Borat style “high five” (go on, do the voice!) from all at The Dive Shop on successfully combining superb diving skills and hard work, with excessive drinking and lots of parties!
We miss you for both reasons! :o)
Brem stayed with us for around 3 months, and was a valuable asset to the shop even before completing his DM.
He always managed to make everybody smile, had a natural rapport with our customers, and ensured every trip he worked on was a success. As a fully fledged Dive Master he’ll be a valuable addition to any Dive Shop, not to mention a bad influence! No, just kidding about that part! ;o)
Sure you don’t want to come back Brem? Sihanoukville’s not the same without you!
Congratulations Lucy Well what can we say, we miss you already.
This is one of the hardest posts to write, Lucy was a pleasure to work with, always happy and calm.
Before she had even finished here Dive master, she was already taking on the role of teacher, helping the other trainees with skills and academics. She will make an amazing instructor with her natural ability to teach.
Lucy stayed with us for almost 6 months and we are hoping she will make it back in september for Cambodia’s first ever IDC.
As a guide Lucy was a joy to dive with and all the instructors enjoyed the occasions when they got to fun dive with her, her keen eyes for the crazy macro life we have here in Cambodia, she would often find the most amazing seahorse and nudibranch and always took pleasure showing divers the best of cambodian diving.
Lucy is experienced in many conditions, she can provide great dives in low viz and bad conditions providing, a great time underwater and a fun atmosphere above.
A big Thank you to Lucy , hurry back we all miss you.
Congratulations from all at The Dive Shop Cambodia.
Emilie has returned to her homeland in Norway for a few weeks before a well-earned holiday in Greece. Hopefully she can kick her little sister out of her old room and get some quality time with her family.
She will also be missed by the villagers on the Island of Koh Rung Samleom, even after her papaya incident with the hornbill. Congratulations Emilie.
Merissa has returned to the small town of Gwealth in Canada. She will work at home as a qualified masseuse before taking her new career in diving overseas again.
Merissa Came to us as an open water student, and after leaving for a while returned to the family atmosphere to continue with her advanced and rescue courses, before finally making the decision to join the family as a Dive master Trainee, She has had a roller coaster of a ride through her courses and has always pushed herself to achieve the best, Merissa has also taken part in All of our events and made her final decision to become a Dive Master after her Explorer trip to Koh Tang. Merissa was often called upon by the staff and other Dmt’s to fix all of our muscle problems regularly taking time to use her skills as a professional masseuse it was always great on the trip back after a hard days of work. It was always a pleasure to watch merissa on the boat, she had a natural way of making all her divers feel at ease and her passion for discovering new areas to dive was always a joy to watch. Congratulations Merissa.
It’s not all tears on departure though, as both will hopefully return to the pearly shores of Sihanoukville for Cambodia’s first IDC course.
A big thanks for all of us here for the hard work and effort you both put in to your training and also for the hard work you put in to helping build up the dive center
Also A Big Welcome To Kate And Chantel who after a few great days diving and the clean up on World Ocean Day will be joining us our new Dive Master Trainees
John, Simmo and Ash After a couple of months of hard work John, Simmo and Ash have completed their Divemaster internships,
and are now ready to fly the nest.
John
John has been with us the longest starting out with the shop from the very first day. John played a huge part in the setting up of the Dive Shop Cambodia. In the early months John could be found on the beach every day talking to people and talking people into diving, snorkelling and taking dive courses with the dive shop. He has seen many changes to the dive shop in the 5 months that he has been with us.
John has taken to his role as a divemaster very naturally and it has been a pleasure to have taken part in his training. Hopefully John will be returning to join, Shawn, Simmo, Shina, Tyler and hopefully Ash to continue his Dive training up to Instructor Level.
A big Thanks to John from the Dive shop for all the hard work he has put in. There is a place on the next explorer tour for you John.
