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Advanced Galapagos Diving by Jorge A. Mahauad

English - Galapagos Islands And Ecuador, Marine Conservation, Technical & Rebreather Diving

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 4d ago

Curso Tec Deep Diver PADI, Junio 2012. Galapagos - Ecuador

Dictaré un curso Tec Deep en la primera semana de Junio. El curso Tec Deep es equivalente a los niveles Tec 40, Tec 45 y Tec 50 y califica al buzo para realizar inmersiones con aire o nitrox hasta los 50 metros de profundidad, desarrolla las habilidades para hacer buceo extendido de no desco

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 1W ago

The "Woodstock of Rebreathers" starts today

“This is the Woodstock of Rebreathers” Held at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Rebreather Forum 3.0 starts today. Jorge A. Mahauad, managing director of Galapagos Tip Top Diving and Galapagos Rebreathers will be attending the conference and promoting rebreather travel to the Galapagos Islands.

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 1W ago

PADI Tec 40 CCR Instructor x-over Course Report

From left to right: Mike Fowler, Antonio Martell, Chris Brown, Ian , Eric Machum, Jorge A. Mahauad, Peter Den Haan and Georgia Hausserman I arrived to Orlando on Sunday night for the PADI Tec 40 CCR Instructor x-over Course. The program was held in the YMCA Aquatic Center in International

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 3W ago

Galapagos Rebreathers theme photo wins the PADI "I Heart the Sharks Contest"

About a month ago I uploaded one of the Galapagos Rebreathers theme photos to a Facebook PADI contest. The contest was titled "I heart the sharks" and the objective was to raise awareness about sharks in social media and support the ongoing Project Aware efforts to shark conservation. You can vi

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 4W ago

DAN Instructor Training on line

I'm working on my DAN Instructor knowledge reviews on line. DAN has a very nice e-learning platform and there is a lot of useful information and precise data that makes going through it enjoyable, even if you have heard the same general information several times before. I highly recommend this.

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 1M ago

An irreparable loss for rebreather diving in Spain, Jordi Mateo passed away today.

Jordi Mateo, a well-known technical and mainly rebreather instructor passed away today. Causes of the incident are not clear yet but, local media and forums in Spain point to an “intoxication” at about 65 meters deep. Jordi was recognized a few weeks ago for being the TDI instructor with mo

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 1M ago

New species of Hammer-Head Shark "discovered"

ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2012) — Identity confusion between a new, yet unnamed shark species, originally discovered off the eastern United States by Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) researchers, and its look-alike cousin -- the endangered scalloped hammerhead shark -- m

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 1M ago

Thoughts on Exploration

For me “exploration” is a word often mistreated. We find it everywhere and, sadly, the real meaning of exploration is often “bonsaied” to define a personal comfort zone or an appealing marketing proposal; not a meaningful endeavor for common knowledge. I think the definition we give to explora

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 2M ago

2013 Galapagos Rebreather Liveaboard

The Galapagos archipelago is a world famous hotspot for observing marine mega fauna, especially sharks. The use of rebreather technologies provides great opportunity for very close wildlife experiences in the islands. (c) Claus Meyer In the Galapagos hundreds of hammerhead sharks and gi

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Advanced Galapagos Diving · 3M ago

Basic Tec & Sidemount: Two new distinctive specialties available through Jorge A. Mahauad

PADI Tec Basics and Sidemount Diver distinctive specialties are available through Jorge A. Mahauad. These specialties are a very good way to tap into open circuit technical diving in an easy, affordable way. PADI Tec Basics will develop the basic notions and understanding required to find o

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