BUOYANCY CONTROL

You moved like a fish underwater! Why do you still have so much air after your dives and why are you swimming so close to the reef yet not touching them? These were usually the comments of my divers when we surfaced after diving.  Well, good buoyancy control is usually my answer to them then the next question will always be… HOW?!?

Proper buoyancy control is the most important or sometime the most difficult skill for a diver to master but maintaining neutral buoyancy is the key to easy diving, save more air, avoiding damage to coral reefs and most important; enjoy the underwater environment.

When I started diving 25years ago as a teenager, was not doing it for pleasure but was working as a part time cleaner in a yacht club in Singapore over the weekends to make some extra bucks for school allowance. I don’t even use a BCD when I was cleaning, it was just a back mounted with the tank and regulator. I would usually go for a short dive at the pier after cleaning the yacht, don’t know much about controlling buoyancy. I was just using my lungs to fine-tune my buoyancy underwater without the use of a Buoyancy Control Devise (BCD).

I became more involved in diving when I entered the Army; I was introduced to different types of BCD. I still remember using it in a swimming pool and trying to perfect in using it. I was amazed by the Instructors how they were able to control their buoyancy underwater, moving like a fish; slow and steady. I remembered asking myself how could I be like them. Years have pass… I have dived for so many years and certified more than 1500 students of all levels. Taught many students how to control their buoyancy, how to conserve their air underwater and how to enjoy the underwater world.

There are many information written about Buoyancy Control but I am just going to share with you 3 tips on how to control your buoyancy underwater. Hope these tips can help you to become a better diver and enjoy the beauty of the underwater world.

1. Are You Properly Weighted?

Divers usually have the idea of having more weights so that they will not have problems with their buoyancy underwater, they are afraid of having difficulty to get into the water but having more weights on will cause drag underwater. When you feel heavy, you need more effort to move underwater. It is important for us to be streamline as much as possible when we are underwater.

When you fully deflated your BCD, do you sink like a stone? If you are then you are wearing too much weight but if you have difficulty going down even you have fully deflated the BCD then you are under weight and strongly recommend you to do a buoyancy check. When you are properly weighted, you should be able to float at eye level when you hold a normal breath. However; do take note that it differ when you wear a different thickness or length of wetsuit. You also need to check again if you use a different BCD.

As you get more experience underwater you need lesser weights. When I started diving, I needed 6kg of weights to bring me down but today; I am only using 2kg of weights using the same length & thickness of wetsuit. As you get more comfortable underwater, try using lesser weights and you will feel less drag underwater.

2. Using Your Lungs To Fine Tune Your Buoyancy.

How do you do that? You are so big in size and you only use 2kg of weights, how? This is the usual comment of divers when they saw me putting on 2kg of weights before putting on my BCD. I used my lungs to fine tune buoyancy. Do understand that your lungs inflate as you inhale and deflate as you exhale.

When you are going into the water, don’t just deflate your BCD but also exhale as you go down and you will feel that you will get into the water much easier. As you are diving underwater, use your lungs to fine-tune your buoyancy. Do practice on a sandy bottom or swimming pool, trying fining around and breathing deep and slow. You will see yourself moving gently underwater and use it in practice, when you are swimming towards a reef, using your lungs to control your buoyancy underwater.

3. Streamline Yourself.

Are you having a Christmas tree decoration on your BCD? Do take note by having too much things on your BCD will cause drag and this may also affect your buoyancy underwater. Try to streamline yourself, having all hoses in place and do not have too much things hanging on your BCD.

As you are diving, do not use your hands as you are swimming. Keep your hands close to you and move horizontally underwater. Be close to the reefs to enjoy the beauty without touching or crushing the reefs. You don’t have to position your body vertically to deflate your BCD underwater. As you are swimming underwater and if you find that you need to adjust your buoyancy, remember there is a dump valve situated at the bottom right side of your BCD. Just have to pull the valve and air will also be released.

