Current Events:
2008 Schedule - headlines
Current dive trips and local events
(DASC does not sponsor, organize, manage any trips, at any time, to any location, including those advertised on the website or otherwise. DASC acts as a communication medium to permit members to communicate and advertise their trips. Trips are planned, organized & managed by the individual member identified as organizer/contact. DASC is not liable for accident or damage incurred)
17th May 2008
The big EVENT will be our 2008 picnic on Saturday May 17 at La Jolla Shores. The boats run all day offerring dives to Quast Rock, the kelp beds, offshore from the Cove, the Canyons and for early birds a special trip to Scripps canyon by boat.
The raffle has always been a lot of fun; the first and second prizes being very, very nice equipment; other prizes have ranged from trips on the Horizon thr' safety sausages & aircards.
The coffee began at 7AM and the BBQ gets going around 11AM. DASC provides the food, the drinks and the diving. You provided the fun. If you are unable to renew your membership at the picnic, please print and mail the membership form
Organizer : Frances San Clemente
From Frances : The boat leaves on Friday night, May 23 and returns on Monday night, May 26.
There is still room on the Memorial Day 3-day dive trip. Price now includes berr, wine, soda and water. Only extras are gratuities and Nitrox. Contact fsanclemente@san.rr.com
Bunk Price = $480, Cabin G (forward cabin $500pp - 3 occupants, Private cabins A-F $520pp - 2 occupants. Cabins are still available.
To book, send a $200 deposit to Frances SanClemente at 9780 Caminito Doha, San Diego 92131
For more details, call 858-735-5568
11th, 12th 13th April 2008 : Catalina Island - camping cabins
Note: The cabins must be prepaid by March 11. After that, you may not be able to get one.
Dive Two Harbors in Catalina this April, an inexpensive, ($200, Non divers pay $120) and fun dive weekend. . Depart San Pedro for Two Harbors on Friday, returning to the mainland on Sunday. Open to all divers, no particular club membership required.
The trip price includes round trip ferry transportation between San Pedro and Two Harbors via the Catalina Express, accommodations at Two Harbors camping cabins, sheets, blanket, towels, breakfast on Saturday and Sunday morning and a BBQ and on Saturday night. And you get the two tank boat dive, and there are free tanks, weights and kayaks for exploring all weekend. (but you pay $36 parking at San Pedro)
Outside of Two Harbors are undeveloped sheer cliffs with sea caves and secluded beaches. Hiking and Humvee tours are also available. Two Harbors is adjacent to the Wrigley Marine Reserve which prohibits anchoring or hunting and provides excellent diving/ snorkeling. (and a hyperbaric chamber) Each cabin has a refrigerator and a bunk bed, communal showers and restrooms. Two Harbors offers a restaurant with outside bar, a snack bar and a well stocked convenience store. See the official website Two Harbors
To reserve your bunk, (or double), send a $40 deposit to John Leek 3090 Admiral Ave, SD, 92123, or Paypay $42 to JLeek001@san.rr.com.
2007 dive trips and events we've enjoyed:
Annual DASC picnic at the shores
Was May 12th, Free boat dives, prizes, food
18-19 August. La Bufadora - Mexico weekend trip and we will do it again
next summer
Organiser
John Leek
Dive
La Bufadora with John Leek. Anybody from any club is welcome.
August 18 is the annual chili cookoff for the expatriate community, sample
all the homemade chili you can deal with.
La Bufadora lies south of Ensenada, just 3 hours drive from San Diego.
We do this every year. Car pooling can be arranged, if you contact us
soon enough. Sleep in the bunkhouse, or set up your own tent in front.
La Bufadora is a natural blowhole, making for a Mexican tourist attraction,
housing shops and restaurants, but nearby is Rancho la Bufadora and the
launch site for boating out to underwater pinnacles and beautiful diving.
(How much does it cost, really? What are the details? Check The
Skinny ) I take $30 up front to make it happen, and all other
costs are nothing but the dive shop, shopping, dining, driving costs.
For more information, see our Bufadora Page or go to the website for Dale's Dive Shop = www.labufadoradive.com. Address further questions to Organiser John Leek
(gorgeous movie from La Bufe : courtesy of Chris Brechtel, you gotta see it, then you'll understand !)
Organiser : Frances San Clemente
From Frances :
Dates:
Aug 10-18 Cap'n Don's Habitat Price includes 7 nights, 6 days. Breakfast,
2 boat dives, free nitrox.
Double Occupancy (one bedroom bungalow, air conditioned) $1042 Diver 778
Non-Diver Quad Occupancy (2-bedroom bungalow, air-conditioned) $ 790 Diver
526 Non-Diver Flight Details: Continental Airlines
Aug 10-11, 2007: Lv SAN 5:05pm, Arr HOU 10:14pm, Lv HOU 11:30pm, Arr Bonaire
5:15am.
