The weather is GREAT

and the water is even better -- last check of the L Street beach on Friday - Aug 3, the water temp was a great 72 degrees -- felt like bath water and viz was easily 10 - 15 feet!! We saw a HUGE eel, plus lots of fluke/flounder.

And congratulations to our newest open water divers -- Bridget and Joe from MATES -- GREAT JOB!!

Remember to keep an eye on the Divers Two website for upcoming Happy Hour dives and upcoming classes!!

Stay Wet!!

CALLING ALL DIVERS!!

It is a GREAT time to get out and dive -- the weather is great!! Last check on water temps in L Street was upper 60's and a viz of about 15 - 20 feet!!

Last weekend Carol had a GREAT turnout for the Happy Hours, everyone had a fun and got a little wet too!! Don't miss out on this Saturday's Happy Hour at L Street - with a 12:45 meet time...

Happy Diving!!

UPCOMING DIVES

Hi everyone,
This weekend we have two Happy Hour dives with Carol and Lance in the back bay, first one is Friday night meeting at 6:45 PM and Sunday Morning meeting at 8:00AM at the Lst beach in Belmar. For those of you not familiar with the dives they are free dives open to all of D2 customers.
Latest conditions have been fantastic yet a bit nippy holding in the low 60's. Vis has been around 15-20 feet with lots of life including seahorses, Puffers and strippers. Hope to see ya there.

GREAT JOB TRAVIS

Congratulations to Travis Nagiewicz For completing his Jr. Open Water Certification.

MORE MATES BECOME OPEN WATER DIVERS!!

Congratulations to our next round of open water dives from the MATES school!! WE had another 10 divers complete thier certification this weekend and all had a great time.

With water temps of about 65 degrees and viz of about 15 feet -- how could you not have a good time!!

BACK BAY UPDATE

As of Sunday the water temp was a nice 65 degrees -- quite comfy in a 5 mil wetsuit, with viz increasing to about 10 feet by Sunday -- so not a bad day to be out in the water!!

MORE OPEN WATER MATES!!

Congratulations goes out to our next group of MATES which completed thier certification this past week and weekend. And a special thanks to all the Dad's that brought thier kids out to finish up on Sunday!!

Also congrats to GraceAnn, Emily, Paul, Lawrence, and Nick who are not shown in the pic.

GREAT JOB MATES!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

A great big applause goes out to our first 11 MATES who completed there open water certification this weekend in the back bay in Belmar. The water temperature was 64 on Saturday and then dropped to a cool 54 on Sunday, but the viz was excellent both days!!

And thanks to our staff -- Danielle, Blair, and Ray for coming out to giving us a hand.

Hey brown gook is gone

Hi all,
Looks like the Algae as broken up in the Shark River and you can see again. There was a big algae slick of the coast and was heading in on the high tide all week so we didn't make it in the river this week . Water temps are moving up a bit, Bay is in the upper 50's last i checked (toe check).
So that being said the first save our sanity dive will be held on June 14th at meeting at 6:30 in the inlet at the A st side. Being that Sharon and I have spent the last six weeks in the pool teaching we need to see what salt water is like.
Hey don't forget if you are looking to get a new reg we have a special going on where you can get the octo free so you can save yourself some bucks.

Last Tuesday's Dive

Hi Folks,
last Tuesday's dive was a lot of fun although the water was a weeee bit chilly still about 46 degrees. Vis was around 10 feet but the critters are starting to wake up. We had about 12 diver's including a dry suit class with two divers. We are hoping to get an inlet dive in some time next week. I will keep you posted.
Steve

Back Bay Dive This Tuesday

Hi Everyone,
We are going to do a back bay dive this Tuesday May 15th Meeting at 5:45PM. The Water has been very clear although still a we bit nippy. Expect water temps. to be around the high 40's to around 50 degrees. We gotta start somewhere. Hope to see ya there.

Happy Hour Kickoff Dive ,Sunday April 22nd

Join Carl as he starts the dive seaon off right!!