If you would like to know more of controlling your buoyancy underwater to improve your skills underwater, I recommend you to take up the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course with Sea World Dive Center. Email peter@seaworldboracay.com or +63 920 970 2728 for more information. 

SIDEMOUNT DIVING

What Is Sidemount Diving?

Sidemount is a scuba diving equipment configuration which has diving cylinders mounted alongside the diver, below the shoulders and along the hips, instead of on the back of the diver. It began as a configuration popular with advanced cave divers, as smaller sections of cave can be penetrated and tanks can be changed with greater ease. The same benefits for operating in confined spaces were also recognized by divers who conducted technical wreck diving penetrations.

Sidemount diving is now growing in popularity within the technical diving community for general decompression diving, and is becoming an increasingly popular specialty training for recreational diving, with several diver certification agencies offering recreational and technical level sidemount training programs.

Terminology of Sidemount Diving:

Sidemount Diving

Sidemount diving is the, now increasingly formalized, approach towards conducting dives with 2 or more primary cylinders secured at the side of the body and in line with the torso – with no cylinders on the diver’s back. A common feature that defines sidemount configuration is the use of bungee cords to provide an upper attachment on the cylinder valve, normally routed from behind the diver’s upper back, whilst the lower cylinder is secured to the diver’s lower harness (butt-plate or waist D-rings) via bolt-snaps.

Sidemount Staging

Sidemount staging is the practice of using sidemount configuration (bungee loops and/or buttplate rails) as a means for stowing stage/deco cylinders in a streamlined manner against the sides of the torso, when otherwise diving in back-mounted doubles or CCR.

Stage-Only Diving 

Stage-only diving is the use of standard deco/stage cylinder configuration, without back-mounted cylinders, on an otherwise standard, or partially modified tec/rec BCD. The lower cylinder is attached to waist D-Rings and the upper cylinder to shoulder D-Rings, both via direct bolt-snap. Some divers (untrained in specific sidemount diving techniques) often incorrectly assume this approach to be sidemount diving. No bungee cord is utilised in the upper attachment, causing the cylinders to hang low beneath the diver and not in line (parallel) with their torso beneath their armpits. Without modification of the BCD design, the lack of back-mounted cylinders also causes taco’ing of wing designs and considerable instability.

Monkey Diving

Monkey diving is the use of sidemount configuration/procedures, whilst only carrying a single cylinder. It is presented as an option on some recreational level sidemount courses and may also be a considered strategy for certain overhead-environment (cave/wreck) penetrations. The use of a single cylinder may require a strategy of counter-weighting to prevent diver instability in the water, depending on the buoyancy of the chosen cylinder.

No-Mount Diving

No-mount diving is a specialized overhead-environment strategy for dealing with particularly tight restrictions. This may involve divers wearing a very basic harness under their existing configuration, or simply hand-carrying cylinders. Upon reaching a restriction through which they couldn’t otherwise pass, they will ‘strip down’ out of their primary gear, hand-hold or attach a cylinder/s to their ‘no-mount’ harness and move forwards. A ‘no-mount’ harness can consist of nothing more than a weight-belt with several D-rings attached. The evolution of sidemount techniques and configurations has largely made this approach unnecessary, as a minimalist sidemount harness/BCD can be worn beneath back-mounted doubles, or even a CCR.

Benefits For Sidemount Diving:

Flexibility

The sidemount diving approach offers divers significant benefits to the flexibility of their approach. Unlike back-mounted doubles, acquiring and transporting sidemount suitable cylinders is often much more convenient and accessible. Sidemount diving configuration allows the travelling diver to conduct technical and/or overhead environment dives without having to source traditional back-mounted cylinders. When diving in remote locations, the transportation of diving logistics, especially by hand, is considerably less physically taxing. Sidemount diving equipment is also considerably lighter, and less bulky than back-mounted alternatives – allowing for easier and cheaper (considering the rate of many airline’s excess baggage costs) travel.

