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Rock on ScubaExtreme! November looks like a fun month. Pompano Nov. 13-14th. Free food at Ginnie! What else do you need? Yes, Friends. Email or call Scubaextreme for details. Winters coming upon us. If your hanging up your mask for the winter, first, your hanging it up too soon. We’re still diving! Get your training done before the outside weather gets too cold. Florida springs are a constant 72ish degrees F year round and one of the advantages of living in the Sunshine state, the Springs are crystal clear. Looking forward to seeing you in Pompano and Ginnie Springs this month. I know it’s been a long year for me. This is a nice way to end this year and begin the next. … Read entire article »
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Florida Dive Show Dec 3,4 2010
Mark your Calendar December 3th & 4th, 2010 Question Email info@divechronicles.com Palm Beach County Convention Center Show Hours: Friday 5 PM – 8 PM Saturday 9AM – 5 PM Seashepherd will be coming to the show aka Whale Wars! Tickets are avialable at the show. Cost is $ 15.00 at the Door Stop by your local dive center to get a discount coupons saving you 50% off the gate admission … Read entire article »
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Recent Post on facebook
I placed this post out under PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) Discussion Topics area this morning. Why are Instructors excluded from being a choice for students to select when registering/signing up elearning? a few years ago, PICs were available online except for Instructors. Now elearning is online and ALL Teaching Status Instructors are not listed as a contact for the prospective student. Take the total number of Teaching Status Instructors there are in the database. Divide the number of IRRAs into that number and tell me if the quotent is a realistic number? That number represents the number of instructors / IRRA. It’s over a 100 instructors / IRRA. What is the average number of Instructors / IRRA? Perhaps 10. Why is there such a deviation between the two numbers? Now, take that difference, … Read entire article »
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New Years Dive 2o11
If you are interested in a New Years Dive at one or more Florida Springs, 2011 post your interest here or email lars2923@divetalking.com with the subject: New Years Dive 2o11 You will be updated to time and location as well as attendees. This is usually an over nighter and diving the next day as well. I hope you will make it. Larry Davis … Read entire article »
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Scuba Extreme September 2010 Flyer
Scuba Extreme – Adventure Sports and Travel is located in Middleburg, Florida. Here is their September 2010 Flyer … Read entire article »
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June 18 – 21 2010 Grand Bahamas trip
The trip began at 6pm Thursday June 17th. Picking up Jason and Tara, owners of Scubaextreme dive shop in Middleburg, Florida, we start the trip down to Ft. Lauderdale. We stop about 30 miles North of Ft. Lauderdale to spend the night at a friends home. Up and out the door by 6am Friday morning to continue our route to Port Everglades to catch our boat to the Bahamas. Grand Bahamas is the destination this day. We hopped, skipped and jumped to our boat. OK, some walked. Discovery Cruise Lines was our carrier. A pretty cool boat. The passage ways wind and do not follow the same path on either side. You will have to walk outside and take ladders up as you find them. I lost more than 1/2 our guest the … Read entire article »
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Florida Springs Tour Guide for Hire
Are you looking to dive the Springs of Florida and don’t know where to start? I’m the guide you’ve been looking for. If you are planning a visit to Florida and would like to dive Springs like Ginnie, Blue Grotto, Devils Den, Paradise, Troy and others, send an email to lars2923@divetalking.com with your interests. I’m sure we can arrange a weekend of guided diving at a reasonable cost. Feel secure and safe diving with a professional of over 33 years in the industry as well as very familiar with the sites mentioned. If diving off the East Coast of Florida is something you would like to do, arrangements can be made to dive from the Georgia coast all the way to the keys. Send email to lars2923@divetalking.com for more information. Larry … Read entire article »
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Tritonshall
divetalking and tritonshall have traded links. Visit tritonshall for articles related to the field of diving and all things related. … Read entire article »
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Mahahaul, Mexico
Here is a map of the trip I am planning. It starts in Cancun Mexico August 2010. Arrive Friday spending Saturday in Cancun. Spend the day on the beach or in old Cancun. Maybe attend a bull fight or just shop. Sunday morning packup and head to Mahahual where the pristine sands, culture and ocean view succumbs one in majesty. Sunday afternoon diving, Monday diving, beaching, site seeing, what ever pleases me. Monday is a day of diving at some of the most pristine sites you may ever see. I will be carrying my underwater videography equipment. Can’t wait to see the video(s). Tuesday morning, one more dive and checking out heading to Playa Del Carmen. Spending Tuesday through Thursday diving the cenotes and various sites off shore. One of the cenotes contains … Read entire article »
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Diving Memorial Weekend, 2010
I will be heading to Ginnie Springs Memorial weekend, May 31, 2010. My plans are to just relax. Dive when I feel like diving. I plan on filming to get use to the new camera, housing and lights. I believe the place may be packed with tubers. It’s too early to tell what the weather will be like that three day weekend. We can only hope for SUNNY days. I also plan on camping one night, Saturday night. Arrive at 9AM Saturday, depart when ever Sunday. Who knows, maybe I’ll spend two nights. I sure hope it’s not too hot at night. I wonder if I should carry a fan. There is electricity and water at each camp site. I’ll let you know how it turns out after the memorial weekend is … Read entire article »
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Paradise Springs, Ocala Florida
Today, Saturday May 8th, I and a friend drove to Paradise Springs in Ocala. We met up with Gerold (Jerry) from Divebuddy. There were a number others who announced they wanted to go, but didn’t make it. It was nice. I was the first at the site. We signed in and drove over to get our best spot and began unloading and preparing to be the first to enter the water while the visibility was good. Dave and I went in along with Michael, who drove out and surprised me being there. We scoured around the place finding a number of figurines tucked in glooves or placed on shelves. I notice on the ceiling what appeared to be ribbon from the formation above. I also noticed that it went around this one hugh piece … Read entire article »
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Dive for fun April 24, 2010 Blue Grotto
Saturday, April 24 I will be at Blue Grotto diving and picnicing with fellow divers and friends. If you are available to join us this day, shoot me an email lars2923@divetalking.com and I’ll add you to the list. Hope to see you there. Larry … Read entire article »
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2010’s Crystal River with the Manatees
This was a second trip for me with ScubaExtreme’s annual Crystal River, Manatees trip. Here is a small video of that day. [xr_video id=”7928ea4883a64792a2fcdd568deb2083″ size=”sm”] Larry Davis … Read entire article »
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2010’s Rainbow River Drift
This was the second year I attended the ScubaExtremes annual Rainbow River drift dive. though it rained, I didn’t mind getting wet before the dive. here is a small clip of that days event. [xr_video id=”2d1ea6e3f20344e3bc1340f86de502f4″ size=”sm”] Larry Davis … Read entire article »
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2010 Florida Artificial Reef Summit
January 21-23, 2010 Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront More info at 2010 Summit Web Page Call for Papers and Poster Exhibits (Due November 15) Contributed papers are being solicited for the following topics: Fisheries management and Artificial Reefs; Lessons Learned and Adaptive Management Strategies; and, Citizen Involvement in Monitoring and Reef Development. Posters will be accepted on a variety of general artificial reef-related topics. Why attend? Meet and discuss current issues, hear the latest research, and share new ideas for future projects with other members of Florida’s artificial reef community. Who will attend? Scientists, artificial reef program managers, fishery and natural resource managers, volunteer research diver organizations, and artificial reef citizen constituency organizations. Topics Addressed Synopsis of the 2007 FWC Artificial Reef Science Colloquium and the 2009 International Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats, marine fisheries and adaptive management, permitting … Read entire article »
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