SCUBA diving
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PADI Women’s Dive Day 2025 at Casalay Boutique Villas & Dive Resort
Each year, divers around the world come together to celebrate a movement that goes beyond just exploring the ocean depths, PADI Women’s Dive Day. Launched in 2015, this global initiative began as a way to encourage more women to try diving and create a more inclusive community underwater. Over the years, it has transformed into a powerful day of action, awareness, and celebration of women divers who are actively contributing to ocean conservation. In 2025, this spirit was proudly brought to life in the Philippines through PADI Women’s Dive Day at Casalay Boutique Villas & Dive Resort. Pushing Through with Purpose at Casalay Boutique Villas Set against the lush, tropical…
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What to Do After an Open Water Course?
Before the holidays, I decided to visit Siquijor and further my diving skills and knowledge through certification in both freediving and scuba diving. After years of exploring the ocean, I’ve finally decided to take a certification on scuba diving. The PADI Open Water course had several skills sets that made it both challenging and fun for me. This full entry level certification allowed me to safely dive down to 18 meters without an instructor’s supervision, learn more and set up my own diving kit or equipment, plan and log my dives, perform basic self and buddy rescue drills, navigation, use the dive computer and more. After coming home fresh from…
