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Scuba Newsletter
Divers Weekend at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach CA March 17 & 18th - FREE ADMISSION In hopes of luring us out of the water, Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific is hosting its annual Divers Weekend. On March 17th and 18th, you’ll have free access to Southern California’s most extensive collection of aquatic life. Be sure to bring your certification card as proof of your diving status. Share what you see on your dives with your land-locked friends! Your guests will receive 20% off the price of normal admission. by Jessica Chan For more information visit: http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802
Rescue Diver Certification starts this Tuesday Night March 20  NEW! Local Beach Sites Eco Dive Center is proud to announce the release of the most comprehensive online guide to beach diving in Southern California! Users can simply click a beach site on the map and will be provided with useful and interesting information including site photos and maps, the type of marine life that you might see, specific beach diving tips for the site, warnings about risks at the site, as well as safety tips. Happy beach diving! by Philippe Besson
Divemaster Course Orientation Night on March 27th at
Whether you just want added experience or are considering a career in diving, this class is for you!
 Beach CleanUp and Party on March 31 - Get in the spirit of Earth Day with the Eco Divers! Eco Dive Center is sponsoring an beach clean-up in Playa del Rey. Hoping to leave behind nothing but sand, the beach clean-up is an awesome way to have a positive impact on our ocean, while getting together with other dive buddies. Follow-up your good deed with a beach party with the Eco Dive Center staff. The clean-up starts at noon on Saturday, March 31. RSVP at Eco Dive Center by calling (310) 398-5759 or email Bob at bob@ecodivecenter.com or Brian at brian@ecodivecenter.com  Kelp Dives aboard the Sand Dollar Dive Boat on April Fools Day - Diving a kelp forest is magical. The stalks stream to the surface supported by the small gastropods that stick out from the leaf stalks like grapes. Swimming into a kelp forest whether it’s your first time or your hundredth is always an experience. As the leaves close in around you the heart rate accelerates with the thrill of moving through such a different environment. Most recreational diving is a relatively 2-dimensional experience, but in a kelp forest, you’re exploring a world in three dimensions. Instead of focusing on the sea floor below a translucent water column, you’re immersed in a kelp column with life all around. by Chistopher Robinson Boat Schedule
 Eco Divers Club Meeting Announcement: The Honorable Barry Groveman Barry Groveman enjoys SCUBA diving and the outdoors. He’s made a lifelong commitment to protecting the natural resources that make California an outdoor paradise and was one of the original authors of Proposition 65, California’s Clean Water Act. Since that campaign in the 1980s, Barry’s worked tireless on behalf of environmental causes in Southern California. He’s prosecuted polluters when working for the Los Angeles City Attorney and has used his position on the Calabasas City Council to promote environmental policy. Come to the Eco Divers meeting on Tuesday, April 3 and find out what he thinks are the important issues for Southern California divers. by Brian Davis, President of Eco Divers.
 Enriched Air / Nitrox Certification Night at Eco on April 11th 7pm Raise your hand if you’d like to have longer no-stop bottom time! It always seems like the best dives have to end the fastest so it’s no secret why the PADI Enriched Air/Nitrox Diver course is the most popular specialty certification going—it’s all about more bottom time.
In the Enriched Air/Nitrox course you’ll learn how to select the best mixture for your planned depth, how to analyze the mixture for safety and how to determine your oxygen exposure limits after each dive. You’ll also learn about the special equipment concerns that arise when you’re using higher oxygen percentages.
NEW! Channel Island Dive Sites Wanna get away? You don't need to catch a flight to find yourself someplace totally different. With their kelp forests, wildlife and unspoiled shore lines, the Channel Islands wait to satisfy your urge to explore untarnished reefs and pinnacles. For the low-down on what to find at the myriad dive sites in the Channel Islands, check out EDC's new Channel Island Dive Site Guide. Click on the site and you'll access a range of useful information that will help you plan your dive and get most of your time underwater.
by Chistopher Robinson Check It Out!
 New Team Member - Kristy "Krusher" Moser - InstructorI've always been a water kid involved in swimming, water polo, surfing, and sailing... but diving is a completely different and fascinating world. Weeks after becoming an Openwater diver, I grabbed a position as a galley chef on a Southern California dive boat. Every break from the kitchen, I was in the water, exploring a wide range of sites and encountering amazing sea life. This experience inspired me to share my passion and also help preserve the unique diversity of the Channel Islands. Eventually I became an instructor and spent some time traveling through Australia, then working in the British Virgin Islands. The tropical scene is fabulous, but I had to return to my SoCal diving home. The only thing that makes me happier than cruising through a kelp forest watching sea lions play, is taking my students down and watching their excitement! More About the 2007 Team Catalina Chamber Events 2007 May 2nd Chamber Day and the Chamber Evening Dinner are the largest fundraiser bringing in more than $100,000 to support the chamber's operation. Eco Dive Center is proud to support Chamber Day activities, and we hope you'll join us at one of our tables at the Chamber Dinner. Seating is limited, so make a reservation today by bringing your checkbook by the shop. Tickets for the dinner are $90.00 and contributions are tax-deductible. More Information  Wreck Diver Certification -May 5th and 6th The challenges of wreck penetration are pretty obvious. Becoming a Wreck Certified diver helps equip you with the tools to make the adventure safe as well as exciting. You’ll learn the skills necessary for dealing with the unique environment inside a wreck. Your instructor will guide you in the proper use of equipment and procedures as well as how to plan and organize a dive to a wreck. During your one evening session and four open water dives with the instructor, you will develop practical knowledge of the shipwreck environment and raise your awareness of the historical value of wrecks as well as the social and legal issues surrounding wrecks. The mysteries await. by Chris Robinson  Wreck Weekend and Cinco DeMayo run across the border!