I know it’s short notice, but the weather forecast looks great for this weekend and the tides are favorable, so how about kicking off the dive season with a dive in the Back Bay?
We’ll be meeting at the shop at 11:00 AM and plan on getting in the water around noon.

The water is still very chilly – maybe 50 deg if we’re lucky, so a drysuit is highly recommended. A good wetsuit might work for hardy types.
Call the shop if you have any questions – 732.776.7755

Carl

Also remember to bring in your regulators for its annual service BEFORE the season of diving starts. Joe is ready to help with all your service needs to get you ready to dive this year!!

And don't forget the GREAT new Tshirt designs that Joe has been working on all winter long. Stop in today and pick one up in your size!!

WHERE THE (BLANK) IS THE SUN

This is crazy. They say it may get warm this weekend. (who they is i do not know) last report I heard the water temps were still in the low 40's so as soon as it gets a little warmer we will be starting up our shore dives as well as charters.

We now have t-shirts with our new designs for 2007 in at the store come on and check it out.

Even more pics!!

Blair 2 (Jr) Description of Florida Trip (con't)

On Monday we all packed and headed to IHOP for breakfast. This was of course after hanging out at the suite long enough to see the pain on some people's faces... wonder why they weren't feeling good in the morning. After eating and purging demons we hit the road. My carpool stopped at a key lime place, but I wasn't in the mood. Neat tiki huts and swings though.

We were relatively early for our flight. We went to a beach in Fort Lauterdale where I dug a sweet hole in the sand. Then we hit a nice restaurant with a broken swinging table, biggest let-down of the trip... which I guess is good. The guys saw some really fine looking boats that were adjacent to the nearby marina. ;) I had the quesadillas. They were good.

We navigated back to the airport just in time to assume we were late enough to miss our flights. Didn't help that I had what appeared to be a pipe bomb under x-ray in my carry on bag (regulators, computers & canister light). We ended up being right on time.

This time, no beefy muscle guy... but a strangely attractive cowgirl. And then Ryan sat across the walkway... so we just chatted about diving the whole flight back. haha, and some lady stared me down for making a comment I won't repeat. I was just being realistic, she needed to relax.

Arrival at the airport included a nice landing and missing baggage for a few people. :( Mine came out first, but I hung around to keep the scuba aura alive. They announced the missing bags, people yelled, so I figured I'd leave. haha.

Short drive home, went to bed, woke up, put my gear away, and then went to the dive shop. :)

Let me know if anyone wants to dive!

More Pics from Florida 2007

Blair 2 (Jr) Description of Florida Trip

Thursday, March 22, 2007
I started the trip off appropriately with a Jack & Coke in AC at 5am. A majority of us took the morning flight out of AC, so we got together to chat before boarding. I naturally got stuck sitting next to a bulky muscle guy, and I don’t want to talk about it. After arriving in Fort Lauderdale, my carpool group and I took the long route to the car rentals, and then got lost getting to the turnpike. Shortly after some navigation, we got back on the turnpike in time for the monsoon and drawbridge. We arrived mid-day at the hotel, I think. The weather was overcast, but somewhat warm. It looked bad.Everyone took some time to inspect the pool, which because of the wind was quite chilly the entire trip. The hotel wasn’t too shabby. The girls had a nice suite with a living room and kitchen, so dubbed “the hang out.” After roaming around, we broke off in groups to shop for random food and supplies for the weekend. I got water, beer, and fruit… which worked out perfectly.I can’t remember when we did stuff for dinners, so I’m assuming the first night we got seafood. I got the Caesar salad with chicken. It was good.

