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How was it for you?

By djl team, 14 August, 2010, No Comment
We asked a handful of customers and students,
“How was your diving experience with Davy Jones Locker?”

“I don’t know how to explain to everyone back home what a wonderful experience the diving was, you are all great instructors and make the diving fun and safe. You’ve got me hooked, thanks chucks!”
Lucy Finnagan, PADI Open Water Student
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“Very good Instructors, experience of a lifetime, everyone should try scuba diving at Davy Jones Locker!”
Kyle J. Williams, PADI Open Water Student
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“It was a nice dive, I’ve enjoyed it. It was my first time wreck diving and it was great. It was a pitty Sandra was seasick. Thanks for the 4 dives, I am sure I will dive with you again sometime”
Ralph Aarts, Fun Diver
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“Amazing diving, now we can return to Belgium with wonderful memories, thankyou for everything, see you next time”
Christine & Xavier, Fun Divers
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“Terrific! I could not have felt safer than I did with Tim, a very professional outfit. Thank you for an excellent day, perfect diving!”
Paul Wood, PADI Advanced Open Water Student
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“Never done this before but hopefully it won’t be the last time, had a great time, will recommend it to others, thanks”
Julie Godfrey, PADI Open Water Student
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“DJL has fantastic facilities for diving, the boat is spacious and comfortable, the range of courses is endless. I seriously recommend the deep spec course with Simon. Hit a depth of 45m and was probably the highlight of my trip, definitely not to be missed”
Dan Jones, PADI Divemaster Intern
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“Met some great people here at DJL (staff & customers), I would like to thank Si, Alex & Pete for all their help during the divemaster internship. I would highly reccommend booking a divemaster course with Davy Jones Locker, I’ve had the time of my life!”
Tom Hibbert, PADI Divemaster Intern
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“I had great fun on my Instructor Development Course, Pete was a great instructor and I’d like to thank him for helping me pass my Instructor Exam. I would strongly recommend doing your Divemaster and Instructor courses at Davy Jones Locker. All the instructors there are very friendly and will do their upmost to ensure you have a great time diving in Koh Tao!”
Tom McMurray, PADI Divemaster to Instructor Student
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Thanks for all your comments guys, we hope to see you all again soon.
The DJL Team

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Tom’s the latest Instructor

By djl team, 10 August, 2010, No Comment

After completing my Divemaster Internship with Davy Jones Locker in the summer  of 2009, I returned home to the UK for University. This summer I decided to return to Thailand to become a PADI Dive Instructor with DJL.

I had great fun on my Instructor Development Course, Pete was a great instructor and I’d like to thank him for helping me pass my Instructor Exam.

I would strongly recommend doing your Divemaster and Instructor courses at Davy Jones Locker. All the instructors there are very friendly and will do their upmost to ensure you have a great time diving in Koh Tao!

Tom McMurray 20, UK

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Tom’s the latest Divemaster

By Ollie the Spaniard, 8 August, 2010, No Comment

Ay Up!

Tom Hibbert 21, from Goole East Yorkshire is the latest DJL student to Qualify as a Divemaster. Here’s what Tom had to say about his time on Koh Tao..

Hello!

I first went diving in Egypt when I was 18 and fell in love with diving there and then. I booked with Davy Jones Locker soon after, using real gap. I booked a year in advance which killed me, I was working in a Tescos warehouse in Goole at the time, it was a very long year!

I arrived in Koh Tao April 1st to complete my zero to hero divemaster course. It took me a while to climatise to the hot weather here, so went in search for air con. The island is beautiful with fantastic views and the diving is amazing. It took me 3 months to complete the courses, and I also took on the deep diver, nitrox and intro to tech dive course add ons.

Met some great people here at DJL (staff & customers), I would like to thank Si, Alex & Pete for all their help during the divemaster internship. I have to mention my fellow DMT’s Joe, Bobby Bob Bob, Sam, Beau, Jade, Harry & Chris for their help through the course and ‘evening antics’. I had originally planned to return home to the uk in July however I’m still here working on the DJL Snorkel & Party boat, hoping to pick up some Divemaster work shortly.

I will be returning home soon for a flying visit, although will return to hopefully further my diving career as an Instructor, Technical Diver and to take on the DJL boat handling course.

I would highly reccommend booking a divemaster course with Davy Jones Locker, I’ve had the time of my life!

Here’s what Yorkshire Tom actually wrote, before translation..

