Congratulations on completing the PADI Open Water Course Kota Kinabalu, KK. Sabah !!

Pictured left, Mazlan, Hairol and Felix who work in the Marine Biology Department for Sabah's Government statutory conservation department - Sabah Parks within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park have recently completed their Scuba Diving Course with PADI 5 Star Dive Centre Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures.

Also pictured with them - standing outside the Beach House - Downbelows Dive Centre, in the centre is Misol their PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The PADI Open Water Course is not only our most popular course but the most popular Scuba Course in the world.

This Scuba Diving Course is the first level of PADI Certification and as a certified PADI Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional to a maximum depth of 18 meters.

The Beach House on Gaya Island, Downbelow Dive Centres Island Paradise location in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah provides an ideal venue for this course, with a confined shallow, sandy area lagoon - ideal for skill practice and open water coral reef dive sites just minutes from the centre - ideal for open water dives.

Throughout the course, students learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques.

Completing five confined sessions, knowledge development sessions and four open water dives. Participants don't have to be super fit to learn, virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification.

For more information please peruse our PADI Open Water Course website page or CONTACT US for more information.

For bookings please call us on +6 012 866 1935 OR +6 088 23 23 75

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Looking for a Career Change ? Are you a Gap Year Student ? Are you looking for a Challenging Internship Program in Asia ? Do you thrive on Adventure Sports ? Looking to live and learn about another culture, meet new people and learn new languages ?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you should consider joining one of our Professional Scuba Diving Internship Programs in the exciting city of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Borneo South East Asia.


Our great value internship programs can be suited to non divers wishing to enter the professional sport of scuba diving or qualified divers wishing to continue their scuba diving education.

The minimum internship period is 1 month.

To co-inside with these internships we run at least two PADI Instructor Development Courses (PADI IDC) annually which are followed by the PADI Instructor Examination (PADI IE)

On all our internships you receive UNLIMITED scuba diving.

We can offer this because our PADI 5 Star Dive Centre is actually based within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (TARP)with direct access to our training lagoon & house reef and just a handful of minutes boat ride from TARPs surrounding dive sites.

Based only 10 minutes from the City of Kota Kinabalu, we dive everyday!

We also have a Dive Shop and Classroom in Kota Kinabalu City.

We can also include very affordable accommodation to participants.

At Downbelow we also offer internship programs to local people under long term contract, providing opportunity and security for their career development.

Local and international candidates mutually benefit from the mixed program by providing opportunity to learn new languages, cultures and traditions and most importantly it brings people together forging new friendships.

For more information please visit the Scuba Diving Internship section of our website.

Feel free to call us on +6 012 866 1935 or Email Us with your enquiry.

Downbelow PADI 5 Star Dive Centre in Kota Kinabalu and Gaya Island are very pleased to offer the PADI Open Water Course & Suunto Gekko Wrist Dive Computer at an Incredible bundled price promotion of MYR 2141.00!

Nope we have not gone crazy we just have great dive equipment prices in our dive shop and are happy to pass them on !!

Throughout the PADI Open Water Diver Course, you'll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You will also be taught using the Suunto Gekko Dive Computer (Brand New with Warranty) which will be yours to keep at the end of the course.

Suunto Gekko can be used with both air and enriched air nitrox, and it is designed to give the specifics of any diving situation, including decompression, at a glance.


Easy to use push buttons and a straightforward menu structure make Gekko simple to operate.

The extensive logbook memory stores up to 50 hours of dive profiles and logbook data including dive start time and date, dive time, maximum depth attained and temperature at maximum depth. In addition the dive history keeps track of up to 999 dives and 999 dive hours, as well as the maximum depth ever reached.

Scuba Diving with a dive computer has many benefits, very simply put - dive computers constantly track a divers decompression status, allow for more time underwater by using multi level techniques, provide accurate depth/time recordings and decompression status is made simple with automatic calculations.

What better way to become familiar with using and diving with a dive computer than learning to scuba dive with your very own !!

Please contact us to book you PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Course with the Suunto Gekko Dive Computer - only available while stocks last - In Stock Now !

With our Adventure Sports Training & Team Building Season 2008 almost coming to an end (only one more group to come), we thought we should write a quick review and say a "BIG Thank You" to the Downbelow Staff Team, Sabah Parks, Friends and Colleagues.

Its been a hard working year but great fun and once again we've met some fabulous people.

Probably our biggest achievement this year was our British Army Royal Gurkha Riffles Event for 291 pax.

Run over a period of 8 weeks this was the largest single PADI Certification Event in Malaysia and arguably in South East Asia !




During the program participants camped at our Beach House Adventure Centre on Gaya Island within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park TARP.

Every participant completed a PADI Certification including Discover Scuba Diving, Open Water Course, Advanced Open Water Course and Rescue Diver Course.

In addition we conducted Sea Kayaking, Skin Diver Programs and White Water Rafting. After days of Adventure Training & Team Building participants went Trekking along the fabulous Gaya Island Trails, played Volleyball and Football !!

Since conducting the event we have received numerous emails from the British Army with glowing feedback from organizers and participants, to the extent that we're now making plans for the same program next year.

We will soon be updating our Photo Album page to include many of the images taken throughout the event.

We have also had the pleasure this year of accommodating many other corporate groups and special interest organizations.

