I worked as a Divemaster in Cyprus with Cydive from 4th July until the 30th of September in 2010. I kept a Word document of the daily dives which I completed as well as the other jobs which were part of my Divemaster respnsibilities.
In total I did
131 open water dives during my time in Cyprus (",).
This took my total number of dives to 219.
WEEK1
Mon 5/7/10: Morning
– Roman Wall 5m DSD Head dunking with
Mick. Saw: Brittle Star, Damsel Fish,
Rainbow Wrasse, Fire worm, Scorpion fish, Sea Urchin, followed by Sea Bream.
Afternoon
– Vera K. 10 min from harbour. Lebanese freighter that ran aground in 1972
and subsequently blown up as a hazard to shipping in 1974. It is still in four main sections and the
bridge is fairly intact. Lies completely
submerged in a crater at 11m. Swam through
a nice archway. Amazing visability.
Tues 6/7/10: Morning – First solo dive!
Refresher course at the Roman
Wall. Went OK but must get better!
Later driving around in pick-up truck dropping off clients and buying bolts.
Afternoon
– Wreck of the Achileas. Greek
vessel lying on sandy bottom which mysteriously exploded in 1975. Composed of 3 main sections at around
11m. Best preserved part was propeller. Saw first little Nudibranch!
Wed 7/7/10: Morning – Roman Wall assisting
DSD.
Afternoon – Demonstration at Aphrodite Hills.
Thurs 8/7/10: Morning – Double dive with Mick at Amphorae Caves
and Vera-K.
Found bullet at Vera-K.
Afternoon
– Dive at White Star
Night dive – Vera K!
Fri 9/7/10: Morning – Refresher at Roman Wall with Karin, very good.
Afternoon
– Open Water Course assisting at Roman
Wall & DSD at Roman Wall.
Sat
10/7/10: Day Off
Sun
11/7/10: Morning – DSD at the Roman Wall (with Sally?)
Afternoon
– Water park with Jonathan
Dives = 13
WEEK 2
Mon
12/7/10: Morning – Lofos
with Chris.
Afternoon
– Bubbles with Chris.
Tues
13/7/10: The Zenobia (x 2)! AMAZING.
1st
dive – 10:09 entry, 32
metres max depth, 44 minutes, 21°C.
2nd
dive – 12:51 entry, 29.6
metres max depth, 44 minutes, 23°C.
Wed
14/7/10: Day Off
Thurs
15/7/10: Morning- Refresher at the Roman Wall then DSD assisting with
Micky at the Roman Wall.
Afternoon:
Vera K – Polish guys and
German/Scot. Polish guy shot up after
problems with mask. REMEMBER TO FILL BCD
WHEN DEALING WITH PANICKING DIVER AT SURFACE.
Fri
16/7/10: Morning –
Refresher at the Roman Wall, Richard
& Pete (UK
& Belgium).
Saw Squirrel/Cardinal Fish
Afternoon – Vera K with Finnish dive pair, father
and son.
Sat
17/7/10: Morning – Two tank dive St George & Manijin
Afternoon –
DSD assisting
Sun
18/7/10: Morning – Coral Bay
Afternoon
– Water Park
Dives = 24
WEEK 3
Mon 19/7/10: Latchi &
Akamas daytrip
1st dive St Georges Island - Pipe
fish
2nd
dive 5 Crevices
Tues
20/7/10: Zenobia (x 2) Hugh, Stevie, Kathrine + 3 Russians
Wed
21/7/10: Day Off
Thurs
22/7/10: Morning –
Wall Street. Chaotic morning. I was dive guide even though I wasn't very familiar the site. Not much to see!
Afternoon
– Amphitheatre shore dive and £5
tip! Really nice dive site.
Entered on left of Moray Cove with Kris. The amphitheatre is actually a spectacular
geological feature at 9m. Great for
watching the waves crash overhead.
Fri
23/7/10: Morning – Bream Bay
Popular for rock formation. Mixed
sandy bottom in 22-27m.
Afternoon
– White River
Sat
24/7/10: Morning – DSDs at the Roman Wall.
Afternoon
– Dive lead the Vera-K.
Sun
25/7/10: Morning – DSDs at Roman Wall.
Afternoon
– Dive at Vera-K with Adam.
36 dives
WEEK 4
Monday
26/7/10: Morning – Refresher at Roman Wall then DSDs as surface cover.
Afternoon – DSDs at Roman Wall with Luciano.
Tuesday
27/7/10:
Zenobia (x2) with
Mick. Pick-up at 6:45.
Mix between low-on-air divers and photographers.
