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KGV Challenge Week 2014 at Scandi Divers and Campbells Beach Resort

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Scandi Divers

KGV school challenge puerto galera

Big thanks and congratulations to KGV (King George V School Hong Kong)!

On October 11th twenty students accompanied by teachers Janett Makett, Susan Leatham and Diving Instructor/Supervisor Aaron Gillespie visited Scandi Divers and Campbell’s Beach Resort to enroll in the PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water diving courses, as well as participate in some local community projects.

The Open Water and Advanced Open Water courses were conducted by local Dive Instructors Rosemarie Nielsen, Rey Magsino, Conan Fagan and Aaron Gillespie, assisted by Divemasters Robert Marquez and Rommel Paner.

scuba diving in puerto galera

The Puerto Galera community projects the school participated in included an arduous two hour hike to the Stairway Foundation School in Baclayan in order to meet the kids at the school and deliver a welcome donation of three hundred books for the underprivileged school children.

stairway foundation school puerto galera philippines

The hike also provided some of the most magnificent views of the Puerto Galera peninsula and Verde Island.

The KGV students also took part in a beach clean-up of Big La Laguna, both on land and underwater, as well as working in conjunction with Scandi Divers Resort, provided and new garbage cans along the beach for use by locals and tourists, to help keep the beach as pristine as possible.

big la laguna beach puerto galera

Having already gotten two great community projects under their belts, the newly dive-certified KGV students helped fund and install an artificial reef on the sandy bottom in Big La Laguna to promote more coral growth and provide feeding grounds and habitats for fish and other sea creatures. We’ll keep you updated on how this reef progresses over time!

puerto galera artificial reef

Finally, the trip was celebrated at the Scandi Divers Resort Sky Bar, with a firedancer, and the Scandi staff performing a traditional dance, much to the delight of everyone.

traditional philippines dance

Well done to everybody involved in this great trip and the community projects! We hope to see you back again next year for more good times!

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Activities, Puerto Galera Marine Life, Resort News

Paddle Boarding on Big La Laguna Beach!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Scandi Divers

puerto galera paddleboard

Big La Laguna Beach is the perfect place to enjoy some paddle boarding in Puerto Galera!

The bay is well protected from ocean currents, so the calm waters provide ideal paddle boarding conditions. Enjoy a unique perspective of Big La Laguna Beach, and the crystal clear waters will give you a great view of the coral reefs and tropical sea creatures beneath you.

Paddle boards are available for rent for only P500 /4 hours (can be shared) at Scandi Divers Resort & Campbells Beach Resort. Resort guests will get a special discount.

Don’t miss out on this great experience next time you are on vacation in Puerto Galera!

Activities, Resort News, Scuba Diving Courses, Scuba Diving in Puerto Galera

Some Scandi Photos from July

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Scandi Divers

Here’s a little compilation of some photos of us, our friends and guests, throughout July 🙂

Activities, Resort News, Scuba Diving in Puerto Galera, Snorkeling

Big La Laguna Bay – Sea Krait Video

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Scandi Divers

Dive instructor and resort manager Terry O’Dowd was out snorkeling on the house reef again and found this beautiful Banded Sea Krait just a meters away from the resort.

We are truly very fortunate to have such amazing creatures so close to us!

Terry was using the headstrap mounted GoPro video camera, which is incredibly easy to use and is available to rent for Scandi Divers guests to shoot their own videos of their underwater experiences here in Puerto Galera.

Activities, Events, Resort News

Happy Birthday Conan!

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Scandi Divers

diving puerto galera conan fagan
Our good friend and Dive Instructor Conan Fagan (yup, he’s an Irish lad) recently turned 29, so from all the staff at Scandi Divers Resort, we’d like to thank him for all his hard work and good times, and wish him all the best for the coming year!

In true Irish style the party started of quite civilised, but after a few beers it seemed that the cake was just too good not to be shared forcibly with everyone! A good time was had by all 😀

Activities, Resort News, Scuba Diving in Puerto Galera

The News from Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Dive Resort新闻 Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Dive Resort

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Scandi Divers

Welcome to The Scandal! Keeping you up to date with all the latest news
at Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Resort. Issue 7

Scandi Goes Tech!

As our followers know, over the last year we have all been working very hard to improve both the resorts & the dive shop. As part of this advancement we are extremely proud to have conducted our 1st Technical Dive course.
Our Tech instructor Ethei coached Andy through his PADI Deep Specialty & IART’s Extensive Range program before taking Stephen & Andy (both part of the I Love Diving Club) through the PADI Trimix course.

Andy now has a new goal of diving to 100m – with a bit more training the oceans the limit!Congratulations Terry!

Some get china & these days some get platinum to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Terry is pictured above receiving his 20 years of service award from our PADI regional manager Jimmy Christup. Way to go O’Dowd!

And with that accolade Terry skips merrily down the beach to start his holiday.
Trekking around Nepal indeed!

(Got a dry suit anyone?!)

