Greetings!
The year end holiday season is upon us. Celebrations of family, togetherness, sharing and the best scuba visibility of the year begin in a few days. All the staff at HydroSports wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Reports of 40 foot vis at Sund Rock inspire us to dive frequently this winter.
HydroSports annual Deep Blue Sale begins this coming Friday at midnight. Our sale flyer will be posted to the shop website and shop Facebook page and emailed to the diving community.
As you know HydroSports Education Team was busy at the DEMA Show in Las Vegas last week looking for the best values from vendors large and small. Lots of gear has been ordered and it has begun arriving this week.
We're kicking off Deep Blue Friday with a Tanks-Giving Sale. We've found great prices on steel and aluminum tanks and have until next Monday to finalize our order. This means free shipping on every tank purchased this weekend. Look for details in the next article.
Small Business Saturday, encouraging shoppers to support local small businesses, is this Saturday November 24. HydroSports has been doing business in the Salem and Keizer communities since 1994. Supporting numerous non-profit groups, schools and church fundraising activities, HydroSports is deeply involved in our community. We appreciate your support of all local small businesses. Shop on line. Purchase locally. Shake the hand of the salesperson from whom you make your purchase.
To further encourage you to visit HydroSports this Saturday all purchases made on Saturday will receive a 10% credit toward your next purchase of $100 or more.
We appreciate your referrals and recommendations. Your testimonial about your experience with HydroSports is the best advertising.
HydroSports appreciates 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. Look below for samples of the great deals you'll find at HydroSports this weekend. |
HydroSports Holiday Party |
Allow me to thank you for doing business with HydroSports this year. Rather than a pot luck dinner at the club meeting, please join me for a catered gathering on Monday, December 3 from 5 to 8 PM.
Joshua Green, Executive Chef at Willamette University (and one of our Advanced Open Water divers), will be serving up the hot dishes for us all.
We'll share some holiday cheer, raffle off some fun prizes and share stories of our scuba dreams and plan to meet our scuba goals.
Please let me know you will be attending by clicking HERE and telling me you will be joining us. |
Tanks-Giving Weekend Sale |
We found great values on Faber steel and Catalina aluminum tanks at the DEMA Show last week. We have the opportunity to adjust our order next Monday to take advantage of free shipping on all tanks included in the order.
Faber steel cylinders come in low, mid and high pressure ratings and range in volume from 12 cubic feet to 149 cubic feet. Sprayed with zinc galvanizing then coated with epoxy and clear coat, Faber cylinders have been my favorite for nearly 20 years.
Luxfer aluminum cylinders have been an industry standard for decades.
These Tanks-Giving Weekend prices are valid November 23 through 25. Prices will go up $5 per cylinder on Tuesday November 27.
Orders placed this weekend must be paid at the time of order to take advantage of the weekend price. Orders placed after November 25 must be paid prior to November 30 to take advantage of the sale price.
Faber Steel Tanks:
Low Pressure Series (2,640 psi) w/Pro Valve
LP 12 $164
LP 27 $164
LP 45 $194
LP 50 $214
LP 85 $244
LP 95 $264
LP 108 $274
LP 120 $294
HP Series (3,300 psi) w/Pro Valve
HP 100 $264
High Pressure Series (3,442 psi) w/Pro Valve
FX 15 $194
FX 23 $194
FX 71 $274
FX 80 $214
FX 100 $294
FX 117 $304
FX 120 $324
FX 133 $374
FX 149 $384
Luxfer Aluminum Cylinders (3,000 psi) w/Pro Valve
80 CF $144
Available Colors: Yellow, Brushed, Black, White, Electric Blue, & Electric Red |
Deep Blue Friday to Cyber Monday and Beyond |
In addition to our Tanks-Giving Sale, HydroSports found loads of super values at DEMA. Watch for our flyer to be posted at midnight November 23.
You'll find package deals (BCDs, Regulators and computers) from Oceanic, Aeris, Sherwood, Zeagle and XSscuba. Click HERE for Sherwood packages. Click HERE for Oceanic computer rebate deals.
Wet suit deals from Henderson, NeoSport and Body Glove are sure to keep you warm in tropical or local waters.
Dry Suit deals from Diving Unlimited International, OS Systems, USIA, Waterproof, Apollo give you the flexibility to dive dry for as little as $679.
Sale prices on BCDs, Regulators and Computers from Oceanic, Aeris, Apollo, Sherwood, Zeagle, Cochran and IST can be found to suit your individual needs.
To bookmark the sale page to see the Blue Friday to Cyber Monday sale flyer at midnight November 22 click HERE.
What else is on sale? Knives, lights, spring straps, fins, weights, books, air fill cards, gift certificates, spearguns, cleaning supplies. If it's in one of our vendor's catalogues, it's on sale this weekend.
Can't make it this weekend? Don't fret. HydroSports Holiday Happenings will continue through Christmas. Come on down and share a smile with the crew. |
Free REEF Invertebrate ID Class! |
| Can you name the invertebrates? |
Ever wonder what that crab is called? Can you name the five-legged starfish and the 16 legged one? What's that scaly thing clamped onto the rocks? Which crab is called what?
Join Carol and Gregg Cline, REEF Level Five Invertebrate surveyors and gain lots of local knowledge about the spineless critters that call the Pacific Northwest home. Class meets Wednesday, November 28 from 6 to 9 PM at HydroSports. Survey dives will be conducted December 1 and 2 in Hoodsport, Washington.
Call HydroSports to reserve your space in this REEF class. |
Rescue Diver Class Begins December 11
Dives take place in January |
"Challenging" and "rewarding" best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you've already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur.
The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it's the best course they've ever taken.
What You Learn
- Self rescue
- Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
- Emergency management and equipment
- Rescuing panicked divers
- Rescuing unresponsive divers
Call HydroSports to reserve your space in this most challenging and rewarding of PADI classes. |
Search and Recovery Specialty Class |
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. |
GoPro HD Hero3 Cameras Coming Soon to HydroSports |
Smaller. Lighter. Twice as powerful. Silver and Black Hero 3 packages due soon. Order yours today!
| GoPro HERO3: Black Edition - Smaller, Lighter and 2X More Powerful | To compare the three Hero 3 versions, white, silver and black, click HERE. |
Catalina Spring Break Dive Trip |
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 Canyon Resort home page by clicking HERE. |
Dental Mission Fiji: May 2 to 11, 2013 |
Join me May 2 to 11, 2013.
I am actively recruiting dental professionals and divers of all stripes 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.
To read the observations of our first dental mission participants, click HERE.
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. |
Just in: Weezle Undergarments Consignment and Used Gear |
In stock are Weezle Compact Undergarments in Large and Small. MSRP $347. Sale price on these two only, $229 each. Click HERE to learn why Weezle Undergarments are so warm.
Also Weezle Extreme Plus Undergarments sizes medium-long, large-long and 2XL. MSRP $380. Sale price on these three only, $255. I have to return any unsold Weezles next week so if you're interested contact the shop right away.
We also took in a complete set of gear from a diver who is retiring from the sport. Nearly $3800 of gear is being offered for $1500 when purchased as a package. Click HERE to see the inventory list.
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 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. |
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Click the Hawkfish to Watch Explore Palau Diving | |
Welcome To The Dancer Fleet |
| We board the Tropic Dancer October 13, 2013 in Koror, Palau. For details click HERE. |
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