Dayo Scuba - Newsletter

July 14, 2006

Beach Diving at Ft. Lauderdale by the Sea

A few of us attempted a beach dive at Ft Pierce this month, but the visibility was just about 3 feet. Undaunted by the attempt and the extra long swim out past a wreck there, we headed to Ft Lauderdale since we heard the VIS was excellent. We arrived to find it so. Great dive even though the depth is shallow.

IANTD Recreational Trimix

We are pleased to announce that we are now offering training for trimix for the recreational diver. Using trimix (Nitrogen, Oxygen & Helium) helps keep narcosis out of the dive plan to depths in the 80'/24m to 130'/40m range. To qualify for this 2 day class, you must be an Advanced Open Water and Nitrox diver. You can take the Nitrox, Deep Diver, and/or the Advanced Nitrox class with this course also. Course Description Information about Trimix in general.

We also offer Open Water thru Advanced Trimix and Cave thru IANTD.

Dive Log Pages.

Joe Tucker went through the trouble to create a nice dive log insert page/form. Print multiple copies and put in your own binder. Make your own log book. Click on this link: Dive Log Page Insert (pdf)

Blue Spring has great conditions! We get over to this spring at least once a week.

Cave Diver's Forum gets updated software. We upgraded the software for the forum as well as the photo album on the Cave Diver's Forum page (click here). The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany will be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico about 25 miles off Pensacola, Florida and become an artificial reef.

The USS Oriskany sank on 17 May. It was a successful upright placement on the bottom, at 212'. The flight deck is at 134', with the shallowest point at 69'. She is 22.5 miles offshore. Coordinates for the wreck - N30:02.542 W87:00.374 More Information click here.

Need a refresher class or dive? We can arrange refresher classes or dives for open water, technical, cavern and cave. This can include diving with some classes or special guided dives. Contact dayoscuba@sprintpcs.com or 407-292-9727 for more information.

Buford Spring had 60'+ visibility on the 30th of April. Awesome cavern. This cavern is supposedly the 2nd largest cavern in Florida (after Wakulla Springs). This is a cavern dive and should only be dived by trained cavern or cave divers.

Florida Caves Description of Site. - Pictures of our dive there.

Open Water Dive Training is about all we have been doing the past few weeks. An occasional technical and/or cavern/cave class. Our dive local sites for open water are, at this time, Deleon Springs, Crystal River Springs, and Alexander Springs.
Dayo Scuba - Diving at Crystal River Springs - Feb 2006

We are offering integrating technical dive training with our cavern and especially, cave classes. We are offering nitrox and advanced nitrox courses in combination with our cavern and cave courses. We want to improve the quality and standards of our cavern and cave divers. Prices are listed on the Prices page.

Upcoming Trips & Events

Tennessee Sump Diving Trip - 21 - 23 July 2006.
Miami Wreck Dives - Saturday all day - 29 July 2006.
Lantana Reef Drift & Wreck Dives - August 6th (Sunday)
Cave Diver's Forum Annual Social - 19 August 2006.

Lake Denton. July Update! The county plans to build a parking lot for up to 8 vehicles. This means a limit to vehicles so weekend diving at Lake Denton is out of the question if parking is going to be limited. Too far to drive to find out there is no room. Lake Denton,

Diving In June Pictures.
We did a bunch of diving, like usual, all over Florida. Check out the photos on this page. July working out to be another abundant picture month too. Stay tuned for them.

Key West Trip. Lots of pictures from out trip to the Keys. Click here to view.

'Humorous' Scuba Quotes by our past Students

The following is an ever increasing list of humorous statements made by our students over the past few years:

Open Water Divers

I can't swim
My regulator is not working very well (tank is turned off)
I know my body!!!!!
(Student's response to instructions on how to clear ones ears upon descending)
Which fin is left and which is the right one?

Technical Divers

What is a lift bag?
What does buoyancy mean?

Cavern/Cave Divers

I am claustrophobic
I'm not really comfortable in the water really...
Was I meant to hook up my long hose on my regulator?

The Humor Page

Emergency First Response - Dayo Scuba - Orlando, Florida CPR compression ratio has changed from 15-2 to 30-2. For the rest of 2006 we'll be training both, then only 30-2 in 2007+ More Info

Ear Beer Ear Beer Recipe - Dayo Scuba - Orlando, Florida
Get ear infections after diving? We have a solution for you... Click here to read more.

Photographs of our Classes. We always take pictures of all our classes, dives and trips. We put them online, in raw form, for the participants to view anytime or to download and save. On occasion we put some of the best ones on our web site's library or even create a special trip or class web page.

Technical Dive Training in Sidemount Configuration is now an option during technical dive training if the student is well familiar using it.
TJ in sidemount, deep dive in ocean - Dayo Scuba - Orlando, Florida
Sidemount is a technique where the two primary tanks are worn on the sides of the diver, not the back.

Dayo Scuba - Orlando, Florida

SDI Online Classes - In May we added the option of being about to do the Open Water Course online. This is done only with Scuba Diving International (SDI). We still use a CD Rom kit for PADI Open Water courses.

And added bonus to this online course is the Navy's dive table we link to:

US Navy Table 3 (.jpg)
US Navy Table 4 (.jpg)
Quick Time Viewer (Free download from Apple Computer, required for viewing videos presented here )

Faces?
Mashaille just after a dive We put to use all the snap shots of past student's certification photos. We made a web page out of them. Check this LINK out to see over a hundred of them covering the past 3 years. Since then, and because of digital cameras, we've been taking most of them. Beware ladies, we like to take the pictures after a dive, when you might not be at your best appearance...