Padi, Learn to dive in Mazarron and Murcia

scuba diving holidays Well everone needs a holiday now and then, so here at subaquamundo we decided to take ourselves off to Egypt to get some diving done before the diving in Mazarron takes off for the summer. The weather was great, the water was warm and clear blue and there were lots of fish of every colour under the rainbow and more, even the dolphins joined in. We get Dolphins in Mazarron but its almost unheard of for them to come and actually seek you out while your diving, normally we just see them from the boat surface. Egypt was a little different as you can see from the pics. Diving with dolphins Bannerfish Diving with Dolphins... read more >>

Some of you may or may not know that PADI have restructured the pre-requisites for the PADI Rescue Diver Course. Before the 2009 update it was only possible to become a Rescue Diver by firstly completing the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. This is now no longer the case as of the 2009 update you can take the Rescue Diver Certification by completing the PADI Adventure Diver course. This means that you can become eligible for the Rescue Diver cert by completing only 3 dives of the Adventure Diver course instead of having to take the 5 dives involved in the Advanced Open Water Diver course. The only criteria to follow is that 1 of... read more >>

All credits for the post below go to John Bantin of http://www.Divernetcom online diving Magazine. PADI courses in Mazarron SWIFTLY FOLLOWING JUAN CARLOS down through the water, I decided to pull on the hood of my 5mm suit. At about 30m, it was getting chilly. The tranquil wreck lay beneath us. Great glitterings of bream hovered around the superstructure and pairs of moray eels peered out of portholes. The old steel hull was covered in colourful sponges, and massed anthia-like fish filled every cavity. The occasional amberjack made passes in futile attempts to pick off stragglers. There was no current. We swam around the holds and through the... read more >>