Malapascua-Exotic Island Dive Resort will host the first IDC on Malapascua Island. For more information check link on top of the diving page.
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort is one off the Global Dive Operators who Receive an Environmental Award in 2007
Project AWARE Foundation honors dive operators around the world who display commitment and excellence in their efforts to protect underwater environments within business operations and their community.
Project AWARE Foundation Chairman, Dr.Drew Richardson recognizes the importance of the scuba diving community taking its part on protection of global ecosystems. “The Environment Achievement Award is about rewarding vision, excellence and pursuit of conservation. More importantly, this award ensures the enjoyment of underwater environments for future generations," states Richardson.
Malapascua Exotic Dive Resort received the Environmental Achievement Award 2007 for operating in an environmentally responsible manner and demonstrating an outstanding commitment to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.
A new PADI approved distinctive specialty course that is only offered at Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort. Our specialty instructors have written the Exotic Thresher Shark Specialty course specifically for divers who wish to understand more about the mysterious Thresher Shark. This exclusive course is intended to improve awareness of sharks in general but focuses on the Thresher Shark. As part of the course participants collect data which will be submitted to Project Aware for their use in world wide shark survey. So they gain as you train. For more information contact Zoe or Tim Latimer – Dive shop managers/instructors.
For more information contact Zoe or Tim Latimer – Dive shop managers/instructors.
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort has recently been credited with the prestigious National Geographic Dive Centre rating, making us the only National Geographic dive centre within the Visayas region. This exclusive rating is only given to dive shops who maintain high professional standards and who excel in environmental awareness and the promotion of environmental issues, such as safe diving practices and continuing diver education. Holding this rating allows us to offer the elite National Geographic PADI open water course; a joint venture between PADI and National Geographic. This course not only involves the entire standard PADI open water course but also includes a specialized national geographic portion of 2 additional open water dives and classroom sessions, where you focus on buoyancy control and learning more about the aquatic animals and plants. Along with the PADI open water manual you will receive the national geographic almanac; DVD; certificate; PADI log book and leather binder to carry it all.
For more information ask for Tim or Zoe our dive shop instructors.
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort has once again attracted the attention of professional diver documentary makers. In the past we have played host to such esteemed photographers as Jonathon Bird, Doug Perine and Gutsy Tuason, all of whom have opted to dive and reside with the pioneer dive resort on Malapascua to document the Thresher Shark. Our most recent professional visitor was British documentary maker Monty Hall. Who created a unique film about the Thresher Sharks and Malapascua Island, for his series Monty Hall’s Great Ocean Adventures, shown world wide on Animal Planet. The film also featured our unique House Reef project, which Monty himself helped add our most recent structure to.
As a Project Aware dive shop we at Exotic encourage our divers to participate in our weekly coral watch dive. Using the official Project Aware coral watch health charts, we are tracking the health of the coral reefs surrounding Malapascua Island. All data gathered is submitted to Project Aware for their use in their international coral watch survey.
Ask a dive shop staff member for more information and how to participate.
New on our scuba diving web Page Great Thresher Shark en Manta Ray video from Jonathan Bird a professional Emmy-winning underwater cinematographer taken during his stay at Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort. The production Sharks of the Ocean Dessert is a film about pelagic sharks for National Geographic Television. This film partly taken at Malapascua Exotic is airing all over the world in 2005-2007. The link is on our scuba diving page.
Exotic Island Dive Resort is the latest PADI dive centre to be awarded with Project AWARE Go ECO Operator status in 2007.
Project AWARE Foundation, the dive industry’s leading non-profit environmental organisation, launched the Go ECO campaign into the Asia Pacific region in 2005. The main objective of Go ECO is for dive centres to minimise their impact on the aquatic ecosystem whilst contributing to environmental, economic and cultural conservation. Dive centres are required to meet best practice environmental guidelines and commit to the Project AWARE Go ECO philosophy.
Exotic Dive Resort is delighted to be awarded with the Project AWARE Go ECO Operator status for 2007. As a Go ECO Operator we are committed to providing dive experiences that enhance visitor awareness, appreciation and understanding of the local aquatic environment,” said Zoe Latimer, dive shop manager
Joanne Marston, Manager, of Project AWARE Asia Pacific added, “We are pleased to recognise Exotic Island Dive Resort as a Go ECO Operator. We look forward to working with them to implement environmental best practices and educate tourists about how they can travel responsibly.”
Go ECO Operators also demonstrate a commitment to conservation and pledge to follow the Go ECO Operator guidelines.
For further information about the Go ECO campaign visit the Ecotourism section of the Project Aware website
About Project AWARE:
Project AWARE is the dive industry’s leading non-profit environmental organisation dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Project AWARE Foundation offices located in Australia, United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Switzerland combine efforts to conserve aquatic resources in 175 countries of the world.