Greetings!

Colors are showing up in the trees as the days grow shorter. The leaves are dropping more quickly. Fall has arrived and so has some of the best diving of the year in our region. Less sunlight equals less algae and better visibility. Last weekend we had 20 to 25 feet of vis below 35 feet and 56 degree water temp. Join us for Fall and Winter diving and take advantage of these great conditions.

 

Tonight! October 10! 6:30 to 8:30 PM! HydroSports! Dive Club Meeting! Tom Hemphill, Northwest Dive History Association founder! Please join us. Bring a pot-luck dish to share. The Club will provide beverages, plates, utensils and napkins. Dinner starts at 6:30 PM. If you have a folding chair please bring one with you. We are expecting a full house tonight :-)

Hood Canal Diving About 40 Years Ago. What's changed?

 

HydroSports is thankful for your on-going support. Thank you for supporting our local business community.

 

Let us help you capture your diving goals and dreams! Visit or call soon!

 

Sincerely,

 

Mark Fischer

HydroSports Dive and Travel

503-304-5383

 

PS. Congratulations to the 13 divers in Class 180 who earned 16 PADI certifications last weekend. Your group photo can be seen on Facebook by clicking HERE. Class 181 and 182, get ready for a great adventure as we prepare you for your gill implant procedure.

The water level is up at the Big Cliff Reservoir and so is our desire to carve a pumpkin underwater. Why, you ask, would anyone in their right mind carve a pumpkin underwater?

Three reasons.

One, we have the tools to go underwater. Two, it's tradition. Three it's a challenge to take a big, floaty object underwater and do something most folks think is a big off the edge.

Meet us at 11 AM, Saturday, October 27 at the Big Cliff Reservoir. Bring a pumpkin to carve. Bring carving tools. Bring a tool to cut the top of your pumpkin. Bring beverages and appropriate clothing.

HydroSports will provide free air fills or tank rentals to everyone participating and we'll bring a grill, hot dogs, buns and condiments.

Free tank rentals are limited so please call the shop to reserve yours as soon as possible.

In addition to Jeff Trembly's Search and Recovery Specialty Class taking place December 1 and 2 (see the next article), we have rented the Yellow House for a weekend of fun dives.

Sunday, December 2, we have reserved passage with Pacific Adventure aboard the Down Time for a two tank boat dive. Space is available for 6 divers plus staff and crew. The two tank boat dive fee is $85 and includes access to the best dive sites on the Hood Canal, hot soup, fresh bread sticks, hot dog lunch and fresh baked cookies after the second dive. Learn more about Pacific Adventure by clicking HERE. Earn your PADI Boat Diver Specialty, a $140 value, for only $65 on Sunday December 2.

Weekend lodging at the Yellow House, $130, is limited to 16 guests and includes use of the dive park across the street, two air fills at Hood Sport N Dive and reduced fees for Sund Rock access.

Call HydroSports to reserve your space at the Yellow House and/or your space aboard the Down Time.

Learn how to plan, organize and execute Search and Recovery expeditions from one of the regions most experienced salvagers. Jeff Trembly has assisted with dozens of searches for lost or missing ships, recovered objects large and small and returned objects of significant historic value to their rightful owners.

Earn your PADI Search and Recovery Specialty certification December 1 and 2. Our base of operations is The Yellow House. Learn how to use lift bags, reels, search patterns and charts to locate and recover lost and missing valuables.

Class fee, usually $195, is only $155 this weekend only. Fee includes instruction, Search and Recovery Specialty Manual and certification application fee.

Class is limited to 6 divers. Call HydroSports to register today.

We had so much fun diving Catalina Island the last two years we're going back in 2013. We're diving aboard the King Neptune for two days and diving the Casino Point Dive Park in Avalon the third day.  

We're boarding the ferry Monday morning March 25 and will be staying at the Catalina Canyon Resort for four nights. We board the King Neptune for a two tank dive Tuesday and a three tank dive Wednesday. Thursday we're at the Casino Point Dive Park, some of the best shore diving in California. We depart for the mainland Friday mid morning March 29.

Trip cost includes ferry, lodging, boat dives, tank and weight rental (three shore dives on Thursday) is $699. The non-diver rate is $389. Prices are per person, double occupancy. A $50 deposit is needed to hold your reservation. The balance is due February 1, 2013.

Space is limited to 16 divers and unlimited non-divers.

Visit the ScubaLuv web page by clicking HERE. Visit the Catalina Canyou Resort home page by clicking HERE.

While we're waiting for final word on the dates in mid to late May 2013, we are actively recruiting dental professionals to join us on our third mission of passion and compassion. Do you know a dentist or dental hygienist or technician who might want to do some very good work in a distant land and experience some of the best diving and snorkeling in the Pacific? Would you like to join the team and play a supporting role? All are welcome.

Dr. Mike Litchfield treats a patient in Kadavu Koro, Fiji.

Our base of operations will be the Matava Eco Resort on the island of Kadavu, Fiji. Remote by both time and distance, the villagers of Kadavu Koro have little access to dental care. Three years ago Dr. Mike Litchfield and D. Sean Hanson of Salem lead the team. Our goal next year is to bring more dentists and dental hygienists to provide a higher level of preventive dental care to these wonderful people.

The trip cost is $3226 for divers and $2826 for non-divers. The trip includes airfare from Los Angeles to Kadavu, transfers to the resort, five days of two-tank boat dives, unlimited shore diving at Critter Junction, 7 nights lodging in a tradition bure, traditional Lovo Feast and Kava ceremony, all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, unlimited tea/coffee).

Please call Mark Fischer, 503-304-5383, for further information.

A $200 deposit is needed with your reservation. Balance in full is due April 1, 2013.

Over the past few weeks HydroSports has acquired quite a bit of used gear for sale. We have two high pressure 120 cubic foot tanks (fresh hydro and visual inspection), Scubapro BCDs, Scubapro regulators, SeaQuest BCDs, rechargeable dive and video lights, a Whites Dry Suit package (men's medium) and lots of odds and ends.

Are you looking for a great value? If the shoe fits, buy it! Come on down and take a look.

Welcome To The Dancer Fleet

We board the Tropic Dancer October 13, 2013 in Koror, Palau. For details click HERE.

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HydroSports Dive and Travel

3846 River Road North

Keizer, Oregon 97303

503-304-5383
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