We are very fortunate to be based on a small island in the South China Sea, surrounded by stunning coral reef and rainforest - all this only 10 minutes from a bustling city !!

Should you be interested to learn more about our company and location, please visit our website:

www.divedownbelow.com

Or Contact our International Events Organizers Richard or Joanne

Congratulations to Jussi from Finland on completing his PADI Open Water Course with us - Downbelow PADI 5 Star Dive Centre in Kota Kinabalu.

Jussi deserves a special mention because we feel he could be an inspiration to other amputee, physically challenged or indeed able bodied potential divers wondering whether they could embark in the sport of scuba diving

Throughout the PADI Open Water Course Jussi demonstrated mastery of each performance requirement in some cases by modifying techniques to meet requirements.



Its been a pleasure to meet and spend time with Jussi, he's a great guy and we had a lot of fun.

He became part of the team for his few days with us.

Jussi is pictured above completing his compass navigation exercise with James, our IDC Internship Candidate.

Richard, our company Director offered to teach his course, from the hundreds of students Richard has taught over his 2 decade diving career Jussi will remain one of his most rewarding students.

Jussi has now gone to Sipadan where we're sure he'll have a fabulous time and we look forward to welcoming him back "Downbelow" one day in the future !


Should Jussi inspire you to take on a challenge that you thought would be beyond your ability please contact us to discuss a tailored PADI Open Water Course in more detail.

Downbelow PADI 5 Star Dive Centre, Kota Kinabalu have decided to make the PADI Enriched Air NITROX Course speciality of the MONTH for November 2008, this means we're offering the speciality at a discounted 10% OFF !!

Congratulations to James, Nav, Patrick and Tan who recently completed their Nitrox Course, now they can stay longer Downbelow !!!!

For more information on this popular speciality please see our dedicated PADI Enriched Air Nitrox website section.

For information on just some of the other PADI Courses we offer please peruse our dedicated web pages.

HOTLINE !! Tel: +6 012 866 1935

Email Us to register for this super offer !!

Downbelow PADI Star Dive Centre on Gaya Island, Tunku Abdul Rahman Park TARP, rent Enriched Air NITROX Tanks to their divers and neighboring Scuba Diving Centres.

For more information on Tank fills and rental please Contact Us.

For information on becoming a Nitrox certified diver and enrolling on our PADI Enriched Air Diver Course, please peruse our dedicated pages.

Click for more Information on our Tropical Island Diving Paradise Dive Centre at The Beach House, Gaya Island, TARP.

HOTLINE !! Tel: +6 012 866 1935

Downbelow PADI 5 Star Dive Centre are running a PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver Course Speciality - Kota Kinabalu 20th & 21st October 2008.

This scuba diving course is one of PADI’s most popular specialties.



Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air.

Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.

Whether you’re into underwater photography or macro diving, at home or on holiday the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater. Certification counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating

Pre-requistite

To enrol on the course you must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).

You will Learn
To analyze cylinder contents.
Plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers.
Safely increase your no stop time.


Once qualified guests can rent NITROX tanks for their leisure diving from our PADI 5 Star Dive Centre and extend their bottom time Downbelow !!

For more information on becoming a PADI Enriched Air Diver please Contact Us to book your place on the course.

HOTLINE !! Tel: +6 012 866 1935

Downbelow PADI 5 Star Dive Centre - Kota Kinabalu are pleased to announce next years PADI Instructor Development Course to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor beginning 14th MARCH 2009

Covering areas as diverse as risk management, teaching children, the business of diving and PADI standards and procedures, the IDC is designed to develop a rounded diving educator who can work anywhere in the world.

The IDC begins with independent self-study Knowledge Reviews and encompasses two PADI programs: The Assistant Instructor Course and The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course.

Together these two programs make up the full IDC.

Certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor is by successful completion of the PADI Instructor Examination scheduled at the end of the IDC, confirmed for the 30th and 31st March 2009 also in Kota Kinabalu.

During the IDC you will learn how to successfully transfer knowledge and skills to others. Furthermore you will develop a clear understanding of The PADI Philosophy of Continuing Education and the full range of PADI programs, teaching materials and tools, including digital products, that are available to you as a PADI Instructor.

Once you have understood the basic teaching methods employed in teaching scuba and how to use the PADI system to it’s fullest, you will find teaching an easy and exhilarating experience !!



 For more information about this exciting program please drop us an email, if you do not receive a reply within 24 hours please check your JUNK mail folder.

TEL: +6 012 866 1935
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Congratulations to James and Chris on completing their PADI Divemaster Course with Dive Downbelow, PADI Scuba Diving Centre in TARP, Kota Kinabalu Sabah.

During their 3 week Divemaster Course they learned about Scuba Diving Science, Dive Planning, Dive Site Mapping, Conducting Divemaster programs, Assisting with Student Divers in Training, Diver Rescue Development as well as completing many pleasure dives.

They even managed to squeeze in two trips to neighboring Pulau Tiga - Survivor Island and a night dive !

Whilst they were here they became part of our team and we will all miss them but we very much look forward to them returning next year for their PADI IDC Course (Instructor Development Course).

Well done guys !!!

Should you be interested to learn more about our Divemaster Course and Internships please visit our dedicated website pages or contact us for more information.