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Congratulations to our June PADI IDC

The best start to Summer 2008!!!!

Congratulations to our PADI Instructor Development Course, IDC candidates with another great accomplishment, the photo below was taken with our Scuba Instructor candidates, at the Mango Inn celebrating their success at the exams, excelling Utila Dive Centre and PADI Course Directors Andy Phillips and IDC Staff Instructors Ed Butler and Anna Stumpf.  Our candidates are now going on to complete the PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer program with scuba internship and qualify with our facility as 'Beautiful Oceans Science Instructors', and to work in the dive industry throughout the Bay Islands, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America with assistance from our job placement service.  Our candidates came afar as the UK, USA, Denmark, Canada and Peru.  In 2007 more Instructor candidates had chosen UDC as the PADI Career Development Center to take their Instructor training, more than any other facility in Central America, based on our great reputation, word of mouth, our training programs, comprehensive curriculum with guaranteed success at the exams and more importantly in the the dive industry.  If you'd like to learn more about a professional dive career as either a PADI Divemaster or Instructor on Utila, please contact PADI Course Director Andy Phillips on gopro@utiladivecenter.com for more information, so make your 2008 mean something and join one of our next IDC's!!!!!!

              

        

   

 

     Utila Dive Centre 'guaranteed success',

                     often imitated but never surpassed!                            

 

Make your 2008 mean something!

GoPro with our PADI Instructor (IDC) and Divemaster course's

It's never too late to become a PADI Instructor with our upcoming IDC's held on Utila, Honduras.  If you are a PADI Divemaster (or equivalent) then you can enroll in one of our upcoming PADI IDC's, our Augusty PADI IDC that will run from the 13th to 24th with the exams on the 26th/27th, and then our September IDC will run from the 10th to the 21st with the exams on the 23rd/24th.  There's never been a better time to become a PADI Instructor with a booming dive industry through Central America and the Caribbean, from Mexico to Panama, with a demand for PADI Scuba Instructors to work the upcoming season.  Make your year mean something and join us for the most exciting and dynamic PADI IDC in Central America, arrive early for free diving and preparation program, please contact us on gopro@utiladivecenter.com for more information and read on to find out what makes our program and staff the most chosen and awarded in Central America.

 

Double Awards from PADI worldwide for UDC at DEMA dive show....It's now official, the management team at Utila dive center have been awarded in exceeding excellence for their activities both in, and out of the water.  At the October 2007 DEMA dive show in Orlando, UDC owner and manager, Ricardo Gonzalez collected 2 awards from PADI Worldwide, in recognition of the support that Utila Dive Center provides for the local dive community on Utila, the Bay Islands, and in Honduras, with a second award to the UDC Instructor Development team, for their Instructor training efforts and to raising the 'bar' in their PADI 'GoPro' programs.  It's no secret amongst divers that UDC provides the best in-water experiences, training and education programs, with marine conversation efforts previously awarded by project Aware, and this photo above shows the awards given at the DEMA dive show, and reinforces UDC's commitment to giving their divers the best time, both in and out of the Ocean!

 

» Get the newest edition of our Newsletter read the latest and greatest from the most professional, friendly, eco-orientated and innovative dive team in Central America.  In our Winter 2007 edition we have our great artciles from the summer, 2008 promotions and Whale shark news'!

                                   

  

 

Check our our brand new 2008 PADI IDC (Instructor course) schedule with more scheduled examinations on Utila than ever before, there'e never been more options for you to take your PADI IDC in Central America than ever before, see how we have more course dates and exams held on Utila to your advantage and convenience.

On the 8th August 2007 a pod of Orca whales were spotted off the North coast of Utila by our dive boats. There were approximately 15 Orcas seen heading in a Northerly direction and is an annual event during the month of August but they paused around one of Utila Dive Centre's dive boats as seen here to the right. If you ever get bored of dealing with traffic and commuting, then here's proof that Utila and a professional dive career is the way forward, our dive vessel the Octopussy and her passengers had a once in a lifetime encounter with these beautiful creatures......

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Winners of PADI's 2007 'Environmental Achievement Award.............Congratulations to Utila Dive Center's team of PADI Divemaster, Instructor and support staff for receiving this award from PADI for their environmental and conservation efforts in 2007 and 2006.  Only a handful of dive resorts and centers worldwide recieve this award and is a reflection of all the hard work, investment and dedication that UDC staff have shown through their environmental clean-up's, research activities, educational programs and setting up a new ecological facility at UDC.  A special show of appreciation and thanks was delivered to the owners of the Utila Dive Center for their generous investment and commitment to setting up the only non-profit, NGO, in Utila that specialises in courses covering ecological areas, mangrove concerns and marine research, with the 'Utila Center for Marine Ecology' (UCME) headed by biologist Stephen Box.  The UCME is open to all divers on Utila, especially Divemaster and Instructor candidates and interns, as a way to improve their own education and understanding of ecological matters on a local and global level.

 

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Custom videos and DVD's now available of your diving experiences with Jessica, our in-house videographer at UDC.

The Utila Center for Marine Ecology (UCME) now has it's own dedicated premises on Utila, the owners of Utila Dive Centre have donated ground floor, prominent space, for researchers to gather information, store data and educate visitors to Utila about the delicate marine environment and behavioural habits of creatures like the majestic Whale shark and local Dolphin populations.  The UCME i snow operational and will b eoffering studies int he following areas;

  • Whale shark and Dolphin research.
  • Studies on Fauna and Flora in the local area.
  • Accommodating undergraduate and graduate students on field research and thesis projects.


Please contact us for more news on how to get involved with this exciting project and check out the new UCME dedicated website.


 

» Utila Dive Centre/Mango Inn is now an active member of the REEF Organisation (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) and will be hosting fish survey weeks in 2006. Fish survey week deal dates will be out in the New Year. To receive an email regarding this, please contact us and we will be sure to get back to you with package information. Also, check http://www.reef.org for more information.
» Get the latest news with our UDC newsletter Newsletter, also in Spanish!
» Utila Dive Center honored by PADI Worldwide with an AWARD!
» Check out the dates for our next Tec courses in 2007!

 

» Check out the latest on what PADI Examiners have said about our IDC's!
» Check out what people are saying about us at ESPN! and get impartial and up to date information on our IDCs!
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Utila Dive Center is now a
National Geographic Dive Center!


Videos of our facility and diving!

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This month's Whaleshark sightings :

 

From 20th April to 31st April!!!!  Great news, several Whale sharks from 5mt/15ft to 12mt/40ft were seen daily am and pm around Utila, and as a bonus 6 Manta Rays were with the Whale sharks on the 30th April, and all our divers had a chance to swim with these majestic fish!!!
 













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