Divas in Dubai

Do you need to get away?  Do you need to recharge your batteries, leave work behind, and spend time with the people that you love and appreciate?  Does your idea of a short break include white sands, crystal clear water, palm trees and water villas?

If so, then maybe you should keep on reading.  I am looking for a group of ladies that would like to take a break, go diving, or sailing, or snorkelling, and spend about five days in the Maldives doing just that.  The destination will be Lux* Maldives , which is located on a beautiful island in South Ari Atoll with pristine white beaches facing a clear lagoon.  This area is well know for resident whale sharks that cruise up and down the outside reef for about 280 days of the year.  To read a fact sheet on this resort, please click here.

And if you are environmentally conscious, all stays at Lux* Resorts are 100% Carbon Neutral. LUX Island Resorts’ carbon offsetting programme ensures that each hotel stay is made 100% carbon neutral and this is being done at no supplementary cost to guests.

For a sneak preview, you can watch the video of Lux* Maldives on YouTube

Want to know more?  Please contact me through the Contact Sheet on my website.

Happy dreaming…

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Dubai Ladies Club PADI Open Water Course

Anyone who would like to sign up for a PADI Open Water Course can join onto the next available course. Please note that these timings are not flexible unless the weather conditions do not allow for diving.

If a student signs up and misses a lesson, she will have to wait for the next course running to catch up.

Anyone signing up for the Open Water course, has to complete the e-learning first. Anyone who has not completed the e-learning and exam online, will not be admitted to the course.

The fixed dates for the pool/open water lessons are as follows:

Confined Water Session 1-3- Tuesday 21st February – 16h00 – 19h00 at DLC pool
Confined Water Session 4-5 – Tuesday 28th February – 16h00 – 19h00 at DLC pool
Open Water Session 1 and2 – Saturday 10th March – Fujairah Al Aqah – check in dive centre at 0830. Finish time approximately 14h00.
Open Water Session 3 and 4 Saturday 17th March – Fujairah Al Aqah – check in dive centre at 08h30. Finish time approximately 14h00.

NOTE TO LADIES: this will be an all ladies boat, and a minimum of four ladies per trip are required to run the boat trip. The captain of the boat is male and this cannot be altered. Ladies are welcome to organise their own private boats at their own cost. There will be no discount from the regular course price in this case.

Please send an email through the Contact link if you would like to sign up.

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The AIDA ** free diver course is an introduction into the thrilling world of Snorkelling and Freediving. It is a basic freediving course designed to cover the necessary skills and knowledge for a non-competitive recreational freediver to safely freedive with or without a guide line. It is aimed at students who are already confident snorkelling and freediving and who would like to increase their freediving depth range to a maximum of 3 ATA (20 metres).

Price of course 1950 AED – and includes a viewing of William Trubridge’s latest documentary called Breathe which is a 36 minute overview on William’s success as a world champion freediver.

My courses are for a maximum of 4 people at a time so you will not be in a crowd of people. The course is structured similarly to a scuba diving entry level course, where you will do theory first, then a pool session, and then we go to the open sea. There is a buoy attached to the dive boat, with a line that drops down from it, which we use a guide and reference to practice your freediving technique.

I will teach you how to dive holding your breath safely and efficiently, and include rescue and safety techniques in the course. The 2 star course covers pool freediving disciplines (static and dynamic apnea) and the constant weight discipline and free immersion disciplines in the sea.

Tuesday 15^th November 2011:   18h00- 21h00 – theory in Al Boom diving centre in Dubai

Thursday 17^th November pool session  – 18h00 – 20h30 Al Boom diving centre in Dubai

Saturday 19^th November 2011:      08h00 – 16h00 sea dives (boat leaves from Le Meridien Al Aqah Resort in Fujairah)

To book you will need to email Al Boom diving directly as they take the bookings for me and will also take a credit card number to guarantee your place, note that there is a cancellation policy.

Please ask for Sonia if you call or alternatively email her on abdiving@emirates.net.ae.

Certified freedivers can join on the 18 November to come and train in the sea.

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The AIDA ** free diver course is an introduction into the thrilling world of Snorkelling and Freediving. It is a basic freediving course designed to cover the necessary skills and knowledge for a non-competitive recreational freediver to safely freedive with or without a guide line. It is aimed at students who are already confident snorkelling and freediving and who would like to increase their freediving depth range to a maximum of 3 ATA (20 metres).

***Special Summer price 1850 AED!***

(ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED YOUR 2 STAR COURSE WITH ME YOU CAN DO YOUR 3 STAR COURSE AT 1/2 PRICE).

My courses are for a maximum of 4 people at a time so you will not be in a crowd of people. The course is structured similarly to a scuba diving entry level course, where you will do theory first, then a pool session, and then we go to the open sea. There is a buoy attached to the dive boat, with a line that drops down from it, which we use a guide and reference to practice your freediving technique.

I will teach you how to dive holding your breath safely and efficiently, and include rescue and safety techniques in the course. The 2 star course covers pool freediving disciplines (static and dynamic apnea) and the constant weight discipline and free immersion disciplines in the sea.

The course is approximately 2 1/2 days long according to AIDA teaching standards, and is structured as follows:

Sept 16, 2011 – Friday 08h30 – 18h00 – theory and pool work in Le Meridien Al Aqah Resort in Fujairah
Sept 17, 2011 – Saturday 8am – 16h00 sea dives (boat leaves from Le Meridien Al Aqah Resort in Fujairah)
Revision of theory and exam will follow to suit diver’s timing.

The special offer is 1850dhs.

BOOK BEFORE SEPTEMBER 10TH!

To book you will need to email Al Boom diving directly as they take the bookings for me and will also take a credit card number to guarantee your place, note that there is a cancellation policy.

Please ask for Sonia if you call or alternatively email her on abdiving@emirates.net.ae.

Certified freedivers can join on the 17th September to come and train in the sea.

What is the point of freediving when you can do scuba?

- surfers can train to hold their breath longer under the waves!
- scuba divers can learn to breath and relax more, and improve their air consumption
- scuba divers can learn to dive without tanks if they are on holiday and the cost of scuba diving is exorbitant
- snorkellers who don’t like scuba diving or cannot scuba dive for medical reasons, can learn to freedive and take photographs underwater up to a depth of 26 metres**!

REMEMBER… “he who freedives…. dives free!”

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