Archive for 'Experience'

Respect for the Manatees

Posted on Mar, 2011 in Home/Experience/Respect for the Manatees

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Whether you’re a professional diver, oceanographer, or just a fool off the street, you have had some exposure to the deep-sea world. Through film and television alone, our society has placed such a large emphasis on life underwater. (We’ve all heard of the movie Free Willy and the television show Flipper.) Zoological gardens and science [...]

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You Have to Have the Proper Gear for the Dive

Posted on Apr, 2010 in Home/Experience/You Have to Have the Proper Gear for the Dive

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Titles Says it all. So many times i see Divers not properly equipped for what they are about to venture into, one reason, no proper training, they do not understand that they may need all this extra scuba equipment to do a certain type of dive. Take Ice diving for instance, most people do not [...]

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Wreck Wars: Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon versus Great Lakes

Posted on Mar, 2010 in Home/Experience/Wreck Wars: Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon versus Great Lakes

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Where are the worlds best wrecks located? To tell you the truth this topic would most likely divide every single diver on the planet and would probably leave some divers asking why their favorite wreck diving location was not included. The reason I choose these two locations is that these wrecks hold true historical value [...]

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Niagara River Drift Dive

Posted on Dec, 2009 in Home/Experience/Niagara River Drift Dive

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The Buffalo area has many things that it is famous for whether it be it’s chicken wings, hot sauce, bison chip dip or the Buffalo Bills losing four straight super bowls (there is a reason i am a San Francisco 49ers fan) and yes even Niagara Falls. What most people do not realize is that [...]

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Buying versus Renting

Posted on Nov, 2009 in Home/Experience/Buying versus Renting

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Hello Dip ‘N Divers No matter what activity I get myself into I almost always find myself asking the same question over and over again, should I buy? Or, should I rent? The problem is that it is usually not just a simple answer; I have to take a look at a number of different [...]

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Helicopter Diving

Posted on Oct, 2009 in Home/Experience/Helicopter Diving

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Hello Dip ‘N Diver Are you tired of long boat rides out to your favorite dive site, do you wish that there was a faster way of getting you into the water, well now there is, say goodbye to the boat and say hello to the helicopter. Helicopter diving cuts long boat trips into a [...]

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Travel: Dominican Republic

Posted on Sep, 2009 in Home/Experience/Travel: Dominican Republic

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This week we’re going to look at diving in the Dominican Republic, specifically the Silver Banks.   The Silver Banks are located 80 miles north of the Dominican Republic in the Atlantic, southeast of Turks and Caicos Islands.  In 1986 the Dominican Republic declared the Silver Banks a whale sanctuary.  The Silver Banks is one of [...]

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Tobermory Weekend: September 2009

Tobermory Weekend: September 2009

Posted on Sep, 2009 in Home/Experience/Tobermory Weekend: September 2009

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Dip ‘N Dive sponsored a trip to Tobermory, Ontario at the “Fathom Five National Marine Park” this past weekend. Over 35 divers,  including several members from the Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery Team.  Like our trip in July, this trip was a great success!  The wrecks that we dove were the Sweepstakes, W.L. Wetmore, Forest City, [...]

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Travel: Ecuador

Posted on Sep, 2009 in Home/Experience/Travel: Ecuador

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Dip ‘N Divers, This week, we’re going to review the Galápagos Islands which are located in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of Ecuador and situated on the Equator.  The Galápagos archipelago is comprised of 19 main islands and several small islands, which are now a protected National Park of Ecuador. Divers can enjoy the [...]

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Travel: Belize

Posted on Aug, 2009 in Home/Experience/Travel: Belize

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Dip ‘N Divers, Today we’re going to look at Belize which is located on the Caribbean coast of Central America between Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to the north and by Guatemala to the west and south. The country is rather small in size as it consists of approximately 9,000 square miles including its islands and a [...]

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