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2008 TRIPS 

February / Curacao  Great time! 

March / Dry Torgulas /spearfishing & lobstering  1 spots open

June / Blackbeards 14 spots open

August / Dry Torgulas/spearfishing & lobstering  Trip Full

Details of trips below:

 

February Curacao Dates: Saturday Feb  9th-Saturday Feb 16

Staying at Habitat Curacao http://www.HabitatCuracaoResort.com
Trip Includes: Airfare from Pittsburgh/Atlanta/Curacao
Hotel Transfers
7 nights Lodging (Based on Double Occupancy) hotel taxes
Daily Breakfast Buffet
6 boat dives
6 Days unlimited shore diving
tanks & weights
Daily Shuttle service to downtown
D&R trip shirt.


March -Spearfishing & Lobstering - Boarding the Playmate by 7PM March 28th, Leaving doock by 5AM Diving 29th, 30th & 31st. Returning by 3PM on the 31st Available spots open 1 Trip Includes: 3 nights, 3 Breakfast, 3 Lunches, 2 Dinners, Fresh Fruit, Water, Lemonade, Tip, & D&R Trip Shirt. Most trips we dive 15-16 dives Airfare is NOT Included! Trip Cost: Air Diver $900      Nitrox Diver $975
(If you aren't Nitrox Certified, we can offer class before trip)
Anyone wishing to keep their spot on trip must have $100.00 deposit paid before September 1st.
After September 1st available openings will be posted on our website......
Balance not due until 60 days prior to trip!
Take your own cooler and bring home your Lobster & Fish!
Remember: Flying & diving you should book your airfare for the next day after we return!

June- Blackbeard's Cruises  http://www.blackbeard-cruises.com Date June 21-27th We have reserved the whole boat.  Sail/Dive the Bahamas departing from Freeport, Grand Bahama.  Blackbeard Cruises have 3 boats, The Pirate's Lady, Morning Star, & Sea Explorer. 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 $1,004.00 Price also includes Port Tax, Park Fees, & Fuel Surcharge.  Does not include airfares.  Call or email us  we have brochures for you to tell you more about the trip. 16 spots open Send $100 deposit to hold your spot, balance due 65 days prior to trip...  If you want us to get airfares please let me know... Joanna will be hosting trip....  Great time to take Photography Class! In fact we are offering anyone booking the trip before April 1st a "FREE Photography Class" so stop in and sign up soon. 


August Trip - (Spearfishing & Lobstering Trip) Boarding Playmate August 12th by 7PM , Diving 13th, 14th, & 15th. Returning by 3 PM on the 15th  No Spots Available Trip Includes: 3 nights, 3 Breakfast, 3 Lunches, 2 Dinners, Fresh Fruit, Water, Lemonade, Tip, & D&R Trip Shirt. Most trips we dive 15-16 dives Airfare is NOT Included! Trip Cost: Air Diver $900 Nitrox Diver $975
(If you aren't Nitrox Certified, we can offer class before trip)
Anyone wishing to keep their spot on trip must have $100.00 deposit paid before September 1st.
After September 1st available openings will be posted on our website......
Balance not due until 60 days prior to trip!
Take your own cooler and bring home your Lobster & Fish!
Remember: Flying & diving you should book your airfare for the next day after we return! 

 

2007 TRIPS

Cozumel Trip   Trip Report!  Trip started out pretty good, right from the start.  Flying directly into Cozumel is a real plus.  When we arrived the hotel receptionist was waiting for us to get us in our rooms right away so we could get registered to dive.  Some divers got wet the same afternoon as we arrived. Great time, weather was a lot warmer than here.  Everyone enjoyed the sun, warm water for diving, (water temp back home below 40 degrees) vis was great, food was great, for some shopping was good,  the whole trip was just a good time. Even the shore diving was nice, so of us got up early and did a night dive first thing in the morning, then breakfast before going out on our morning boat dives. Joanna entered some pictures in their photo contest and took 2nd place go check it out. Scuba Club Winners   Everyone had a great time.... Check Joanna's page for more pictures...

Australia again!

If interested or planning on Austrailia please call or email us, there's a lot of preparation with this trip!  Thanks .

