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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 »

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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 »

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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 … Read entire article »

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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 … 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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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. [xr_video id=”cc2c5f0a1ba74f25a8180215200c0744″ size=”sm”] 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 »

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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 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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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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