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Greetings!
 We've cruised past December 12, 2012 and demonstrated that the Mayans simply ran out of space (the world did not end as their calendar predicted). We've moved past Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year). We're on a roll to more diving, more adventure and more excitement. To help create more adventure for you our Education Team has evolved. Some of our Assistant Instructors and Divemasters are now Instructors, Carol and Gregg Cline, Kristen Seabury, Jay Olsen and Jim Smith. Jerry Heidel and Jeff Barnes completed Divemaster training. Dan Chatfield who served as a DM several years ago has returned to active duty. Several Divemaster candidates are in the wings preparing to share their enthusiasm with you. You may have noticed a new "badge" on the banner, Meetup. Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. We've started a new Meetup group, Willamette Valley Scuba Divers and Explorers. Our goals include reaching out to the entire regional dive community to create opportunities to connect, communicate, breathe compressed air and grow the diving community. Please take a moment to become a member now. Click HERE to go to our Meetup page and join us.
To create more dive travel opportunities we're partnering with several friends to create a consortium of shops offering group trips. We're working with Dive N Trips and PCH Scuba as well as Fly and Sea Dive Adventures. By collaborating on adventure travel you'll have more opportunities to explore the globe with a host whose job is to make sure you have a fabulous experience.
We appreciate your referrals and recommendations. Your testimonial about your experience with HydroSports is the best advertising. 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 Travel503-304-5383 |
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Cozumel May 18 to 26, 2013
8 Nights, 6 Days of Advanced Diving | |
Join PCH Scuba and HydroSports for an epic eight night trip featuring six days of advanced diving on Cozumel in Mexico!
From May 18 through May 26 it will be wall dives, drift dives, steep drop offs, vibrant colors... everything you expect of a dramatic dive vacation combined with the attitude and fun everyone has come to expect from a PCH/HydroSports organized trip!
Experience Cozumel's most exciting and challenging dive sites. The trip is focused on Dive Paradise's Experienced Diver Program. Requirements: 50 logged dives and good air consumption and buoyancy control. Each diver must have a computer and be proficient in its use.
When: May 18-26, 2013
Cost: $1200.00
Includes: 8 nights hotel double occupancy, 6 days of advanced diving. Free breakfast each day, PADI Drift Diving Specialty.
Not included: Round trip transportation to Cozumel, $4.00 a day maid and national park fees, gear rental.
$200.00 deposit due immediately to hold your spot, total payment due 4/1/13. Don't miss this trip; over 50 divers have already signed up.
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Shore diving is available directly in front of Casa Del Mar's dive shop. |
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Palau-Trip of a Lifetime: October 13 - 20, 2013
Visit the epicenter of marine biodiversity |
From warm water lagoons to dramatic drop-offs, the Palau archipelago that surrounds and protects the famed mushroom-shaped Rock Islands is known as one of the top dive destinations in the world. And, now, the renowned Dancer Fleet® is back to take you there in style, onboard the M/Y Tropic Dancer. Get ready to enjoy the thrill of drift diving with schooling sharks, the beauty of healthy hard and soft corals, the tranquility of Jellyfish Lake, the historic WWII wrecks and the vibrant fish life that all make up the diving in this grand destination.
Diving will be conducted from an 18 passenger tender which will transport guests to exciting Palau dive sites like Peleliu Corner, Blue Corner, German Channel and Ulong Channel, just to name a few. Most of the diving in Palau is drift diving and this speedy tender, easily boarded from the dive deck of Tropic Dancer and easily re-entered from the water when you surface, will deliver you to the best diving.
To watch Dancer Fleet TV to learn more about this trip click HERE to watch two Tropic Dancer videos.
We board the Tropic Dancer October 13, 2013 in Koror, Palau.
We dive and travel through the Palau Archipelago
We disembark at October 20.
8 Deluxe Cabins: $2799 ppdo
A $600 payment is due March 1, 2013
Final payment is due June 1, 2013
Late payments incur a 3% Service Fee
What is included in the trip?
- Seven nights on board the Tropic Dancer
- All meals and beverages (including national brands of alcohol),
- Airport transfers to/from Koror Airport,
- 5 and ½ days of diving up to four or five dives per day
- Dancer Fleet® services and amenities
What is NOT included in the trip?
