@ SF Beach

We have found baby frogfish, waspfish and squat lobster with eggs at the SF Beach.
Special thanks to Lin brothers(Taiwan) and Evelyn(Singapore)!

Another New Odyssea Dive Site in West Sekotong

Odyssea Sekotong:: A newly named Dive Site has been added to the list of Sites for West Sekotong! SF Beach is the latest addition and discovered by Miki and Syainal, our managers in Odyssea Divers in Cocotinos Sekotong. The site has actually been dived many times, but just recently, we have decided to name it as a separate sites as the marine life and the underwater terrain is a vast difference from those that are found in the adjacent site.

Latest finds include Wasp Fish, Squad Lobster, Sae Horse and the tiny little Juvenile Frog Fish (please ID Dave!). Special Thanks to Lin Jen Chou (Taiwan, photo credit), Lin Shr Joe (Taiwan, Photo Credit) and Evelyn Chua (Singapore). We look forward to welcoming you to Cocotinos Manado next!

 

Links: Dive Sites of Sekotong | SF Beach 

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers - The Venue for Underwater Festival 2011

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers Manado are proud to be one of the venues for the first AustralAsian Challenge as part of the Underwater Festival 2011. From 2nd to 11th of September, Resorts, including Cocotinos Manado & Sekotong, will be the venue where participants of the AustralAsia Challenge will stay and dive with taking photos or video and submitting their best in various categories to the challenge for the judges to pick the winners! The Australasia Challenge is  simultaneous photo and video shootout competition like no other with  over U$100,000 in prizes to be won! More...

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers will be launching early bird special promotional packages with itinerary specific to the AustralAsia Challenge soon. During the challenge period, we will be hosting 1 or 2 in-house accomplished (celebrity) photographers where you will be able to consult and gain some valuable tips to help you take winning shots!

Still tuned for more press releases, in the mean time... drop us an email and let us know you will be keen so that you will be the first to get the promotions and updates!

William Tan's Photography Workshop Time-Table

Here it is...

Saturday
Understanding your camera equipment’s limits
Simple shooting skills
UW etiquette
Buoyancy control
Discussion on image composition
Slide show - Night

Sunday Night class
Going through participants’ images
Discussion on shooting problems
Macro photography techniques

Monday Night class
Going through participants’ images
Discussion on shooting problems
Wide-angle photography techniques

Tuesday Night class
Participants’ slide show
Final discussion on images shown

Although William's Workshop Modules are scheduled across from Saturday to Tuesdays, the flexibility of William's Workshop time-table allows anyone to check-in on any day of the week during his stay from 29 January to 12 February for any number of nights to participate any one of the modules. You may also request for a repeat of the module on site and if time and availability of William permits, he is more than happy to share with you again.


For more information, please do not hesitate to drop us an email info.desk@cocotinos-manado.com





--- Press Release ---

Cocotinos Manado :: Once again, Cocotinos Manado and Odyssea Divers will host William Tan and offer our diving guests an opportunity to dive and participate in the workshops that William will be conducting during his stay.

From 29 January 2011 to 12 February 2011, William will be our guest resident celebrity photographer with his assistant Noldy. Dive Packages remains the same and the 1st quarter diving package promotion if you check-in on or after 6 February 2011.

If you had missed his last workshop in Cocotinos Manado, this is your chance again and this time, it is over the Chinese New Year holidays!

For more information and reservations, please drop us an email.

:: William Tan - Singapore ::

Widely recognised as a master of underwater macro photography, William Tan is a violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and accomplished marine life photographer. Between concert seasons, he spends his time studying and photographing marine animals throughout the Asia Pacific region. His patience and determination has resulted in many rare images such as his sequence of a male jaw fish releasing its brood of hatching eggs into the sea. Catching the extremely shy fish at the moment it is releasing its hatching eggs is quite an accomplishment.

William Tan has been fascinated with the creatures of the sea since childhood. While studying at the Johns Hopkins University (USA), much of his spare time was spent gazing at the extensive marine collection of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. A violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, William earned his scuba diving certification in 1994.

Thereafter, without his prized antique Italian violin, he travels extensively between concert seasons throughout the Pacific region photographing marine life for tourism organizations, dive magazines and resorts.

His most recent book, Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise, published under the commission of the Indonesian government, is a collaboration with Hong Kong's leading underwater photographers Stephen Wong and Takako Uno.

Diving with William Tan... in Cocotinos Manado! Workshop Details Coming Soon!

Cocotinos Manado :: Once again, Cocotinos Manado and Odyssea Divers will host William Tan and offer our diving guests an opportunity to dive and participate in the workshops that William will be conducting during his stay.

From 29 January 2011 to 12 February 2011, William will be our guest resident celebrity photographer with his assistant Noldy. Dive Packages remains the same and the 1st quarter diving package promotion if you check-in on or after 6 February 2011.

If you had missed his last workshop in Cocotinos Manado, this is your chance again and this time, it is over the Chinese New Year holidays!

For more information and reservations, please drop us an email.

:: William Tan - Singapore ::

Widely recognised as a master of underwater macro photography, William Tan is a violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and accomplished marine life photographer. Between concert seasons, he spends his time studying and photographing marine animals throughout the Asia Pacific region. His patience and determination has resulted in many rare images such as his sequence of a male jaw fish releasing its brood of hatching eggs into the sea. Catching the extremely shy fish at the moment it is releasing its hatching eggs is quite an accomplishment.

William Tan has been fascinated with the creatures of the sea since childhood. While studying at the Johns Hopkins University (USA), much of his spare time was spent gazing at the extensive marine collection of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. A violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, William earned his scuba diving certification in 1994.

Thereafter, without his prized antique Italian violin, he travels extensively between concert seasons throughout the Pacific region photographing marine life for tourism organizations, dive magazines and resorts.

His most recent book, Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise, published under the commission of the Indonesian government, is a collaboration with Hong Kong's leading underwater photographers Stephen Wong and Takako Uno.

Diving in Sekotong, Lombok with Odyssea Divers in Dive Log (Australia)

Odyssea Divers Sekotong :: Our first feature article on Dive Log (Australia) by Dave Harasti has been published! Click on the image for full sized image to read.