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  1. jonnierowe

    Traveling to Fiji in 2024 and have questions

    Worth having a look at Coral Coast Divers as well. They also offer shark diving in the Beqa Lagoon, and have a shallower dive at only about 18-20 meters, meaning you get to stay longer. They also are the most likely to experience the tiger sharks. Their site is closer to the mouth of the Beqa...
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    Question about Coral Coast Fiji trip

    Coral Coast Divers is another option. They offer shallower diving and have the tiger shark encounters more than the other two in the area due to their dive sites location. All of the operators use private dive sites, due to the water rights being owned by local villages. Each center partners...
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    Experienced Web Developer Specializing In Diving Industry Looking For A Few More Clients!

    I am an experienced web site developer and own ScubaDiveMarketing.com. I work with retail dive shops in the US, scuba and freedive shops around the world, and a scuba manufacturer. I am a PADI Divemaster myself, but currently living in Canada and not actively working as a divemaster. I...
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    Biggest thing killing dive shops?

    I think the amazon's, ebays, manufacturers who sell direct to the customer, etc are hurting shops the same as they are hurting a ton of smaller retailers across the country. They take a huge percent of the profit from sales and you can see from the number of reviews on products on these sites...
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    Assistant Shop Manager Wanted Mesa, Arizona

    Saguaro Scuba in Mesa, Arizona is looking for an assistant manager at their busy dive shop in Mesa, Arizona. Must be a current OWSI or higher. The right candidate must have experience in managing inventory, be knowledgeable in scuba diving equipment and sales, and also be able to multi task...
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    Where to dive in Costa Rica

    I would highly recommend Rocket Frog Divers in Playa Ocotal. Very professional. Great people. Great diving.
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    Divemaster Caribbean

    The diving is awesome. I did my internship with Rocket Frog Divers, which is located in Playa Ocotal (not far from Playas del Coco). I cant recommend them enough. I go back a few times a year and dive with them and also manage their web page. A lot of people who intern with them either stay a...
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    Website Design For Dive Shops

    Hi guys, Just wanted to let people know that I offer web design, marketing, and SEO services for dive shops. Check out ScubaDiveMarketing.com for more information. Or email jon@scubadivemarketing.com. Thanks Jon
  9. jonnierowe

    New IDC Opportunity in Costa Rica

    Just wanted to let people know that if you were ever considering doing your instructor course, Rocket Frog Divers in Costa Rica is now offering this. Their first course is only a few days away, but if you are interested just visit here...
  10. jonnierowe

    A taster of diving in New Zealand

    Any filters on the gopro? What video editing program you use? Did you color correct after the fact? Very impressive to say the least! ---------- Post added October 7th, 2014 at 07:50 PM ---------- Out of curiosity have you dove in Tairua? Am starting to work on a website for a shop there.
  11. jonnierowe

    Fakarava vs Rangiroa

    Rangiroa is famous ofr its shark dive at the Tiputa Pass. I have seen a lot of photos and videos from that. I think that would be hard to beat!
  12. jonnierowe

    Newly certified, where should I go for a solo trip??

    Hop on a liveaboard and go. There are all kinds of great places around the world that will open your eyes to adventure! How much time and money are you working with? Fiji as has been mentioned on here is great! Liveaboards in Fiji are great for getting a lot of diving in quickly. The visibility...
  13. jonnierowe

    Nicaragua or Costa Rica in October?

    Rocket Frog in Guanacaste is a great option. It is right outside of Playa del Coco in Playa Ocotal. Theres not much in the way of reefs that you are looking for, but they have been seeing bull sharks as well as an unusual amount of mantas at the Bat Islands of late. Give them a look or PM if you...
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    Divers free entangled Manta Ray off Costa Rica

    Its crazy how man mantas are getting caught up like that in the Bat Islands. Rocket Frog saw 4 mantas with the same problem this month and were able to release 3. I also saw a video of another shop in town Rich Coast freeing another. These are just the ones that are coming in to the dive sites...
  15. jonnierowe

    Cocos (Costa Rica) or bahamas for December/January - considering it is El Niño

    It is pretty close to your diving time, and there has been great action at Cocos Island of late. I dont know whether you saw or not but they were able to catch video of a few orcas killing a tiger shark recently! If you need any help with booking a trip, I run ScubaDiveDestinations.com and book...
  16. jonnierowe

    First Liveaboard -- what to consider and expect....

    1200 is a bit extreme to come back with. 700 is plenty as long as you know what you are doing.
  17. jonnierowe

    Grand Cayman -Dive Op and site reccomendations

    On the east side there is White Sand Water Sports who offer kayaking and paddle boarding. They are also opening a dive shop but are on the other side of the island.
  18. jonnierowe

    Websites that offer good deals on liveaboards?

    Hi Sean, I have started a website called Scubadivedestinations.com which offers a bunch of liveaboards at the same prices as you get them from the companies themselves. The selling feature I have is that you will get a percentage of your trip back in the form of ScubaPoints which you can use...
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    Paying for the privilege of working

    I think the problem if they gave all of that for free is that there would be 40 people applying every day for internships. If they get to dive free, live free, and get trained who wouldn't do this. I would make my life a constant internship. As it is there is atleast 1 or 2 applications a week...
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    Paying for the privilege of working

    Hi Dan, Thanks for posting your opinion, you are right with some of the information that you posted, but quite off base with some of the other information you posted as well. First off, I am biased. I did my divemaster internship with Rocket Frog last year over the course of 2 months and...
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