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Subsea Cable Survey

Subsea Survey for high-speed internet cable

Date: November 20th 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

This month our dive boat and part of our team assisted in a marine survey for a planned internet cable to connect Sihanoukville and HongKong. It was really interesting to see professional survey equipment in action! Sadly we didn't stumble according any shipwrecks when we mapped the ocean floor.

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Logbooks

Awesome new logbooks arrived

Date: October 8th 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Finally we received our brand new custom logbooks!

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Camps International Visit 2023

Camps International Visit 2023

Date: August 20th 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Another awesome visit from Camps International, this time with a total of 49 students in 3 Teams.

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Ocean clean up

Ocean Clean-Up Day

Date: May 22nd 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We care for the health of the oceans and do our best to keep the local coral reefs free from man made rubbish. Again we have dedicated a full day and two dives to clean up the ocean floor.

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Award for outstanding contribution to Diver Education

Award for outstanding contribution to Diver Education in 2022

Date: April 20th 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We have been awarded by PADI for our outstanding contribution to diver education!

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Inspection at Kirirom Hydropower Dam

Inspection at Kirirom Hydropower Dam

Date: April 2nd 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Today we were diving at the Kirirom Hydropower Dam Reservoir nearby the Kirirom National Park to do a little inspection of the water intake.

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Meet the 2023 Team

Meet the 2023 Team

Date: February 16th 2023

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

(Back row l. to r.) Trainee, Office Manager Joscha (GER), Instructor Greg (UK), Boat Captain Mut (KH) (Front row, l. to r.) Instructor, Operations Manager Ray (UK), Instructor, Owner Dennis (GER), Trainee Davin (KH), Instructor, Diving operations Manager Junior Marx (SA), DMT Arthur (PL), Office Queen Justyna (PL) and our Divemaster Roth (KH)

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Industrial O2 enriched Air

Industrial O2 enriched Air

Date: August 30th 2022

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We did recently have an inquiry to blend some enriched air nitrox. Nothing unusual for us but it turned out to be a lot of oxygen enriched air!

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Camps International Visit 2022

Camps International Visit 2022

Date: August 20th 2022

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

After a long wait we are extremely happy to host Camps International student groups at Koh Rong Sanloem island again.

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Power Plant 2022

Commercial Diving at the Power Plant 2022

Date: June 25th 2022

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

This year we have again been diving at the local Power Plant nearby Stung Hav, Sihanoukville.

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Ghostnet

Ghostnet Removal Day

Date: May 15th 2022

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We have again spent an entire day removing ghostnets from the coral reefs around Koh Rong Sanloem island.

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Technical Diving in Cambodia

Technical Diving in Cambodia

Date: July 12th 2021

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Did you know that it is possible to learn Technical Diving in Cambodia with The Dive Shop? If you are interested in in becoming a technical diver or looking to extend your limits don't hesitate and send us a message!

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Commercial Diving at the Power Plant

Commercial Diving at the Power Plant

Date: February 4th 2021

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Another year, another visit to our local power plant for annual mainteance.

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Covid 19 Update

Covid 19 Update

Date: April 30th 2020

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

It has been rather quiet here at The Dive Shop Cambodia due to COVID-19 and I feel that it is time for an update. First of all we are doing good, we are closed since around one month but all of us are fine. Luckily the outbreak in Cambodia is not as severe as it is in many other countries. So far there are only 122 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 in Cambodia with most of them recovered and only one single severe case, a total of 11567 tests has been conducted and there has been no new case since April 9th.

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Cambodian Coral Reef Monitoring Network

Cambodian Coral Reef Monitoring Network

Date: November 25th 2019

Author: Fauna & Flora International

"On Friday, the Cambodian Coral Reef Monitoring Network was established! The CCRMN will work together to monitor coral reef health across the coastline and islands of the Kingdom."

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Camps International Visit 2019

Camps International Visit 2019

Date: August 20th 2019

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Again this year it was a great pleasure to have several Camps International Teams visiting us.

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WORLD OCEANS DAY 2019

World Oceans Day 2019

Date: June 8th 2019

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We collected 45kg of trash today from Vietnamese Bay. A small contribution to a very serious problem, but every little bit of effort helps. A few bits of effort from a lot of caring people makes one massive difference at the end of the day.