Simmo
Simmo started out as one of Regis’s openwater students. It was one of the first courses for regis on his return to cambodia. Simmo even as a freshly trained openwater diver showed all the characteristics of a great divemaster. Simmo quickly followed up his openwater course with his Advanced and Rescue courses, even before he had started his divemaster he was helping to show the other divemaster trainees how to run the boat, tie the ropes, organise the trips.
It was always a pleasure to have Simmo on the boat, especially because you knew even if you were really busy simmo had it covered, He would be on the back deck helping divers in and out of the water, helping the captain moor the boat. Simmo has a natural talent to be in the right place and the right time and know what he,s doing.
Thanks Simmo for all the hard work you put in. We all know that you will achieve the best in whatever you put your mind to. We look forward to seeing you again, either as an instructor or as a instructor candidate.
Ash
Ash what can we say, Its always a pleasure to have you around in the shop or on the boat. As me and BiBi know you have worked extra extra hard to earn your DiveMaster.
We will be counting the days till you return to help get the conservation projects started that you are so passionate about. Ash has played a huge role in the organising and fundraising for the project for helping to reopen the school on Koh Rung Samleom.
Everybody has enjoyed diving with you, and I,m sure the seahorses will miss you too.
Here are a few Pictures of the guys at work and play
Congratulations Guys
The Dive Shop Cambodia
After a couple of months of study and hard work Shawn has completed his advanced, efr,rescue and divemaster courses and has now been certified as a fully trained divemaster.
We hope to see Shawn back after a few months to complete his Instructor training.
Congratulations to Tyler who has also completed his training and will stay with us to take on the responsibilities of a fully trained divemaster, Tyler will become the full time tour leader of our Dive Boat.
Tyler who started his openwater course with us only a few months ago has proved himself to be a great guide and leader and has acquired all the skills he needs to take himself through to instructor level.
A big Thanks to both Tyler and Shawn for all their hard work and enthusiasm.
Shawn and Tyler at the last fund raising fancy dress party.
We also have two new Divemaster trainees starting this week.
A big welcome to Lee and merissa our new Divemaster Trainees.
And Also Laura our soon to be resident Marine Biologist who’s first dive included 13 seahorses, 5 pipefish, 1 octopus, 1 cuttlefish and many strange and beautiful nudibranchs, we hope this entices her to stay for many months to come.
Thanks
The Dive Shop Cambodia
Its been crazy busy for the past few weeks,
Updates on the Dive shop
We now have 10 divemaster trainees, this means we can put together the first ever reef watch team in cambodia.
We will be cataloging species, numbers and overrall health of the reefs in Cambodia.
Working together with various agencies we should be able to compile enough data to start some real conservation projects to protect one of the last untouched marine areas in Se Asia.
Thanks to our team of dedicated Divemaster Trainees.
Tyler, John, Ash, Lucy, Joe, Laura, Simon, Emilie, Shawn and our not so dedicated Trainee Jacob
We have now on the boat a shiny brand new bauer compressor and 30 brand new shiny 12lt aluminum cylinders, this allows us to start running the long awaited explorer tours.
I want to give a Special Thanks to Steve and Kerry, who have put in so much work on the Koh Rung Samleom School Project, We are lucky to have you guys around.
Big Thanks to Regis, Bibi and Danny our wonderful Instructors who have trained and certified over 150 divers in the past two months, keep up the great teaching, They have created a passion for diving in all the divers and students coming through the dive shop. Reminder to all new students the Instructors love it if you go diving with them after the course is finished as it gives them a chance to go fun diving, which is why we are all here. Feel free to request them as your guide.
Big Thanks to Shina, the hardest working Dm I,ve ever had the pleasure to work with, When she’s not showing you Seahorse’s and Nudi Branches she’s hard at work behind the scenes making sure everything is perfect.
Congratulations to all the newly certified open water divers and those that took continuing education courses.
A Big Thanks to all those that have supported us over the past few months
Keep checking this blog to see up and coming events, organised by the Dive Shop Cambodia
Thanks Paul
