Conversations with History: Ocean Voyages with Sylvia Earle
I present to you Dr. Sylvia Earle … Read entire article »
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Scuba Extreme Adventure Sports & Travel
Scuba Extreme Adventure Sports & Travel It is the second annual Small Business Saturday, come show support for your local dive shop and remember everyone who comes in gets a FREE gift from us to show our appreciation! We will be in the store until 3:30 this afternoon. … Read entire article »
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Happy Thanksgiving from ScubaExtreme
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Resilience Webinar: Resilience Assessments and Management Decision-Making
Call Date & Time: Thursday, October 27th 20113:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time Register Here To join the Resilience Practitioners Network, email us at resilience@tnc.org For more information about The Nature Conservancy’s Reef Resilience Program visit www.reefresilience.org This Webinar is brought to you through the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program. Distributed by the Resilience Practitioners Network Reef Resilience Webinar: Using Resilience Assessments to Inform Management Decision-Making Operationalizing the powerful and popular concept of resilience has proven difficult for reef managers. Many are unsure as to how to best streamline building resilience into their daily activities, as well as how to identify the high resilience sites in which to invest limited resources. Recently, colleagues from TNC, WCS, GBRMPA, NOAA and the IUCN have collaborated to build upon the coral reef … Read entire article »
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Best Dive Job in the World 2012 – It’s here again!
Back by popular demand – The Best Dive Job in the World is here once again giving you the opportunity to change your life forever. WIN seven months training in Bali to become a SCUBA Instructor worth over USD25,000. If you are in any doubt as to how cool this prize is : Checkout the 2011 winner’s blog here: Kenzo Kiren! How can you enter? In order to win the “Best Dive Job in The World 2012” you need to answer the following question – “Why I want to change my life and become a PADI Instructor?” We want you to send us a one minute video or 500 word written entry answering that question. We are not looking to judge your technical ability in making videos; we are looking for character, style, charisma and … Read entire article »
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The Dive Pirates Foundation Your Donation is needed
Hi All I am a proud member of an organization called “The Dive Pirates Foundation”. Dive Pirates is non-profit organization dedicated to bringing scuba diving to persons with disabilities. What began in 2003 as a social club for divers has now been transformed into a non-profit foundation that teaches, equips and takes disabled persons on Caribbean scuba diving trips. The program is open to all medically qualified disable persons, Dive Pirates has chosen to focus on disabled military veterans that have sustained injuries on the battlefield. These men and women have sustained injuries and had lost part of their youth in combat; we hope to restore a sense of adventure, community and hope for these wounded warriors. This year I am taking part in the training … Read entire article »
Online Training – What are your thoughts?
Todays society we find scuba diving training agencies offering courses online. The student still needs to see a dive instructor to perform their checkout dives, Divetalking is interested in your thought, as a Professional and non-professional on the Pros and Cons of online training. Simply create an account, if you do not already have one with Divetalking and post your comments and thoughts on the subject. Post a PROS and a CONS citing reasons for each. … Read entire article »
Lionfish & Whaleshark Expeditions Invitation
Divetalking is hosting an Expedition to film and document on the subjects Lionfish and Whale Sharks September 3-10, 2011. During the week, three Lionfish Expeditions are planned, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, to film the harvesting of lionfish. Divetalking has opened up opportunities for individuals to participate in one, two or all three expeditions. Spots have been reserved for up to 8 divers per expedition and are assigned on a first come first serve basis. Participation in the expedition provides you with first hand experience managing the harvesting of lionfish. Any and all harvested lionfish will be consumed for an evening dinner, which is included in the expedition price. Also included is a lionfish cookbook. On the day of your lionfish expedition we start with a briefing on identifying lionfish, approach, spear or corral the … Read entire article »
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Underwater Photography / Videography Cozumel 9/5-6/2011
Lionfish and Whaleshark Expeditions September 3-10, 2011 If you are not interested in the Lionfish and/or Whaleshark Expeditions, I am offering the opportunity to attend a photographic and videographic course lasting two days. During this time you will be introduced to methods that will help you produce the best shots and/or video. Please Contact Larry with your interest and I will fill you in with the details. 9/3 – Saturday Arrival 9/4 – Sunday Whaleshark – ALL DAY 9/5 – Monday Lionfish AM / Photography/videography Deep Diving PM 9/6 – Tuesday Lionfish AM / Photography/videography Diving PM 9/7 – Wednesday Lionfish AM / Drift Diving PM 9/8 – Thursday Diving AM / Drift Diving PM 9/9 – Friday Cenote Diving AM / Off Gasing PM 9/10 – Saturday Depart … Read entire article »
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Lionfish and Whaleshark Expeditions September 3-10, 2011
September 3 – 10, 2011 I will be visiting Cozumel to create a documentary on the subject of Lionfish. Lionfish I am opening the Lionfish expedition up to individuals who have a need to experience Lionfish handling and would like to experience the consumption of any lionfish caught the day of your expedition. Your time will begin with about a 1 hour introduction to the nature of Lionfish, where they are from, what they mean to the local environment, techniques for safely handling. We will then proceed to the boat, heading to locations to begin the hunt for the lionfish. The days diving ends with the proper handing to clean and prepare the lionfish caught that day for consumption. Yes, you will be eating any lionfish caught that day. A lionfish cookbook … Read entire article »
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ScubaExreme is Moving to a New Location
Out with the old and in with the new. ScubaExtreme is moving to a new and larger location off Blanding Blvd., Jacksonville Florida. [singlepic id=126 w=640 h=480 float=] Admin … Read entire article »
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