Return Aug 18, 2007: Lv Bonaire 7:30am, Arr HOU 11:35am, Lv HOU 12:35pm,
Arr SAN 1:49pm Group air rate: $893pp or 37,500 frequent flyer miles Resort
Deposit: $300 per person, refundable until June 1, 2007 Contact Frances
at fsanclemente@san.rr.com
or 858-735-5568 and send deposit to Frances at 9780 Caminito Doha, San
Diego , 92131
26,27,28 May 2007 : Memorial Day 2007 Horizon Charter
Organiser : Frances San Clemente
From Frances :
Waiting
to receive the contract to nail the price, but heres what's included:
Trip leaves on Friday night and returns on Monday night. Fuel surcharge
has been incorporated.
Price includes all beverages, beer and wine. Imported beers are still
extra.
Private cabins (two people only) will be in the $500 range. Shared cabins
(3-4 people) will be less. Bunks will remain in the $460 range.
I don't have pricing yet for the private cabins, but $520 would be a good
guess. Shared cabins will be approx $500. Contact fsanclemente@san.rr.com
12 May 2007
The big EVENT was our 2007 picnic on Saturday May 12 at La Jolla Shores. The boats ran all day offerring dives to Quast Rock, the kelp beds, offshore from the Cove, the Canyons and for early birds a special trip to Scripps canyon by boat.
The raffle has always been a lot of fun; the first and second prizes being very, very nice regulators; other prizes have ranged from trips on the Horizon thr' safety sausages & aircards.
The coffee began at 7AM and the BBQ gets going around 11AM. DASC provided the food, the drinks and the diving. You provided the fun.
If you were unable to renew your membership at the picnic, please print and mail the membership form
This summer: DASC sponsored Rocks, Rips and Reefs
Organizer : San Diego Council of Divers
3rs is an in-water education and site orientation program for divers and snorkelers. Participants are briefed on the interaction of surf, swell, and tides on underwater rocks and reefs, and then enter the water and tour popular diver sites with local lifeguard. Further info and calendar at San Diego Council of Divers 3rs
2006
dive trips and events included:
26-29 October : Southern Channel Island on board the HorizonA great opportunity to enjoy relaxed diving with your DASC buddies on board our local dive charter, the Horizon. The Channel islands offer some of the best southern California diving made really easy aboard the comfortable Horizon.
7-8 October 2006: La Bufadora - CAMPING trip
La Bufadora with the Dive Animals. The weekend of 10/7 saw the last 2006 expedition to one of the best dive sites on the Pacific Coast. La Bufadora lies south of Ensenada, just 3 hours drive from San Diego.
La Bufadora is a natural blowhole, making for a Mexican tourist attraction and offers excellent underwater pinnacles, arches and drop-offs full of nudibranchs, tunicates, cowries, dorid, scallops and of course the HUGE starfish.
- last trip sold out - There was no bunkhouse this time, no omlette breakfast, no sodas you didn't bring, no hot showers, etc.
More details at La BufSkinny and at La BufadoraDive
27 July : "Making of Deep Sea 3D" - special presentation at Sumner auditorium, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Herb Gruenhagen has invited DASC members to this special powerpoint presentationContact SDUPS President : Herb Gruenhagen
For more info : SDUPS
19-23 July : Human powered submarine (HPS2006) now seeking volunteers
Volunteer safety divers are now being sought for this fun, bi-annual event. For more details see : HPS2006
Contact HPS : Safety diver co-ordinator or HPS dive master
HORIZON TRIP - May 27-29 This was a 3 day Memorial day Horizon trip. Plan is for 2 full days at San Clemente, one day at Santa Barbara. Up to 5 dives a day in lush kelp forests where the water is usually 5+ degrees warmer than local shore diving and the visibility is usually 60-100 feet. This trip is usually sold out a month or 2 in advance. Cost was $460.
WEEKLY BOAT DIVES Every weekend. $20 donation (to pay for gas and cleaning materials) for a 2-tank dive on either the Panga or the Zodiac. Sign-up on the Boat Scheduling page.
MONTHLY SOCIALS 3rd Wednesday of each month at Casa Machado, every third month is a General Membership meeting.
ONGOING EVENTS Pelican Brief Newsletter. Scott Bell is working on the next edition of the club newsletter. If you have any dive trip pictures or stories that you would like to contribute, send it to him at Scott. Without stories, we have no newsletter. We need your input...!!
Rodale's Scuba Diving Magazine. If you subscribe or need to renew, do it through the dive club. It costs $19.95 to renew your subscription. If you renew through the club, the cost is $12.97 for the year, and the club gets $7 back as a fund-raiser. This is a no-brainer...!! You don't need to wait until your subscription runs out. You can do it any time...!! Sign-up for your Rodale's renewals at each General Meeting, merchandise desk....
Merchandise - We have quite a bit of Dive Animals Scuba Club merchandise available at very reasonable prices. Fleece pullovers, denim shirts, golf shirts, t-shirts, license plate frames, hats. Merchandise will be available on a first-come basis at all club meetings.
Volunteers Needed - If you want to be a boat operator, help with social activities, help work on the boats, etc. let me know and I'll direct you to the right person. We are a volunteer organization, and as we've grown, we need more help. If you can give even an hour or so a month, let me know what your interests are. We can always use you... :o)