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!

Dive Fest Happy Hour at the Fort Young Hotel

Happy Hour is the traditional kick-off to the ten-day Dive Fest event here in Dominica. Hosted by the Fort Young Hotel, the evening’s sponsors were Cable & Wireless and Carib Beer.

Minglers enjoyed Happy Hour prices all night long as they socialised and then danced to the beat of Dominica’s premier band - The Swinging Stars.

Dive Fest 2007 has begun!

Dive Fest 2007 is on! With the promise of a bigger and better event than ever before, don’t miss it.

Some highlights:

• Demo’s of Oceanic’s Heads-Up Display “Datamask”
• Sea Life Camera Photo Competitions
• Dive Training Photography Seminars & Workshops
• Victorinox Swiss Army & Jewellers International’s Underwater Treasure Hunt

Sponsored by Cable & Wireless and Victorinox Swiss Army, you know there will be plenty of great prizes and give-aways!

Check the Schedule of Events for details.

Launching of Dive Fest 2007

Ms. Urania Williams (Cable & Wireless), Mr Andrew Armour (Master of Ceremonies), Mr. Simon Walsh (President, Dominica Watersports Association).

July 6th, Garraway Hotel: Press Conference Launches the DWA’s Dive Fest 2007.
Headline sponsors Cable & Wireless and Victorinox Swiss Army/Jewellers International welcomed the start of this year’s Dive Fest celebrations. In attendance were the Honourable Yvor Nassief, Minister for Tourism, Industry & Private Sector Relations, the Honourable Vince Henderson, Minister for Education, Sports, Youth Affairs and Human Resource Development, the international sponsors (see Sponsors page for complete listing), and members of the press.

Kubuli Carib Canoe Race at Soufriere - Sunday, July 16, 2006

This year’s Kubuli Carib Canoe Race was a great success, 20 teams battled for supremacy and the right to claim the trophy for 2006. This years winner, the first team to ever “threepeat” was Dominica Brewery, despite a strong challenge from second place “Team NDC” and third place finishers “Domlec”. Winning teams claimed cases of Kubuli from United Distributors Ltd, cell phones from Cable and Wireless, drums of fuel from National Petroleum, Soca Rum from Belfast Estates and other great prizes.

The crowd that cheered them on was one of the biggest ever and with good music, fresh fish and Kubuli flowing the vibes were excellent.

This brings to an end a hugely successful Cable and Wireless Dive Fest 2006, organized and presented by The Dominica Watersports Association. Until next year.

Red Bull Wacky Triathalon - Saturday, July 15th 2006

The Red Bull Wacky Triathalon was held at Portsmouth Beach on Saturday. This event was brand new to Dive Fest this year. Organised by Cocorico and Cabrits Dive Center, it was sponsored by Red Bull and Kubuli.

Whale Watching Trip - Saturday, July 15th, 2006

This year’s Whale Watching Trip was SOLD OUT! Whale watchers departed from Anchorage Hotel & Dive Center Saturday morning for the excursion. To the great delight of all, whales and dolphin were sighted!

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!