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Diving with… Aquanauts, Grenada
In this ongoing series, we speak with the people who run dive centres, resorts and liveaboards from around the world about their businesses and the diving they have to offer…
What is your name?
Gerlinde Seupel
What is the name of your business?
Aquanauts Grenada
What is your role within the business?
Owner
How long has the business operated for?
19 years
How long have you dived for, and what qualification are you?
25 years, Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Scuba Yoga Instructor.
What is your favorite type of diving?
Easy, relaxing drift diving over a beautiful reef in Grenada.
If you could tell people one thing about your business (or maybe more!) to make them want to visit you what would it be?
Aquanauts Grenada has a great and friendly team of Divemasters taking you to beautiful reefs and exciting wrecks; safety comes first but fun comes second with us! With Aquanauts you can go snorkelling, start or continue your scuba education, explore technical diving up to rebreather diving or become a scuba yoga diver with me.
What is your favorite dive in your location and why?
My favorite dive site is Kohanee because it is the most colourful reef here with lots of sponges, black corals, schooling fish and always something to encounter – from seahorses to manta rays.
What types of diving are available in your location?
Reef diving, Wreck diving, Drift diving, Deep diving, Scooter diving, Shark diving, Underwater Sculpture Park, Technical diving, Decompression diving, Rebreather diving and Yoga diving.
What do you find most rewarding about your current role?
Meeting new divers and sharing their adventures.
What is your favorite underwater creature?
Manta Ray for its grace and intelligence.
Are there any exciting changes / developments coming up in the near future?
Scuba Yoga weeks, CCR – Silent Diving weeks, Buddy weeks and Grenada Dive Fest.
As a center what is the biggest problem you face at the moment?
The lack of a budget airline from the UK and declining diver visits from the UK.
Is your center involved in any environmental work?
Yes, lots of activities: Mangrove Regeneration Project at our dive dock, Mangrove Protection Awareness Campaign, regular underwater cleanups, reducing – reusing and recycling of Plastics, recipient of PADI Green Star the 3rd year in a row, campaigning to ban Styrofoam products on the island and more.
How do you see the SCUBA / Freediving / snorkeling industry overall? What changes would you make?
Less restriction – more fun!
What would you say to our visitors to promote the diving you have to offer?
At Aquanauts and in Grenada : Wrecks become Reefs – Staues become Reefs – Guests become Friends – Experience the Transformation!
Find out more at: www.aquanautsgrenada.com
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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