Solomon Airlines Flies to Espiritu Santo

Want to get to the Coolidge but don't want the long (and sometimes overnight!) transit through Port Vila? Solomon Airlines is now flying from Brisbane to Espiritu Santo via Honiara twice per week. Leave Brisbane in the morning and be in Espiritu Santo in time for happy hour! But there’s more than flights to Santo to entice you to the Coolidge -- if your dive shop is running a dive trip with Aquamarine in 2007, you’ll also get Aquamarine’s dive shop package with free night dives, free photograhpy and much more! Check it out here and contact Dive Adventures to book your Solomon Airlines / Aquamarine Coolidge holiday today!

More Fun on the Deco Stop

With the depth of the Coolidge, there’s always deco to do and the deeper the dive, the longer the deco. Fortunately, the site of the Coolidge is blessed with a nice reef to pass the time while you're off-gassing...but in case that’'s not enough, Aquamarine guides now carry a supply of underwater toypedos to make the deco stop a lot more fun! Shoot your mates, play catch and try all sorts of underwater tricks -- you may laugh until you wet your wetsuit but the one thing you won't do is notice the time.

Aquamarine Ladies Learn to Dive!

Anyone who has dived with Aquamarine knows that our shop girl, Eva, makes some of the best (and most potent!) home brewed beer in Santo and some have had the pleasure of meeting the delightful Elizabeth who has been with us for a year now. For all their behind the scenes help in keeping divers hydrated (Eva also makes our yummy fresh lemonade every morning) and the shop organized, we felt it was about time they see what all the fuss is about. The first Ni-Vanuatu women trained in Santo, Eva and Elizabeth are now PADI Open Water Divers and have each contracted a serious case of Coolidge fever -- diving every chance they get. This weekend, they are going to meet the Lady! Congratulations Eva and Elizabeth!

Congratulations Divers

CONGRATULATIONS to the following divers for completing new levels of diver training with Aquamarine:

• TDI Advanced Trimix: Brian Farrell
• TDI Extended Range: Gregory Verhoeven
• TDI Decompression Procedures: Gregory Verhoeven
• TDI Basic Nitrox:Sue Ellen Holland, Paul Minahan, Ian Moore, Leonard Roddom, Dale Shardlow
• PADI Rescue Diver: Michael Batcock, Laura Peltola, Jennifer Pickering, Kalvin Louw
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver: Jeff Batcock, Michael Batcock, John Denton, Janet Denton, David Churcher, Heather Churcher, Lucy Guppy, Theo Birch, Gregory Fretten, Alicia Fretten, Benjamin Fretten, Susan Fretten
• PADI Open Water Diver: Benoit Quemener, Jessica Feehely, David Farrar, Samantha Holdcroft, Laura Gilham, Helen Willcock, Victoria White, Abby Brown, David Leslie, Julia Foley, Catherain Cefai, Rebecca Hudson, Alison Fleming, Johanna Castles, Rosanna Ching, Lucy Guppy, Elizabeth Dudley, Anais Morin, Marie Lescroft, Elizabeth Hinge, Eva Maikel, Emily McLean