Accessibility

Unlike back-mounted cylinders, the sidemount diver has immediate access to, and observation of, the regulators and tank valves of their cylinders. This enables immediate problem identification and allows swifter resolution, without recourse to ‘behind the head’ shut-down drills that require a higher level of mobility, flexibility and freedom to operate.

Streamlining

Sidemount diving configuration places the cylinders under the diver’s armpits, in line with their body. This decreases water resistance (improving air consumption and reducing fatigue) whilst also allowing the diver to pass through smaller restrictions than would otherwise be possible in back-mounted cylinders. The flexibility to remove tanks, and propel them in front, allows the diver to pass through very small passages and holes when penetration diving – being limited only by the size of their bodies and exposure protection.

Safety

Increased accessibility to life-supporting regulators, first-stages and valves improves efficiency and speed of critical cylinder shut-down procedures, allows immediate gas-loss identification and provides the diver with quick access to alternative safety procedures; such as regulator swapping (between cylinders), valve-‘feathering’ to access gas within a cylinder whose regulator is malfunctioned/free-flowing or even breathing directly from a tank valve.

In addition, stowage of the cylinders next to the diver’s torso, and beneath his armpits, serves to protect vulnerable valves and regulator first-stages from collision, impact and abrasion damage, or accidental shut-down through contact with a ceiling. It also significantly reduces the risk of entanglement behind the diver, where it is least easy to rectify.

Comfort

Many divers will testify that sidemount diving configuration offers greater stability and easier-to-attain trim and control in the water. It is also less physically tiring to carry, and get into, sidemount equipment than with traditional back-mounted doubles – especially when operating from a small boat or a rough shore entry.

The ability to attach, remove and replace cylinders whilst in the water allows the diver to avoid ever having to carry heavy-weight back-mounted cylinders. This is combined with reduced physical exertion when conducting regulator shut-down procedures, which is a major benefit to technical divers who suffer from shoulder or back discomfort or reduced mobility from old injuries.

Redundancy of gas

Whilst technical divers have always utilized a redundant gas system, either isolated-manifold or independent back-mounted cylinders, recreational divers have traditionally resorted to using ‘pony cylinders’ or ‘ascent bottles’ as contingencies against out-of-air emergencies. Whether attached to the primary cylinder, or slung at the chest, these cylinders often presented problems with stability and streamlining, whilst simultaneously only providing a bare minimum supply of air for emergency ascent. Sidemount diving with two cylinders helps resolve stability and streamlining issues, and ensures that a truly capable redundant supply of air is maintained.

Technical divers debate the pros and cons of independent cylinders versus isolated-manifold doubles. Back-mounted manifold cylinders provide easy access to complete gas supplies, in the event of a regulator failure and shut-down. However, the manifold itself creates additional o-ring failure points and a failure in that component will deprive the technical diver of, at least, one-half of his remaining gas supply. Independent cylinders, when sidemounted, provide true gas redundancy, whilst offering access (via switching regulators between cylinders or feather breathing of all remaining gas.

Sea World Dive Center Boracay

A PADI Career Development Center with over 20years of experiences in conducting Instructor Development Training. Received numerous awards for Outstanding Customer Services and Contribution to the Diving Industry. The company is also a PADI Tec Rec Center that offer technical training and we do offer Sidemount Diver Course. If you are interested, please click on http://www.seaworldboracay.com/padi_sidemount.html. The cost of the course is Php25,000.00 and includes 1 confined water training & 3 open water dives. For more information, you may email our Technical Instructor; Master Peter Tay with over 21years of teaching experiences at the following: peter@seaworldboracay.com or +63 920 970 2728.

MASTER PETER TAY

My name is Peter Tay, a Singaporean Chinese living in Boracay Island Philippines. I been living in the Philippines since 2002 and traveled to many parts of the Philippines. I have traveled around the world and still feel Philippines is the most beautiful country to live in. People are friendly, many nice places to visit and most important, there are many nice dive sites.

