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Category Archives: Whats up Diving Interns
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 Rahman Park. This is … Continue reading
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 on the … Continue reading
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 our PADI 5 Star Dive Centre in Gaya … Continue reading
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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 Abdul Rahman Park, a protected area and also … Continue reading
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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. With … Continue reading
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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 thought he would meet a pod … Continue reading
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 effort he had put into becoming … Continue reading
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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. Yesterday, Richard, Downbelow’s resident PADI Course Director, did the Nitrox Speciality Instructor Course with … Continue reading
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 visited in near 5 years, was chocked by a … Continue reading
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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, having counted every single penny and traced where it came … Continue reading
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