INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE - 2008 September 18, 2008

INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE;

OCEAN ENCOUNTERS would like to invite you to attend our next PADI INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE in Curaçao.

DATE: DECEMBER 5th-15th.

PRICES:
At the end of this list you will see a price list for the required materials for the course. You will need to be able to access these materials at any time during the IDC. Prices are based on our PADI Rating and discount level and are extended directly to you. Prices are inclusive so there are no hidden fees. All payments made in cash will not be charged 5% Sales Tax.

Ocean Encounters is the premier PADI Gold Palm 5 Star IDC dive Center in Curaçao. We are a family owned and operated company with 7 dive boats and 5 locations throughout Curaçao. You are ensured a quality IDC with Staff experienced in Dive Center Operations..

For more information read the FAQ’s below or contact Christian at explorer@oceanencounters.com

If you are not yet a Divemaster but are interested in becoming one we have career plans available.

FAQ’s

Q: What are the prerequisites for participating in an IDC?

A: To be eligible for an IDC you must be a certified PADI Divemaster and EFR Instructor or hold a leadership level certification from another diver training organization. Be 18 years of age at the start of the program. Be approved for diving by a physician. Be a certified diver for at least six months. You must have at least 60 logged dives with experience in Deep, Navigation, and Night diving.

Q: Why should I do my IDC at Ocean Encounters?

A: OE prides itself in quality of education and service. What better place to learn about teaching standards than a facility which actively monitors the performance of its instructors and holds dedicated standards workshops to make sure every student we certify has had the most up to date and comprehensive training possible.

Q: Who’s your Course Director?

A: Our Course Director is Christian Ambrosi 181051. Christian has been actively diving since 1991. In 1996 he became an Assistant Instructor. In 2001 after moving to Curaçao he became an Instructor. Christian has over 5000 dives all over the world, including technical and cave diving and goes diving for vacation! Christian’s experience as an instructor and a dive shop owner/manager ensures you’ll get training and experience from someone with the knowledge of running, operating, and participating in all Dive Shop activities.
OE IDC’s are always staffed with a Master Instructor/Staff Instructor that work not only as Instructors but as Dive Store Managers.

Q: What are Instructor Exams?

A: In order to avoid bias grading and evaluation PADI sends down independent testers to evaluate the Instructors prior to certification. These Exams are right after the IDC and are usually grouped with the term “IDC” when it is being discussed.

Q: How long will the IDC/IE take?

A: The IDC takes about 8 days. The Instructor Exams are two half days and the after party is 1. Ocean Encounters also offers a theory prep evening with pizza and drinks the night before the IDC. In total you should schedule 12-13 days.

Q: Where can I stay and how much does that cost?

A: Your best option us using our “Sleep and Dive” Packages found on our website by calling 1-877- SCUBA – EZ, or emailing uscan@oceanencounters.com. The IDC will take place at Lions Dive Hotel so your best option is staying at Lions Dive or at Breezes.

Q: How much will the IDC cost?

A: You can determine the cost of the IDC by using the Cost Calculator. At the moment you will have to e-mail Explorer@oceanencounters.com and request it. Soon this will be available for download at www.oceanencounters.com

Q: How do I secure a spot in the IDC?

A: You can secure a spot in our next IDC by making payment with our US/Canada sales rep at uscan@oceanencounters.com or 1-877-SCUBA-EZ (728-2239).

IDC Cost Calculator This sheet will be posted as an interactive sheet for you to work on to view your total IDC cost. This does not include hotel or airfare

Tuition including EFRI $420.00 1 420.00
Instructor Application $100.00 1 100.00
Examination Fee $460.00 1 460.00
MSDT Prep (Nitrox, Deep, Digital Photo including participant manuals and Instructor outlines) $375.00
EFRI Application $36.00
EFRI Manual Primary,
Secondary, CFC, CPR/AED $41.74
EFR C.For Children Man. $6.23
EFR Primary,
Secondary Manual $6.23
PADI Inst.Manual (bk/CD)$96.03
Inst.candidate workbook $28.63
PPB Outline $7.58
Project Aware Outline $7.58
AWARE Reef Outline $7.58
Open Water Manual $19.78
O/Water Quizess/Exams $3.90
Adv.in Diving manual $16.98
Rescue Diver Manual $15.89
Rescue Exam $2.54
Divemaster Manual $14.55
Divemaster Exams $4.13
Encyclopedia $18.50
Diving Knowledge Workbk $8.46
Conf. Water Prep slate $5.99
Open Water Prep slate $5.99
Open Water Cue Cards $13.39
Conf.Water Cue Cards $17.59
AOW Cue Cards $17.59
Rescue Cue Cards $28.04
Dive Master Slates $15.60
DSD Cue Card $3.46
Wheel $21.10
RDP $7.95
ERDP $12.96
Total $980.00
Books can be shipped directly to you. Deposit 10% $98.00
Prices are in Dollars

for further information: www.oceanencounters.com

CORAL SPAWNING

Coral Spawning 2008

September 20, 21 & 22

on these days our dive shop is open until 21:00.

