| December 8 - 10, 2009 – More Reef Check Ecodivers Certified on Koh Tao |
The reefs of Koh Tao have been devoid of too many divers during the monsoon season on Koh Tao but our eco activities continue unabated. Two of the newly certified Ecodiver, Ai Ling Lee and Hsien Han Soh had only recently been certified as divers undertaking an intensive program of training for their two week vacation on Koh Tao.
Han & Ling first had to learn to dive taking their PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water courses before beginning their Ecodiver training. Instruction included some specific buoyancy training as the reef survey courses require students to be highly proficient with their buoyancy to be able to conduct the surveys. |
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Hsien Han Soh & Ai Ling Lee after completing their first full Reef Check Survey at Twins. |
Stephen Jones, a divemaster who had trained on Koh Tao a couple of years earlier also joined the course. Having returned from the UK where he studied horticulture he thought it important to learn about how aquatic ecosystems worked. |
Stephen Jones with his survey data. |
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On our final day we all headed to Twins to survey that reef as one of our regular survey sites. Survey data is submitted online to Reef Check International ( www.reefcheck.org) and data is also provided to Marine Conservation Koh Tao’s Ecological Monitoring Program. The team was lead by IDCS Nathan Cook and special thanks to MSDT & experienced Reef Check Ecodiver Tina Major for her assistance with the survey |
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New Ecodivers Ai Ling Lee, Hsien Han Soh & Stephen Jones with Reef
Check instructor & PADI IDCS Nathan Cook |
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