Welcome back to..
Zhai, previously a Divemaster with us returned as a PADI instructor. Well done Z! James from Aus – a long standing Puerto Galera friend got some dives in with Walter. John (one of our webmasters) swung by to do some lasts dives before moving to Thailand. Sam from I Love Diving, Shanghai returned once again bringing with him some students & fun divers.

And last but not least Pat O’Keeffe from Aus returned with his brother to visit Terry & get a DSD.

(Top: Zhai & Stephen & above: Terry with Howard & Pat).

Also diving this month..
As is becoming a regular occurrence instructors & group leaders from the I Love Diving groupShanghai brought many new faces & some returning guests with them last month. In Rake & Zhai’s group; Di Jin, Xiao Tian Yang, Ye Chen, Sha Jun, Jerry, Min Zhang, Yi Zhe Xue & Yu Min Cao. Diving with Felix were: Zhang, DU, Yang, Ying, Xu & Jin. AndJun, John, Wei, Vincent & Jingrui were diving with instructor Sam at the beginning of the month & towards the Sam took Hung Xia, Rui Jue, Jim & Sijie out for a few including the glorious Verde Island.

From elsewhere in the world we met Thomas from Denmark, from Japan: Yuki, Greg from the US, from Shenzhen, China: Chang, Bainuan, Zhigang, Po On, Yi & Ni Zang. From HK via the UK & Germany Johannes & Alex & Nat & a mate of Jen’s from the UK Haydn came over once again to get some dives done & go to Fred’s for a beautiful steak dinner!
(Top: Nat, Alex, Jen, Soren & Johannes. Above: Terry, Pam, Greg, Precious, Yuki & Jen).

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Discover Scuba Diving:
Yu Tao, Yui Pen & Coco from China got their first under water experience with Jen diving from the beach in Big La Laguna.
Coco followed that up with another dive to
Manila Channel the next day.
Robert took Tao Tao & his friend to La Laguna Point
after their pool session.
Terry introduced fellow Aussie Patrick to the wonders
of scuba diving.
Rogelyn from Angeles City also got wet with Jen & Robert took Yang from China out
for his 1st ever dive.

(Tom & Jen in the pool with Tim looking on)
Open Water Diver:
A friend of Dr Dave’s from the US came for a visit in September wanting to do a refresher.
Jerry had done his Open Water course a long long time ago, so long in fact he couldn’t remember which dive agency he did it with!
After doing the refresher with Jen, Jerry decided to get himself well & truly up to date by taking the PADI Open Water course.
Tom & his brother Tim came all the way from Alaska to see us. Whilst here Tom took his OW with Jen.
Soren from Denmark earned his stripes with Jen & Peter’s Jennilyn passed her course with the help of Rose from our friends & neighbours LLBC.

(David looking happy after earning 2 certs.)

Specialties:

Andy Pang from China took his Deep Specialty with Ethei this month in preparation for his Trimix Course.
David from Aus completed the Advanced Open Water course & the add-on of the Nitrox Specialty with Jen & Terry.

(Ethei & his twins!)
Tech:
As mentioned in our main story Stephen & Andy are now PADI Trimix divers.Well done to you all, we hope to see you again for more diving adventures!

Activities, Resort News, Scuba Diving in Puerto Galera

The latest news from your favourite Beach Dive Resort!‏

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Scandi Divers

Welcome to The Scandal! Keeping you up to date with all the latest news at Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Resort.

Issue 6

We’re back to this..

Big La Laguna as we know it. Calm clear waters, beautiful sunshine & soaring temperatures, lots of guests & great diving.

But in August we had this!

For a week we endured impassable beaches, no ferries in or out, very few guests & no diving.

Of course we know that this time of year can be pretty crappy but here in Puerto Galera we’re normally protected from most bad weather.
Typhoon Saola (Gener) passed through the Philippines on the way to mid-China via Taiwan causing massive damage and loss of life in all three countries.
Luckily for us we only experienced a few days of really bad weather & a little bit of inconvenience.
Large areas of Manila & parts of Rizal were affected by the ensuing floods. If you would like to help the victims of typhoon Saola you can make a donation to the Philippine Red Cross at http://www.redcross.org.ph/

Mudslide behind Big La Laguna.

Kim’s house was left devastated by the mudslide.

Fortunately no-one was home at the time.

Resort Renovations
Power To The People! (Well to our guests anyway).

The power project continues as the old Scandi generator is getting a well needed overhaul. The brand new generator is already in place in the all new Gen. House up at Campbell’s and has the capacity to run both resorts during a brown-out. Which of course it better for you! Immediate power for air-con/fans, ref.s/TV’s etc 24 hours a day.
Once the old Scandi generator is fixed up it will also go into the gen. house. It’ll be connected to Campbell’s so the new one doesn’t have to work so hard & we have back-up if needed!

Life’s A Gas!

An unplanned project in August was the death of the dive shop compressor. It started to make some strange noises & Arman noticed that there seemed to be metal filings in the oil – not good! On closer inspection it was determined that several inner parts had come to the end of their life.
So now we have a brand new Bauer Poseidon 220L Compressor. Which for the divers reading this means quick tank fills with very clean air & for Arman it means that we have more full tanks at the ready so less running around!
With thanks to Christian & the guys from Whitetip for installing it.

