Celebrations in Oscars!

May 18, 2012

Archive post from 18 May 2012. Some details have changed since then. Since 2022 our daily thresher shark dives go to Kimud Shoal, not Monad Shoal, and we see threshers there every day of the year. For diving on Malapascua now, see our thresher shark guide and best time to dive.

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 the TSD ‘Project AWARE Give Sharks a Fighting Chance‘ competition by collecting a staggering 124 petition signatures in one day. She was awarded a special Tshirt…

…. and an amazing pygmy seahorse balloon crafted by one of our talented guests, Michael.

Pygmy Seahorse!
Last, but definitely not least, Bonnie and Jeff completed their PADI Divemaster coursesyesterday, ending with the final snorkel test.
Well done to them both!

Congratulations to Jeff and Bonnie on becoming PADI Divemasters!

About Andrea Agarwal

Andrea Agarwal is a PADI Master Instructor and the founder of Thresher Shark Divers on Malapascua Island, Philippines. Originally from the UK, she moved to the Philippines in 2003 and built what is now one of the largest and most respected dive operations in the country. TSD is a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) and the only PADI TecRec facility on Malapascua. Malapascua is the world's best destination for daily thresher shark encounters, and Andrea has spent over 20 years diving its waters and making sure the world knows it.