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THIS WEEK (Jan. 30 - Feb. 6) AT REEF SEEKERS DIVE
CO.
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NEW!!!
-----> 2012
BOAT & LOCAL DIVES SKED (CHRONOLOGICAL)
NEW!!!
-----> 2012
BOAT & LOCAL DIVES SKED (BY DIVE TYPE)
BOAT
DEPARTURE TIMES
DIRECTIONS TO
BOATS and VETERANS PARK (REDONDO)
UPDATED!!!
-----> 2012 FOREIGN
TRIP SCHEDULE
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REEF SEEKERS REPAIR DEPARTMENT
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Contact Robert Stark directly at 310/947-8523 or via e-mail at ReefSeekersRepair@gmail.com
(Ask Robert about our unique
"Repair Pickup & Delivery Service")
• Saturday, February 4 - Redondo Canyon daytime dive (9AM - Noon)
• Wednesday, February 8 - Redondo Canyon Squid Dive (NO CHARGE - 8-10:30PM)
• Saturday, February 25 - Catalina Express to the 31st Annual Avalon Underwater Cleanup (6:15AM departure)
• Sunday, March 4 - Great Escape to Catalina - Ship Rock & more (1/4 full - LIMITED LOAD - staterooms available - 5AM departure, 3:30PM return)
2012 LOCAL DIVING SKEDS:
Chronological for the full year: http://www.reefseekers.com/FLYERS/2012%20RSD%20Boat%20&%20local%20dives%20(chronological).pdf
By type of dive (boat, Avalon, beach): http://www.reefseekers.com/FLYERS/2012%20RSD%20Boat%20&%20local%20dives%20(by%20type).pdf
Need rental gear? Get a 20% discount at Hollywoodivers (near Universal City) or Scuba Haus (Santa Monica).
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Want to travel??? Upcoming 2012 vacation trips:
• February 12-18 - Florida (Manatees & Caverns)
• March 16-25 - Back to Yap (Manta Rays, Mandarinfish, Sharks, and more!!! 7 confirmed so far)
• May 12-20 - Dominica (11 divers going so far - will cap this at 18)
• July 7-22 - Return to Indonesia and our friends at Murex in Manado (can you say "Pygmy Seahorse" and "Hairy Frogfish"???)
• September - Bonaire??????
• November - Great Barrier Reef AND a TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE?????? . . . or . . .
• November - Cocos over Thanksgiving???
GET MORE INFO ON ALL OF OUR VACATION TRIPS HERE: www.reefseekers.com/foreign_trips.html
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What a great weekend this was. If you didn't get a chance to go diving, hope you were out doing something outside and took advantage of the conditions . . .
INTERESTING WATER CONDITIONS THIS PAST WEEKEND - This all goes to show how much what time you leave, where you leave from, size of the boat, and just luck of the draw factor in to where we can go diving and where we can't. Without naming names, boat A left Friday night for San Clemente but was getting beaten up by a short-period swell so decided instead to turn and head to Catalina. Boat left B Saturday morning with the intent of diving the Olympic on the way to Catalina but got two miles out, whitecaps everywhere, and instead opted to do Palos Verdes. Boat C left from much further south trying to go to Catalina, ran into similar conditions as boat B and also opted for PV. Boats D & E left from San Pedro but pushed on through the chop to end up at Catalina. Not sure what the Catalina conditions were, but the PV conditions (at least at the wreck of the Avalon on Saturday) were no swell, no wind, and 40'+ visibility. I didn't get a chance to talk with any boats today (Sunday) but I drove along PCH from Santa Monica to Malibu today and it was like a lake. On top of that, what wind we did have blew things out to the point where you could not only see Catalina (from Malibu) but also Clemente behind Catalina and Santa Barbara Island off to the right. Really good-looking day today.
IF JAWS WAS MADE BY DISNEY - Not sure who did this but you'll get a good 90-second chuckle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr1pFnJj6H0 .
END OF AN ERA - I think most of you know the story as to why we closed the retail store at the end of 2006. We lost our lease because the greedy landlord made a deal with a developer who had bought the adjacent vacant lot and wanted to build condos on the whole place. It all got approved (somewhat contentiously) by the City of Beverly Hills but then the real estate market collapsed and nothing was ever done. So it sort of gave me a good what-goes-around-comes-around feeling anytime I drove by our old place to see that it was still vacant after all of these years. Well . .. not anymore. I passed by the other night and 8612 Wilshire has now been rented out. The new tenants have made it into a warren of offices by adding walls and doors. It seems the new tenants have a business that connects hundreds of Mac desktops together to run in unison. But the ironic part is their name: Aqua Connect (no kidding).
BEACH DIVE THIS SATURDAY - It looks like this weather's going to hold all week which means we should have primo conditions for our daytime beach dive at Redondo's Vets Park this coming Saturday. If you haven't been in the water for a while it's a great refresher or if you'd just like to do an escorted dive, it's good for that too. $10 covers you for my time and if you hold a valid Reef Saver Card, you save $5 off of that. (Pays for my gas and lunch at Mickey D's.) I might even be tempted to take my GoPro and the new flat-port housing in to shoot whatever we can find. Anyhow, if you're interested, give us a call at 310/652-4990 and get signed up.
AVALON CLEANUP FEBRUARY 25 - You might also want to give some thought to joining us for the 31st Annual Avalon Underwater Cleanup on Saturday, February 25. This is an event where the entire diving community pitches in to help clean the harbor and we always get to dive the Green Pier area, a place that's normally off-limits to divers, except this one day of the year. We're going to go over on the 6:15AM boat out of Long Beach which means we should be in place around 7:45AM. That means that while I sign everyone in, you have plenty of time to go get breakfast, set up your gear, and get ready to go. After the single dive we do for the Cleanup, you can either choose to have us transport and store your gear for the remainder of the day, or send you over to the UW Park (one of our newest MPAs) where you can do some more diving. Cost of the whole shebang is $125 which covers event registration, Catalina Express, taxi rides, gear storage, and all the fun you can handle. It's a great day for divers to get together and give something back to the communities that support us and we hope you'll join us. Call us at 310.652-4990 to get signed up (and make sure you give us your t-shirt size).
D.A.N. TRAVEL INSURANCE - You know that D.A.N. offers a comprehensive diving insurance program to cover you in case of a dive accident but did you know that they also offer travel insurance? Best of all, you can get coverage even if you're leaving on your trip in 24 hours. (Many other plans require the insurance to be purchased shortly after you initial trip deposit.) You can find out more about this in their press release, and there are some links to take you directly to the D.A.N. site if you'd like to get a quote: http://www.divenewswire.com/NewsITems.aspx?newsID=11956 .
GREAT ESCAPE TO CATALINA MARCH 4 - Yeah, it seems along way off, but March 4 will be here before you know it. That's the date of our next boat dive on the Great Escape, heading to Catalina to explore Ship Rock and other dive sites in that general frontside vicinity. We've got plenty of space right now, including staterooms, and if you're interested, you should give us a jingle. Remember, all of our Reef Seekers trips include food and airfills, 3-4 dives, and all the fun you can handle (the latter being at no extra charge). Hope you can join us.
ONE MORE GREAT ESCAPE THING - Happy birthday to Captain Tim Burke today. (Looks pretty good for a man of 92, doesn't he?) You can send him happy b-day wishes directly at captaintim@diveboat.com .
And that's about it for now. Have a great week and let's go diving soon!!!
- Ken (for all the gang here at Reef Seekers Dive Co.)
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