New PADI Instructor package launched

We have just launched a new PADI instructor package. It called the 1-month IDC Value Pak and includes:

• the PADI Instructor Development Course on Bunaken (IDC & EFRI)
• the PADI MSDT course on Lembeh
• all your accommodation on Bunaken & Lembeh (full board)
• all your fun diving outside the IDC, EFRI and MSDT courses
• Intro to Tec diving – try out twin tanks and wings absolutely FREE

The price is great value at only €2,150.

The next IDC is 8 Feb 2010 and we only have 2 places left, please contact us for more info.

IDC Bunaken starts

Our IDC started at the beginning of this week. We have three candidates – Rod and Gina, and one of our local dive guides Dion – and they are being very spoilt with the services of both Course Director Brendon and Staff Instructor Tina!

New Instructor Job

We just heard that one of our instructor candidates has landed a new job, congratulations Pim! (seen in photo with Rebecca).

Pim was on our very first IDC in Sept 2007, and will be resigning from his job in Holland to start a new career in diving on 1 Jan 2008. We wish him the best of luck.

He has sent us some of his photos on Flickr:

Underwater pictures of Bunaken & Lembeh.
Pictures of IDC Bunaken Sept 2007.

First ever Manado Instructor Exam

Following on from the first ever IDC on Bunaken, PADI held the first ever PADI Instructor Exam (IE) 18-20 September 2007 in Gran Puri, a hotel in Manado City.

There were 6 candidates – 4 from Two Fish Divers and 2 from Eco Divers – and we would like to say thanks to PADI and examiner Rob Scammell for supporting the area by holding the IE.

New PADI Divemaster on Bunaken!!

Neil started his PADI Divemaster course with Two Fish on 7 Feb. He decided to take a relaxed approach which has meant that he has been able to spend more time helping with courses and guests, and therefore getting more experience.

Its 13 March now and he has just about finished, just a 1-day EFR refresher to do so congratulations to him. Whats next for him? He is on an extended trip so is debating whether to continue traveling, or stay another month to get more experience and do his Assistant Instructor course but he needs to check his bar bill first!

Neil has been a great help with guests, and has taken some great photos over the last month. Check out some of these on Neil at Flickr

Lucy finally leaves

Lucy finally left us on 3 March (on the left in the photo with Tina), and we think that she is our longest guest ever. She arrived on 3 Sep 2006 for her DM Internship that was supposed to last 2 months, but she loved it so much that she decided to stay. Her initial intention was to spend 2 months with us then travel and dive around Thailand, but after talking to some guests about the diving there she decided to stay put and instead clocked up over 250 dives in Bunaken and Lembeh (with a 3 week holiday in Bali).

Overall Lucy spent 6 months with us, and she took her DM and Assistant Instructor courses. Her internship lasted the whole time, and she got alot of experience through helping on the full range of PADI courses. She also helped customers by taking weaker divers/divers who had not dived for a while on unofficial refresher dives, and she was a regular at briefings for new guests.

We will miss her at Two Fish and wish her every success with her instructor exam. Check out more guests and their photos on Two Fish Pics