Australia-We would like to go, but need to get a commit from you before we plan this trip. With airfare quotes we can't get confirmed pricing yet, but we are working on dive package & land package prices. I will post when we get more information or give us a call to let us know to keep you informed of details as I receive them.  Also check out our trip report below from our 1st trip to Australia. Please if you are interested in this trip contact us so we can get an idea how many are going, with a trip this size it takes a lot of preparation time.  If we don't get a approximate number on  how many interested persons we can't get actuate prices.

Our past trip! 2001 Australia "Our Best Trip Yet" This was the best of the best. Weather was beautiful, seas were calm, crew was exceptional, food was great and the boat was fabulous.  We did a week live aboard on the Elizabeth E ll and dove the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Seen sharks, turtles, rays, all different kinds of stars, and every fish imaginable.  Diving ranged from diving right off the boat to the corals bottoms, wall diving, night diving, we even were taken in the inflatable and dropped off and did a drift dive back to the boat.  We traveled over 550 miles thru the Great Barrier Reef into the Coral Sea.  Our last day of we dove the famous Yongula Wreck. We did 3 dives, seeing sharks, turtles and the wreck was completely intact. We could of dove 23 dives total in the week with visibility being 80 feet on the Great Barrier Reef to 150+ in the Coral Sea.  Are schedule was eat, dive, sleep, eat, dive, sleep. The week was fantastic, I will be posting more pictures of the trip including the land base package with details also of Denny's Great White Adventure! 

John, Susan, Bobby, & Mandy Evetts with crew. Captain Bobby Evetts Captain John Evetts Hostesses Julie, Kathy with Divemaster ShaneDivemaster Mark with Cook Lynn D&R Group 16 Divers Denny naps in between dives. Bill Davies catches up on a little reading in between dives.Checking out the bar. Planning the next dive. Lynn, April & Bob listen to dive orentation. A little card game.April comes down from top deck of boat. Bob shows the stairways to the bedrooms. On top deck just enjoying the perfect weather. Denny enjoying the early morning view. Peggy behind Sea Fan. Dave holds Big Sea Slug Lion Fish on Yongula Wreck.

Our Land package was arranged by Agtour Australia we visited the outback, rain forests and Sydney.  It was a very rememberable trip. We seen everything from kangaroos, koala bears, lava tubes, rain forests, to the Harbor Bridge.  Many beautiful views. 

We start our Land Package after a week of great diving. (13 of us) Breakfast with the animals! Our first stop on land package. Everyone enjoys the Kangaroo. Lynn gets greeted as she walks in for breakfast. Deb meets a friend. April getting a bear hug! Bill & Paula enjoys their little friend. Bob faces his fear!!!! Our rooms were a little rustic, but anyone can stay in a Holiday, we stayed in the outback. Our Rooms were Railroad Carriages! Group visits Lava Tubes. Nance says "Now this is a Outback Bathroom." Picture taken by Joanna Peace (Stingbean) Picture taken by Joanna Peace. Picture taken by Joanna Peace. Picture taken by Joanna Peace. Group visit different Lava Tubes in the Outback. Another wonder of the world "Lava Tubes" LavaGroup.jpg (209728 bytes) Eight of us went horse back riding. Touring Sydney in the morning. Bill, Bob, April, and Bean do the Harbour Bridge Climb! We did a afternoon cruise having lunch. One of the sites we stopped while tourning Sydney. Outside our hotel in Sydney.

 Denny, Bill Allenbaugh, and Steve Logue did an adventure of their own while we did the land package. Check out these pictures!

Calypso Star Charter Cage gets lowered in water for "The Ultimate Experience" While standing on boat you could see the Great Whites! Picture Taken by Bill  Allenbaugh Picture Taken by Bill Allenbaugh Picture taken by Bill Allenbaugh Picture taken by Bill Allenbaugh Picture  taken by Bill  Allenbaugh This is a experience that will never be forgotten! Denny takes picture while shark bites boat, pictured is Bill Allenbaugh.

Yes we plan on going again,  maybe you would like to join us.

After this experience when Denny met up with us in Sydney he informed me we will be booking another Australia Trip in 2008 and he said the Great White Encounter is a must. So if interested give us a call and we can keep you posted on details.