OceanColors certifies Philippines first Tec Deep Divers

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By: Gerd Deichmeier

OceanColors certifies Philippines first Tec Deep Divers

On Monday 16 July 2001, Guenter Taus, PADI OWSI, became the first diver in the Philippines to receive a Tec Deep Diver certification. Guenter, owner of Westar Inc. in Manila, was first certified in 1982 in Saudi Arabia and gradually worked his way up into the professional level in 1998. After a rather long period of diving, Guenter got "burnt out" doing the same dives on the same sites every weekend. He became interested in Tec diving after reading the DSAT Tec Deep manual and felt the TecRec program would be the way to go to spice up diving again. Attracted by "the talk of the Industry", Guenter attended one of OceanColors IntroTec Seminars, where he was introduced to the new Tec Deep Manual and other course materials.

According to Guenter, "The course itself was more than one could expect. It was comprehensive, well laid out, well built and well presented by PADI TecRec Instructor Bo Lundqvist. In short, a learning experience 'Extra Ordinare'!" Says Guenter: "The depth and complexity of dives is gradually built upon as you move through the course which makes the learning curve less steep and gives students time to understand each step before moving on. Even for divers who had no intention of going Tec, this was an absolute must!"

"The highlight-dive of the course was definitely dive 12. Enjoying 20 minutes at 50 meters with the sharks at Bahura Kanto in Anilao, Batangas, is a fantastic experience!" said Guenter.

The first DSAT Tec Deep divers certified in the Philippines. Guenter Taus a PADI TecRec diver receive a PADI Tec Deep Diver certification...The second member of the first Tec Deep Diver certification team in the Philippines was Milton Adamson, PADI Rescue Diver. Milton, Director of Adamson University, had his first dive experience in 1972. After a long interruption he restarted his lost hobby last year. Prior to taking the Tec Deep Diver course, Milton completed the IANTD Advanced Nitrox program. According to Milton, the reason he wanted to get into "real Tec" was because of the additional knowledge and experience the course would give him. Milton will use the new techniques and advantages Tec diving gives him to pursue his interest in underwater videography and photography.

"The DSAT Tec Deep Diver course is a fully integrated and well thought-out course that covers most aspects of Tec diving in great detail," said Milton. He also mentioned "it leaves one with a great sense of confidence in one's skills learned in the course. The classroom sessions were comprehensive and our Instructor was well versed in all aspects of Tec Diving." Milton believes the DSAT Tec Deep Diver course had the right amount of classroom sessions and training dives to make students safe, experienced and knowledgeable Tec divers.

Milton plans to push his comfort zone in Tec diving slowly and continue to enjoy the numerous dive sites in the Philippines with renewed enthusiasm. He is also planning to use his new skills to explore the many wrecks spread all around the Philippines.

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