Recycling centre at Dive Timor/Castaway’s We dive against Debris every month Back in 2009 Dive Timor Lorosae set up the first recycling centre at a Dive Centre in Timor Leste. But with the departure of the UN, the means to recycle disappeared, so...
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Fact File of the Ornate Ghost Pipefish Scientific Name: Solenostomus paradoxus Habitat: Associated with soft corals, gorgonians, floating weeds, crinoids Relatives: seahorses, seadragons, pipefishes Top sites: La Casa, Tasi Tolu, Dili Rock A...
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What is a PADI ECO Centre? Dive Timor Lorosae is the only PADI Eco centre in Timor Leste. To become a PADI Eco centre the dive centre first has to be an active member of Green Fins – an organisation protecting coral reefs through sustainable...
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What is Dive Against Debris? Dive Against Debris is a global initiative led by Project AWARE, aimed at reducing underwater marine debris. It encourages scuba divers and ocean enthusiasts to conduct underwater cleanups and report the types and...
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What is Roda Reef? Roda Reef is an artificial reef created by Dive Timor Lorosae in 2014. It is made out of car tyres and now is home to some amazing sea creatures such as pipefish, nudibranch, pufferfish, moray eels and leaf scorpionfish...
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History of La Casa After successfully constructing Roda Reef, Dive Timor Lorosae set about constructing their second artificial reef ‘La Casa’ in 2016 at the Eastern end of Tasi Tolu beach. Old retired scuba tanks were placed which make crevices...
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You may have noticed that the staff at Dive Timor Lorosae like to dress up and celebrate events such PADI Women’s Day dive and our underwater Christmas Dive against Debris. So we couldn’t miss the opportunity to dress up as bunny rabbits...
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As it was international water day yesterday, Dive Timor Lorosae became the first to become a member of Refill my Bottle in Timor Leste. Why Refill My Bottle was founded World Wildlife Fund Originally founded in Bali, Indonesia, a group of...
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Who named the dive sites? The dive sites in Timor Leste were primarily named by the pioneers of scuba diving in this young country around the time of the country’s independence. Timor Leste was under the United Nations from 1999-2002, and then in...
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All the members of the scuba diving community got really excited when we heard that the Timor Leste Navy were planning to scuttle a patrol boat as an artificial reef. History of the boat Ship ID P217 The NRDTL Kamanasa is a Chamasuri-class patrol...
Read moreA former commercial diver, Selina is the creative one of the bunch. Nothing makes her happier than being underwater with a camera or Go-Pro or both! (Apart from chocolate and doughnuts, that makes her very happy too!)
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Whales verbal communication Whenever psychologists try to define the most distinctive feature of human nature, a complex and articulated system of verbal communication is mentioned in the first place. By comparing any human language with any...
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