Green turtles almost always nest on the same beach used by their mothers, so we wish them all the best and hope to see this family of turtles returning for years to come.

Bubble Makers and Trouble Makers!

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Thanks to the Navarro family who were here on a diving holiday from China! The kids were super-enthusiastic and great fun to have around. Jorge did his Bubblemaker course, Jacobo did the Junior Scuba Diver course, Dad Angel did the Scuba Diver course, and poor little Pablo who is too young to dive assumed his role as the official Trouble maker!

Great fun, we hope to see you guys again!

Congrats to our new Resident Diving Instructor Dennis Frandsen!

From all the staff at Scandi Divers Resort, we’d like to wish Dennis Frandsen a warm “Congratulations” for successfully passing his PADI IDC / IE and becoming a qualified PADI scuba instructor, as well as our newest resident instructor. Well done Dennis, and welcome to the team! Our Danish guests can now choose to have their PADI courses taught to them in their native tongue!

Our other intructor Conan Fagan is off to Ireland for a couple of weeks for his sister’s wedding, and will be resuming his usual schedule when he returns, and Dennis is taking a trip home to Denmark in September, but will be returning in October to his new job. To celebrate Dennis’ qualitfication, and wish Conan a fond farewell, we had a bit of a party for the lads at the Scandi SkyBar, including a delicious BBQ with the amazing catch of the day prepared by our chef Phillip Pangan.

Frogfish on the Alma Jane Wreck – Video


Thanks to our resort manager/dive instructor Terry O’Dowd for capturing this beautiful Frogfish whilst diving on the Alma Jane wreck here in Puerto Galera.

The Alma Jane is a great wreck for advanced divers. There’s always lots to see both inside and around the wreck, with lots of critters camouflaging themselves on the superstructure too. Expect to see Batfish, Lionfish, Scorpionfish and Frogfish just for starters!

Farewell to Lloyd Rodriguez and his group

From all the staff at Scandi Divers Resort, we’d like to say thanks and farwell to Lloyd Rodriguez and his (large) group who enjoyed a great long-weekend of fun in the sun, and some Scuba Diving training with us.

Lloyd is a Philippines expat living in Canada, and brought his whole family from Canada, and then stopped in Manila on the way to collect his extended family before heading down to Puerto Galera!

The group all did Discover Scuba courses, with instructors Rey Magsino, Edna Brul and assistant instructor Robert Marquez, and Resort Manager/Dive Instructor Terry O’Dowd conducted the Bubblemaker course for Racquel Cincoleon.

We hope you guys had a great time and we all look forward to seeing you again!