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December 24th, 2010 | Comments Off on Making It Count – December 2010
As 2010 comes to a close, please remember REEF in your year-end giving.
For those members who have already contributed during our Fall Fundraising Campaign, a big thank you! If you haven’t yet, donate today using our secure online form, call REEF HQ at 305-852-0030, or mail in your donation to REEF, PO Box 246, Key Largo, FL 33037.
Members who donate $250 or more will receive a limited, signed, and numbered print from REEF co-founder and renowned underwater photographer, Paul Humann. This year’s print is of a beautiful coral grouper.
Happy holidays and a peaceful new year to you all.
Putting It to Work: Who’s Using REEF Data, December 2010
By Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Director of Science
Every month, scientists, government agencies, and other groups request raw data from REEF’s Fish Survey Project database. Here is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Artificial Reefs, Boats, Diver, Events, Fish, Manatee, Photography, Reefs, Report, Specialties, Stories, Training, Videography, Wrecks
December 18th, 2010 | Comments Off on Cozumel – August 13 – 20, 2011
Cozumel Mexico – August 13 – 20, 2011
This is a call to divers. I may not have met you and you me but I am sending out this invitation asking if you would like to join a team of divers from Open water to Master Instructors on a trip to Cozumel Mexico, on any number of days between August 13 – August 20, 2011. The goal, dive and have fun. Meet new people and make new connections.
I am producing a documentary on Lionfish and perhaps you could be one of the lucky divers to be filmed capturing and eating your catch for dinner that very night. Because of the location of the lionfish, expert diving skills will be required.
There will be more than just filming lionfish, there are wonderful drift dives … Read entire article »
Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Boats, Cavern, Divemaster, Diver, Events, Fish, Instructor, Master Diver, Open Water, Photography, Promotions, Reefs, Reference, Specialties, Training, Travel, Trip Invitations, Videography
November 29th, 2010 | Comments Off on What does it mean to be a diver?
Why do you dive? How does it make you feel?
Post your replys with your ideas.
Larry
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Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Divemaster, Diver, Emergency/FirstAid, General Question, Instructor, Master Diver, Open Water, Photography, Rebreathers, Reefs, Reference, Report, Rescue Diver, Specialties, Stories, Training, Videography, Wrecks
November 19th, 2010 | Comments Off on First Annual Dish and Dive
WhaaaaaSuuuuup?
ScubaExtreme is hosting their first annual Dish and Dive. This year it is at Ginnie Springs.
Go to Dive! Go to Eat! Go to have Fun! Bring a friend and make a friend.
Contact ScubaExtreme by phoning 904-269-8021 or email with the subject Dish and Dive to let them know how many plan to attend and for more details.
Larry
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Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Cavern, Divemaster, Diver, Events, Instructor, Master Diver, Open Water, Photography, Promotions, Reference, Rescue Diver, Specialties, Stories, Training, Trip Invitations, Videography
November 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off on 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
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Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Artificial Reefs, Boats, Convention, Diver, Emergency/FirstAid, Events, Master Diver, Open Water, Photography, Promotions, Reefs, Reference, Report, Rescue Diver, Specialties, Training, Travel, Videography, Wrecks
October 21st, 2010 | Comments Off on Ancient City Gamefish Association
Tuesday October 19, 2010 TISIRI team members, except Ed Kalakauskis whom claims he could not attend due to a Honey Do, presented a brief 15 minute presentation of Artificial Reefs and included the new Andy King Reef placed a few months ago, 7 miles off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida to St. Augustine’s Ancient City Gamefish Association.
Here is a video of the material being collected for placement at Andy King Reef.
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Here is side scan sonar of the Andy King site soon after the second placement provided by LAMP
What an awesome group. Very Inspirational . The gratitude and support offered by it’s members to TISIRI and its members was well received, welcomed and appreciated. They assured us they will be helping us get offshore to continue diving the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Artificial Reefs, Boats, Events, Fish, Open Water, Photography, Promotions, Reference, Report, Specialties, Stories, Videography, Wrecks
October 18th, 2010 | Comments Off on 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 »
Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Boats, Cave, Cavern, Divemaster, Diver, Emergency/FirstAid, Events, Fish, Instructor, Master Diver, Open Water, Photography, Reefs, Reference, Report, Rescue Diver, Specialties, Training, Travel, Videography, Wrecks
October 10th, 2010 | Comments Off on 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
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September 29th, 2010 | Comments Off on Scuba Extreme Team Meeting #2
Extreme Team Meeting Notes
September 22, 2010
Thanks to everyone who came out to our meeting last week we had a fun and informative meeting and are looking forward to our next meeting October 27th at the shop from 6 pm -7 pm. Please feel free to invite your interested dive buddies, friends or family.
Those in attendance were Sarah Kopp, Regina Ferraro, Larry Davis, Fred Sills, Patricia and Jerry Mushaben, Blake Cooper, Patrick Johnson, Sharon Wilson, Norine Blanton, Joe Kistel, Gary Clem, Larry Giggey, Dian Schichtel, Zac McClain, John Roberge, Tara and Jason Johns
The meeting was started with Gary Clem sharing his megalodon tooth and manatee rib bone which he found in Venice Beach, wearing his fanny pack and doo rag of course.
This started some discussion about planning a shark tooth … Read entire article »
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September 16th, 2010 | Comments Off on Scuba Extreme September 2010 Flyer
Scuba Extreme – Adventure Sports and Travel is located in Middleburg, Florida.
Here is their September 2010 Flyer
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Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Artificial Reefs, Cavern, Emergency/FirstAid, Events, Reefs, Rescue Diver, Specialties, Training, Travel, Trip Invitations, Wrecks