Discover Scuba at Sunset Bay Club & Seaside Dive Resort - Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Kids and adults living along the West Coast of Dominica had their chance to experience Scuba Diving on Wednesday at the Sunset Bay Club & Seaside Dive Resort in Coulibistrie.

A beautiful setting for this event, would-be divers received their instructions pool-side under the shade of palms, with occasional visits from wandering iguanas!

Then it was off to the pool to test out their new-found skills in a practice session.

Discover Scuba Diving at the Anchorage Hotel - July 7th, 2007

More than 40 participants gathered at the Anchorage Hotel on Saturday to learn about the sport of Scuba Diving, sposnored by.

There was a strong presence by the youth of Dominica, although many adults also tried their hand at this new sport.

After participating in a lecture and watching a video, attendees proceeded to the pool to put on their scuba gear and practice a few essential skills.

Next it was out to the reef for a real dive to get a glimpse of Dominica’s beautiful underwater marine habitat.

Amidst all this excitement, Oceanic distributed it’s new Heads-Up Display “DataMask” for eager divers to try out. This is brand new technology for divers, allowing them to read their gauge information right in their mask! No more dangling gauges getting in the way.

Discover Scuba Diving in Portsmouth - July 7th, 2007

Cabrits Dive Centre and Portsmouth Volunteers gathered together on Saturday July 7th at the Purple Turtle Beach restaurant to Discover Scuba!!

Adults and children alike marveled out how they could breath underwater and want to know when they can try it again!

Discover Scuba Diving in Coulibistrie - July 12th, 2006

Discover Scuba Diving was held on the West Coast on Wednesday at Sunset Bay Club in Coulibistrie. More than 80 people attended the festivities!

Jewellers International Scuba Diving Treasure Hunt - Wednesday, July 12th 2006

This year’s underwater Treasure Hunt was held at Champagne Reef. Divers departed from Dive Dominica in Castle Comfort at 2 pm.

Starting from aboard Arienne, the 2-diver teams descended in the sandy shallows near Champagne Reef to search for special coloured stones hidden on the sandy bottom. The team to return to the boat with coloured stones totalling the most number of points within the 30-minute time limit would be crowned the winner.

Prizes were awarded to first, second and third-place finishers.

• 1st Place: Two Dive Watches from Jewellers International
• 2nd Place: Two Cable & Wireless Bags with an MP3 Player, b-Mobile t-shirt & a Top-Up.
• 3rd place: Dinner for 2 at the Fort Young Hotel and b-Mobile t-shirts.

Wild Card prizes included breakfast at Cartwheel Cafe, lunch at Cornerhouse Cafe, dinner at Green Flash Grill, a Corona Cooler containing 2 six-packs of Corona & t-shirts, and 2 bottles of Soca Rum. What great treasure!
Congratulations to the First Place Winners: Karen & Vince!

And congrats to all the treasure hunters who participated this year.
We hope to hear from some of you in person, right here on this blog.

Discover Scuba Diving in Portsmouth - July 8th, 2006

Discover Scuba Diving in Portsmouth continues to grow in popularity with 34 participants taking the plunge and exploring the joy of breathing underwater!

Of these, 11 took the next step and signed up for the beginners dive on Sunshine Reef. All participants agreed that it was a fabulous experience and they had no idea how beautiful it is underwater!

Discover Scuba Diving - Saturday, July 8th 2006.

Discover Scuba Diving
As with every Dive Fest, one of the main goals is to raise awareness about scuba diving and Dominica’s marine environment. What better way than to get people involved and teach them how to dive for a day! That is the aim of Discover Scuba Diving, which was held at the Anchorage Hotel in Castle Comfort and the Purple Turtle Beach Club in Portsmouth.

The process is simple:

Watch a Video, Listen to a Lecture, Practice Skills in the Pool.

Beginners Dive on the Reef

After going through the teaching, newbie divers were ready to take the plunge for real and go for a dive on a reef.

A Great Splash
More than 100 kids and adults took part in Discover Scuba in the pool. Forty participants went on to make a dive on the reef, experiencing Dominica’s underwater beauty for the very firsrt time. Congratulations to all you new divers!