The
first whale shark of the season arrived at Shark Bank on the 22nd
of May, very early for this season. The shark was also small at
just over 3 metres and visiting divers Tom Kapser & Marion
Wagner managed to capture a series of great photos which they
passed on to the whale shark team at the Marine Conservation
Society Seychelles. Using computer assisted photo ID the shark was
added to the Seychelles database as a new shark as the spot
patterns did not match any of the sharks currently recorded. A
great and early start to the season!
april
2008...
Renovations to
Dive Seychelles at Berjaya Beau Vallon Beach Resort are well underway with
the new tank-rack being put to full use and changes in the
reception area taking shape....
january
2008...
A surprise
visit from Greek dive shop owner Anthony Safakianakis in January
who brought in some unseasonally good weather... Thanks and hope
to see you here again soon 'ADONIS'!
january
2008...
The team from
Divers Alert Network (DAN) run their first DAN Oxygen provider and
Instructor courses with the support of the Underwater Centre - Dive
Seychelles. Participants were from many of the Seychelles dive
centres..
january
2008...
Theiry with
Nadine and Samuel Hutchinson on the first junior Open Water course
of 2008... all smiles before dive #1!
october
2007...
And of course
there were whale sharks... not so many as in 2006 which set new
records in Seychelles, but there were still lots of them! This is
an aerial view taken from our microlight of a group of sharks
feeding off the south of mahe.
october
2007... October
was busy, busy busy with several film crews visiting for the whale
shark programme.... Big Wave TV crew (Emma Ross, Rory McGuiness
and Peter Talbot) came over to do some shooting for a BBC
documentary on whale shark monitoring with David and Australian
whale shark researcher Mark Meekan ..... hours of fun for all the
crew!
september
2007...
September
saw the start of the whale shark season in earnest and as things
got busier they got sillier... as they do! After one particularly
flat-out day with loads of rain, David tried to pack our exhausted
chief volunteer Katie into a dive-bag, with some success!
august
2007...
Johan
Anderson our chief pilot for the whale shark monitoring programme
assembles the new Underwater Centre micro-light aircraft at
Seychelles airport.... very nice too! And it works as Johan and Guy
found loads of whale sharks for the monitoring programme again this
season!
january
2007...
Our
first Seal team group for youngsters from 8-9 years old from the International School Seychelles poses
for a group photo before the first pool session!
march
2006...
Our
new mural, painted by local artist Gilbert, is erected at the
Underwater Centre depicting the marine life of Seychelles with an
almost life-sized whale shark! Nice work Gilbert!
Last
updated May 25, 2008
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