Wednesday:28/7/10:
Day off.
Thursday
29/7/10: Morning - Bubble Maker at the Roman Wall with Micky then DSDS with
Luciano at the Roman Wall.
Afternoon
– Dive at the Vera-K. Weight belt problems.
Friday
30/7/10: Zenobia
(x2)
Saturday
31/7/10: Morning – Two-tank dive
St
George – Decompression
Sickness for T!
Manijin
Afternoon
– DSD at Roman Wall with the Fifers.
Sunday 1/8/10: Morning – Dive with Adam and the Fifers! Wreck of the Achilleas.
Afternoon – DSD surface cover
49 Dives
WEEK 5
Monday 2/8/10: Morning – Dutch DSDs Roman Wall.
Afternoon – The Shoals. Miki saw a
Remora fish at the Roman Wall!
A remora (pronounced /ˈrɛmərə/), sometimes
called a suckerfish or sharksucker, is an elongated, brown fish.
They grow to 30–90 centimetres long, and their distinctive first dorsal fin
takes the form of a modified oval sucker-like organ with slat-like structures
that open and close to create suction and take a firm hold against the skin of
larger marine animals. By sliding backward, the remora can increase the
suction, or it can release itself by swimming forward. Remoras sometimes attach
to small boats. They swim well on their own, with a sinuous, or curved, motion. Remoras are primarily tropical open-ocean
dwellers, occasionally found in temperate or coastal waters if they have
attached to large fish that have wandered into these areas. In the
mid-Atlantic, spawning usually takes place in August and September in the Mediterranean,
Tuesday 3/8/10: ZENOBIA
x 2. Pick-up at 6:30
Wednesday 4/8/10: DSDs in the morning, Roman Wall.
Afternoon dive at the Valley of the Caves, one diver.
Thursday 5/8/10: DSDs
all day Roman Wall x2.
Friday 6/8/10: Day Off! (with Gloria!!!:)
Saturday 7/8/10: DSDs
shore cover
Afternoon – Pafian Sun hotel dropping Glo
off at Coral Bay
Sunday 8/8/10: DSDs
at the Roman Wall with Adam and the
poles.
Afternoon – Vera-K with 29 divers.
59 dives
WEEK 6
Monday 9/8/10: Akamas
- 2 dives. Ali being Awkward.
Tuesday 10/8/10: Morning – Refresher at the Roman Wall
Snorkelling trip to Amphorae Caves
and Vera-K. Argument with Ali, meeting
with Photos after.
Afternoon – Amphitheatre with George
Wednesday 11/8/10: Day
off!
Thursday 12/8/10: Morning – Assist DSDs.
Afternoon – Vera-K, 19 people. Fairly
strong currents and swell.
Friday 13/810: Morning: Morning
dive, Airport Reef.
Afternoon: DSDs assist.
Saturday 14/8/10: Morning – Boat dive
Afternoon – DSDs with Adam, great
group. Roman Wall.
Sunday 15/8/10: Morning – The Valley with Tara and other.
Afternoon – DSDs assist.
68 dives
WEEK 7
Monday 16/8/10: Morning - Pasquals reef. Back down for the anchor with Richard.
Afternoon – DSDs
Tuesday 17/8/10: ZENOBIA-
disaster! Boat and bus problems… and then the dive watch.
Wednesday 18/8/10: Morning – Open Water confined and open dive
at Roman Wall x2
Afternoon – DSDs assist with Micki,
missed turtle again!
Thursday 19/8/10: Day off! Safari
Friday 20/8/10: Morning – Refresher at the Roman Wall with four (Mozambique and Manchester)
DSDs Snorkelling
Afternoon – White River
Saturday 21/8/10: Morning – Two dives at the Roman Wall, Open Water dives.
Afternoon – Cynthiana, Jono’s last dive.
Sunday 22/8/10: Morning – Refresher at the Roman Wall then Coral Bay Bubble Maker.
Afternoon – Boat dive at the Vera-K
80 dives
WEEK 8
Monday23/8/10: Morning – Lofus. Dive with Pascal, Simon and Tara.
Downstream from dive site in
strong currents. Lost and found DSMB.
Afternoon – Bubbles. Girl
swept away!
Tuesday 24/8/10: Zenobia.
Wednesday 25/8/10: Day Off – Beach and Tomb of the Caves. Grouper fish? Hmmmm
Thursday 26/8/10: Refresher with Dutch girl at Roman Wall.
Diving with Adam DSDs at the Roman Wall.
Afternoon: DSDs with Micky at Roman Wall.
Evening:
Night dive at Roman Wall.
