Jan 6 Club meeting
Jan 14 Club party
Jan 27-29 Bonne Terre(Still a few spots available)
Feb 3 Club meeting
Feb 4-5 Ice diving Haigh quarry
Feb 17-19 Our World Underwater Rosemont convention center
Mar 2 Club meeting
Mar 31 Pizza party
April 7 Opening day at Haigh Quarry
April 13 Club meeting
May 4 Club meeting
May 30-Jun 3 Florida keys
June 1 Club Meeting
June 30 BBQ Haigh quarry
July 13 Club meeting
Aug 3 Club meeting
Aug 10-18 Sea of Cortez liveaboard(still few spots available)
Aug 25 BBQ Haigh quarry
Sept 7 Club meeting
Sept 15 Burnham Harbor clean-up (tentative date)
Sept 22 Pizza party
Oct 5 Club meeting
Oct 6 Underwater pumpkin carving (also Jasons b’day)
Nov 2-4 Mermet Springs
Nov 9 Club meeting
Dec 7 Club meeting
Not all meetings are scheduled on first Friday of the month due to holidays or travel. Dates are subject to change always, but will try to stick to schedule. More things may be added, this is all we have as of now. Any suggestions let us know.
What an awesome club we have.
We will be doing renewal of club dues starting in January. If you know you won’t be renewing and are on this email list please let me know.
Our next meeting will be Feb 3rd 6:30pm at the Below H20. Anyone interested in joining club feel free to join us.
Great turn out for the club party last night. Lots of fun. Thank you to all of you who were able to attend. Many thanks to Jay for the great smoked pork. Also a thank you to Diane for the chili.
Pictures are now posted on the club facebook page. If anyone would like to be a friend of the club please use this link
to our facebook page and request to join http://www.facebook.com/groups/bottombreathers/
This is the easiest way to share pictures from club event. Very hard to upload pics to club website. For some reason it has been blocking me lately when I try to upload them.
Looking forward to seeing all of you on Bonne Terre mine trip in 2 weeks. We have 20 members going. Awesome
Anne & Jason
Our annual trip to Bonne Terre mines will be January 27-29. Cost is $400, this covers 2 night stay, double occupancy and 5 dives. We are staying in the train depot. Bed space is booking up fast. Once we are full there people can book a hotel room and I will book dives. Cost for 5 dives is $325. Cost is non refundable per Bonne Terre. If for any reason you can’t go I will try to get someone to replace you, but no guarantees.
We always have a great time on this trip.
Please email me at: info@bottombreathers.org if you are interested.
We carpool down on Friday, dive 3 dives Sat and 2 dives on Sunday than usually head home around 1-2pm on Sunday
Rocio Del Mar Liveaboard
August 11-18, 2012
Sea of Cortez – Midriff Islands
With clear, deep blue waters, abundant sea life, white sand beaches and inspiring vistas, the Sea of Cortez – known as the Gulf of California – is a breathtaking destination for amazing fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, boating, and exploring diverse marine creatures. Legendary diver Jacques Cousteau described the Sea of Cortez as the “world’s aquarium” and the “Galapagos of North America.” Dive on untouched walls and reefs abounding in marine life. Encounter great and small whale species, whale sharks, manta and jumping mobula rays, and sea lion colonies. Hike and explore remote uninhabited islets. Dine under the stars in a calm anchorage, socialize with your shipmates and make new friends. Then melt into a luxurious bunk in your own finely appointed cabin with private bathrooms and hot showers. All in a day aboard Rocio, combined with personalized service to enhance your live aboard safety and fun. Dive into your dreams and see what sea of cortez diving is all abou
The boat we are booked on is: http://www.rociodelmarliveaboard.com/
We’ll be doing the Sea of Cortez itinerary and average water temps in August are around 88F (31C), so it will be very comfortable. Logistics are to fly to Phoenix, AZ, USA and then they drive us to their boat just over the border in Mexico to depart. They return us to Phoenix at the end of the week. Shuttle will pick us up in Phoenix around 10am on Sat August 11. I will be flying in on Friday and getting a hotel for night. I would suggest others do that also. They will give me a list of hotels the shuttle picks up from.
Prices:
. The price per passenger is $2295.00 it includes food, snacks, all drinks and diving. Not included in the price: Nitrox $100.00 per person, national park fee $25.00 per person, transportation to and from the boat $100.00 per person round trip and gratuity a 10-15% is suggested per person.
Only Open water certification is necessary unless you will be using Nitrox, you will need your Nitrox certification card with you if you are. I am also assuming you need your passport since we will be departing from Mexico. Nitrox is an option not a requirement.
We had the April dive club meeting on April 1st. The presentation/discussion topic at the meeting was presented by Divers Alert Network’s Marty McCafferty. Marty presented a webcast about Sinus and Ear Barotrauma. This was the second time we’ve had a presentation from Marty and based on the feedback, I am certain we’ll invite him to present for us again.
Marty did plan to record our presentation, but unfortunately there was a technical problem and the recording didn’t happen. However, a similar presentation was given to a different group and Marty has made a recording of that session available for us. The content and topic is the same, but it is missing our color commentary and Q&A (the session was very interactive and had lots of good questions in our event). So, you can play back the recording on demand at any time (click here).
We had a near-record attendance and welcomed 3 new club members too. Thanks to everyone that came and please let us know (info@bottombreathers.org) if you have ideas for future topics you’d like to hear about at future meetings.
Our dive club meeting on 6-Aug-2010 included a live webcast from Divers Alert Network (DAN) titled “Steps to Recognizing DCS”. The presenter, Marty McCafferty, later provided us with a link to play the recording of that webcast. You can play the recording here. It will start a recording player program on your computer, please be patient.
P.S. If you aren’t a DAN member, you should consider joining and enrolling in their dive accident insurance program too. If you are still a student diver or will be going through PADI Open Water training soon, be sure to sign up for DAN’s FREE student diver insurance program to provide coverage during your open water dives.
Events | Anne | 
January 18, 2012 5:06 pm | 
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