Friday, March 23, 2007
Friday we arrived at the dive boat at 9am. We met our enthusiastic divemaster Nick, and boarded. The first reef was relatively boring, as there wasn’t too much going on. I didn’t bring my camera, but it was fun picking photo subjects out for Pete. Did I mention a lot of people were either throwing up or nauseous?The boat was fairly spacious and the crew was great. Despite the bad weather, morale was high… in part due to our group’s high spirits and Nick’s over-enthusiasm, haha.The second dive was to a finger reef, I think. I’m sure this is all wrong. It all happened at some point though during the trip though, I swear. The dive was very shallow so we were able to stay down an hour. The high coral bluffs sheltered a ton of sea life, and it turned out to be a great dive.Shortly after arriving back at the hotel, a bunch of people wandered around the pool or played with Adam’s dingy. The afternoon consisted of drinking, sunbathing, swimming, snacking, etc.I think this night we went to some local restaurant that I guess was famous. I think a guy named “rocketman” or something was singing. It was NOT my thing. Food, again, was awesome. I got the coconut shrimp/fish/chicken. I forget what we did after that, probably drank a little. We were beat from getting tossed around on the water, so I think we headed to bed early.

Saturday, March 23, 2007
We did two reefs, same story, haha. I’m not a reef guy. But the diving was relaxing and exactly what I needed. Again, it was fun finding stuff with Pete. We saw a few rays, dolphin topside, huge barracuda, a nurse shark… again maybe some of that was on Sunday. Who knows? Oh yeah, more sick people with surprisingly high morale. We did some more pool lounging in the afternoon. Afternoon drinking carried into an evening BBQ. Evening BBQ carried into more drinking… and a showdown at the big chess board. Checkmate! Then a few of us went to the local bar within walking distance. After a victorious match at the pool tables by us guys (barely), we played some picture matching… so addicting. Then we went back.

Sunday, March 23, 2007
We started off with the Thunderbolt, a cargo ship I think. The down line went to the bow, which sat at 80’ or so. 20’ aft was the deck, which sat at around 100’. Another 20’ or so aft started the superstructure which was about 20’ thick. After that sat a cargo bay which was maybe 40’ long, then another 30’ or so of deck to the stern. Pete, a random guy and I hit the down line and hovered at around 80-90’ as we headed aft. We passed the super structure and inspected the cargo bay a little. The bottom of the bay was easily 120’ so we didn’t venture deep on our 80 cu ft tanks of air in an effort to extend our bottom time. We hit the stern, but there wasn’t much to look at besides a few holes. The prop sat deeper as well, so we just turned around. We hit the superstructure at around 70-80’ and penetrated a clear opening in the back. Lots of windows and doors provided a safe swim-through. The visibility was fantastic and the swim-through made the dive. It was very peaceful inside. A swim to the bow and up the line ended the dive. No current allowed for some nice hovering for the safety stop. Verrry cool dive.We did a reef dive with a ton of lobsters after that… or maybe the one with the… ok, no idea.More seafood at the seafood place… Caesar salad with scallops this time. Also good. The festivities for the night, well, are classified.

Monday, March 23, 2007
I’m too tired to type. We went home…

Blair 2 (Jr)

Florida Keys 2007

Just a few of the things we saw on our dives off of Marathon in the Florida Keys.

It's getting warmer

Where almost there. Last report in the in bay was was that the water temp was around 37 degrees. Sorry still to cold for me. We are gearing up though for more inlet, beach and back bay dives this year starting as soon as the water gets back above 50 degrees.
Look for new D2 wear coming this week with new t-shirt and sweat shirt designs for 2007. We should have them available by mid week.
I still have room for my NW Bahamas trip aboard the Neckton Pilot. I will also be throwing in a Underwater Digital photo course for those of you interested. For more info check it out on our site or contact me direct through the store.

AND THE RESULTS ARE IN

Thanks to everyone who voted in our last poll -- here are the results.

What is the coldest water temp. you have ever dove in a wet suit?


-10 - 0 degrees - 0
0 - 10 degrees - 0
10 - 20 degrees - 0
20 - 30 degrees - 2
30 - 40 degrees - 12
40 - 50 degrees - 18
Not unless it is above 70 degrees - 2

Thanks again to everyone who voted!!