Category Archives: Diving Blog

Spend your New Year’s weekend with Gill Divers in Riau Islands!

2014 will be greeting us in a couple of weeks and we are so PSYCHED! As usual, we are gonna PARTAYYYYY! This year, we are bringing the party onboard our Liveaboard, MV Nautica! We have arranged some activities for all you fun-loving people to take part in! 1. Be the LUCKY ONE to walk away with attractive […]

TIPS OF THE DAY!

New divers can learn quite a few “good-sense” tips from other divers. This helps to prevent injuries and mishaps, and it illustrates the camaraderie of teamwork so widespread among divers. Not all good-sense tips are scuba safety rules or guidelines, but they generally relate to basic principles every diver should know. Here, a collection of […]

FURTHER YOUR DIVE EDUCATION NOW!

If you have just been certified as open water diver or been wanting to do the advanced open water course. Make a commitment, SIGN UP WITH US NOW! Why you should do it In your basic scuba course, you were learning the basics, your focus was pretty much yourself and your equipment, and your buddy. […]

Tortoise? Or Turtle?

Ever wondered what is the difference between a Tortoise and a Turtle? We listed them here for you below! –Difference in Habitat A tortoise lives on land, while a turtle lives spends more of its time in the water. –Differences in Birth Both turtle and tortoise lay eggs on the ground. The mother tortoise will […]

Palau – Shark Sanctuary

Palau is to create the world’s first “shark sanctuary”, banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters. That means that it is creating a 600,000 sq km safe zone for the protection of 130 threatened species of shark that frequent their waters. To give you an idea what this area means; SingaporeArea: total: 692.7 sq kmland: […]

1st Swine Flu – H1N1 Case in Singapore

Dear All, MOH Press Release re first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in Singapore fyip. First confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) in Singapore Singapore has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1-2009). The patient is currently being treated at the Communicable Disease Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and is in stable condition. 2 The […]