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Measurement Station Deployment Ministry of Environment

Measurement Station Deployment

Date: September 19th 2018

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Mission successful! We had the honor to be invited by his Excellency Mr. Meas Rithy from the Ministry of Environment to dive together with the Cambodian Navy Dive Team and scientists from China to help to deploy and retrieve measurement stations in the Marine Protected Area around Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem islands.

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Camps International Visit 2018

Camps International Visit 2018

Date: August 20th 2018

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

It was great fun working together with Camps International and hosting a total of 85 students in our facilities in Sihanoukville and on Koh Rong Sanloem island.

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Fishing Crew Rescue

Fishing Vessel Rescue

Date: July 14th 2018

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Today we went diving at Koh Rong Sanloem Island to teach the PADI Rescue Diver course and on the way out to the island we happened to have a real rescue scenario - a fishing boat sunk a few hours earlier and the fishermen were drifting with a buoyant icebox at the surface!

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Burma Maru Wreck 2018

Burma Maru Wreck 2018

Date: April 19th 2018

Author: Mikko Paasi

Such a priviledge to be a part of our S.E.A. Explorers Club and "Project Burma Maru", not a dull moment with these guys! We now know much more about this WW2 mystery ship wreck after locating her "real bow" and been into her cargo holds, bridge and massive torpedo damage that cut the ships bow section off. She is pristine, she is big and she holds secrets for many years to come.

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Diving for Sihanoukville Port Authority

Diving for Sihanoukville Port Authority

Date: November 21th 2017

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Interesting mission for the Sihanoukville Port Authority today - one of the port navigational marker buoys had to be relocated.

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Cable Cleaning Vessel with Oil Leak

Cable Cleaning Vessel with Oil Leak

Date: October 6th 2017

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Our dive team had a fun day today helping out a subsea cable cleaning vessel to locate a small oil leak at one of the ships thrusters.

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Changing Horizons Visit

Changing Horizons Visit

Date: October 1st 2017

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We have had a lovely visit from Changing Horizons with a total for 20 diving students and 3 snorkelers. Thanks a lot for the fun time we have had!

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Burma Maru expedition

Burma Maru Expedition

Date: February 26th 2017

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

"Expedition Burma Maru" was set to solve the mystery of the long lost Japanese cargo steamer Burma Maru. The Burma Maru (4585brt) was sunk by the submarine USS Swordfish on the 12th of June 1942 during WW2 some 60 nm south-west of Koh Rong, Cambodia.

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Instructor Alex

Meet The Team: Alex, PADI Instructor

Date: November 12th 2016

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

"I started to dive in Vietnam in 2014 and instantly fell in love with the underwater world. After furthering my dive education in Europe I returned to Vietnam to complete my Divemaster internship and continued working as a Divemaster during my university summer vacations.

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Happa Garden resort

Happa Garden Gets New Pavillions

Date: June 18th 2016

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Recently we have completed some beach pavillions at the Happa Garden Resort close to our dive center.

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Course Director Arnold Yap will be teaching PADI Instructor Developement Courses here in Sihanoukville

Date: March 24th 2016

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We have been awarded PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center just now!

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Steph with an elephant

Meet The Team: Stephanie, Conservation Manager

Date: March 17th 2016

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

"I came to Cambodia in May 2014 as part of my worldwide travel experience and was so captivated by the beauty of Cambodia I had to stay longer. I began my diving course late 2014, breath taken by the underwater world I decided to create my own personal marine project.

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The Dive Shop & Happa Garden Resort 2016 Video

Date: January 23rd 2016

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

The Dive Shop 2016 promotion video. This is how it looks like at the Sunset Beach today. :)

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Meet The Team: Pete, PADI Instructor

Date: October 25th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Welcome to the team Pete! "I'm a fair dinkum Australian from Cairns on the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. I am unable to narrow down the reason I have such a passion for diving but I think it's a combination of the creature you can encounter, the feeling of flying weightless through the water along with outdoor lifestyle that diving offers."

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Freyas first Dive

Date: September 26th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Congratulations to our head-accountant Freya who did her first dive in open water!