Day One
Dive #1 Yukon: Canadian Destroyer, 366ft long in 60-98ft of depth.
6:00 pm Motel 6 Check-in @ Motel 6 on the Boarder - San Diego - Chula Vista 745 E Street I-5/San Diego Freeway at E Street Chula Vista, California, United States, 91910 Phone: (619) 422-4200 DiveRite Equipment Demo Day on the Pacific Star May 6th- DiveRite makes some of the most popular gear on the market and on May 6th, a representative from the company will be bringing a whole bunch of it on the Pacific Star for you to try out. At Eco we want to help you get into gear that will enhance your diving experience and thanks to our friends at DiveRite, you can test a variety of configurations is a real world dive setting.  Sealion Pup Adventure aboard the Sand Dollar May 6th - If you've never been diving at the Santa Barbara island sea lion rookery, you're in for an experience that won't be forgotten. As the boat arrives at the island, you'll be surrounded by curious pups and females who swim out to check out the new arrivals. While the bulls bask on the hill-sides of the island, you'll enjoy the company of the playful youngsters during your dives. Full of curiosity, the sea lions circle and dive in and out of the groups of divers in a playful ritual that lasts until the boat heads for home. Why not get on board the Sand Dollar with Eco Dive Center and see how the sea lions at Santa Barbara Island? Everything is included on the Sand Dollar – including tanks and weights – so sign up quickly to make sure you have a spot. These trips sell out fast! Day Trips & Multi-day Trips
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Oil Rig Dives - Eureka and the Ellen on May 13th- The oil rigs that dot the Southern California coastline from Huntington Beach to Santa Barbara are blight on the seascape. But to paraphrase an old cliche, sometimes ugliness is only skin deep. Underwater the not-so-attractive structures provide habitat for an enormous array of diverse wildlife. Anemones encrust the metal posts, pelagic fish cruise about and marine mammals occasionally swim through foraging for food and checking out the intrepid divers blowing bubbles in the dark water. While recreational divers will have plenty to see, the rigs are also prized by tec divers who have the training and equipment to take advantage of the deep water. Oil rig dives are for advanced and tec divers only and require proof of dive accident insurance such as DAN. Advanced Dive Trips
 Farnsworth Wall Dives on May 19th There are a few local dive sites that call for recreational divers to be at the top of their game. On the back side of Catalina, far from the crowds at Casino Point, there's a pinnacle that's famous among advanced divers up and down the coast. Farnsworth Bank comes into view at 65 feet below the surface and seems to drop off to the center of the earth. While there's an abundance of uncommon wildlife to be seen, the rarest gems that emerge as you descend into the clear water are the tree-like pink and purple California hydrocoral. Farnsworth is an advanced-only dive. Advanced Dive Trips 4 Saturday Dives aboard the Spectre on May 19th- But you really want to go diving on May 19th? Okay. Don’t say we don’t want to make you happy. How about 4 dives on the Spectre at Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands? You’ve been on the Spectre before and loved the BBQ, the knowledgeable and safe crew, and the big boat. Plus, in the spring you’ll find some of the best viz up at the northern Channel Islands. Click here for more information about this and other Eco Dive Center charters.<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> FREE Equipment Rentals for the Month of May on our Boats -Book a spot in the month of May and we’ll include FREE rental gear! Got everything but the wetsuit and tank? No problem! Need to get your personal gear in for annual service but don’t want to be out of commission before or during the summer? No problem! Just got certified and haven’t decided on what you want? No problem. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Like most deals, this one’s got some rules. You need to book a spot, go diving, and have fun. Okay, there’s a little more than just that. You’ll want to book those spots ASAP and tell us at the time of booking that you need rental gear. Once the inventory is all rented, it’s all rented. We’ve bought a bunch of new regulators, BCs, wetsuits, and steel tanks so that we’ll be well stocked for the summer, but you’ll need to act fast.<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> What are you waiting for?
 Technical Diving Lessons and Trips- Deeper, longer dives? More challenging adventures?
Tec Diving Lessons with Bruce at SoCalTecDivers.com & More Information About the Courses
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