The July winner of the eDiving Summer Contest is Brian Ko of Winnetk - San Fernando Valley, California
Brian commented that "The great thing about eDiving is that I can check out a site and figure out where everything is before I ever enter the water. A map is one thing, but the 3d environment of the eDive software gives me a much better picture in my mind, including relative distances. This helps me get oriented underwater when I do the actual dive and it helps me find points of interest faster. Having the 3d mental picture in your head can help reduce disorientation underwater, which reduces the amount of time you spend trying to figure out where you are or something else is, which in turn gives you more bottom time! It's almost like having a google streetview map for a dive site!"
Brian won a KnightHawk BCD with integrated Air2 by ScubaPro.
The week 7 of the eDiving Summer Contest is Erik Brun of Costa Mesa, California
This is what Erik said about eDiving "I have found the accuracy of the eDiving dive sites allows for scouting and good pre-dive planning. It's always nice to slip in a mid week "dive" on eDiving. I have already noted a few spots I need to go look for the next time I am at Birdrock."
Erik won a set of Atomic Split Fins with Spring Straps.
We are almost midpoint of the eDiving summer contest and the race for the Grand Prize is on with the top 3 eDivers separated only by few eDives from each other.
Next week's prize is a the XS Equipment Package #2-- Travel Package and the August monthly prize is an Atomic M1 Regulator.
As a reminder, the eDiving weekly drawings come from qualifying eDives during the preceding week, so remember to eDive every week. The eDiving monthly drawing come from qualifying eDives during the preceding month.
Also, for an eDive to qualify for entry in the contest, it must last at least 5 minutes and you must visit at least two "points of interest" AND PRESS THE "I" KEY to view a still photo of the "point of interest." Last but not least, make sure that You exit the eDive by pressing "ESCAPE" and following instructions on the screen.
Instructors and Dive Shops, don't forget to remind your students to enter your eDive Instructor Code and/or eDive Shop Code when they register for the eDiving service.
The eDiving service is free to divers and currently allows eDivers to 'virtually' dive the following sites:
* Ship Rock, Catalina Island (new)
* Isthmus Reef, Catalina Island
* Veteran's Park, Redondo Beach California
* The Avalon Underwater Park, at Catalina
* The HMCS Yukon in San Diego
* Vallecitos Point, La Jolla Shores
* Bird Rock, Catalina Island
* with new eDive sites added through the end of 2008.
In conjunction with the production launch of the eDiving service at the 2008 Long Beach Scuba Show, DiveNav is conducting a contest with prizes worth over $10,000 for divers, dive instructors, and dive retailers. Weekly and monthly prizes include BCDs, regulators, split fins, and various dive accessories from leading scuba manufacturers. The Grand Prize Winner will receive two OceanReef Full Face Masks with Underwater Communications.
Make sure to try out the free eDiving service before the eDiving Summer Contest ends on September 30, 2008 by going to http://www.ediving.us
Dive Safe and eDive Often!
The DiveNav Team
Brian commented that "The great thing about eDiving is that I can check out a site and figure out where everything is before I ever enter the water. A map is one thing, but the 3d environment of the eDive software gives me a much better picture in my mind, including relative distances. This helps me get oriented underwater when I do the actual dive and it helps me find points of interest faster. Having the 3d mental picture in your head can help reduce disorientation underwater, which reduces the amount of time you spend trying to figure out where you are or something else is, which in turn gives you more bottom time! It's almost like having a google streetview map for a dive site!"
Brian won a KnightHawk BCD with integrated Air2 by ScubaPro.
The week 7 of the eDiving Summer Contest is Erik Brun of Costa Mesa, California
This is what Erik said about eDiving "I have found the accuracy of the eDiving dive sites allows for scouting and good pre-dive planning. It's always nice to slip in a mid week "dive" on eDiving. I have already noted a few spots I need to go look for the next time I am at Birdrock."
Erik won a set of Atomic Split Fins with Spring Straps.
We are almost midpoint of the eDiving summer contest and the race for the Grand Prize is on with the top 3 eDivers separated only by few eDives from each other.
Next week's prize is a the XS Equipment Package #2-- Travel Package and the August monthly prize is an Atomic M1 Regulator.
As a reminder, the eDiving weekly drawings come from qualifying eDives during the preceding week, so remember to eDive every week. The eDiving monthly drawing come from qualifying eDives during the preceding month.
Also, for an eDive to qualify for entry in the contest, it must last at least 5 minutes and you must visit at least two "points of interest" AND PRESS THE "I" KEY to view a still photo of the "point of interest." Last but not least, make sure that You exit the eDive by pressing "ESCAPE" and following instructions on the screen.
Instructors and Dive Shops, don't forget to remind your students to enter your eDive Instructor Code and/or eDive Shop Code when they register for the eDiving service.
The eDiving service is free to divers and currently allows eDivers to 'virtually' dive the following sites:
* Ship Rock, Catalina Island (new)
* Isthmus Reef, Catalina Island
* Veteran's Park, Redondo Beach California
* The Avalon Underwater Park, at Catalina
* The HMCS Yukon in San Diego
* Vallecitos Point, La Jolla Shores
* Bird Rock, Catalina Island
* with new eDive sites added through the end of 2008.
In conjunction with the production launch of the eDiving service at the 2008 Long Beach Scuba Show, DiveNav is conducting a contest with prizes worth over $10,000 for divers, dive instructors, and dive retailers. Weekly and monthly prizes include BCDs, regulators, split fins, and various dive accessories from leading scuba manufacturers. The Grand Prize Winner will receive two OceanReef Full Face Masks with Underwater Communications.
Make sure to try out the free eDiving service before the eDiving Summer Contest ends on September 30, 2008 by going to http://www.ediving.us
Dive Safe and eDive Often!
The DiveNav Team