I been a Dive Professional since I was 18years old, trained by the Singapore Military. When I was discharged, I was a full time diving instructor. Thru diving, it brought me to many places in the world and given me many opportunity. I was privilege to work with PADI Asia Pacific as a Sales Representative at a very young age and started my first diving school at 24 in Singapore.

I have taught more than 5000 students of all levels and received numerous awards for Outstanding Customer Services & Letters of Commendation for excellent Instructions. I am presently a PADI Master Instructor & TDI Advanced Trimix Instructor with over 20 Diving Specialties. I am also an Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer.

Teaching diving is my passion, I love teaching and enjoyed teaching students who have fear of water. Even though students who are afraid of water are not easy students but the sense of satisfaction when the student is able to complete the course and become a PADI Open Water Diver. After the course, they will give me a big hug and thank me for my instructions. This make my day as a diving instructor.

If you would like to know more of my services in Boracay Island, log on to www.boracayadventures.com for more information. You may email me at peter@boracayadventures.com if you have any questions.

EDUCATION

Relaxing, Action-Packed, Tranquil, Adrenaline Pumping, Adventurous - Diving Is All This And More - The Choice Is Yours!

Can You Imagine Being In A Tropical Location Diving In Crystal Clear Water, Surrounded By Brightly Colour Coral And Fish. You And Your Buddy Put On Your Dive Equipment To Enter The Water And Explore The Abundance Of Marine Life -- All The While Hovering Weightlessly Underwater  Or You Could Be Off Exploring A New Shipwreck Off The Coast Of A Small Island Out In The Middle Of The Ocean - Where Conditions Are Challenging.

You're Ready For Anything Because You've Invested In The Right Training And Have Gained Valuable Hands-On Expedition. Is Being Prepared For Worth It? You Bet! One Of The First Things A Diver Learn Is That There Are Many Exciting Dive Environments That Can Be Enjoyed Under The Right Conditions And With The Appropriate Training. To Help Guide You In The Right Direction, We've Listed The PADI Programs Offered By Sea World Dive Center, PADI 5* Career Development Center. The First & Only In Boracay Island.

Sea World Dive Center Has Over 25 Years Of Diving Experiences, Logged More Than 15,000 Dives With More Than 25 Diving Specialities Cater For You. A Pioneer In Training Instructors In The Island And Trained More Than 5000 Students Of All Levels To Date. We Are The Only Dive Center In The Island With 2 PADI Course Directors, 3 PADI Master Instructors & 5 Emergency First Response Instructor Trainers.

We Are Able To Provide Training In English, Korean, Mandarin, Hokkien, Fukkien, Teochew, Cantonese, French, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Japanese And Tagalog. Our Instructors Have Been Numerous Awarded For Outstanding Customer Services And Also Received Letters Of Commendation For Excellent Instructions. Good Divers Are Always Learning, Continue Your Education With Sea World Dive Center. You Will Receive The Greatest Value For Money Without The Compromise Of Safety, Comfort, Enjoyment, Knowledge And Fun.

Sea World Dive Center Follow The PADI Start Today Philosophy By Providing Programs For Non-Divers Such As Bubble Marker & Discover Snorkelling For Those Who Don’t Swim Well Or Would Like To Experience Swimming With Scuba At A Swimming Pool Condition. The Discover Scuba Diving Is The Most Sorts After Program In Boracay Island. Participants Can Discover The Beauty Of The Underwater Of World In Just 2 Hours And May Choose To Continue Their Education To Become A PADI Open Water Diver By Crediting Their Dive To The Course.

Is Indeed More Fun In The Philippines But Is Even More Fun In Boracay Island! Become A Diver With Sea World Dive Center Or Continue Your Education In The Hands Of Our Dive Professionals.   

WHY PADI GO PRO???

Get a Life! Go PRO. Teach Scuba Diving

Become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and take your career anywhere. When was the last time you said, "I love my job! "? Go PRO and you'll be saying it all the time.

Ditch the nine to five office job. Live your dream by transforming the lives of others while teaching scuba diving lessons.

