Upcoming dives

Talk to the dive chairs early. Please sign up in advance. All people who sign up are responsible for fees at the dive. People who don't sign up for the dive may be excluded from the dive and shunned for life. On camping trips, each diver is responsible for finding its own campsites. The chair will attempt to organize campsites, but no guarantees can be made. There is a $5 per day fee for use of the club boats.

Point Lobos, August 19th

Susan Carter is chairing a dive to Point Lobos on Saturday, August 19th. The plan is to take inflatables for a day trip, and, conditions permitting, launch them for a dive or dives over at Bluefish Cove. This will be a great chance to do a final, post-boat party check out of the inflatables before our Catalina trip, and a great chance to get in some good dives!

Reservations are necessary to dive at Pt. Lobos. Pt. Lobos has sold out all of their reservations for August 19. Talk to Susan to determine whether there is space for you. For information on Pt. Lobos, see

http://pt-lobos.parks.state.ca.us

Channel Islands Vision trip

Vicki and John Beland signed up for a 4-day southern Channel Islands Vision trip. Here are the details:

Date:

August 20-23

Destination:

Southern Channel Islands (weather permitting)

Cost:

$620 for four days (Sounds like a lot, but it's only $155/day, including food, lodging, and all the diving you can handle)

Payload:

Limited--26 divers maximum

A 25% deposit is required to hold your space. Reserve a bunk at the same time

The trip is run by Truth Aquatics. There will be no dive shops, marine biologists, etc.

As of 1130 hrs, 5/23/00, they had 16 spaces left ... better hurry, they're going fast!

Boat repair party

There is a boat repair party at Charlie and Marge Cleland's house on Saturday, July 8. We will meet around 10 AM, but this may change. Please call ahead.

Catalina signups continue

The date for the annual Emerald Bay Catalina trip is September 9-16, which starts the Saturday after Labor Day. There will be about 60-70 children between the 11th and the 15th. Susan Carter and Rocky Rockafellow are chairing the dive.

A deposit of $150 is required to sign up for the Catalina trip. Total trip cost for the week, including diving off of the club inflatables, accommodations, all meals and transportation to and from Los Angeles to Catalina island is estimated to be $500. Non-members can sign up, but will be charged an additional fee that is the equivalent of an individual membership. Also, members have priority in event the trip fills up, so all divers interested in coming with us to Catalina are encouraged to join the club!