Thursday, May 31, 2007

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.

Friday, May 18, 2007

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

Thursday, May 10, 2007

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.

Friday, April 20, 2007

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!!


Thursday, April 19, 2007

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.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

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!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

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)

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Florida Keys 2007

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




Sunday, March 11, 2007

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.

Friday, March 02, 2007

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!!

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Bill's Bahama Trip

The Following is instructor Bill Straus's Log of his Trip to Cat Island Bahamas. I hope you enjoy it.

Cat Island Bahamas has some of the most diverse reef formations I have ever seen. Our first dive called Coral Gardens was from the beach a short ride from the resort. Max depth was 20 feet and it was a good place for novice divers to get their first experience. From there a short boat ride took us to Hammer Reef max depth of 59 ft. The diverse reef made for excellent exploration as there were plenty of nooks and crannies for creatures to hide.
The Resort owner Waldermar, we called him Val, knows every site inside and out so he was always pointing out stuff. Val is 70 yrs old and all he loves doing is diving. The rest of the dives Canyon, Elfie’s Point, The Blue Hole, and The Anchor, were all along different areas of the Island and all as good as the last. And even though we dove each site on 2 dives we never saw the same part of the reef until our exit, extraordinary! Depths ranged on every dive from reef tops around 40 feet to canyon swim-throughs that let you out on the wall around 100 ft. Greenwood Resort is the kind of small facility that will allow divers to make the decisions on the dives. Val set no time limits and we dove on our schedule not a set one. The dive boat can hold up to 8 divers, there are no bungie racks, so tanks laid on the deck but we never felt cramped, and entries are seated entries. Dinners were always appetizer soup salad fish entrĂ©e and desert. Breakfast had some fresh fruit, meats and cheese, cereal, and several menu items like Eggs, French Toast, or Pancakes. Lunch menu was basic sandwiches or burgers. The Bar was an honor bar so if you didn’t watch yourself the bar tab could outdo the cost of the entire trip. Whew, thank God I learned hangovers don’t mix with diving. Cat and Greenwood are exactly what the serious diver who wants peace in the evenings is looking for. Also as Greenwood is not a resort dominated by a lot of dive groups you can bank on Val and his staff being totally committed to your group. The Divemaster Pedro was on top of everything, and Tim, Val’s son was great, he put all my pictures and video on 3 copies of DVD for us to take home. Anna, Val’s wife, asked me the first day if there was any liquor I liked they didn’t have, I said yes Captain Morgan and the next day there were 2 bottles behind the bar. Sadly I could only finish one.
All there is left to say is “God I love this job”

Sunday, February 18, 2007

PADI'S SPECIALTY OF THE MONTH, ENRICHED AIR NITROX

Hi All,
Sorry it has been a while since my last post but hey, it's winter but here is whats been going on.
Bill Straus and company just returned from Cat Island in the Bahamas and had a great time. They had great vis and alot of fish to see. I should have some pics from Bill soon and I will post them up.
This Month PADI is featuring the Enriched Air Nitrox course. In this course you will learn how to safely use Enriched Air to allow you to extend your bottom time longer than using Normal Air.
Another words more time to hang out and have fun. For more information on using nitrox or if you want to know when we have classes please give me a shout at the store. My next Nitrox class will be held March 7th at 6:30 PM at the store.
Well that is all the news I have for now.
As always
Safe Diving
Steve D

Thursday, February 01, 2007

THE RESULTS!!

Well first of all we would like to thank everyone who voted on our Mini Poll, we had a GREAT turnout of results.

And here are the results:

What type of Specialty are you looking to complete this year?
Answers & Percent:

1. Wreck -7 votes 15%
2. Nitrox -3 votes 7%
3. Night - 6 votes 13%
4. Dry Suit - 7 votes 15%
5. Navigation - 0 votes 0%
6. Underwater Photgraphy -12 votes 26%
7. Underwater Naturalist - 1 votes 2%
8. Deep - 4 votes 9%
9. Search & Recovery - 6 votes 13%

For a total # of votes: 46


As you can see Underwater Photography was the winner!! Remember to sign up for your favorite specialty this spring/summer.

Thanks again for your votes.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

TRIP REPORT FROM FLORIDA

Hi all,
Dan Crowell, Carl and Matt from the store spent some time in Pompano Beach Florida doing some rebreather training and fun dives. Here is Carl's report from the trip:

We had great weather, awesome diving, and lots of fun on our trip to Pompano Beach last week. Some people were there for AOW classes, some for rebreather and tech training with Dan Crowell, and others to just dive.From Thursday through Tuesday we had 6 days of good weather and cooperative seas (though Monday was a little hairy with a few 6-8 footers) and did a mixture of wreck dives and drift dives on the reefs. We hit some familiar wrecks for me like the Sea Emperor, Rodeo and RSB1 as well as some new ones like the Hydro Atlantic and Miller Lite. Mostly sunny skies and water temps around 77 deg made this a great change from NJ winter.It was a very rewarding trip for me. I got to introduce some of my AOW students to wreck and drift diving and had the chance to do some deeper rebreather dives on my KISS using trimix.Of course I caught a cold on the last day of diving just like last year, but it's worth it.Carl

Friday, January 12, 2007

Poll Results

So we tried something new this week with Steve's Mini Poll and we had some good results!!

Our Question of the week was: Where do you do most of your Jersey diving?

The Results:
Inlet - 27%
Beach - 0%
Boat - 64%
Other - 9%


As you can see the Boat diver was the winner!!

Since we had so much success with this poll check out our new poll on the side of the page.

Thanks to everyone who voted!!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Trips and Stuff

Well we are still looking to do some winter shore dives but the visibility still hasn't returned yet. We do however have some trips coming up that I would like to tell you about.
Bill still has room on his Cat island trip in the Bahamas Feb 6th -feb 13th. You can get more info under trips on are website. I will be setting up a trip with Neckton Diving Cruises for August 25 - Sept 1st of this year. The cost will be around $1900. I will have more info sometime next week.

If you are looking for something to do and are not Nitrox certified yet I have a registration on Wednesday January 17th and the class will be held Wednesday January 24th at 6:30PM both days.

Congatulations to Tim Wall, Gary Widman, Katie Riley, Mark Dirato, John Frercks, Sterling Levie, Kathleen Hanlon and Linda Chris for completing the Equipment specialty course with Joe Skimmons.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well, 2006 is gone and left us with many new things and many changes here at the store. The diving was good both inshore and off, we saw some changes in some of the gear this year, Carl shaved his mustache, among some others. We also have seen a trend in more divers changing to rebreathers instead of doubles. We had a very successful open water class with the M.A.T.E.S. school this year and we even got some of them in the inlet and off shore.

We at Divers Two are looking forward to the New Year and as always will be there to provide the best possible service and training we can. Let us all hope for warm weather, clear sky's and great visibility for 2007


Happy New Year to All.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Merry Christmas

On behalf of the Staff at Diver's Two We would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Please feel free to stop by on Christmas eve to say hi and eat some cookies. We will be open until about 3:00pm for you last minute shopping needs.