- Transportation to/from Koror, Palau
- (Group travel can be arranged if 10 or more travel together)
- Alcoholic beverage selections off the extensive wine list,
- micro brew beer and assorted liquors
- Nitrox (available but not included)
- Any gift shop purchases
- $175 Port Fee
- Crew gratuities
- Local taxes on services and purchases made aboard the vessel.
Trip Interruption/Cancellation Insurance is Required.
A group rate for this insurance will be made available from Divers Alert Network.
Space is limited to 6 more divers. Call Mark Fischer for further information. |
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Take an Octopus Census Dive
Locate and count GPOs for the Seattle Aquarium |
Join us for a series of Octopus Survey dives January 19 and 20. We'll use the Yellow House as our base of operations. Dive site locations will be Sund Rock South and North Walls, Octopus Hole and Yellow House Reef.
 Lodging at the Yellow House $100 per person for this weekend only. Lodging includes two nights at the Yellow House, two air fills at Hood Sport N Dive, discounted access to Sund Rock and unlimited use of Yellow House facilities and dive site.
RSVP to Mark Fischer ASAP to reserve your bunk at the house. |
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About HydroSports Dive and Travel |
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New From
Underwater Kinetics |
Arriving at HydroSports this week!
Bring out the incredible underwater colors and intricate detail of marine life with the Aqualite® Video.
The robust design throughout features double o-rings on the front and back rotary seals, anodized machined Hydralum ™ power head and rotary switch, high impact ABS anti-corrosion body and stainless steel thread attachments.
Burn time is more than enough: 1.3 hour (600 lumens), 2.3 hour (340 lumens), 4.2 hour (220 lumens) or 8.8 hour (115 lumens). Depth rated to 500 feet.
Watch two YouTube videos to learn about this powerful new light.
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Underwater Kinetics UK Aqualite Video Light Demo in Underwater Cave System |
 | | Underwater Kinetics Aqualite Video Light Demo - Specs and Features |
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New ODFW
Scallop Permit | |
Since 1996 ODFW has required all recreational abalone harvesters to obtain a free permit and complete an annual harvest card. This program has been successful in gaining an understanding of the abalone fishery.
Starting in 2013, ODFW will include rock scallops on the same free harvest card. Anyone recreationally harvesting abalone OR rock scallops will need to obtain a free harvest card in addition to an Oregon Shellfish License. The harvest card will include a section for scallops starting in 2013.
Permits can be obtained by contacting ODFW in Newport 541-867-4747. |
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Dive Catalina Island Kelp Forests, Bat Rays and Garibaldi | |
March 25 to 29, 2013
Diving the kelp forests of Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea from Long Beach, California, is one of the easiest and most interesting experiences on the US west coast. Located near the intersection of "tropical" and northwest critter zones, the marine life is abundant and diverse.
Our plan is to board the Catalina Express (the ferry from Long Beach to Avalon Harbor) on Monday morning March 25, 2012. We're staying for the next four nights at the Catalina Canyon Resort, a very diver friendly destination.
We're diving Tuesday, March 26, aboard the King Neptune, a 66 foot long, 18 foot wide dive boat. Our plan is two boat dives Tuesday morning.
Tuesday afternoon, a guided dive at the Avalon Dive Park, just a few blocks from our hotel. Wednesday, back aboard the King Neptune for three more boat dives. Thursday, a day of shore dives in the dive park. Friday, a leisurely ferry ride back to Long Beach.
So, how much will all this cost, you ask? $699 per diver. $389 per non-diver. A $50 deposit is due with your reservation. Full payment is due by February 1, 2013.
What's included?
- Round trip ferry on the Catalina Express
- Four nights lodging at the Catalina Canyon Resort (ppdo)
- Two days of boat dives aboard the King Neptune Dive charter
- Lunch and beverages aboard King Neptune
- Tanks and weights aboard the King Neptune.
- Tanks and weights for four shore dives at the Casino Point Dive Park
What's not included? - Travel to Long Beach Harbor from home
- Meals (other than those aboard the King Neptune)
- Equipment rental
- Room upgrades
- What will rental gear cost on Catalina?
- A full set of rental gear, BCD, regulator, wet suit, hood, weights, gloves from Scuba Luv, the local dive shop and operator of the King Neptune, will run $65.00 the first day, $32.50 each additional day.
Contact Mark Fischer to reserve your space on our third annual Catalina trip. |
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