Scuba Del Mar

09/04/2012

Next Open Water Class: 07-13-2012

Believe it or not, Chris is going to be 50 on September 9th! We are doing an early morning dive on Sunday the  9th that will finish in time for those of you who have a meeting that morning at 11:30 (you know who you are!). Pick up your gear/tanks on Saturday before the dive, meet us at 7 a.m. on Sun...

06/30/2012

Great day on the Atlantic lake with water so calml it was fabulous. Had a great time with some new divers and some old, err.... previously certified that is.

06/28/2012

Next Open Water Class 07-13-2012

Our next open water class starts July 13th! Be sure you get the word out to all of your friends about this great sport you're involved in. Know anyone who's already certified but they say they haven't been diving in a while? Encourage them to join us for a Scuba Review class. Ready to move to the ...

06/23/2012

Pier Dive on Saturday in connection with World Oceans Day

The gulf stream is piling warm water up on our reefs, and the wildlife is going crazy. The lobster know you can't hunt them until August, and they're taunting everyone right now. Thanks to a special request from diver Kai Garcia, we are going to go check it out on Saturday June 30. Who knows what we...

06/06/2012

Newsletter from Scuba del Mar

We are celebrating World Oceans Day with a special dive on Saturday, June 6 to clean up beneath the Deerfield Beach Pier. This annual event put together by Dixie Divers is always fun, and the ocean is full of life beneath the pier. We saw a school of 4 foot long snook, barracuda, nurse sharks and an...

06/06/2012

Joseph Mankowski at the 2011 World Oceans Day pier cleanup

04/29/2012

Paul Mullen and Cal Tkach finishing the Confined Water portion of their scuba class. Next up? The big pool!

03/08/2012

Newsletter from Scuba del Mar

As the water warms up, it's time to start sharpening your skills and get your gear ready for the next dive. We'll have the grill going pool side and lots of cold drinks to keep you hydrated. The FREE Scuba Review goes over basic dive planning and equipment maintenance, then we will practice fundame...

03/06/2012

Newsletter from Scuba del Mar

As the water warms up, it's time to start sharpening your skills and get your gear ready for the next dive. We'll have the grill going pool side and lots of cold drinks to keep you hyrdated. The Scuba Review class goes over basic scuba knowledge you learned during initial training, then we will pra...

03/04/2012

So glad to see that a local group "just doing the right thing" can be so well recognized for their work.

Ken Nedimyer started the Coral Restoration Foundation to help bring life back to endangered reefs in the Florida Keys.

05/28/2011

The anchor from Blackbeard's ship the Queen Anne's Revenge was raised, using techniques taught in the PADI Search and Recovery specialty

Dead men tell no tales, but the sea does, as shown Friday when an anchor was recovered from the wreckage of pirate Blackbeard's flagship.

05/21/2011

Emergency Preparedness is an important part of being a Certified Open Water Scuba Diver. It's nice to know the CDC has a sense of humor about this very important topic.

There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to pre