Coral Bleaching in Seychelles


may 2008... 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!