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EFR Instructor Max

Date: September 18th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Congratulations to our PADI Divemaster MAX who has completed his Emergency First Responder Instructor course with trainer Dennis. Well done Max!

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Fabrice

Diving Instructor Fabrice

Date: July 30th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Diving Instructor Fabrice Germaneau practicing to be your boat captain.

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Bar 42

Bar 42 at the Sunset Beach

Date: April 19th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We have opened a new bar as an extension of our dive center and to have a great spot to enjoy the sunsets after the days diving.

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Biofluorescent night diving

Biofluorescent night diving

Date: April 4th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

If you think you’ve seen it all under water it’s time to try a UV or Bio-fluorescent Night dive. You will see things you’ve never seen before and see the things you know and love under a whole different light…literally.

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Sunset Beach Jetty Dive

Sunset Beach Jetty

Date: April 1st 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Our jetty at the Sunset Beach is becoming a better and better dive! We do have a new seahorse residing at the exact same spot since a couple of weeks and also we do have a new baby batfish which can be found easily. Our pier is not just interesting for scuba divers, you can easily snorkel it too!

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Meet The Team: Fabrice

Meet The Team: Fabrice, PADI Instructor

Date: March 3rd 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Fab discovered scuba diving 20 years ago in France when he did his first course with the dive center Apnee Niort. He was diving in quarries and also in Atlantic Sea, in cold water with bad visibility and strong currents where he had to target the slack of the tides which sometimes is at 4 a.m. in the morning but Fab become completely addicted to it. Afterwards he went to Thailand, which is around 10 years ago and then whoaa in the clear and warm water offering nice conditions he decided to became an instructor. Around 8 years ago he moved to Cambodia to enjoy the same conditions in an area almost new in diving.

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Underwater Photos from Aaron

Underwater Photos from Aaron

Date: February 6th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Here is another great set of underwater pictures by Aaron Perchais.

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Meet The Team: Chris

Meet The Team: Chris

Date: January 25th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

After spending five years or so in the Canadian military, Chris decided that Canadian winters weren't for him, and made it his personal goal to never be cold again. Two years later he finds himself well on his way to accomplishing that goal! He first discovered scuba diving in Vietnam, and his life has been inextricably tied to the ocean ever since. Chris spent the better part of two years studying and mastering his new found love for diving in Nha Trang, after which he decided to relocate to utopia on earth: Koh Rong Samloem. Since his arrival here in January, he's not only discovered an entirely different and exciting underwater environment, but a complete 180 degree change in lifestyle. If Chris isn't diving on the island, he's certainly thinking about it!

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Meet The Team: Freya and Aydan

Meet The Team: Freya and Aydan

Date: January 25th 2015

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We are glad to introduce you our new two team members: Freya and Aydan. Both will support us in our Head Office in Sihanoukville. Our multinational team is growing more and more and we can't wait to welcome you guys in our Dive Shop.

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Cave Hunting in the Kirirom National Park

Cave Hunting in the Kirirom National Park

Date: August 29th 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Still we are looking out for new sites to dive at. Years ago we have already been searching for diveable caves around Kep and Kampot, now again we have got a hint for a cave filled with clear water located in the Kirirom National Park. A video clip found on youtube of some dirtbikers showed a cave with clear water and catfish living inside. This called for another expedition! We organized two taxis, prepared plenty of dive gear and off to Kirirom we went. The first day of hiking through the local pine forests did not bring us to interesting dive sites. The second day was kind of a success as we have found the cave from the video, sadly it was just a small creek inside and no hole deep enough to dive.

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Meet The Team: Yves

Meet The Team: Yves

Date: August 11th 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Yves was born in France and didn't know yet that he would eventually become a diver, as he was more attracted by the thrill of the mountains. After 10 years of skiing and traveling, he tried scuba diving in Koh Tao for the first time and felt in love with diving straight away. Yves cantinued to dive around south east Asia and what was a hobby became a reason to travel in itself. Whilst seeing the turtles in Malaysia and exploring the wrecks in Coron, he decided that being underwater is the place to be! So he went back to Koh Tao to go through the Divemaster training and short after he went to Bali to take the IDC course with Bali Breizh Divers and Course Director Guy Faisnel. By now Yves lives in Cambodia to dive our fairly unspoiled sites and hekp us to teach our students!

