Giving Manta a rest

Welcome to the all-new weekly Jeff's blog!

Every Sunday we'll be posting the latest news and happenings from our own little piece of paradise here on the Manta Coast of majestic Mozambique.

This month's big news is the temporary closure of Manta Reef. Ourselves and all the other dive centres in the area agreed to give Manta Reef the month of February off and focus our energies on diving all the other awesome reefs in the area. The reason for this initiative is to monitor any noticeable difference in marine life and concentration after the temporary closure. Meanwhile, we've been getting awesome Manta sightings on our local reef system, so we're not complaining!

The recent cyclone in Madagascar has played merry hell with our weather here this week, and combined with a monster spring tide, almighty Neptune has made his presence felt on Praia de Jangamo. We came to work this morning to find half our car park had been washed into the ocean, some serious sand castles are going to have to be built to fix this mess!

After the mayhem of Xmas and New Year we have settled into 2011 with a brand new dive team. Welcome aboard to Graham "G-man" Marrs, the newest permanent member of the Jeff's Pro Dive instructor team. And special thanks to Dizzy, GT and Egg for all their efforts over the holiday period, come back soon!

Congratulations to Nerise Bekker, the most recent graduate of our GoPro program, who completed her dive master internship yesterday. Welcome to the greatest job in the world!

That's all for this entry, we've got some amazing dives planned over the coming week, so check back next Sunday for news of the latest action on the Manta Coast.