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 | | Highlights yesterday | | First dive dive site Ismahela: a 3m tresher shark.
Second dive: dive site Kuda hohola Mola Mola, Ocean Sunfish. After 31 years of working in the Maldives this was my first Mola Mola in the Maldives. Depth: 15 m. At first I thought what a funny Manta ray, until I realized that it was a Mola Mola.
Water temperature: fucking cold 24* | | 14.02.2010 |
| |  | | CCR Buddy Inspiration course | | Uwe Vogel passed his IART user course CCR Evolution/Inspiration vision. Congratulations Uwe. | | 24.01.2010 |
| |  | | CCR Instructor course | | Congratulations Wolle. Wolle Tippelt passed his IART Instructor course CCR Buddy Inspiration classic/Evolution/Inspiration vision. | | 24.01.10 |
| |  | | Solar Eclipse | | A UNIQUE MIDDAY NIGHT DIVE! When? 15th January 2010! Maldives Solar Eclipse. | | 09.01.2010 |
| |  | | Silent diving | | Eva und Tobias Durband from Switzerland with their own Sentinel ccr. | | 07.01.2010 |
| |  | | Soon he is again on GAN. | | Who? Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar.
Gerhard holds free marine biology seminars in the period from 23.02.2010 - 09.03.2010.
He is:
Full Professor of Systematic Zoology and Council of GeoBio-Center of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU).
General Director of the Bavarian Natural History Collections (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlungen Bayerns, SBSN).
and Director of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, ZSM).
http://www.zsm.mwn.de/dir/e/ | | 30.12.2009 |
| |  | | Pump me up | | At the November 27th 09, DIVEGAN installed a new oxygen/helium booster pump, a very well running booster from Manfred Fuehrmann, www.tecserv.org
Some data’s: weight 21 kg. Pneumatic 2-10 bar filtered oil free compressed air.
Transmission ratio: 1:30, compression ratio:1:20. Gas inlet: 15 bar min. Gas outlet: 300 bar max. its an optimal solution for the Maldives, because oxygen and helium only to max. 130 bar available.
Hans Bohn from Tauchservice Seegeist, Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, www.nesy.net
retool the booster with special adaptors to make sure that the booster pump is connecting well to the supply cylinders.
| | 28.11.09 |
| |  | | Hydrostatic tank test | | It is a requirement of Standards Maldives that scuba cylinders be visually inspected and undergo a hydrostatic test every 24months. Erich Hennerfeind from the German TUEV south (German Association for Technical Inspection] did all the nessesary inspections and hydrostatic tests. | | 27.11.09 |
| |  | | Finally Decompression Chamber Facility for the Addu Atoll | |
As from now, divers in Addu Atoll have access to a decompression chamber on Vilingili Island (in the Shangri La Resort) for diving accidents. The chamber is operating on a 24 hour basis and can be contacted via emergency hotline. The doctors in charge, Mrs. Rokya Camara and Mr. Michael Miller, are also dealing with non diving related medical emergencies. Both are not new to the Maldives, having operated the Kuramathi decompression facility before.
In this context, it is important to stress once more, that the treatment of diving related accidents (decompression accidents) is not covered by the normal health insurance. It is important to get cover for such treatment by an explicit additional diving insurance which can be obtained for expample with Divers Alert Network (DAN) before the holiday. This can evern be done via internet. (www.daneurope.org)
| | 10.08.09 Photo: Rokya Camara und Michael Miller |
| |  | | Shark ban to become effective in 2010 | |
The export of all shark produced will officially be banned in March 2010, according to the ministry of fisheries.
Fisheries Minister Dr Ibrahim Didi said the income generated from tourism was five times higher than the money from shark product exports.
In addition, studies reveal that shark populations in the Maldives are at risk of extinction.
| | 10.08.09 |
| |  | | Pilot wales again | | A fantastic one hour snorkel trip with pilot wales. | | 04.08.09 |
| |  | | Tresher shark | | During another training dive with the Buddy Inspiration, a 4 m tresher shark was passing by. Divespot: Dhehythere point, depth: 25 m. | | 19.07.09 |
| |  | | Tiger shark | | During a training dive with the ccr Buddy Inspiration a tiger shark was passing by at a depth of 30 m. Very close and very friendly. Divespot Mudakan.
| | 03.07.09 |
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Have a look on this page regularly. On this page we release articles and interesting news about Gan in the Maldives .
Welcome in Diverland Gan Dive Centre on Gan in Addu Atoll in the Maldives . The Dive Centre is run by Axel Horn .
Experience pure diving on Gan . The Equator Village is the only resort and our Diverland Gan Dive Centre the only dive centre on Gan -
therefore, we are able to guarantee an individual dive holiday in the waters around the Addu Atoll . Apart of pure diving we offer technical
diving , diving with rebreather , diving with Nitrox, dive training from beginner to professional , diving with children , underwater photography , wreck diving ,
night diving , skin diving ( snorkeling ) tennis , canoeing , squash and many more things. For diving with rebreathers following gear types are
available: CCR ( closed circuit rebreather , closed-circuit-rebreather ) Buddy Inspiration / Evolution and SCR (semi closed rebreather ,
semi-closed-rebreather ) Draeger Dolphin and Draeger Ray . Rebreather training is run under the guidelines of the associations ANDI , IART and
NRC . For mixed gas diving within the technical diving we offer the mixed gases Trimix , Heliox and Heliair . The regular dive training is run
under the guidelines of the associations PADI and NAUI .
A holiday with us on Gan in the Maldives is worth to do in any case . Blue and warm water, friendly people, the Indian Ocean ,
unspoilt housereef and reefs - these are only a few reasons to see us and to experience an unforgettable holiday . Yours Axel Horn
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