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Fin-omenal Finathon Fruition
The anti-shark finning fund raiser we held recently, which was Asia’s first Finathon and also doubled as the watermanship test for our IDC candidates, was a resounding success. Now, a week later,...
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Interns Join Downbelow’s Net Removal Crew
Our resident PADI Course Director Richard and PADI IDC Staff Instructor was out diving a virtually forgotten dive site this weekend and made an unpleasant discovery. The site, which Richard hasn’t...
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Going Wreck Diving with New Nitrox Speciality Instructors
Fresh from our November Instructor Development Course here in Sabah, Malaysia, our newly qualified PADI Instructors and PADI IDC Staff Instructors are back at it, gaining more qualifications....
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First Student Qualified by New PADI OWSI
Bernard, one of Downbelow’s Pro Interns and recent Nov IDC graduate, has just received his confirmation email from PADI and immediately sprung into action. He put to good use all that hard work and...
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Chance Meeting With Dolphins For Our Intern
Our intern Jonny Kealy is with us here in Sabah, Borneo where it’s easy to be continually amazed by the beautiful scenery and abundant marine wildlife found at TAR Park. However, he probably never...
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International Intern Living The Diving Dream
It might look like hard work for Stefan Bucheler above but he is actually living the diving dream. He is helping out with the tanks after one of the three daily dives that we do from our beach house....
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Interns Joined Forces to Fight Monster Net in Borneo
Once again our PADI Divemaster trainees and PADI IDC interns, both local and international, were called upon to be marine heroes. Downbelow’s dive guides found an illegally dumped net within the Tunku...
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PADI IDC Graduate Conducts PADI DSD Course
Recent PADI Instructor Development Course IDC graduate Samantha Sherman is now reaping the fruits of her labor as she conducts the PADI Discover Scuba Diving to Downbelow staff intern Revor Anson at...
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PADI IDC Interns Gained Net Removal Experience in Borneo
As we approach the month of May when our next PADI IDC is to be held, our pro interns gained a rare but priceless experience as they join the Downbelow staff to remove an illegally dumped fishing net...
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IDC Candidates Involved Again in Net Removal
This is probably is a new record for us although we are not happy about it. The Downbelow team of staff and pro interns removed yet another illegal fishing net found within our beloved Tunku Abdul...
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First Aid & CPR Refresher Course for IDC Candidates
In view of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) starting this month, some of the IDC candidates attended the Emergency First Response First Aid & CPR refresher course. It was conducted by...
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Go PRO interns involved in conservation!
Any PADI professional is passionate about conservation and it is a duty to raise awareness and educate others about protecting and preserving the environment. Our PADI 5 Star Instructor Development...
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Platinum PADI CD Richard Swann certifies 4 new PADI Wreck Specialty...
As part of the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) course, our resident Platinum PADI Course Director Richard Swann conducts the PADI Wreck Specialty Instructor course to continue our Go PRO...
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Go PRO intern Majda is living the diving dream briefing certified divers!
At our premier PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre on Gaya Island, PADI Divemaster intern Majda briefs our group of certified divers on the dive site they will explore soon! The divers are totally focused as...
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Go PRO team member Tim teaches PADI Digital Underwater Photography Specialty!
Tim, one of our Go PRO team members and PADI IDC Staff Instructor is teaching, his PADI Divemaster intern Majda, the PADI Digital Underwater Photography Specialty course and is assisted by our PADI...
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Readying the enormous tent for our 20-plus Danish Adventurers’ coming soon!
Our friends from Denmark are visiting us at our premier PADI 5 Star IDC beach house once again, to learn the PADI Open Water Diver course and the PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation! Learning the sport...
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Master Scuba Diver Trainer Vic teaches EFR course to his Rescue Diver student...
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) Vic, is conducting the Emergency First Response (EFR) course, with the assistance of our MSDT intern Martin. Rebecca is enrolled on the Emergency First Response,...
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Our eco-friendly briefing boards remind us of our duty to the environment!
Our premier PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre is getting some aesthetic makeovers to promote our ‘green’ beliefs! During the IDC, our candidates note that each and every PADI course and program involves...
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IDC Staff Instructor Strike frees coral of destructive nets with Go PRO...
Strike is one of our PADI IDC Staff Instructors’, as well as a member of the Go PRO team, and he is conducting the PADI Divemaster course for his student diver and Go PRO intern Rhys! Unfortunately,...
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Rhys receives his PADI Instructor Manual from IDC Staff Instructor Strike.
Our Go PRO team of Instructor Trainers is responsible for the dive training of all our professional internship programs at our premier PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre on Gaya Island in Borneo! Strike is...
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