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Massive congratulations to all newly certified PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors at Bandos Island Resort, conducted by the world's biggest PADI-pro training network, Dive-Careers.com. The Instructor Course started on 20 September, and the Instructor Exams were held on 1 and 2 October 2018. Having the opportunity to learn from the world's most experienced PADI Course Director Mark Soworka is an unparalleled experience in itself. For professional-level recreational scuba divers, PADI continues to offer the most opportunities for PADI-pro employment around the world. In Maldives, 80% of the dive market is PADI. Worldwide, three out of four dive-pro jobs are PADI. With the scope of job opportunities available, it is our hope that every PADI-pro we train will prove to be an asset to the industry; in Maldives or exploring the world. We wish all our instructor candidates the best of success in your dive careers. For more information on upcoming IDCs and to book your slot, contact Course Director Ashraf on (+960) 7937738. #LearnFromTheBest #BeTheBest #PADIeducation

Dive Desk is delighted to exhibit a stall at the Farukoe Expo held at National Art Gappery on 9 August 2018. The event was organized by Ministry of Education and engaged all the government schools in Male' region. In order to engage students in dialogue regarding plastic pollution, we invited visitors to add their thoughts to our "wall", and we were left with a staggering 655 individuals left their messages for us. “During the time plastic was invented, it was considered a revolution. Now we learnt that plastic is doing more harm than good. We have to be better! STOP USING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC!” Farukoe Expo aimed to inspire 'children of the reef' to raise their voices for the oceans.

Dive Desk is delighted with the opportunity by Galolhu Madharusa to conduct a Water Safety session for the pre-schoolers, for the third year in running. Being able to explore and play enables children to develop, grow and learn, and become confident and capable. We applaud the school's initiative to create a safe environment for children to explore even outside of school by providing information on basic safety skills. The earlier you start conversations surrounding basic safety the better, and this needs to be an ongoing conversation. It was lovely seeing youngsters so keen for knowledge. We hope our talk brought a positive influence on their behavior, from getting motivated to learn swimming, to always wearing a life-jacket on boat even when you know how to swim to many other basic information to help create a safe environment for kids to explore. Dive Desk thanks the administration for the wonderful opportunity to impart a bit of our knowledge to the kids.

Dive Desk is pleased to lend a hand to New Lagoon Swimming Club to cleanup Male’ Swimming Track. Fifty four bags full of trash were collected in just two and half hours! We encourage all the PADI professionals we train and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.

Big big congratulations to all the Divemasters who earned the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor rating today. The Dive Instructor course started at Bandos Island Resort on 10 April with Instructor Exams held on 22 and 23 April 2018. It is a privilege for all of us to have the opportunity to learn from the world's most experienced PADI Course Director Mark Soworka, of the world's biggest PADI-pro training network, Dive-Careers.com. It was a super-fun experience and we are so blessed to have the opportunity to help you all in achieving your PADIpro goals. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to do what we love doing the most, which is to teach diving. For professional level of recreational scuba diving or PADI Pro, it is PADI that continues to offer the most opportunities for employment around the world. In Maldives, 80% of the dive market is PADI. Worldwide, three out of four dive professional jobs are PADI. With the scope of job opportunities available, we trust that each of the dive professionals that train with us will prove to be an asset to the industry, whether in Maldives or exploring the world. We wish all our instructor candidates the best of success in your dive careers. For more information on upcoming IDCs and to book your slot, contact Course Director Ashraf on (+960) 7937738. #LearnFromTheBest #BeTheBest #PADIeducation

Dive Desk is delighted to collaborate with Customs Recreation Club to do a Dive Against Debris to mark the Earth Day 2018, in line with the years theme: End Plastic Pollution. Over 150 plastic bags and more than 300 plastic bottles were collected during the CRC's #EarthDay event held today to cleanup Rasfannu reef and shoreline! Plastic constituted the biggest chunk of trash collected with 38kg, followed by 19.5kg metal scrapes, 7kg wood, 3kg glass & 3kg miscellaneous items. By 2050, oceans will have more plastic than fish, if we don’t #KickThePlasticAddiction now! A big thank you to Customs Recreation Club for this important initiative and a big thanks to the Dive Desk team members, without whom this would not be possible! A little effort from each of us will go a long way to #EndPlasticPollution. We encourage all the PADI professionals we train and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.

Dive Desk is honoured to support Maldivian Medical Association to introduce doctors to the wonders that elude beneath our waves with a PADI Discover Scuba Dive as part of our Doctors’ Day activities. Great to see doctors practicing what they preach by organizing a series of physical activities to mark #DoctorsDay, including the Discover SCUBA Diving event today! We are so psyched by the burst of energy, excitement and adventure that the doctors brought today. If you would like to be introduced to the underwater world, take the PADI Discover Scuba Dive program with us. It is 4-hour program in which someone who has never dived before is briefed on basic scuba skills and go on to do a try dive under the direct supervision of a PADI-professional. Contact us now on (+960 7937738) to book your DSD experience in your own free time, and learn basic scuba skills and swim like a fish in the ocean.

Dive Desk is humbled and honoured by the opportunity from Kalaafaan School to introduce 97 of their teachers to the underwater world. Teachers play a key role in nurturing a child’s development and eco-conscious teachers mean eco-conscious students. If you would like to be introduced to the underwater world, take the PADI Discover Scuba Dive program with us. It is 4-hour program in which someone who has never dived before is briefed on basic scuba skills and do a try dive under the direct supervision of a PADI-professional. Contact us now on (+960 7937738) to book your DSD experience in your own free time, and learn basic scuba skills and swim like a fish in the ocean.

Dive Desk is delighted by the opportunity from Kalaafaan School to conduct an information session to the students and parents of the school on 19 March 2018. Our Managing Director Adam Ashraf facilitated the session which turned out to be very interactive and was well received by both students and parents alike. It was lovely seeing the interest for knowledge from all participants. We hope our talk brought a positive influence on their behavior, and inspired a love for ocean exploration in them. Dive Desk thanks the administration for the wonderful opportunity to impart a bit of our knowledge.

Dive Desk is delighted with the opportunity by Kangaroo Kids to conduct an information session on diving for the school children. Our Managing Director Adam Ashraf facilitated the session which turned out to be very interactive and was well received by the children. It was lovely seeing youngsters so keen for knowledge. We hope our talk brought a positive influence on their behavior, and inspired a love for ocean exploration in them. Dive Desk thanks the administration for the wonderful opportunity to impart a bit of our knowledge to the kids.

Dive Desk is happy to contribute to the Clean Up event organized by Bank of Maldives at Male' Swimming Track on 24 February 2018. In addition to helping with the ocean cleaup, we helped to segregate the trash and weigh them. In just 4 hours of collection,187kg of trash were amassed, including 492 plastic bottles, 249 aluminum cans and 310 plastic bags. We encourage all the PADI professionals we train and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.

Dive Desk is happy to contribute to the initiative by the young people at Project Damage Control and UWC Maldives to clean Male' Rasfannu Area on 23 February 2018. This is part of a weekly clean up of swimming areas in Male', under the social action project for the Commonwealth Change-makers programme. They work to increase awareness among the public about the dangers of throwing waste in the ocean and littering in general, and believe that our ocean is a blessing and that all should be able to enjoy the beauty without it being marred by the waste that has accumulated in our swimming spots. We encourage all the PADI professionals we train and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.