Another successful cleanup day for Dive for Earth day with a two part effort. In the morning we cleaned up the beach collecting many sacks of rubbish. TSD staff and customers along with enthusiastic local children got well stuck in. In the afternoon TSD offered free cleanup dives for all volunteers. We sent out 2 …
We have had reports recently of whale sharks congregating in an area a couple of hours from Malapascua and are in the process of investigating it more fully. Occasionally we see whale sharks from the surface including one recently at Lighthouse only 300 meters from shore and in 10 meters of water. But they are …
April last year was the best month of the hammerhead season, and April 2009 is certainly living up to that. We have had incredible hammerhead sightings over the last couple of weeks. Throughout the 2009 hammerhead season, which starts in December, hammers have been coming right up to us on dives, often in ones and …
We are very proud to announce this week that we have been notified that we will be the recipients of not one, but two PADI Project Aware Environmental awards • TSD is the winner of the PADI 5th Annual Project Aware Marine Environment Award. This award recognizes outstanding ecological achievements, with a focus on fostering …
We are very proud to announce this week that we have been notified that we will be the recipients of not one, but two PADI Project Aware Environmental awards • TSD is the winner of the PADI 5th Annual Project Aware Marine Environment Award. This award recognizes outstanding ecological achievements, with a focus on fostering …
2009 has been a fantastic diving year so far in Malapascua. As well as plenty of thresher sharks and manta rays we have seen some other amazing things: • A pod of pilot whales with babies swimming past Calangaman Island • Hammerheads at Kimud Shoal sometimes coming close • Oceanic Whitetip spotted at Kimud • …
What a great dive this morning. 10 sharks in total! Including a group of 4 and a group of 3. This isn’t just a one off event. Since November 2007, shark sightings have been on the increase, and they just keep getting better and better. January and February used to be low season for the …
Today we are very proud to announce that Thresher Shark Divers has been granted the honor of becoming a PADI 5 STAR IDC CENTER! We are now one of the highest levels of PADI Dive Centers and will be teaching a full range of instructor level courses. As well as regular IDCs, we will be …
Today we made our first trip of the HAMMERHEAD season out to Kimud Shoal. Not sure if they had yet arrived at Kimud, the group descended into the blue down to 40 meters. As they worked their way up, they were starting to lose hope. All of a sudden the lone hammerhead appeared out of …
Last night was the TSD 4th ANNIVERSARY PARTY. The party is our traditional annual celebration of Thresher Shark Divers and a thank you to our wonderful staff who now number around 40 people. They were almost all in attendance along with their families. Staff and customers alike drank and made merry, and enjoyed the traditional …