We also have some discount prices for those evenings:
Tank + Weight + Dive Light + Full set Equipment $58,-
Tank + Weight + Dive Light $23,-
Guided Night dive including Full set Equipment + Dive Light $85,-
Guided Night dive including Dive Light $50,-

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International Cleanup Day - September 20

Free Tank & Weights for all participants
Sign up at the dive shop

The red seahorse at Playa Kalki got company...

Hello everybody,


Our nice red-orange seahorse at Playa Kalki is not the only one: 2 weeks ago there was discovered a second (brown) one, also at safety-stop level. I never get bored anymore staying at 15ft of water for 3 or minutes :-)


To take the following pictures turned out to be quite dangerous as both seahorses found themselves some pretty fierce bodyguards - damselfish seem to be protecting them and bite me as hard as they can every time I point out a seahorse to other divers or try to take photos...


Best regards from Curacao

Andreas















Hallo zusammen,


unser Hausriff-Seepferdchen am Playa Kalki hat Verstärkung bekommen: Vor ca. 2 Wochen wurde ein zweites (braunes) gefunden, dass ebenfalls auf Sicherheitsstopp-Tiefe herumlungert - nie mehr langweilige 3 Minuten auf 5m :-)


Obige Fotos sind unter höchster Gefahr für Leib und Leben zustandegekommen, da beide Seepferdchen sich inzwischen sehr humorlose Leibwächter in Gestalt von kleinen Riffbarschen zugelegt haben, die mich jedes Mal mit aller Macht attackieren und beißen, wenn ich die Seepferdchen unseren Gästen zeigen oder ein Bild machen will...


Fröhliche Flossenschläge aus Curacao

Andreas

Seahorse at Playa Kalki!

Hi divers!

Hallo Taucher!

You know we have been spotting our "private" seahorses in front of All West Apartments since February, now. But since two weeks, we also know the home of a nice seahorse at Playa Kalki, our Ocean Encounters West housereef:

Wie Ihr wisst, beobachten wir vor den All West Appartements bereits seit Februar unsere "privaten" Seepferdchen. Vor 2 Wochen haben wir nun auch eines am Playa Kalki, dem Hausriff unserer Tauchbasis Ocean Encounters West entdeckt:





Alessandra also found this juvenile Highhat:

Alessandra hat auch diesen jungen Streifenritterfisch gefunden:




Alessandra at the end of our dive today:

Alessandra am Ende unseres heutigen Tauchgangs:



Sunny greetings from Curacao,

Andreas

Frog Fish and Sea Turtle

Hello everybody,

I would like to share with you two very nice encounters we had on our boat dives today:

In the morning, we ended up diving in between the boat moorings of Lagún and Playa Jeremy - very nice reef! And at the end of the dive, right under the boat, I found: the next Frog Fish :-)

Thank you to our guest Christopher Perez for providing me with this marvelous photo!

On the afternoon dive to Watamula, our divers met a beautiful sea turtle, and Friedl Pistecky from Austria got this video stream of it:

Have fun looking at it, and always safe diving!

Andreas

New Frogfish at Lagun

Hello everybody,

Yesterday I found a new frog fish sitting on our Friday morning dive-site Lagun :-) It is almost as big as my fist, of bright yellow, and obviously likes the sponge it's sitting on - today, it was still there; and if we are lucky, many more guests diving with us on Fridays may be able to see it and take pictures. It looks more or less like this:

Take care, and always good diving,

Andreas

Everything is possible - dolphins in front of All West Apartments

Hi there,

All West Apartments guests were happy people on Saturday and Monday: A group of approximately 40 dolphins stayed and played around in our housereef bay!

Our divers saw them from our diveboat, the "Orca"; they used the boat to surf in front of the bow - and they kept company with our guests who snorkelled out to meet them, for more than 1 hour :-) We even had a 6 year old boy snorkelling with them! On the way back to the beach he also saw his first stingray!

Kind regards from Curacao
Andreas

Hallo zusammen!

All West Apartments-Gäste bleiben die Glückspilze auf Curacao:

Am Samstag und Montag hat sich eine Schule von ca. 40 Delfinen in unserer Hausriffbucht getummelt. Unsere Tauchgäste haben sie von unserem Tauchboot "Orca" aus gesehen, in dessen Bugwelle sie gesurft haben. Schnorchelnde Apartmentgäste, einschließlich des erst 6-jährigen Joscha, haben die Delfine mehr als 1 Stunde lang bespaßt :-) Auf dem Rückweg zum Strand wurde dann noch ein Stachelrochen gesichtet!

Mit fröhlichem Flossenschlag aus der Karibik
Andreas