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General InformationThe sport of scuba diving is one that can be participated by almost everyone. The minimum age of training is 10 years and there is no max age.You must obtain training before you can safely engage in the sport of scuba diving. The training is relatively inexpensive especially compared to the cost of other sports. After you have received your initial training, you can scuba dive in any country in the world. Most divers choose to travel to tropical destinations where the water is constantly warm. In these zones you can dive in magnificent colonies of coral which are beautiful beyond description. Scuba diving is very relaxing sport . This year promises to be a great year for improving current dive skills and for newcomers to acquire the necessary skills to dive. Below is a list of the dive instructors associated with the DDA. As you will see, they offer varied levels of training and all come highly recommended.
Currently our instructors offer qualifications from PADI, DAN, SSI, IANTD, NAUI and IDEA. All level from Discover Scuba to Open Water Instructor is available and includes a long list of specialty courses. List of instructorsAdel BassamPADI Instructor #81366 Small classes are scheduled on request to meet the students' timetable and needs. Adel offers the following courses:
You can contact Adel on 873-7696 or 050 586 1940. You can email Adel at adel.bassam@aramco.com. Lope CaacbayPADI Master Instructor/IDC Staff Instructor #600175, IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor #2796, IDEA Instructor Trainer #3466 The passion on scuba diving started back as teen age in a hometown Cape Bolinao (Philippines) using home made goggles carved from guava trees and glass glued w/ asphalt and fins made of flywood. The first opportunity to use SCUBA equipment was in 1986 in Saudi Aramco w/ DDA pioneer Instructors Mike Jones and Dick Schneider (my big thanks to them). From then I continued my training and master the skills of different forms of diving. The locally known Fleur Reef of Half Moon Bay was where I did my first dive and still is my favorite place to take students for their first open water dives, and now also a training venue for my technical and Instructor courses. So far, I could proudly say that I‘ve issued close to 750 certifications and 10 students became Instructors as well. I do most of my fun dives during my repatriation leave to the Philippines. There are so many world class dive destinations and variety of diving specialties from shallow reefs comparable to the Red Sea to Spanish Galleon and World War II US/Japan wrecks. My favorite destinations which I recommend you to check out are Batangas (known as Macro-Photography capital of the world). Cebu and Bohol Islands these places has something for everyone and offers good topside tours of historical significance (e.g. first Spanish-Filipino Blood compact) and nature’s wonders (Chocolate hills). For technical diving check out Coron/Palawan Island, Puerto Gallera of Mindoro Island and more… Accommodations ranges depending on budget. To me I got the cheapest and spend extra for mosquito repellants! By the way the above locations are safe! Lope was the 1st Filipina instructor with the DDA and has continuously upgraded his diver education. He is currently pursuing the DSAT Tec Rec and DSAT Trimix Diving Instructor programs. Small classes are scheduled on request to meet the students timetable and needs. Courses are offered year round with classroom and pool sessions at 17:30 - 21:00 during weekdays and 8:00 - 13:00 for training dives in Half Moon Bay. Dive trips are usually a full day or weekend event. Lope offers the following courses:
You can contact Lope on 050 810 8699. You can email Lope at lopecaacbay@yahoo.com.
Reynaldo Seco
Reynaldo has been diving since 1992 and has been teaching since 1997. He trained from Open Water up to Master Scuba Diver was with SSI and then crossed over to PADI in 1996. He completed his Divemaster course and then received his Instructor Certification the following year. Has has dived in the Philippines, the Saudi and Egyptian sides of the Red Sea, The Persian Gulf, Thailand, Bali Indonesia, Oman and Malaysia. Small classes are scheduled on request to meet the students' timetable and needs. Rene offers the following courses:
You can contact Rene on 873-0547(Office) or 878-1296(Home). You can email Rene at reynaldo.seco@aramco.com. Farid ZoldjalaliPADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer #206906 Classes are scheduled on request to meet the students' timetable and needs. Farid offers classes in English and Arabic. Farid offers the following courses:
You can contact Farid on 873-6707, 875-1845 or 050 498 4116. You can email Farid at farid.zoldjalali.1@aramco.com. Sheryl Wright
I have been an active diver for many years and a member of the DDA for over 5 years since joining Aramco. I love diving, instructing and taking underwater photos in the Red Sea and other exotic locations around the world. I lived on Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef while working for the University of Queensland for 1 year and that’s where my passion for diving really began by having a coral reef literally right on my back door. After this experience I completed my Geographical Science degree at the same University and took part in environmental research and tourism impact studies on the same island. I believe that educating people through diving is one of the best ways to protect our fragile reef systems for everyone to enjoy in the future. As a PADI Instructor I hope to introduce many others to the exciting underwater world.
The following courses are available :
You can contact Sheryl on 874-6107, 878-2796 or 050 383 9048. You can also email Sheryl on: sheryl.wright@aramco.com
Waleed T. NaghiPADI Instructor # 650396
Waleed offers classes in English and Arabic and offers the following courses:
You can contact me on 873-3181(Office) or 878-3181(Home) or 055-333-9370. You can email Waleed at waleed.naghi@aramco.com.
Michael YeomansPADI IDC Staff Instructor #621709
Mike been diving for 12 years and teaching diving for 5 years. He also leads dive trips to the Red Sea (West Coast of Saudi Arabia) check out Mike's website for more information on trips www.scubaclubonline.com Classes are scheduled on request to meet the students' timetable and needs. Mike offers the following courses:
- Open Water Course - Advanced Diver - Rescue Diver - Emergency First Response Course - DAN Oxygen Administration - Specialty courses (U/W Navigation, Search & Recovery, U/W Photography, Boat Diver, U/W Naturalist, Multilevel Diver, Deep Diver, Night Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy) - Nitrox Course (Enriched Air Diver) - Dive Master Course - Assistant Instructor You can contact Mike on 876 3685 or 050 210 7319. You can email Mike at michael.yeomans@aramco.com or mike@scubaclubonline.com Also visit Mike's website: www.scubaclubonline.com
PADI Member #640818
David with daughter, Vancouver Island, Canada David began diving in fresh water lakes and rivers in Eastern Ontario, Canada in 1980 but stopped after a few years. Since working for Saudi Aramco in 2002 and being close to the Red Sea, arguably the best SCUBA diving location in the world, David got the SCUBA bug again and would now like to share that infection with you! Rendezvous with the sea and fall in love with diving :-) The following certification courses are offered: Diving
Non-diving
Private classes? No problem. Classes up to four people? The more the merrier! To arrange a class according to a mutually agreed schedule please contact David on 872-8202 (o) or 878-6285 (h). You can also email David at: DRGruno@gmail.com
IDEA Instructor #K00312
You can contact Haitham on 862-8260 or 055 8202000. You can also email Haitham at haitham.khaiyat@aramco.com
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Adel has
been diving since 1985. He has dived all over the Red Sea, Australia, The
Coral Sea, Maldives, Caribbean, Mexico, East and West Coast of USA, Hawaii,
Mediterranean, South Africa and of course the Gulf. 
PADI Instructor #603089
Farid began diving in 1986 and became an instructor in 2002.
PADI Instructor #628065
and EFR Instructor 