Ay Up!
I first went tut diving in T’Egypt when I were a young’en and fell in love wit divin. I booked wit tut Locker soon after, using t’internet. I booked year in advance which bloody killed me, I were workin in Tesco warehouse in Goole at tut time, it were a long year I tell thee! I arrived on tut Tao April 1st to do me zero tut ero divemaster course. It took me bloody ages to climatise tut hot weather ere, so looked fo air con. The island is crackin with great views and tut divin is smashing. It took me 3 month tut do courses, and also did deep diver, nitrox and intro tut tech dive courses. Met some right nice people ere at DJL (staff & customers), I would like to thank Si, Alex & Pete fo help during tut divemaster internship. I have to say Ay Up tut fellow DMT’s Joe, Bobby Bob Bob, Sam, Beau, Jade, Harry & Chris fo help through tut course and ‘evening knees ups’. I ad planned to go ome tut shi..england in July, but I’m still ere working on tut boat, hopin tut pick up Divemaster work. I will be goin ome fo pie unt peas soon, but will come back tut crack on wit divin career as a Yorkshire speaking Instructor, Technical Diver and tut do boat handlin course. I think you should com out ere too, I’ve ad a reet good time!

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Nitrox and Deep Spec

By Simon, 18 April, 2010, No Comment

DJL Divemaster interns Dan and Lasse completed their Nitrox and Deep specialty course which is just some of the extra courses Davy Jones Locker have to offer. During the Divemaster course Si and Alex (DM Instructors) offer specialty of the month at a cheaper price to the Divemaster interns which gives them the opportunity to progress in there diving and increases there diving credentials. We run specialty such as Wreck, Search and Recovery, DPV and many more. The most common specialty’s is the Deep and Nitrox course due to the fact that once you have completed your Divemaster you are able to take your fun divers if also qualified, on Nitrox or take them Deep and more important its fun.

The course is run over 3 days.

Day 1 Nitrox and Deep academics

Day 2 Dive 1 & 2 (0n Nitrox 32% & 36%)

Day 3 Dive 3 (40m) & 4 (30m)

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Tims walkabout continued

By tim, 4 April, 2010, No Comment

A few years back I remember reading an article written about a diving area in New Zealand called Poor Knights, the image that accompanied  the article of manta rays  filling a  valley where the vis’ went on to infinity and the walls dropped off to 50 mtr burnt  into my memory.  Jacques Cousteau called it one of the worlds top 10 diversities, the top of a volcanic island on the edge of the continental shelf allowing upwellings of nutrient rich water to fuel an eco system in the shallow areas reminded me of another area Sipadan in Boreno and the topography spectacularly drops off to 1000mtr and the sea is full of life. After asking around some of my dive buddys I was given Jeroen,s phone number at divetutukaka.com who kindly hooked us up with one of his boats. Skippered by Craig  we meet up with him in the morning and headed off for the Poor Knights islands. We had a comfortable run out there with the sea state running at 1 mtr pooping us, the skipper Craig had time to tell us some of the history of the island, which was allegdly  named after a pudding topped with preserve by Captain James Cook; when the flowers bloom atop the island it resembled the dish. We entered a bay edged by huge cliffs of volcanic rock, the sonar read 50 mtr and Craig manoeuvred the boat to anchor on a small outcrop of rocks surrounded by deep water – not an easy task. The dive site, known as The Northern Arch, looks very small at the surface but opens into a huge arch under the water line. We entered the water and were greeted by 21 degrees, 30 mtr vis’ and arched swimthroughs and larva tubes, all caritureistic of Gran Canaria, which is where one of Davy Jones Locker’s previous dive centres was situated. All these things combined to make me feel right at home here.We entered the arch and dropped down to 30 mtr looked up into large schools of fish and red snapper, as we smam through the arch a large sting ray, around 1.5 mtr, swam past certainly making  the dive a memorable one.

Diving in Koh Tao you get used to warm water and I was feeling the cold at the end of the first dive; a chilly 21 degrees, but we warmed up on the boat and during the surface interval entered a very large cavern. Legend has it that during the second world war a japanese sub’ used the cavern to effect repairs away from the eyes of the NZ navy patrols. Our second dive was made just outside the cave around kelp forests and swim-throughs. Cracking couple of dives in the Poor Knights; shame we have to move on,  thanks to the Jeroen and the team at diving.co.nz for making us feel so welcome. One more stop off and its back to Tao and some more diving expeditions…

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