2010

Contact Us for details and registration

Places are limited!

 

Activities planned for 2010 will be regularly updated on this page. If you are interested in any of the programs listed below, please do not hesitate to contact us at godive@fishermandivers.com for enquiries or registration. Registration is on first-come-first served basis upon receipt of full payment.

*Accommodation is twin-sharing & air-conditioned*

  1. -Ever wonder how the photographers take those award-winning photos?

  2. -Just purchased a camera and looking forward to using it underwater?

  3. -Thinking of experimenting with lights?


Note: It would be helpful if you could inform us of your camera type and/or model in advance to better prepare us for the workshop. 


Responsible UW Photography Workshop

March, 7th - 9th

July, 10th - 12th

Sept, 11th - 13th

Photo credit: Adrin Abdul Razak

Day 1 (Introduction and Fundamentals)

07:30 am - Ferry from Mersing to Salang

09:30 am - Arrival in Salang and getting ready

12:00 pm - Introduction & Exploration Dive

02:00 pm - Discussion and Equipment Setup

04:00 pm - 1st Practical Workshop Dive

06:00 pm - Discussion, Presentation and Critics

              covering the fundamentals, techniques,

              tips and tricks.


Day 2 (Practical Session)

08:30 am - 2nd Practical Workshop Dive

12:00 pm - 3rd Practical Workshop Dive

02:00 pm - 4th Practical Workshop Dive

08:00 pm - Discussion, Presentation and Critics

              covering the fundamentals, techniques

              and photo editing.


Day 3 (Leisure Dives)

08:30 am - 2 boat dives

04:30 pm - Ferry from Salang to Mersing


Note:

In between dives and during surface intervals, there will be discussions and improvisations on setups and techniques. Breakfasts and lunches are not covered in the program, however we can arrange with the restaurants based on requests.

Pre-requisites

  1. 1.Diving certification, of course

  2. 2.Camera and underwater housing (if you do not own one, please let us know in prior for rental arrangement)

  3. 3.Diving gears, however we provide a range of equipment for rental if you wish to use our scuba gears.

  4. 4.Laptop’s.


What will be provided

  1. 1.Small ratio of trainer:trainee so everyone will get equal attention

  2. 2.Training manual and examples

  3. 3.Photography workshop certificate of participation

  4. 4.Fisherman Divers’s tshirt.

3D/2N

(6 dives, return ferry & accommodation)

                          from RM 850.00

Project AWARE

Photo credit: Ummi Haslinda Mohd Rosli

Reef & Beach Clean-up May, 15th - 17th July, 17th - 19th October, 24th - 25th 3D/2N (4 dives, return ferry, accommodation & BBQ) from RM 505.00 Our Mission Project Aware Foundation conserves underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Who We Are Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry's leading non profit environmental organization. Offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to protect aquatic resources in 175 countries around the world. What We Do Project AWARE Foundation works in partnership with divers and water enthusiasts to combat challenges facing underwater environments. We involve these volunteers in hands-on environmental activities like International Cleanup Day and The International Whale Shark Project. Project AWARE also inspires conservation by incorporating its messages in dive training materials as well as creating awareness and education campaigns like Protect the Sharks, Protect the Living Reef and AWARE Kids. The Foundation Grant Program funds grass-roots environmental projects that address key foundation focus areas, volunteer-supported community activism and critical research with direct contributions made by people like you. Check out http://www.projectaware.org http://www.projectaware.orgshapeimage_6_link_0

Adventure Trip

Photo credit: Emran Taib

Trip Schedule

November 2009

December 2009

January 2010


5D/4N

(ex Tawau)

               from RM 2,+++.00    


Malaysia comprises of two bodies of land, forming a tropical archipelago of some of the most picturesque islands on Earth. Sitting right at the heart of South-East Asia, the two lands are seperated by the clear, warm waters of the South China Sea - Peninsula and Borneo.


Sabah has been voted one of the worlds top diving locations. The island of Sipadan, off the east coast of Sabah, was endorsed as one of the top dive spots by world- renowned diving legend, Jacques Cousteau. From macro life to pelagics, wreck diving to walldiving, coral gardens teeming with a rich diversity of corals and fish, underwater caves with sleepy sharks and a cavern where turtles go to die the diversity will amaze.


Some 3,000 species of marine creatures, were first found and classified while diving the sites in Malaysia, such as Sipadan, Layang-Layang and Lankayan are the latest hot destinations that offer frontier diving if you're looking for something new and fresh. Lankayan has seasonal whale shark sightings and Layang Layang offers some fabulous encounters with pelagics. Labuan is famed throughout Asia for its wreck diving. Mabul and Kapalai are world-renowned destinations for muck diving.

Mataking

Sipadan/Mabul/Kapalai

Crown Jewels of Celebes Sea...

Lankayang

Reef Check

Monitoring the health of our reefs

Photo credit: Ummi Haslinda Mohd Rosli

Reef Check Workshop

One (1) day Pool & Academic Session:

(compulsory)

May, 23rd

June, 6th

June, 20th


3D/2N

(6 dives, training kit & certification)

            from RM 750.00


Reef Check History

Founded in 1996, Reef Check is the world’s largest international coral reef monitoring program involving volunteer recreational divers and marine scientists.


First carried out on large scale in 1997, it provided the first solid evidence that coral reefs have been damaged on a global scale. The survey raised awareness among scientists, governments, politicians and the general public about the value of coral reefs, threats to their health and solutions to coral reef problems.


In August 2002, Reef Check released its five-year report, The Global Coral Reef Crisis - Trends and Solutions. Based on data collected in over 80 countries, the report was the first scientific documentation of the dramatic worldwide decline in coral reef health over the previous five years. The rate of decline and the global extent of the damage are alarming. There is virtually no reef in the world that remains untouched by human impacts, such as over fishing, pollution and climate change. Yet the success stories discussed in the report show that, with proper monitoring, management and protection, our coral reefs can recover. It is up to us.


Today, Reef Checks are conducted annually at sites around the world, in order to continually monitor the state of the world’s reefs. Reef Check teams have been sponsored by a number of large corporations and have worked with man businesses in tourism, diving, surfing and the marine aquarium trade, to develop mutually beneficial solutions - including the creation of self-funding Marine Protected Areas.


A non-profit organization, Reef Check’s mission is to:

- Educate the public and governments about the value of coral reefs and the crisis facing them;

- Create a global network of volunteer teams, trained and led by scientists, that regularly monitor and report on reef health using standard method;

- Facilitate collaborative use of reef health information by community groups, governments, universities and businesses to design and implement ecologically sound and economically sustainable solutions;

- Stimulate local action to protect remaining pristine reefs and rehabilitate damaged reefs worldwide.

Responsible UW Photography Workshop

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