Weekend Trip! PADI Open Water Divers / PADI Advanced Open Water Divers / PADI Rescue Divers Congratulations once again to all of the 11 PADI Student Divers! Special thanks to Gareth Alexius for helping GS-Diving PADI Instructor Gary Lim and with the videos too! Congratulations to our PADI Open Water Students – Aaron Lui, Alberto … Read more

On Saturday, GS-Diving PADI Instructor How was conducting PADI Open Water at our local diving spot, Pulau Hantu. Viz was ok at 3 metres. The recreational divers were excited as they saw alot of macro life. Everything was much easier to see. Previous weekends saw visibility at around 1 metre. However, on Sunday viz was … Read more

Our local diving trips at a local island in Singapore are always very popular. This Saturday morning saw GS-Diving PADI Instructor Eva, running the boat with 14 recreational divers. She also guided a small group of three. Conditions were great with little to no current. Visability with the group was limited to 2 metres or … Read more

The trip started out differently from our other trips. For one, we departed from Harbourfront Centre instead of Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. And, GS-Diving PADI DiveMaster Gary Lim was sick that day which meant that GS-Diving PADI Instructor, Katherine and I were running the trip ourselves. This trip has probably been one of the most … Read more

I met GS Diving Divemaster Gary Lim and my 2 PADI Rescue Diver students, Calista and Sunny at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, Singapore on an early fast ferry to Nongsapoint. It had been awhile since their confined session with PADI Instructor Ashley and I wanted to go through some important points for the rescue course, … Read more

As our dear boat, the Seaborne (live on board), went for a short spa holiday over the 2-3 July weekend to get a little cleaned up and have some parts tweaked, I was out of the water for almost 2 weeks and boy was I itchy to get back into the water! On the 8th … Read more

Diving on Sunday morning saw 20 avid divers at Hantu, a local island in Singapore’s backyard. With a storm brewing, the sky remained clear and we spotted seahorses, a cuttlefish, nudis, butterfly fish and much more. My ten year old Canon G9 wouldn’t start underwater on our first dive site. And despite showing my buddy … Read more

With one PADI Open Water student and two PADI Night Adventure Dive students this weekend, I looked forward to a relatively relaxing weekend for myself while GS Diving PADI DiveMasters Gary Lim and Bernard looked after the leisure divers. The month of June is filled with birthdays for us here at GS Diving! Gary Lim’s … Read more

This trip was really fun for me. I had 4 PADI Rescue Divers on board. I’ve always loved teaching the PADI Rescue Course. It is indeed a challenging course for the students but at the end of the day, I believe they enjoyed it as well. Even though the course is meant to be tough, … Read more

Due to the recent weather patterns, the currents have been hard to predict at Bintan and Batam, Indonesia. But that definitely hasn’t stopped us from having a diving filled weekend! It just means that us, the GS-Diving Divemasters and Instructors working on the Seaborne (live on board), have to work just a little bit harder. … Read more

Hi all, Sorry that I have not blogged about diving for a while and I’m going to use the “I was too busy” excuse. Well, it’s kinda true. As you may know, GS-Diving PADI Instructor Julius left Singapore for greater things. His wife Danielle will be completing her two year employment contract this month. So, … Read more

The day started a little gloomy on Saturday as rain poured down at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal but to our delight, as the fast ferry pulled into Batam, Indonesia, the skies cleared. Our first dive site was at Kalang Garang Reef. The PADI Advanced Open Water Divers started out with their Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure … Read more

For something a little different, here are some snaps and snippets from this trip. Enjoy! Cheers, Gary Lim (GS-Diving PADI Dive Master).    

Beach House Pictures, a local production company specialising in documenting Singapore’s best kept secrets, in conjunction with Channel News Asia, have produced the third part of a series exploring Singapore. “Singapore’s Wild Islands” – far from the city, past the port, sandy beaches, coral reefs and murky mangroves are home to an array of fascinating … Read more

Highlights from this weekend included spotted spider crabs, bamboo sharks, several stingrays and a scorpion fish during night dive. The Seaborne (live on board) only had 3 students and a leisure diver as 4 divers fell sick and had to cancel their trip. Saturday morning 1st dive – Codd Wreck It still amazes me how … Read more

An amazing great weekend on The Seaborne (live on board). We left Singapore on the fast ferry Saturday morning and headed for the boat which berths at Nongsa Point Marina and Resort, Indonesia. I really don’t miss the long bus rides to Malaysia as we were diving only 2 hours later. We managed to do … Read more

We had 15 divers on Saturday diving the now world famous Hantu, one of Singapore’s best kept secrets. Viz was not bad at 3-4 metres. The muck diving specialists were in force and sightings of seahorses, nudibranchs and pomfrits were noted. A great time was had by all.               … Read more

Another enjoyable weekend on The Seaborne, with sightings of a seahorse, crabs, schools of barracuda, jack fish, many many nudibranchs, several stingrays and lots of cuttlefish on the night dive! On Saturday morning, after the boat briefing everyone was on the dive deck checking and setting up their gear. Excited preparing for our 1st dive … Read more

Another great weekend at Pulau Hantu, Singapore with 3-4 m visibility. We saw 3 seahorses, cuttlefish, a stingray and loads of nudibranchs. Congratulations to Jasper who completed his PADI Open Water Diver Certification with PADI GS-Diving Instructor Julius and PADI GS-Diving Instructor Gary.    

