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Greetings!
 The longest day of the year has passed. If you're waiting to start enjoying Summer, the time is now and HydroSports is working hard to help you get your dose of compressed air! Remember, breathing compressed air underwater is guaranteed to give you a positive outlook.
What's happening in the next three weeks?
PADI Go Pro Night
REEF Fish and Invertebrate I.D. Classes and Dives
Advanced Open Water Class Dives
Open Water Class at Western Oregon U.
Club Meeting and BBQ (and my birthday)
Our Summer Two-Fer-One class sale continues through the summer. This can be used by one diver to complete two classes or by two divers to complete one class each. Track down the details by clicking HERE.
There's more coming. Get out your i-phone, pda, scheduler or day timer and reserve some time for diving this summer.
Let's blow bubbles together!
Mark Fischer
HydroSports Dive and Travel
503-304-5383
PS. How well do you know HydroSports history?Click HERE to take this edition's HydroSports History Quiz. |
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Club Meeting (and my birthday)
I'm throwing a party! |
 It's time to celebrate another year aboard the blue marble.
Join me Thursday night, July 8. Chef Steve will be barbecuing burgers and dogs starting at 6 PM. Please bring a side dish to share.
The club meeting will start at 7 PM and will feature National Geographic DVDs of the Galapagos Islands. |
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REEF Class and Dives July 10 and 11
Fish and Invertebrate ID Specialty Classes |
 Have you ever wondered what you're looking at when you dive? What are those things called? Are they animal, mineral or vegetable? More correctly, are they vertebrate, invertebrate or plant?
Participate in the Reef Environmental Education Foundation Fish and Invertebrate ID classes with REEF Advanced Assessment Team members Carol and Gregg Cline July 10 and 11 at the Yellow House in Hoodsport, WA. The class is free; however, you'll have the opportunity to earn TWO PADI specialty certifications by participating in two REEF Survey dives each day.
The specialty certification fee for one class is $50. Earn both specialties for $80. The class fee includes a REEF Surveyor Starter Kit.
Participation is limited to the first 12 to register (three spaces are already reserved). Lodging at the Yellow House is $100 per person (includes 2 nights lodging, two air fills at the local dive shop and reduced beach access fee at Sund Rock. Call the shop to register! |
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Dive the San Juan Islands
September 11 and 12 |
 Bathed daily by the nutrient rich waters of the Gulf of Alaska, the San Juan Islands are a Northwest diver's mecca. Islands too numerous to name, some only appearing at low tide, create innumerable dive sites.
Lu-Jac's Quest, principally a scuba dive charter in the San Juan Islands, is operated by Diver's Dream Charters, Inc. The boat was built in 1970 by the Rawson Boat Company. She began operating as a dive charter boat in 1998 out of Anacortes. Forty-two feet long with a 14 foot beam and a displacement of 25 tons, she is very stable in the water.
Join Matt Jenkins, our trip leader, for five dives as we travel from Anacortes to Friday harbor and back. Your cash trip cost, $245, includes three dives Saturday September 11, overnight lodging in Friday Harbor, two dives Sunday September 12. A continental breakfast and lunch aboard each day are included.
Space is available for a total of 10 guests. A $50 deposit will hold your space on this trip. For anyone who has not yet enjoyed the abundance of life below the waters of the San Juan Islands, this is a great introduction to some of the best diving in the Pacific Northwest. Don't be left out! To visit the Lu-Jac's Quest web site click HERE . |
Weekend Open Water Class! Meeting at Western Oregon University |
 Are you looking for an Open Water class that meets on weekends? Look no farther!
Join our weekend class meeting July 17 and 31 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. All class and pool sessions take place from 8 AM to 5 PM. Open Water training takes place August 7 and 8 at the Yellow House in Hoodsport, WA.
WOU students can earn a PE credit for completing this class. Register at HydroSports and start the adventure of a lifetime, today! |
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Rodales Scuba Lab, Testers Choice! |
Scubapro MK25-S600 receives Scubalab's Tester's Choice Award!
 The July 2010 issue of Rodales Scuba Diving Magazine reports:
"This is a powerhouse reg that had simulator technicians standing gape-jawed as it effortlessly conquered each RMV/test level. This is the best muscle performance of any reg tested by Scubalab. Ever. In the ocean, test divers loved it too."
HydroSports is proud to represent this and the entire SCUBAPRO family of equipment. |
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| Used Gear For Sale | |
We've been collecting more and more used dive gear that needs to find a good home.
We're also rotating out some of our rental BCD's. We have used dry suits from DUI, Apollo, Andys and Bare. We have a Diva Deluxe BCD, a Scubapro MK25-S555 set up for tech diving and more!
One used bonica HiDef Video System, $399. |
If you're looking for great prices on some excellent used gear, come on down. While the selection is good, the quantities are limited! |
| Dive the Oregon Coast Aquarium! |
Once a year the Oregon Coast Aquarium opens it's exhibit tanks to northwest divers for weekend.
Diving these tanks is considered by those who know to be the best "shore diving" in Oregon.
To jump in, you'll need to participate in the Diving Unlimited Demo Days event August 20 to 22. Demo Days is an opportunity to test dive a DUI Dry Suit in the aquarium tanks.
Friday, August 20, a limited number of spots are available for a day long photo clinic in the tanks. Saturday and Sunday dives are scheduled every hour for test dives.
Tickets are on a first-come first-served basis and are available NOW at HydroSports. Photo Seminar tickets are $100. Demo dives on Saturday and Sunday are $40.
Tickets include a full day pass to the Aquarium, all equipment for a DUI test dive and a barbecue lunch. Extra lunch tickets are $5. |
| Become a PADI PRO |
Looking for a job?
Want to supplement your income with part time work? Want to set your own hours? Want to work in the tropics?
Join us Wednesday night, June 30, at 6:45 for a very special event, PADI GoPro Night, lead by PADI Regional Manager Barry Dunford and PADI Course Director Mark Fischer.
Whether you are a newly certified diver or an experienced instructor, PADI professionals are in constant demand at dive centers and resorts around the world or in your own back yard.
We'll discuss the steps you'll take to begin a part time or full time career as a PADI professional.
Special one night only incentives to start or continue your PADI career will be available. |
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Advanced and Specialty Class Dives |
Join me for Advanced or Specialty Class dives July 10 and 11 in Hoodsport.
 Call for details. |
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Dear ,
HydroSports has been serving the Pacific Northwest diving community since it's incorporation in 1994. Our goal then as now is to help you reach your diving goals and dreams. You honor us with your continued support and referrals.
Your privacy is important to us. We never sell, rent or share your contact information. If you wish to be removed from our email list please use the safe unsubscribe link below.
If you change your email address, please let us know.
Best fisches!
Mark Fischer
HydroSports Dive and Travel
3846 River Road North
Keizer OR 97303
503-304-5383
www.hydrosports.commark@hydrosports.com
PS. Watch for an article about HydroSports Dental Mission to Fiji in the next Northwest Dive News. | |
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HydroSports Reminds You to Incorporate
Trip Insurance into Your Travel Plans
June 1 marked the official start to the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, and forecasters are predicting it will be an active one. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a 70 percent probability of up to 23 named storms developing between now and Nov. 30, 2010; of those, eight to 14 of the storms are potential hurricanes.
Dire storm predictions are no reason to put travel plans on hold. Prepare yourself by enrolling in the DAN Trip Insurance.
Purchase DAN Trip Insurance by clicking HERE . | |
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