For the third consecutive year, Single Divers will be hosting a booth at the Annual PNW Underwater Treasure Hunt and Happy Hour to follow (see below for details)! And again we will plan on a 2-tank Bandito boat dive the day after the hunt (see below for details)! Weather has been fantastic the last two years SD has attended this event and also two years running one of our stars of the PNW, the Giant Octopus, has greeted visiting divers including SD's very own WreckWench!! Come see why we cold water divers are such fanatics!
5TH ANNUAL NW UNDERWATER TREASURE HUNT & DIVE SHOW
Owen Beach, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington
Saturday June 23rd, 8am-4pm
Treasure Hunt & Dive Show Events and Schedule
8am Diver registration
9-11am Seminars
1 p.m. Treasure Hunt
Free Seminars: Experts will present seminars on diving using rebreathers (9am) and dive travel in British Columbia (10am). Certified dive instructors will provide safety, guidance and training advice (11:30am).
Prize Preview: At 11am, see all the great prizes before they are given away. Hear about the spectacular resorts, live-aboards and charters. See all the great new gear.
Gear Demos: Check out the latest and greatest equipment on the market today. Manufacturers will be offering free test dives on Oceanic’s new Heads Up display mask and Whites drysuits.
Contests and Prizes: Divers have a chance to win more than $40,000 in prizes. Dive trips to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, Papua New Guinea, Florida and British Columbia are included along with dive and snorkeling gear as well as local dive charters.
Owen's Park directions:
From I-5: Take exit 132 (Hwy 16). Proceed west on Hwy 16 approximately 3 miles and exit on the 6th Avenue exit (signed Vashon ferry). Turn left onto 6th Avenue at the stop light. Turn right at the next stop light onto Hwy 163 (Pearl Street). Proceed north on Pearl Street, approximately 3.5 miles, to Point Defiance Park. Directional signs will lead you to Owen beach and the Kayak Symposium.
Parking is available at the entrance to Point Defiance Park, the Boathouse, Funland, Parking Lot B, Owen Beach, Main and Rustic Picnic Sites, at all view areas, Never Never Land and Fort Nisqually. During early hours, the Zoo back lot can be used.
Click here for a Pt. Defiance Park area street map.
Who's Working the Booth:
1. Kamala aka WW
2. Michelle aka cmt489
3. George aka Tolly
4. Colleen aka gisgal
5. Mark aka DIVEAK
HAPPY HOUR
Duke's Chowder House, 3327 Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA
Saturday June 23rd, 4pm-the party runs out
After the treasure hunt, we will host a Happy Hour at Duke's Chowder House! Dukes is located along Ruston Way next to Katie Downs. Their cucumber mojitos and ahi quesadillas come highly recommended!
Who knows maybe you too can be caught in compromising deceptive Happy Hour photos with other SD members....
(cmt489, Dive_Girl, WreckWench, and GlazingMcGyver)
BANDITO 2-TANK BOAT DIVE
NEW DEPARTURE SITE: A Dock, Dock Street, Tacoma, Washington
CLICK HERE FOR DOCK & PARKING DIRECTIONS
Sunday June 24th, 2pm departure - please arrive no later than 1:30pm
Charter Information:
Bandito Charters is one of our wonderful Puget Sound dive charters! All Bandito boats have an enclosed cabin area with heat for the cooler times of the year, and a head. All boats are Coast Guard Inspected vessels with all the equipment required by the Coast Guard for a vessel of that size on the inland waters of Puget Sound. Each boat is equipped with an Oxygen kit for dive emergencies. All boats are wet boats - you can wear your exposure suit throughout.
Lunch of soup, sandwiches, and snacks are included.
NOTE - unlike most dive charter areas, Pacific Northwest dive charters DO NOT provide tanks and weights. Divers are responsible to provide all personal equipment.
Pt. Defiance departure dock directions:
From I-5: From I-5, take Exit 132 (the Highway 16 / Gig Harbor Exit). Take Highway 16 to the 6th Ave. Take a LEFT on 6th Ave. and get into the Right lane to take a RIGHT onto Pearl Street. Take Pearl St. North to the stop sign before the Point Defiance park entrance. Follow the Ferry signs down the hill bear to the right of the park toward the ferry terminal, but don’t get in the ferry line. Proceed down the hill past the ferry lines to the docks on the right side of the Ferry landing. Unload at the docks and then pass back across the Ferry lines to the public parking section of the large lot by Anthony’s at Point Defiance Restaurant.
Click here for a Pt. Defiance area street map.
It is likely for those interested, we may talk the crew into joining us after the dives for a social hour at Paddy Coynes just right as you dip into the downtown area from Ruston Way on Ninth and Pacfic Avenue. Serious Irish flair and some food favorites of the Banditos Crew!
Divers Flying In:
NOTE - unlike most dive charter areas, Pacific Northwest dive charters DO NOT provide tanks and weights. Divers are responsible to provide all personal equipment. Contact Dive_Girl via email or PM regarding local dive shop info so you may arrange for tanks and weights.
Payment Information:
2-tank dive - $70 (this doesn't include tip for Bandito crew - it is customary to tip $5 per dive per day)
Please add 3% if paying via paypal or via credit card. (Please ask for the credit card authorization information)
If paying via paypal go to www.PayPal.com and send payment to SingleDivers.com email = kamala@singledivers.com Be sure to include your address, contact number and screen name as well as the trip name you are sending money for in the details section.
If paying via check or money order, please send payment with screen name & trip name on memo line on the check to:
Kamala Shadduck
SingleDivers.com
3957 Gaspar Ste#200
Dallas, TX 75220
214-350-7003
kamala@singledivers.com
Who's Going Diving With Bandito! ONLY 10 LUCKY PEOPLE!!!
1. Kamala aka wreck wench - pd - survey/waiver
2. Nicolle aka Dive_Girl - pd
3. George aka Tolly - pd
4. Michelle aka cmt489 - pd
5. Shane - friend of dive_girl - pd
6. Luke - friend of dive_girl - pd
7. Mark aka DiveAK - pd
8. Kimberly aka KCDiving - pd
9. Tony aka TonyL - pd
10. Colleen aka gis_gal - pd
Check's In the Mail:
1.
2. Kevin aka kevininpo
3.
Bubble Watchers
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Still haven't made up your mind to join??? Read about last year's fun and shananigans here!
WOW!!!
We just got news that Cochran Undersea Technology will be co-sponsoring our Happy Hour after the event on Saturday. Come one come all...we'll start at 4pm and end when you do!
This should be the largest show yet...
1000 tickets are being printed...
Each ticket is worth over $850 in discounts from Cochran, Dive Rite, Armour, DUI, Oceanic & Aries, Henderson, Ocean Reef & SeaSoft
SingleDivers.com will be the show's Buddy Finder...Need a Buddy? We got Plenty!!!
SingleDivers.com and Cochran Undersea Technology will be hosting the first ever Saturday Night Show Ending "Mix & Mingle"
SingleDivers.com will be diving with Bandito Charters the next day....in the afternoon so that we can PARTY after the show!
We need help in the booth and at the show....we need your support of the show....and we need you to come and help us eat & drink after the show! Oh yes...and go diving with us on Sunday!
New Departure Dock location. A Dock on Dock Street.
Detailed info here: http://www.banditoch...ages/Maps_7.htm and below
Edited by WreckWench, 20 June 2007 - 03:40 PM.