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Scandidivers staff and guests join in on another successful clean up underwater. Thanks to the great work from Greenfins and everyone involved.

The underwater cleanups are an important part of maintaining our beautiful waters here in Puerto Galera. Unfortunately some passing boats and ferries are careless enough to dump litter on their passage through these waters, and there is also the problem of refuse being washed down from the higher coastal regions into our beautiful bays. The only way to keep this problem in check is by regular underwater cleanups by divers who care about out environment. Fortunately there is no shortage of people willing to spend some free time doing their bit for Puerto Galera!

The Skogland family from Sweden certainly know how to have fun together, and prove that scuba diving is for all ages. Mats (in the photo above) celebrated his birthday on a dive to the Alma Jane wreck with his dive guide Conan, Mats’ wife Asa did her Open Water course while here with us, and their children Victor, Stina, Matilda and Sara did Junior Open water, Junior Scuba Diver and Bubblemaker courses! Awesome stuff 🙂

We really enjoyed having you guys and hope to see you again!

Congratulations to Michael Olausson for successfully completing his Nitrox course with us. Seen here wearing the latest in mens’ diving fashion with Instructor Conan and trainee Divemaster Dennis.

Want to know more about Nitrox and other speciality courses? Check out our diving courses page.

Well done to Christina Bucao and Hiehanan van den Borenkamp who both did their Discover Scuba courses with us!

Find out about PADI courses while diving in Puerto Galera here!

Without a doubt, Verde Island offers some of the best diving in Puerto Galera and is recognised as the most biodiverse body of water in the world! It’s only a 30min boat ride from Scandi Divers and provides an excellent day of entertainment, including lunch on Verde Island during the surface interval/

In our recent trip to Verde Island, 2 of our newly certified divers Cody and Annelei (from the USA and Canada) explored the area down to an amazing 40 meters! Even at the depth the visibility was incredibe, allowing divers to fully appreciate the scope of this area.

During the dives the Verde Island sites delivered the usual abundance of beautiful marine life, including schools of colourful Travellis and Sweetlips passing right before the divers’ eyes, offering an amazing sighting of massive harmonized fish movements. We also observed Groupers in large quantities, and the reefs of Verde Island have a huge variety of hard  corals such as Staghorns and Giant Gorgonian fans, interspersed with many soft corals and sponges.

After diving at Verde Island, Cody concluded that “the Verde dive sites are a MUST-SEE if you are diving in Puerto Galera”. However, the Verde Island dive sites are often prone to strong and sometimes unpredictable currents, and it is recommended only for experienced divers with at least an Advanced Open Water qualification. If you are thinking about doing a dive trip to Verde Island, the Scandi Divers Instructors will gladly provide an assessment of your skills and expertise in order to safely dive on these sites.

Contact us to book a day of incredible diving in Puerto Galera!

It was a great day of diving in Puerto Galera, when we took Seattleites ( from Seattle US 😉 ) Cara Poage and Norm Wallace, on their first fun dive since completing their Open Water Certifications, along with Joanne from Taipai, who had just completed her Scuba Diver Course, fun-diver Noah, Danish Divemaster trainee Dennis Frandsen, and Scandi Divers Instructor Conan.

Even with some strong currents, we had a great dive from Small La Laguna to Big La Laguna and enjoyed seeing  Puffer Fish, Trigger Fish, Sea Snakes, and a Hawksbill Turtle along the way. ( Turtles are always a crowd-pleaser 🙂  )

Excellent diving and we look forward to more of the same!