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Turtle rescued at the Sunset Beach

Turtle rescued at the Sunset Beach

Date: June 22nd 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Today the staff members of the Robinson Bungalows saved a turtle which got washed ashore entangled in plastic rubbish. Of course we have removed the debris and send the animal back into the ocean. This again shows the urgent need in fighting the pollution and debris in the worlds oceans. Thousands of animals die because of plastic rubbish floating in the oceans. Turtles not only get entangled but also confuse plastic bags with jellyfish which is favored food of turtles.

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World Oceans Day 2014

World Oceans Day 2014

Date: June 8th 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

For this years World Oceans Day we did an in depth cleaning of the Sunset Beach on the west side of Koh Rong sanloem island.

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Staff Diving Day

Staff Diving Day

Date: May 19th 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Yesterday we have had massive fun when our accountants went for their first confined water training session with Dennis. Srey Na and our GM Sothea have been doing a PADI Discover Scuba Diving program already, for our new girl Nary it was the very first time using scuba equipment.

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Expedition Boeng Yeak Laom

Expedition Boeng Yeak Laom

Date: April 24th 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We are proud to announce that we have been the first ones ever scuba diving in the Yeak Laom volcanic crater lake in the north-eastern province Rattanakiri! It was a long but fun journey from Sihanoukville to Ban Lung in the far off province Rattanakiri. First we have planed to bring a compressor but in the end just loaded ten tanks into a taxi.

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A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology

A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology

Date: March 31st 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

This last week we have had a visitor from the A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch of the Academy of Sciences in Vladivostok. Konstantin A. Lutaenko, who is specialized into mollusks, has heard about us when researching about biodiversity databases in the internet. Of course the Dive Shop's instructor and divemasters helped to collect material and we hope to do our part in pushing research in Cambodia forward.

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Koh Rong Archipelago Marine Protected Area

Koh Rong Archipelago Marine Protected Area

Date: February 25th 2014

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

In a meeting around one week ago, Dennis has been elected by the community of dive operators to be the representative of the industry in the upcoming discussions regarding the location(s) of the marine protected areas which will be set in place soon. Thats good news for all the creatures in the Cambodian sea, the only questions is where will it be best to have conservation area's? Which islands and sites offer the highest biodiversity and where can endangered species be found?

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The Lighthouse Trek

The Lighthouse Trek

Date: November 2nd 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Instructors Jake and one of our DMT's Stan paved the way or rather macheted the way to the old French built lighthouse this week in preparation for the up and coming high season treks!

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Exploration Trip to the Depond Reef

Exploration Trip to the Depond Reef

Date: October 14th 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We are proud to announce that we have sucessfully run the first dive expedition to explore the Depond Reef, a small pinnacle near the outermost Cambodian island, Koh Pulau Weh, almost 100 km off Sihanoukville.

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PADI Self-Reliant Diver

PADI Self-Reliant Diver

Date: August 13th 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We are proud to be the first and only Divecenter in Cambodia teaching the PADI Self-Reliant Diver Distinctive Specialty course! The PADI Self-Reliant Diver course is a new PADI distinctive specialty that aims to recognise and accept the role of the buddy system and its contributions to diver safety while identifying and developing self-reliance and independence while diving.

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Meet The Team: Aaron and Matteo

Meet The Team: Aaron and Matteo

Date: May 3rd 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Aaron, our new French instructor, who started diving around 6 years ago in the Forra Dive Center at Koh Lipe in Thailand. He started his professional diving career 2 years ago as a PADI dive master in the Philippines.

Matteo, our Italian instructor started diving when he was 15 years old with his father in Turin. He did most of his dives in Italy, Sardinia, Puglia and Liguria. His fist diving trip destination was the Red Sea in 2009. Afterwards, in 2012 he became a Divemaster and started his career with PADI.

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Grafitti in our Office

Grafitti in our Office

Date: April 4th 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Several artists have been helping to make our old office colorful again! Here is our personal favorite, a diver rescuing a pretty girl.

