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KGV Challenge Week 2014 at Scandi Divers and Campbells Beach Resort

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Scandi Divers

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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!

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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 🙂

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Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Resort Staff Party in Tagatay

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Scandi Divers

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To celebrate a good year and reward the staff from Scandi Divers Resort and Campbell’s Beach Resort for all their hard work, the resort owners took the staff on a day excursion to Tagatay.

Tagatay is about halfway between Batangas and Manila. This scenic city, surrounded by mountains and forrests lies along a ridge averaging 2000ft above sea level, overlooking Taal Lake, and the still active Taal Volcano!

The staff enjoyed horse riding, zipline rides, picnicing and souvenier buying, overlooking the spectacular scenery of Lake Taal and the volcano.

We’d like to say thanks again to everyone, and congratulations on a job well done throughout last season!

Next time you stay at one of our resorts, ask our staff about an alternate way back to Manila and go and visit Tagatay yourself. You won’t be disappointed!

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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Congratulations to..

(Jen & Rogelyn)
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!

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Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Resort’s Newsletter

Posted on September 2, 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 5

From left to right: Jason, Raymond, Terry, Brett, Peter, Heather & Jen.

Lets Get Wet!
That’s what the Warning-Tan family thought this month so they came down from Hong Kong to get their Open Water certs with us. Thanks to Mum Joy for taking this photo after the groups first ever dive in Big La Laguna Bay.

ET Spotted in Seahorse City!
No not that ET! Esther & Tanya both had big birthdays this year & decided to celebrate in style in the Philippines. They hired the Liki Tiki floating bar for the afternoon & partied away with friends & family. In fact it was a double celebration as Martijn, Noel & Walter had just passed their Open Water courses (check out the boys’ last test further down).

Miles hands over the reins to Edz

Goodbye Miles, Hello Edz!
We were sad to say farewell to our dive secretary Miles this month. Miles has returned to Manila to continue her nursing career & be closer to her family. Whilst with us Miles attained her OW cert, helping in underwater clean-ups & playing the victim on a few rescue courses. We wish you good luck Miles & hope to see you again soon for some more underwater fun.
However we say a HUGE welcome to Edna. Edz (or even Ed to Terry!) has recently become a PADI instructor & has been diving around Puerto Galera over the last five or so years. Read more about Edz in the next edition of The Scandal!

The Snorkel Test!

Martijn’s doing well.. ..but can Walter beat him?!
Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery for Noel’s test.
Drum roll please…’And the winner is… Walter!!’

Welcome back to..
Instructor Dohna who brought Jeffrey, Marey, Jhobal & Louie with her to enjoy some great diving as well as a few nights out in Sabang.
DM’s Oliver, Joachim & Martin from Denmark also returned once again to dive with us whilst on their summer break.
(Above: Dohna with Terry).

Also diving this month..
Mac from Manila, Urska from Slovenia & Carsten from Denmark enjoyed some dives with David & Walter. And from I Love Diving, Shanghai; Jasper, Perry, Jiachen, Heusen, Zhang, Zijun & Biyu got some excellent dives in with AI Robert
(Above: Urska with Walter & Arman).

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Congratulations to..

Junior Open Water Diver
Heather, Brett & Raymond (pictured above in the pool with ‘The Dads’) are on the diving ladder after getting their certs with Jen. Well done guys, you all did a great job (maybe even better than The Dads!!).

Open Water Diver
The Dads; Peter & Jason. Who, it’s fair to say, both wondered what they’d gotten themselves into along the way! In the end the hard work paid off & they enjoyed some fantastic diving with the kids & Jen.

Noel, Martijn & Walter also achieved Open Water Diver status this month. The boys from The Netherlands came up with some new ways to hover whilst taking their course with Jen – we just wish we had some photos of that. As it is we’ve a picture of them in/on the rinse tank (above)!

Advanced Open Water:
Anne & Camilla from Denmark took their AOW with Terry & Jen. Choosing Wreck, Night & Drift dives along with Deep & Underwater Nav. to get to the next level in their diving.
The girls also got some extra dives in with Walter before heading home.

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

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Super Snaps!
This Unicorn fish was spotted by Mac on a dive to Sinandigan Wall.
Don’t forget to send in your photos – they don’t have to be underwater shots – to get in the next issue.

The view from Muelle Pier, Puerto Galera. It’s a stuning place to be for a relaxing lunch.

Welcome to The Scandal! Keeping you up to date with all the latest news at Scandi Divers & Campbell’s Beach Resort.
Issue 5

From left to right: Jason, Raymond, Terry, Brett, Peter, Heather & Jen.

Miles hands over the reins to Edz

The Snorkel Test!

Martijn’s doing well.. ..but can Walter beat him?!
Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery for Noel’s test.
Drum roll please…’And the winner is… Walter!!’

Freddie’s waiting to take you diving, want to go?!

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

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Super Snaps!
This Unicorn fish was spotted by Mac on a dive to Sinandigan Wall.
Don’t forget to send in your photos – they don’t have to be underwater shots – to get in the next issue.

The view from Muelle Pier, Puerto Galera. It’s a stuning place to be for a relaxing lunch.

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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.