Go PRO with PADI

As a PADI Professional, you'll be part of the largest, most widely recognized scuba training organization in the world. With more than 5900 PADI Dive Centers and Resorts on the planet, the world is your office and your playground!

Sea World Dive Center

A PADI 5* Career Development Center with over 25 years of teaching experiences, trained more than 5000 students of all levels and a pioneer in training instructors in Boracay island. The only center in the island with 2 PADI Course Directors, 3 PADI Master Instructors, 5 PADI Emergency First Response Instructor Trainers, 5 PADI IDC Staffs Instructors and 5 PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers.

PADI TEC REC

Technical Diving Is Scuba Diving’s “Extreme” Sport, Taking Experienced And Qualified Divers Far Deeper Than In Mainstream Recreational Diving. Technical Diving Is Marked By Significantly More Equipment And Training Requirements To Manage The Additional Hazard This Type Of Diving Entails. Tec Diving Isn’t For Everyone, But For Those Who Hear Its Challenge Call, The PADI Tec Rec Courses Are The Answer.

What Is Technical Diving?

Technical Scuba Diving Is Defined As Diving Other Than Conventional Commercial Or Research Diving That Takes Divers Beyond Recreational Scuba Diving Limits. It Is Further Defined As And Includes One Or More Of The Following:

• Diving Beyond 40mMetres Deep.
• Required Stage Decompression.
• Diving In An Overhead Environment Beyond 40m Of The Surface.
• Accelerated Decompression And Or The Use Of Variable Gas Mixtures During The Dive.

Because In Technical Diving The Surface Is Effectively Inaccessible In An Emergency, Tec Divers Use Extensive Methodologies And Technologies And Training To Manage The Added Risks. Even With These, However, Tec Diving Admittedly Has More Risk, Potential Hazard And Shorter Critical Error Chains Than Does Recreational Scuba Diving.

How Long Has Technical Diving Been Around?

Most People Would Agree That Cave Diving Is A Form Of Technical Diving. Cave Diving Developed In The Late 1960s And 1970s, Developing Into A Discipline Largely Like It Is Today By The Mid 1980s. In The Early 1990s, Several Groups Of Divers Around The World Began Experimenting With Technologies For Deep Diving (Beyond Recreational Limits) To Explore Both Caves And Wrecks. These Communities United And Emerged As “Technical Diving” Or “Tec Diving” With The Publication Of Aquacorps (No Longer In Print), Which Dedicated Itself To This Type Of Diving.

Why Would I Want To Be A Tec Diver?

Tec Diving Not Only Has More Risk, But It Requires Significantly More Effort, Discipline And Equipment. It’s Not For Everyone, And You Can Be An Accomplished, Avid Top-Notch Diver Your Entire Life Without Making A Tec Dive.

That Said, There’s A Cadre Of Individuals Who Want To Visit Places Underwater That Relatively Few People Can. Many Spectacular, Untouched Wrecks Lie At Depths Well Below 40m. Deep Reefs Have Organisms You Don’t Find In The Shallows. Some People Enjoy The Challenge And Focus Tec Diving Requires. Still Others Love Being Involved With Cutting Edge Technologies. These Reasons Make Tec Diving Rewarding.

The PADI Tec Rec Difference

The Tec Rec Program Debuted In 2000. Although Tec Rec Is Not The First Tec Diving Program (Cave Diver Training Has Been Around For Decades), It Repeatedly Receives Accolades For Its Merits.

• Tec Rec Courses Are Integrated Into An Instructionally Valid, Seamless Course Flow That Takes You From Beginning Tec Diver To One Qualified To The Outer Reaches Of Sport Diving Using Different Gas Mixes.
• Each Level Introduces You To New Gear, Planning And Procedures Appropriate To Extend Your Diving Limits.
• The Tec Diver Course Is An Integrated Sequence Of Three Sub courses: Tec 40, Tec 45 And Tec 50.  You Can Complete Them Continuously Or You Can Complete Each Level Separately With A Time Span Between Them.  This Gives You Learning Efficiency, Instructional Integrity And Schedule Flexibility.