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The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!

Date: April 1st 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

The day before yesterday we have had a very tragic situation in our main office in Sihanoukville. A fire broke out at Monkey Republic, the bungalow resort next door to our shop. It was impossible for the firefighters to stop the fire before it went to us. Our whole office burnt down... The good news is that nobody got injured what we have lost can and will be build up again soon. Anyways we did not stop diving, the dive center on Koh Rong island as well as the Robinson Bungalows on Koh Rong Samleum are fully operational! Luckily the boats, dive gear as well as all our infrastructure on the islands is still intact.

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Exploration & Research Trip

Exploration & Research Trip

Date: March 23rd 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

The Dive Shop Cambodia has just been exploring the far away islands together with Shallow Waters Conservation by running a trip to the most unknown divesites in Cambodia. Also we have been happy to host Kath Kelly and her team from Thailand conducting survey dives and taking water samples with the idea to found a large marine protected area in the Gulf of Thailand. Also Jelena, the PADI instructor from Koh Song Saa private island has been invidet to join the trip. After picking up the Shallow Waters staff as well as Kath and her team at Koh Sdach, we went straight to Koh Kong. This island close to the border to Thailand has been hardly dived so we took the plunge and went for some dives straight away. As expected, the visibility was not too great but we did find some sites rich of marine life. We spent two days exploring Koh Kong before we went to dive one of the highlights of the trip: Shark Island

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Shark Stanley

Shark Stanley

Date: January 12th 2013

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Shark Stanley and his friends were playing on the reef When down came a net that swept them away. But at last when they escaped, they saw to their grief, Their home had no sharks! Leaving it barren and grey.

Now Stan and his buddies are searching the ocean From Canada to Cyprus and Colombia to Cambodia For friends to stand up and cause a commotion Because the world needs sharks to help save the seas!

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Meet The Team: Lukas

Meet The Team: Lukas

Date: November 22nd 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Lukas first started diving when he first came to Australia. When visiting the great barrier of reef, he tried a scuba diving experience program, and soon get caught by the diving bug! Ever since he came back from the trip, all he could think about was diving. After a period of on and off diving, he finally made his mind and turned his passion into a professional career, where he did his IDS in Thailand. He is now part of the team in The Dive Shop Cambodia.

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Liveaboard Season

Liveaboard Season

Date: October 17th 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

The Liveaboard season is now in full swing, and some of our team have just come back from a very successful trip from the secluded islands of Koh Prins and Koh Tang. Visibility was at its best (20 to 30 metres) and the calm waters were teaming with life. On the morning dive at Koh Prins, a huge marble ray was found cruising about at 25 metres followed by cobias and plenty of white eyed moray eels hiding in between the rocks.

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Star on Divemaster heaven and a new english teacher for Koh Rong

Star on Divemaster heaven and a new english teacher for Koh Rong

Date: September 7th 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

It is with a heavy heart that The Diveshop Cambodia bids farewell to Gabi, our volunteer English teacher from Argentina. Gabi did an excellent job restructuring the English classes, she installed the plan to break the children up into smaller groups and give two lessons a day. This new structure allowed each child to gain more from each lesson. However it is not a sad good bye as The Diveshop would like to congrulate Gabi on completing her PADI Divemaster program with flying colors.

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CoralWatch

CoralWatch

Date: July 23rd 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Here at the Dive Shop we are proud to teach CoralWatch Coral Health Chart Distinctive Specialty course, with special authorization from CoralWatch. The CoralWatch program aims to promote stakeholder participation in monitoring coral reefs for coral bleaching. CoralWatch Volunteers learn about coral reef ecology and how to identify coral bleaching, coral disease, and how to submit accurate reports. The goal of of the program is to identify resilient reefs and factors that contribute to resiliency.

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Reef & Beach clean-up Day

Reef & Beach clean-up Day

Date: June 5th 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Our Reef & Beach clean-up day was a big success! In the first place, the Dive Shop's staff members did a dive to clean up the pier as well as the shallow water just off the beach. We used baskets the divers filled up with rubbish and the non-divers pulled the things up the pier to bag it for transport to Sihanoukville. Afterwards we gathered some of the villagers from Koh Tuik village to help making our beach a better place. Also Gabi's kids taking the Dive Shop's English classes helped us a lot. It was really good fun! We collected around 200 kg of rubbish diving plus another 250 to 300 kg on the beach. Marine debris which gets washed onto the beach would have gone back into the ocean at the next high tide.