It was a Saturday morning meet up at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, Singapore to receive the leisure divers for this weekend’s trip. After all the divers arrived, we cleared customs and had a wonderful enjoyable weekend diving around Bintan Indonesia, on The Seaborne live on board. 1st Dive: Kerang Gelang Reef at Codd Wreck. Visibility … Read more

We visited Pulau Hantu, a local island in Singapore’s southern waters on Saturday with 12 divers and on Sunday with 8 divers. It was a great weekend with this bunch of divers and visibility wasn’t bad, at 2-4 metres. We had some fun looking at the colourful nudibranchs, the resident seahorses were visited, a stingray … Read more

Another great enjoyable weekend on the Seaborne (live on board). She was filled with students from a local international school. They have a Diving Club called “The Barracudas”, which runs as a co-curricular activity (CCA) on Tuesday afternoons. Over the weekend we had sightings of a bamboo shark, crabs, so many nudibranchs that we lost … Read more

We had another great enjoyable weekend on The Seaborne (Live on Board), with sightings of a bamboo shark, crabs, the resident frog fish, so many nudibranchs (that we lost count), several stingrays and a huge cuttlefish! Let me tell you how the weekend transpired . . .             We left … Read more

Another weekend trip to Singapore’s local island, with bunch of GS-Diving Pulau Hantu Divers. Visibility wasn’t great, but we had fun with some nudibranchs, seahorses, stingrays and cuttlefish. Congratulations to Zak, Marlon and Kashmir who completed their PADI Open Water Diver Courses with GS-Diving PADI Instructor Julius.               Cheers, … Read more

17 of us left Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal on Friday night. Upon arrival at Nongsa Point Marina, Indonesia, we met with rain and a choppy sea. However, the bad weather did not dampen the divers who were enthusiastic underwater photographers. They eagerly begin setting up their cameras in the saloon right after dinner on … Read more

We headed out from the Republic Of Singapore Yacht Club both on Saturday and Sunday morning, each day we completed 2 dives around Pulau Hantu, a local island of Singapore. No passports required. Visability had improved from the prior weekend.  With a mixture of students and leisure divers, I was kept busy getting everyone in … Read more

Happy Lunar New Year to our GS-Diving Pulau Hantu Divers! This new year brought a lot of excitement and family gatherings, with that in mind and the fact my parents were were in town, we only dived the Sunday the 6th and Wednesday the 9th, in the morning. We dived at a local island known … Read more

We returned to Batam Reefs this weekend on a two day one night trip. Catching the morning ferry from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal our six divers headed over to Nongsa Batam, and set out for our days diving at Kerang Gelang Reef, Indonesia. Arriving at the reef to some high swell highlighed the benefit of … Read more

A great weekend at Pulau Hantu, Singapore. We enjoyed so much with a nice group of divers and students on Saturday and Sunday morning. Viz was about 3-4 metres with loads of nudis, seahorses, pipefish, coral shrimp fish, cuttlefish and a lot more. Congratulations to Desmond, Benny and Erin who completed their PADI Open Water … Read more

This weekend, myself (James) and PADI DiveMaster, Cassandra took 8 divers out to Batam Reefs and GS-Diving PADI DiveMaster Kelvin also tagged along to get some underwater photography done. We had really nice weather with quite nice conditions. Viz was reasonable and a little current at times meant there was good diving to be done. … Read more

What a hectic (but enjoyable) weekend on the New Dolphin Explorer.  We had a total of 70 divers over 4 trips.  The viz was not at its best for this weekend.  On Saturday the viz was around 2-3 metres, but on Sunday afternoon it dropped to a snowy 1 metre. We had 19 PADI Open … Read more

Another enjoyable weekend over at Batam, Indonesia upon The Seaborne. Leaving 8am Saturday morning returning 2pm on Sunday, provides an easy quick diving getaway. This weekend there were 8 divers with myself (GS-Diving PADI DiveMaster, James) and GS-Diving PADI DiveMaster in Training, Nico. Heading straight over to Nongsa Batam from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT) … Read more

The first trip for 2016 was great. We had relatively good viz of 3 to 4 metres at Hantu, a local Singapore island just 20 minutes by boat from Republic of Singapore Yacht Club.  We had two trips with about 10 people each day enjoying the new Dolphin Explorer. Everyone was impressed by her spaciousness, … Read more

GS-Diving TDI and PADI Instructor Gary Savins conducted the TDI Intro to Tech Course with John and the PADI Sidemount Course with Bernard over the two trips this weekend. The boys had a blast despite the limited viz. Congratulations on your new certifications! We dived a local Singapore island called Hantu, just a short 20 … Read more

Another great weekend with turtle sightings and loads of nudis at Hantu, a local island just 30 minutes by boat from the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. Danish, Evelyn and Gerald all completed their PADI Open Water Diver Course. Congratulations! Klaus and his son, Kimon who are on holidays in Singapore, also competed dives 1 … Read more

Nine of us left Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal Friday night and then cruised overnight south heading towards Buaya Island near Pulau Lingga, Indonesia. Blessed with clear skies, we had our first two dives at Pulau Buaya, which translates as Crocodile Island. We had visibility of 3-5 metres and mild current. The first dive was … Read more

It has been a long time coming, but the new Dolphin Explorer arrived and everyone loved diving from her for her inaugural trip. We had 40 divers at Hantu, a local island of Singapore and two trips with 16 divers to Sisters’ Islands, a newly opened Marine Park. The visibility was amazing at 5 metres … Read more