On September 12th, Thresher Shark Divers participated in Project Aware’s Dive Against Debris Marine Cleanup and Survey. We had a grand turnout of 19 participants that helped clean Bounty Beach and dive site Bakhaw. On the beach we found everything from cigarette filters, food wrappers, bottle caps and bottles, and enough old flip flops to fill a women’s …
Thresher Shark Divers‘ Instructor team, aka ‘The COT Squad,’ have been working hard to help in the process of eradicating the Crown of Thorns Starfish that are feeding on the coral reefs of Malapascua’s dive sites. The adult Crown of Thorns is a carnivorous predator that can consume up to 6 square meters of living …
We have some weird critters here in the waters around Malapascua Island, making it a photographers dream. But one of the weirdest of all are the sea moths which can often be found walking (yes walking!) around in pairs. Sea Moth by Stewart Robinson The sea moths, or Pegasidae, are a family of fish found in shallow coastal …
TSD was recently very proud to recently receive the PADI Tec Rec Center Award and become the only Tec Rec center on Malapascua. Since then, we have been busy, busy, busy with technical divers. Nathan Coldham, a very experienced PADI Tec Rec Instructor, has recently moved to Malapascua to head up TSD Tec and has …
Earlier this year, professional marine photographer Brandon Cole contacted Thresher Shark Divers. Brandon was writing a guide book on marine life, but was lacking a photo of a thresher shark. As Malapascua is the thresher shark capital of the world, he was hoping we could provide a good shot. However, once we told him about the amazing …
Thresher Shark Divers celebrated in style again last night with not one, but three special events. First up were eight new PADI certifications – everything from PADI Advanced Open Water toEquipment Specialties. As usual, each student – and their hard-working instructor – gets TSDs one-of-a-kind Shark Bite Shot, developed by owner, Trevor, exclusively for our new students. Bonnie won …
If you have been to Malapascua recently or have been following us on Facebook or Twitter, you cannot help but have heard the fantastic news about our thresher sharks. In late 2011, Thresher Shark Divers starting diving a new ‘secret’ dive site for thresher sharks. ‘Shark Wall’ is still part of Monad Shoal, and is just a little south …
Here at Thresher Shark Divers we don’t need an excuse to have a party, but on the 11th of February we had ten! So staff and customers alike were invited to help us celebrate, with festivities that went on way into the morning! Andrea and Chris both celebrated their birthdays, Manuella reached her 100th dive, Martin and …
As divers, it is drummed into us from the moment we don scuba gear, that we are to make minimal impact on the underwater environment: don’t touch, don’t take, and above all, don’t kill anything. But there is one creature for which the opposite is true – the dreaded crown of thorns sea star. The crown …
Luwill is a local lad; a relatively new member of staff who has been with us for about a year now. With his excellent English, fine sense of humor, and his position as main boat boy to meet and greet guests when they first arrive at the port to Malapascua Island, he has quickly turned …