Friday 27/8/10: Morning – Refresher at the Roman Wall.
Diving with DSDs at the Roman Wall.
Afternoon – Dive ?
Saturday 28/8/10:
Morning – Two tank dive, St
George & Manijin
Afternoon – DSDs a Roman Wall with Sally. Disaster, short surface cover, dad out, son
weight belt probs.
Sunday 29/8/10: Hotels
all day with Monica.
94 dives
WEEK 9
Monday 30/8/10: Akamas day trip – 2 dives
Tuesday 31/8/10: Morning - Cynthiana Dive with
David
Afternoon - Shore dive at Church Bay, found the swim throughs!
Wednesday 1/9/10: Morning – DSDs
Afternoon – DSDs
Thursday 2/9/10: Day Off
Friday 3/9/10: Morning – DSDs, tank delivery.
Afternoon
– Shore dive, White
River with Micki
Saturday 4/9/10: Morning – Elysium
Afternoon – Water Park
Sunday 5/9/10: Morning – Dive Church Bay.
Finally saw Loggerhead Turtle!!!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING!
100 dives
WEEK 10
Monday 6/9/10: Akamas
Snokeling Trip – no diving.
Tuesday 7/9/10:
Morning – Amphiteatre from Coral Bay
Afternoon – Church Bay
from Coral Bay.
Went through 4 swim throughs :D
Wednesday 8/9/10:
Morning - DSDs sea portion at Coral Bay.
Afternoon – DSDs sea portion at Coral Bay.
Thursday 9/9/10: Day Off! Jewellery shop
Friday 10/9/19: Pool
demos Coral Bay.
Afterwards in the shop then one hour at Ascos.
Saturday 11/9/10:
Morning – Amphitheatre with
Tony. Bubble Maker at Coral Bay.
Sunday 12/9/10: Morning-
Mayfair and King Jason hotel with Alberto.
3 DSDs and 2 Akamas.
Afternoon – White Star. Very bad
conditions. Sending divers down shot
line one-by-one. Extremely strong
surface current. Glasgow George bought
6-dive package.
106 dives!!! :D
WEEK 11
Monday 13/9/10: Morning – Pool demo Coral Bay.
Afternoon – Amphitheatre with Frenchy.
Tuesday 14/9/10:
Morning – Cynthiana
Afternoon – Manijin Island
shore dive.
Wednesday 15/9/10:
Welcome meetings – Laura Hotel & Kefalor Hotel.
Elysium in afternoon.
Thursday 16/9/10: Day
Off
Friday 17/9/10:
Morning – DSDs at Roman Wall
Afternoon – White
River with Mike
Saturday 18/9/10: Scuba
Review all day.
Sunday 19/9/10:
Morning Dive – Church Bay
with Simon.
Afternoon Dive – Vera K with 8 divers.
114 dives
WEEK 12
Monday 20/9/10: Akamas day trip with Kris – 2 dives. Saw common stingray or bat ray?.
Night dive at the Roman Wall. Finally – an
octopus!!!!
Tuesday 21/9/10: Pick
ups
Hotels
Wednesday 22/9/10:
Morning – Refresher at the Roman
Wall then DSDs at Roman Wall
Afternoon
– Dive at Amphorae Cave
Thursday 23/9/10: Day
Off
Friday 24/9/10:
Morning – Church Bay
with David
Afternoon – Water Park
Saturday 25/9/10:
Morning – Refresher at the Roman
Wall
Afternoon – White Star
Sunday 26/9/10:
Morning – Amphitheatre
Afternoon - Hotels
124 dives
WEEK 13
Monday 27/9/10:
Morning – Cynthiana Shore Dive. Excellent visibility.
Afternoon – The Shoals. Excellent dive,
found the tunnel with no problem.
Tuesday 28/9/10:
Morning – Coral Bay
refresher
Afternoon – Amphitheatre with Kruki
Wednesday 29/9/10: Morning – 2 tank dive, Manajin and the Achilleas
Thursday 30/9/10: LAST DAY! :D
Akamas
Total Cydives = 131
Roman Wall – 39
Vera –K – 11
Wreck of the Achilleas – 3
Amphorae Caves – 3
White Star – 2
Lofos – 2
Bubbles – 2
Zenobia – 14
St George – 4
Manijin – 5
Akamas – 10
Wall Street – 1
Bream Bay – 1
Amphitheatre – 7
Church Bay – 5
White River – 5
Cynthiana – 4
Valley of the Caves – 1
Pasqual’s Reef - 1
The Shoals – 2
The Valley – 1
Coral Bay - 4
Airport Reef - 1
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