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New faces!

Blog Hondaafushi - 05.08.2019 You might have wondered while reading the last post who the two new faces next to Tom and Julie are. These are Petra and Tim, our new diving instructors here on Hondaa. Petra is German by birth. But then she turned [...]

Night diving at Zenobia

Blog Cyprus - 05.08.2019 A few days ago some of our guests were interested in a night dive. Night dives are a pretty adventurous thing itself but one at the wreck of Zenobia is definitely a highlight. All guests were pretty excited but they enjoyed [...]

new team for the season

Blog Bathala - 05.08.2019 Here we go – we proudly present our new Bathala Team. Maxim left back to Hondaafushi and will take over the dive center there as base leader. Now we are happy to welcome Wade and Manu on Bathala. They used be [...]

Welcome to the family

Blog Sharm 05.08.19 We would like to congratulate Sebastian and Christian on passing their SSI Open Water Course with our Instructor Mido!  

Simply the Best

Blog Medhufushi - 04.08.2019 Simply the best - that’s the name of one of our favourite dive site. Definitely the best dive site in the lagoon. It’s located northwest from Medhufushi Island. Top reef is very shallow and it has one of the most well [...]

They are back

Blog Filitheyo - 03.08.2019 They are back! And they seem to be as gently crazy as before!😜 Bene and Mika will be very pleased to have the pleasure to meet you at the Filitheyo diving center with their professional and funny team! And as you [...]

In the mood for a vacation?

Alam Anda 02.08.2019 Taking a stroll through our garden you will find many beautiful things that are certainly not  only worth a picture. Here are some impressions for you from our little piece of paradise. Are you in the holiday mood already? We look forward [...]

Good by Hondaafushi – see you in Filitheyo

Blog Hondaafushi - 31.07.2019 We had to say Good bye to Tom. After finishing his job here on Hondaa he flow back to Fili. Merci beaucoup dear Tom. We will miss you!

Recently while diving

Blog Pondok Sari - 31.07.2019 At a special dive site, the Napoleon Reef, you can find a variety of snails. Big ones that you can see immediately, and sometimes the smaller ones to tiny ones. But our young guides with their eagle eyes will not [...]

More of Green Bay

Blog Cyprus - 31.07.2019 Green Bay is a perfect spot for all kind of divers. This group of newly certified Open Water Divers has enjoyed their dives in Green Bay last week. They had a lot of fish, some nudibranchs and as usual the small [...]

Frogfish frenzy

Blog Oasis - 30.07.2019 At our dive site Marsa Shuni there is currently a little black frogfish to be admired that grew a lot throughout the last weeks. As he´s very well camouflaged, our guides will help you with pleasure to spot this special reef [...]

Team “Eagle Ray”

 Blog Sharm 29.07.19 Our lucky divers on our boat "Eagle Ray" !  Manta on the surface, a whitetip Reef Shark + an Eagleray underwater in Ras Mohammed!  

just for a visit …

Blog Hondaafushi - 28.07.2019   Look who came to visit us! Our safari boat - the Sheena! 😍 Her special tour took her from Male to Hondaafushi. WOW! So many familiar faces! It's great to see you up here with us! :-)

Ramzan from Wassersport

Medhufushi - 27.07.2019 It’s about  time to introduce Ramzan, our new waters port staff. He comes from Bangladesh and he came to replace Kafrul for 2 months. His base is in Filitheyo dive center and I remember talking to a base leader,  who I had [...]

Just married!

Did you recognize him? Yes, that’s Ketut whom you only know wearing a diving suit: Our youngest dive guide has recently been married. Together with his young wife, he lives with his parents. Congratulations and all the best for the future!

Baby sharks on the hunt

Blog Bathala - 25.07.2019 Also above water there is always something going on on Bathala...our baby Blacktips are busy hunting and a real eye-catcher...stay tuned

The Ulrich show

Blog Oasis - 24.07.2019 Our teenage Dugong Ulrich presents himself in full bloom to the divers. With his juvenile playfulness and curiosity, he comes very close to you and some divers already almost have had a collision with him! That´s why our dive site Sheikh [...]

New divers

Blog Cyprus – 23.07.2019 As every year in the summer time we have a lot of guests who participate in the Open Water Diver program. Last week we had a big group of students and this time they finished their course in Green Bay with […]

Lucky Boy!

Blog Sharm - 22.07.19 Congratulation to Jarle on getting his Junior Open Water Certification with our Instructor Mario! Jarle and his family decided to do an additional day of fun diving and they were very lucky and saw a Whitetip Reef Shark in Tiran!  

Werner Lau table calendar 2020

The decission has been made and the winners of this year's competition have been announced. This year it was particularly difficult to make a decision. There were just too many wonderful underwater shots. Unfortunately we can only add 12 pictures to our desk calendar. The [...]

Squids – Who is who?

Blog Fuerteventura - 21.07.2019 Most people use the name squid when they mean an octopus. However, the octopus family is much more diverse and includes animals such as squid and cuttlefish. "Octo" is Greek and stands for the number eight and "pous" for foot. So [...]

Manta close ups

Alam Anda - 20.07.2019 In July, we were very lucky on every single of our trips to Manta Point. Up to 15 mantas in a row passed by our divers, even the rare black mantas have been spotted numerous times. Thanks to all who provided [...]

Guests Drawing

Blog Bathala - 17.07.2019 It looks like the Sandini family liked diving on Bathala very much. Thanks for the drawing and it was a lot of fun with you...stay tuned and always good air... Valentina, Tofail, Sakib, Ali, Lulu, Joy and Maxim

Dolphins in Marsa Abu Dabbab

Blog Oasis - 17.07.2019 Yesterday our lucky divers have been joined by a school of dolphins during their first dive on our early morning trip to Marsa Abu Dabbab! They let the divers view them for a while before they continued their journey. After a [...]

Boahura Express

Blog Medhufushi - 16.07.2019 Medhus divespot Boahura Express is always good for a surprise. Yesterday it was the Tiger Shark that surprised us, 3 weeks ago the Whale Shark and some time ago the Bull Shark. And in between the usual crazy amount of all [...]