Super Snaps!
Horse Head Reef!!!
Of course the real Horse Head Reef is in fact underwater, this one’s a Facebook find.
Don’t forget that you can have one of your photos published in the next edition of The Scandal!
Send your photos to info@scandidivers

Mr Chen & friends from
I Love Diving!

Also diving this month..

The I Love Diving club from Shanghai visited us twice last month. On the 1st trip with leader Mr Lin were Rong Zang, Bin Liu, Huang Ting, Xiao Huang, Quan Dan, Cui Yugi, Wie Zhu, Ka Hou, Qi Cong Liang, & Chen Wei.
Later in the month Zhui Chen was accompanied by Chilli, Kitty, Huang, Binglin & Li Gang.
Jeff from the U S of A went diving with Walter.
Ted, Esther, Noel & Cor got in another couple of dives on the way back to Holland after visiting Coron.
(Above: The Mr Lin group)

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Discover Scuba Diving:
Li Gang Xiao came over with friends from I Love Diving earlier in the month and hadn’t planned to dive. However when he saw the beautiful clear waters of Big La Laguna he soon changed his mind! Li & Robert jumped in the pool to do the basic skills & then went around to Small La Laguna with the rest of the group for the dive where we spotted a big Hawksbill munching
on some coral.
1st ever dive and a turtle in the 1st five minutes, how’s that for beginner’s luck?!

Open Water Diver
Garry Alinsuot from PG Yacht Club got his Open Water certificate with Edz & Terry.
Garry is going to be laying some new moorings for PGYC and they thought it a good idea that he’d be
able to do it
better wearing scuba!

Well done guys, we hope to see you again for more diving adventures!

Ate Edz

!New Feature!

Welcome to

10 QUESTIONS

To kick us off Edna our Dive Secretary is in the hot seat!

How long have you worked at Scandi/Campbell’s?
I started working for Scandinavian Divers as a waitress when they first opened. I started diving & became a DM then I transferred to the office.
I worked in other places for a while & came back as Scandi’s Dive Secretary in July 2012.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Batangas but have been living in Puerto Galera for over 10 years.
What do you like to do with your time off?
I like to go out & have fun. Relaxing or partying with my friends.
If you could go anywhere in the world right now where would you go?
The 1st thing I would like to do is go to the Red Sea to enjoy my diving dreams.
What’s your favourite drink?
Pineapple juice but it depends on the occasion!
If you were an animal what would you be?
A starfish, a butterfly or maybe a bird.
As a kid were you naughty or nice, shy or outgoing, funny or serious?
I was naughty as a kid, outgoing, funny sometimes serious.
If you were a superhero what special powers would you have?
I want to travel around the world in the blink of an eye.
If you won the Lotto what would you do with the money?
I’d help poor kids to have shelter.
What’s your proudest achievement?
When I finally achieved my instructor certificate & fulfilled my diving dream.

Thanks Edz!

Seasoned Scandi divers Ted, Esther & Cor, recently certified Noel, Jen, Walter, Daisey & Lilly.

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Welcome to The Scandal! Keeping you up to date with all the latest news at Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Resort.

Issue 6

We’re back to this..

Big La Laguna as we know it. Calm clear waters, beautiful sunshine & soaring temperatures, lots of guests & great diving.

But in August we had this!

For a week we endured impassable beaches, no ferries in or out, very few guests & no diving.

Mudslide behind Big La Laguna.

Kim’s house was left devastated by the mudslide.

Fortunately no-one was home at the time.

Resort Renovations
Power To The People! (Well to our guests anyway).

Mr Chen & friends from
I Love Diving!

Also diving this month..

What the..?!
WIN a drink on the house on your next visit if you can spot the freaky hand in this
issue of The Scandal!
Email info@scandi with your answer.

	Follow us on Facebook
	Forward to a Friend

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Scandi & Campbell’s website

Congratulations to..

Well done guys, we hope to see you again for more diving adventures!

Ate Edz

!New Feature!

Welcome to

10 QUESTIONS

To kick us off Edna our Dive Secretary is in the hot seat!

Thanks Edz!

Seasoned Scandi divers Ted, Esther & Cor, recently certified Noel, Jen, Walter, Daisey & Lilly.

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Activities, Events, Nightlife, Resort News, Scuba Diving in Puerto Galera

There’s more to do than dive in Puerto Galera!

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Scandi Divers

There’s a whole host of activities to choose from in Puerto Galera.

activities-puerto galera — Banana boat at White Beach

You can go paint balling & go-karting at extremesportsphilippines.com. Play a round of golf at the stunning Ponderosa golf club. Take a trip to Tamaraw waterfalls or ride in the caribou cart to the Hidden Paradise. Spend an afternoon on the idyllic, unspoilt Bulabud beach where you can rinse off from the sea in the fresh water stream. Learn to sail on ‘Wet Wednesdays’ with Puerto Galera Yacht Club. Ride the banana boats at White beach & get your souvenir shopping done afterwards or pop up to the shooting range for some target practice.