We had 19 divers from the US come down to participate in our 2nd Wreck Week event.  These divers dove on 11 of our fantastic wrecks and saw some amazing wildlife.  There were spotted eagle rays, sharks, turtles and loads of great macro critters to be found.  The week also included some great parties…opening night at Top of The Baths, beach party at Cooper Island, and a Jumbies party in Leverick Bay to close out the week.  Our main sponsor, Scubapro, assisted the event by providing a full regulator set with computer to the winner of our Wreck Week Jeopardy contest.  We really enjoyed getting to make some new dive buddies and are already looking forward to next year’s event.  Check out our Facebook page for photos (www.facebook.com/divebvi) Wreck Week 2010 album!

Today, I got to visit with the class of Ms. Nesbitt at Bregado Flax Educational Center in the Valley, Virgin Gorda.  Today, we talked about careers in diving, environmental awareness in the BVI, and how the kids can get involved today.  I was very happy to see that they already had one of our lionfish posters up in the classroom and were well informed about them.  I’ve even been invited back to give a talk on the RMS Rhone as part of their history of the BVI section.

–  Jeff

Ms. Nesbitt's 3rd grade class at BFEC

Today, Jeff had the pleasure to speak to Ms. Powell’s 4th grade class at Robinson O’neal School in Virgin Gorda.  As part of Career Day, Jeff spoke with the kids about diving, reef ecology, and the many fun aspects of his job as a Scuba Instructor.  What started out as a 15 min. presentation ended up at an hour!  Jeff was excited to share the underwater world with these future ambassadors of the BVI and hopes to get as many as possible into his snorkeling classes this summer. They watched a quick video of diving in the BVI, learned about the lionfish removal program and asked some great questions.

Here's the class giving their "OK" signal!