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

Tec Diving Uses Much More Equipment Than Recreational Diving. The Technical Scuba Gear Typically Uses Two To Four Or Five Regulators, A Dive Computer, And Some Accessories.

Prerequisites

Tec Rec Prerequisites Vary (See Individual Course Descriptions), But The Following Applies To Anyone Interested In Technical Diving:

• 18 Years Or Older.
• A Mature, Responsible Person Who Will Follow The Required Procedures And Requirements Strictly And Faithfully.
• Medically Fit For Tec Diving (Physician’s Signature Required).

• Willing To Accept The Added Risks That Tec Diving Presents.
• An Experienced Diver With At Least 100 Logged Dives.
• Certified As A PADI Enriched Air Diver And PADI Deep Diver Or Equivalent (For This Program Equivalency Is Proof Of Training In Recreational Deep Diving 18m To 40m Consisting Of At Least Four Dives And Training In Nitrogen Narcosis Considerations, Contingency/Emergency Decompression, Making Safety Stops And Air Supply Management OR, Have A Minimum Of 20 Logged Dives Deeper Than 30m)

The Fun Part

The Fun Part Of Tec Rec Is Rising To The Challenges As You Dive Deeper And Longer Than Most Divers Ever Do.

BORACAY

Boracay Island was awarded by Travel Advisor as the best beaches in Asia for 2012 and was also rated as one of the top 10 beaches in the world by Yahoo Travel in 2008 and in spite of the economic downturn in the world. There is a tremendous growth of 41% tourists in 2012 compare to 2011. The Government of the Philippines are doing as much to boast the travel industry in the Philippines especially; Boracay Island. Is indeed more fun in the Philippines but it is even more fun in Boracay Island!

Boracay Island is the no. 1 most visited island in the Philippines, not just the Filipinos taking a break in this island but a growth of travellers from Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Countries from Asia. There is also an increase of travellers from America & Europe especially the Russians.

There are 4 airlines that fly directly to Caticlan Airport and which airlines provide at least 8 schedules of flights a day. There are even more flights heading to Kalibo Airport, about 2hours away from Boracay Island. There are many connecting flight from different Domestic Airport in Philippines such as Manila, Clark, Cebu & Davao to Kalibo Airport. Since 2008, Kalibo Airport has turned into an International Airport with direct flights from Korea, Taiwan and different major cities in China.

The 4km White Beach known to be the “Finest beach in the world” with the surrounding water shallow and the sand is finer and brighter than most of the beaches in the archipelago. It feels like treading on miles of baby powders and enjoying the sunset of Boracay.

There are more than 100 resorts to be chosen in the Island of Boracay. The World most well known Hotels & Resorts Chain; Shangri-La is situated at the northern part of the island with over 300 rooms. There are also numerous Tripe AAA Resorts in the Island that are accredited by The Philippines Department of Tourism. There are also cheap accommodations to accommodate budget travellers.

Bargain shopping is a joy of a diversion while in Boracay Island. There are numerous souvenir shops in the island providing endless possibilities from trinkets and native accessories made of semi-precious stones to exotic or contemporary beach wear and fashion artworks. Dining is no problem in Boracay with most resorts having their own restaurants that serve both Filipino and International cuisines. There are also numerous restaurants at d’Mall and small snack bars line in the island. There are numerous Sea Sports Activities in the island, don’t have time to feel bored. In the evening, there are many bars to be visited.

For more information of Boracay Island, please log on to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boracay. If you like to know about accommodation and activities in Boracay, please go to our Travel Partner; Boracay Adventures Travel & Tours for more information. Log on to www.boracayadventures.com.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVING INSTRUCTORS

PADI CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CDC)

The PADI Career Development Center (CDC) classification is awarded annually to PADI Five Star Instructor Development Centers and Five Star Instructor Development Dive Resorts that dedicate their businesses to professional development beyond regular scuba instructor training and meet the highest requirements for training PADI scuba diving leaders. PADI CDCs offer career-oriented training to prepare scuba diving professionals for employment in the dive industry, as well as offering job placement assistance for program graduates.

