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Upcoming Trips….

August—Spearfishing on Playmate in the Dry Tortugas.  August 12-16, 2008 

No Spots available

All dates and times are subject to change.  Please check the website or give us a call for up to date information.

June- Blackbeard's Cruises  Date June 21-27th. 

Sail/Dive the Bahamas departing from Freeport, Grand Bahama.  Experience the majestic coral gardens decorated with schools of rainbow-hued fish, sponge-covered walls. All types of diving available for you.  Enjoy reef dives, wall dives, drift dives, night dives, and even a shark dives for those of you

who wish. Trip includes: 6 nights, meals, snacks,

drinks (soft drinks, Juices, coffee, tea, water, beer,

wine, rum), tanks, weights & D&R Trip Shirt. Price

$1,004. Price also includes Port Tax, Park Fees, &

Fuel Surcharge.  Airfare is not included.  Call or

email us for more information.  We have brochures.  

Five spots open.  If you are interested in this trip,

send a check today or you may miss the boat. 

Jay Street (Lock Haven)—June 7th & July 26th   A nice easy dive for everyone.  The river usually has excellent visibility.  Everyone should try this one at least once.

B & B Diving and Whites Dry Suit Demo—Saturday June 14th (10:00 am-5:00 pm)  Join us at B&B Diving in Hillsville, PA.  Every certified diver is welcome to try a dry suit.  B&B will be waiving the normal $5.00 quarry fee.  A 2008 Liability Release Form is required to dive.  Picnic foods will be provided.  The dry suit dive can be used as one of your elective dives for the advanced class.

Dutch Springs—July 5th  Dive shop day with D & R.  We will have the pavilion.

Blue Hole—July 19^th We will be going to the Blue Hole on Saturday July 19^th.   We reserved the whole quarry.  Everyone must fill out and return a 2008 liability release form before we go.  You can get a form at the shop or you can download a copy on the internet.  The link can be found on D & R’s website on the weekend trip tab.  There is a $2.00 donation to dive in the quarry.  Space is limited to 20 divers.  Please reserve your spot no later than Saturday July 12th. 

Niagara River—August 2nd An awesome drift dive that everyone can enjoy. We will leave the shop at 8:00 am

Additional locations will be added.  Sign up to receive email updates.  Just drop a line to learntoscubadive@gmail.com and we will be happy to add you to our list. Give us a call or visit our website for more details (www.drdivers.com) on any of these events.  We look forward to diving with you.

Let’s go diving!

Local Diving!

D & R Divers

Spring/Summer 2008

Free Discover Scubas

· Monday July 7th Punxsy  G. Brown Pool—Waiting confirmation

· Tuesday July 8th  Reynoldsville Community Pool

· Wednesday July 9th Clarion YMCA

· Thursday July 10th Ridgway Community Pool

· Friday July 11th Brookville YMCA

· Monday July 14th St. Marys Community Pool

· Wednesday July 16th DuBois YMCA

· Thursday July 17th Clearfield YMCA

Please check Website or call for last minute changes.

All Discovers start at 6:30pm.  A medical statement and a liability must be filled out to participate.  You must be at least 12 years old.  Anyone under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian present.

March 2008

Spearfishing &

Lobstering Trip report

This was our 8th trip aboard the Playmate.  The entire  boat was D & R divers/hunters.  The air and water temperatures were warmer than our previous March trips.  Seas were calmer as well.  This was a true eat, sleep, and dive only dive trip.  We did 16 dives in just three days.  We had two first time hunters with us—Tom Maslowski and Tom Sankey.  Everyone enjoyed their dives and their cooler full of fishes and lobsters. 

Tommy Sankey Speared a Huge Hogfish.

Photo by

Jennifer

Cyphert

Curacao Trip Report

In February thirteen divers enjoyed a winter break in Curaçao. We dove with Habitat Curacao.  We had the opportunity to do six boat dives and unlimited shore diving.  The reef in Curacao is very healthy.  The diving was fabulous. The never-ending abundance of  the awesome  sea life was a delight.  The shore diving at Habitat Curacao was a thriving reef wall.  It was just as nice as most of the sites on the boat dives.  Even though most of us did 13-18 shore dives, each dive was unique.  A HUGE Moray Eel was resident  to the local reef.  It  was never difficult to find someone to dive with.  We dove from about 5 am until 10 pm almost every day. Stop at the shop to see some of the photos.  

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Harry and Jenny Richards are no longer going to be able to dive.  They have some gear that you may be interested in. 

Call them directly if you have any questions or interest—(814) 772-1165

 

Scuba Pro XL Black Classic BC with Air 2                                    Scuba Pro M Black and Pink BC 

2 – Parkway Regulators and gauges                                                    2 Dive Lights 

6 mm Action Plus XXXL Black Wet Suit                                         3 mm Action Plus XXXL Black Wet Suit

 

Also available a few old tank racks.  We have three available.  They hold 4 or 6 tanks.  Call the shop. (814) 265-1227

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