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Opening Party Robinson Bungalows

Opening Party Robinson Bungalows

Date: April 2nd 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Yesterday we have been celebrating the opening of our new resort, the Robinson Bungalows, on the sunset side of Koh Rong Samleum. The DJ did an amazing job, playing mostly reggae music as well as some danceable tracks. The kitchen served a very tasty barbeque as well as some special local dishes. The Dive Shop Cambodia staff had a very fun night out dancing on the beach.

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Collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin

Collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin

Date: February 23rd 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

The Dive Shop welcomes Max Liebau from The Technical University of Berlin. Max, originally from Hamburg, Germany, is here in Cambodia to study and research nudibranchs in different coral reef sections. His 6 week survey around the Koh Rong area will include examining the environmental surroundings and conditions, whilst obeying the strict rules for ecological working and care on organisms in coral reef sections.

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Meet The Team: Giorgio & Jacques

Meet The Team: Giorgio & Jacques

Date: February 17th 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We say a warm 'welcome to the Team' to two new Dive Instructors. Giorgio completed his Dive Master training with us on Koh Rong Island in back in 2009, after leaving us he continued scuba diving around the globe, completing his instructors in Bali. He is a very experienced Underwater Photographer and we are expecting some great pictures. Escaping the cold weather of Milan, Italy, he is now back working for us as an Instructor. Originally from Cape Town in South Africa, Jacques (Jack) is joining our ever growing Team. Coming from Bali after recently completing his Instructor course, Jacques is eager to get back into the water and continue teaching.

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Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach

Date: February 10th 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

After the success of our dive shop on Koh Rong Island for four years running, The Dive Shop is now extending to the neighboring Island of Koh Rong Samloem. This beautiful sister Island is perfect if you want a real piece of paradise away from the hustle and bustle of Sihanoukville. Our beach is located next to the well known Lazy Beach, with 450 metres of secluded white sand for our new dive resort. We will have our bungalows and restaurant up and running within three months, as building work has already begun.

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Biodiesel powered by Naga Bio Fuels

Biodiesel powered by Naga Bio Fuels

Date: January 28th 2012

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

We have launched a project to power all our machines with biological diesel. Biodiesel is a clean burning diesel fuel replacement made from natural, renewable sources. Biodiesel is non-toxic and biodegradable. So far, its just our tuk tuk running on 100% biological diesel but we hope to be able to power all our machines in this environmental friendly way in the near future!

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A teacher for the children of Koh Rong

A teacher for the children of Koh Rong

Date: November 9th 2011

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Our latest project has been to supply English education to the children of Koh Rong. The Dive Team welcomes Katy, our new teacher on the Island. Katy takes classes on the pier every day for up to an hour with the local children which has proved very successful. The children have taken a real liking to their new teacher, always eager for their afternoon lessons!

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Wonderful things to see in Cambodian waters

Wonderful things to see in Cambodian waters

Date: May 5th 2011

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Diving in Cambodia is somehow special! There are not many people diving here and the country gives us dives a great opportunity to see things you would not find in other parts of the world says Dennis Funke, lead instructor and owner at The Dive Shop.

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Impressions of Koh Rong in 2010

Impressions of Koh Rong in 2010

Date: April 1st 2010

Author: The Dive Shop Cambodia

Here are some impressions of Koh Rong island in 2010. Island of Paradise, the base of The Dive Shop and Paradise Bungalows.

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First ever PADI IDC in Cambodia

First ever PADI IDC in Cambodia

Date: October 7th 2008

Author: Thien X. Do

I spent 16 days in Sihanoukville, and actually fell in love with the place. Seven Instructor Candidates completed the IDC and successfully passed the Instruct Examination, included the first ever Khmer PADI Instructor, Bora Ran. Much appreciation to The Dive Shop Cambodia for hosting Cambodia's first ever PADI Instructor Development Course.

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