PADI NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DIVE CENTER

The PADI National Geographic Dive Center Award is granted on an annual basis to progressive PADI Five Star Dive Centers and 5 Star Dive Resorts that excel in providing dive consumers with a full range of National Geographic diver education programs while actively promoting the benefits of environmental awareness and responsibility. A PADI National Geographic Dive Center’s appearance and customer service performance is representative of the National Geographic. 

PADI TEC REC CENTER

Technical diving is scuba diving’s “extreme” sport, taking experienced and qualified divers far deeper than in mainstream recreational diving. Technical diving is marked by significantly more equipment and training requirements to manage the additional hazard this type of diving entails. Tec diving isn’t for everyone, but for those who hear its challenge call, the PADI TecRec courses are the answer.

SEA WORLD DIVE CENTER BORACAY

MISSION STATEMENT

Purpose:    Provide Student & Divers The Value For Money Without The Compromise of Safety, Comfort, Enjoyment, Knowledge and Fun.

Vision:       Intend To Be The Best Diving Service Provider In The Island of Boracay.

Slogan:      Good Divers Are Always Learning.

Mission:    Discover The Beauty of The Underwater World With Sea World Dive Center.

Sea World Dive Center, A PADI 5* Career Development Center With Over 25 Years Of Experiences. Logged More Than 20,000 Dives With More Than 20 Diving Specialities, A Pioneer In Training Instructors In The Island And Trained More Than 5000 Students Of All Levels To Date. We Are The Only Dive Center In The Island With 2 PADI Course Directors, 3 PADI Master Instructor And 5 Emergency First Response Instructor Trainers.

A PADI Tec Rec Training Center With Full Services On Tec Diving. We Trained Full Range Of PADI Courses From PADI Open Water Diver Course To PADI Instructor Development Courses And Different Diving Specialties Cater For You.  We Are The Only Dive Center In The Island Capable To Train In English, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Russian And Tagalog. Our Center Been Awarded By PADI For Environmental Conservation & Contribution To The Diving Industry In 2012. Our Instructor also Been Awarded For Outstanding Customer Services And Letters Of Commendation For Excellent Instructions.

If You Are A Certified Diver, Dive With Sea World Dive Center And Explore The Beauty Of The Underwater World And Experience Our Excellent Services. You May Also Continue Your Education With Us As We Teach Full Board Of Diving Courses. You Will Receive The Greatest Value For Money Without The Compromise Of Safety, Comfort, Enjoyment, Knowledge And Fun.

We Are Providing Our Services To More Than 50 Resorts In Boracay Island And Our Dive Center Is Accredited By The Philippines Department Of Tourism And The Philippines Commissioned For Sports Scuba Diving, Our Instructor Is Also Accredited By Mabuhay Host. Experience... Explore... Excitement... Enjoyment With Sea World Dive Center In An Exotic Environment; Boracay Island Philippines. The World Best Island!

DISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF THE UNDERWATER WORLD

Have you thought of being weightless just like those astronauts that you saw in Discovery Channel? You don’t have to be in space to experience being weightless, take up the PADI Open Water Diver Course and discover the beauty of the underwater world. You will experience yourself being weightless underwater. Don’t have time to take up the course? Well, to be a PADI Open Water Diver, it takes just minimum of 2 days. In fact, about 18hours of training in total only. You just have to go through the PADI Open Water Diver DVD and complete the 5 modules of Knowledge Reviews, go through 5 modules of confined water training and 4 open water dives. After completing the final examination then you are a certified PADI Open Water Diver. It is as easy as A-B-C! Don’t hesitated! Take up the course right now! Log on to www.seaworldboracay.com for more information.