November News. Let's Go Diving!
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Greetings
By now we're fully engaged in Fall, raking leaves, dodging rain drops, installing new wiper blades on our cars. For divers "in the know" this means some of the best diving conditions of the year. Two weeks ago divers at the Yellow House were treated to 50 foot visibility and flat seas. We can anticipate similar conditions for the next three to four months (unless we dive during a rain storm when runoff can cloud the surface).
Kristen, Jay and I just returned from the Dive Equipment Marketing Association trade show in Orlando, Florida. This is the dive industries largest international show, hosting manufacturers, travel destinations, instructional agencies, dive history associations, conservation groups, magazines and all things SCUBA.
Kristen and Jay completed their Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor training and are now able to conduct the PADI Assistant Instructor Course and help me conduct the Instructor Development Course. Kristen and Jay join several other HydroSports staff as IDC Staff Instructors, Steve Camden, Pat Kirkpatrick, Ryan Thornton and Ken Rymal.
The DEMA show gives us the opportunity to seek new, innovative and exciting products and services for our dive community. Hold on to your hat, we have new products and services coming in the next few weeks.
Would you like to be the first to hear about our new products and services and receive bonus savings on new items? If so, click THIS LINK and I'll add you to our Preferred Shopper list.
Best fisches,
Mark Fischer and the entire HydroSports Education Team
3846 River Road North
Keizer OR 97303
503-304-5383
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 Private Sale, $350
Open Water Diver Certification Class
Start the year off by sharing a great deal on HydroSports Open Water Diver class with your friends or family.
Our Winter Open Water Deal Package includes instruction, books and certification card AND our HydroSports Diver mask, snorkel, fins and gloves package.
The package price, $350, must be purchased before January 1, 2013. Students must participate in HydroSports January, February or March 2014 Open Water Diver Class.
Click HERE for the coupon. The deal is valid for new students only and may not be combined with any other discounts or promotions.
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Coming Events
Dive Club Meeting. Speaker Jeff Carr. Topic, Andrea Doria dive. 6 PM Nov. 13
Search and Recovery Specialty Diver; Jeff Trembly, instructor. 6 PM Nov. 21
Tanks-Giving Sale, November 14 to 21, Save $$$ of steel and aluminum tanks
Preferred Shopper Sale: November 27, 5 to 8 PM
Shop Closed Thanksgiving Day
Black Friday Sale, 11 AM to 7 PM, November 29
Small Business Saturday Sale, 9 AM to 5 PM, November 30
Cyber Monday Sale, noon to 6 PM, December 2
Dive Club Party December 11
Open Water training weekend: December 13 to 15
Rescue Diver and Search and Recovery Diver training weekend: Dec 13 to 15
Open Water Diver Class orientation: January 2, 2014
Open Water training weekend: February 8 and 9
Dive Club Meeting: January 8
Open Water Diver Class orientation: January 30, 2014
Coming Dive Trips:
Catalina Spring Break Dive Trip, March 24 to 28, 2014
Bonaire Dive Trip, May 16 to 24, 2014
Brac Reef Beach Resort, Cayman Islands, October 18 to 25, 2014
Belize Dive Trip, March 2015
Truk Lagoon and Palau dive trip, August 30 to September 6, 2015
Truk Lagoon and Yap dive trip, Fall 2016
Red Sea and the Pyramids dive trip, dates tba
Call or visit HydroSports to learn more or register for these events.
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Tanks-Giving Sale
We found great values on Faber steel and Luxfer aluminum tanks at the DEMA Show last week. We have the opportunity to adjust our order Friday November 22 to take advantage of free shipping on all tanks included in the order.
Order by Thursday November 21 to take advantage of free freight. Click HERE for the Sale Flyer.
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. Specifications at http://bluesteelllc.com
These Tanks-Giving prices are valid November 14 to 21. Prices will go up $10 per cylinder on Friday November 22. Phone orders are welcome.
Tanks must be paid at the time of order to take advantage of the promotional price. Tanks ordered after November 22 must be paid prior to November 30 to take advantage of the sale price.
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Dive Catalina Island, Spring Break 2014
March 24 to 28
Our 2014 Spring Break trip to Catalina is filling up. Join us for four nights and three days of Spring diving on Catalina Island, 26 miles off shore from Los Angeles, California. This is a great trip for divers and non-divers alike. 
We board the Catalina Express on Monday, March 24 at 11 AM and arrive in Avalon for lunch. We'll check in at the dive shop, sign release forms and wander about Avalon for the day. If we're ultra excited to dive, we can make a dive at the Casino Point Marine Park.
We will spend the next four nights at the newly renovated Catalina Canyon Resort. Tuesday and Wednesday we'll be diving from the deck of the 56 foot King Neptune operated by Catalina Scuba Luv. We'll dive the best sites on the island. We'll be back to Avalon midafternoon in time for a shower, a walk through town and dinner.
Thursday we dive at the Casino Point Marine Park, some of the best shore diving in California. Thursday night we have the opportunity to take in a first run film at the Casino Point Theater, the first movie theatre build for "talkies" and an outstanding example of early 20th century architecture.
Friday we board the ferry for our return to Long Beach late in the morning.
The trip cost for each diver is $725. Non-divers come with us for $399
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Search and Recovery SpecialtyInstructor: Jeff Trembly
For those who missed our club meeting and our presentation by Wreck Hunters, Jeff Carr and Jeff Trembly, you missed a great show.
Our own Jeff Trembly will be leading a PADI Search and Recovery Specialty Class starting November 21. If you have ever wondered how to locate, identify and retrieve missing objects, from a pair of sun glasses to a historic ship wreck, this class is for you.
This class is a trial run for new techniques Jeff has developed and is being offered at $149, $50 off the standard price of $199. Class size is limited to 8 divers, two have already registered. Call HydroSports today to participate.
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Bonaire May 16 to 24, 2014
We're taking over most of the Divi Flamingo Resort on the island of Bonaire for one week next year.
This is going to be a super trip and we've already had nearly a dozen folks sign up. We have room for another 10. Our partners on this trip, PCH Scuba in Los Angeles will be bringing another 40 divers.
The $2100 Trip Package Includes:
- Round trip air from either LAX or Portland to Bonaire. Based on estimate. Final quote available on July 1, 2013.
- 7 nights std. accommodation at DIVI Flamingo Beach Resort based on double occupancy with early check-in guarantee. Contact us for nondiver, single, triple, and children rates.
- 5 days 2-tank boat diving plus unlimited shore tanks. Weights, tanks and belt. Add 3rd boat dive daily for $60.
Add unlimited Nitrox for $140.
- Breakfast daily. Add daily lunch for $166.
- Airport transfers
- Hotel taxes
To learn about details of the trip click HERE to go to the flyer.
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Dive Truk Lagoon Fall 2015
We're headed to Truk Lagoon August 30- Sept.6, 2015. Truk is home to hundreds of World War II ships, planes, tanks, submarines and artifacts resting on the bottom of a huge protected atoll. We'll be aboard the Truk Odyssey, one of only two live aboard ships that cater to divers in the wreck diving mecca.
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Have a rebreather? This trip's for you. Tech training? This trips for you. New to diving? This trip's for you. Click HERE to visit the Truk Odyssey web site.
We plan to offer an extension to Palau following this trip.
We're so excited about Truk that we're holding a week on the Odyssey in 2016 as well with a planned extension to Yap.
We're expecting the contract next week and will have prices soon.
Click HERE to add your name to the Truk Lagoon interest list.
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