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Hi Fish Friends!
I would like to remind you that next weekend we are having the Ocean Watch April 29, 2007 Fish ID class and dive.
If you have not yet signed up and would like to participate, please read on!
The class will be at FILL EXPRESS dive store located at
2045 North Dixie Highway
Pompano Beach, FL 33060-4957
Phone: 954-786-0661
Fax: 954-786-0915
Web page: http://www.fillexpress.com/
Here is the map:
http://www.fillexpress.com/directions.shtml
The class is free and will start at 9:30 am and we will wrap up around 11:30 am.
We will cover Parrotfishes and Wrasses in this class.
Please note that the fishes that we covered last year would be sufficient to pass the REEF Level 3 Certification.
For more info on Quizzes please see:
http://www.reef.org/member/experience.htm
Many of the people who have attended my previous classes should have enough knowledge to take REEF Level 2 and 3 Quiz. If anyone would like to try it, please let me know and we will schedule one.
Note: The dive shop itself is not open on Sundays, so please do not plan on getting any air/nitrox fills at Fill Express shop on Sunday. Please plan ahead for fills/tanks for the dive. Mark, the owner of Fill Express, opened up the shop's classroom for us to use for the class as a courtesy, for which the Ocean Watch team is very appreciative.
We are also scheduled for a two-tank dive aboard one of the Parrot Island Scuba boats:
http://www.parrotislandscuba.com/
The Ocean Watch group rate for the dive is $45, which includes a small tip for crew. You are welcome to add to the tip after the dive trip if you like. The money will be collected by Ocean Watch before the dive boat departs. Please cash or checks only.
Checks should be made payable to the Ocean Watch Foundation.
Important Note:
Please RSVP for a class and a dive separately.
Send an email to alex @ oceanwatch.org to RSVP for the class with a subject line "RSVP: Fish ID Class, April 29, 2007."
Please also send another email to alex @ oceanwatch.org with a subject line
"RSVP: Fish ID Dive, April 29, 2007." to reserve your spot on the dive boat if you would like to participate.
Important: In your RSVP note for the dive, please provide a cell phone number or any other number at which you can be reached on the day of the dive for last minute changes, cancellations, etc.
If someone wishes only to participate in the Fish ID dive, you do not need to send an email to RSVP for the class, only for the dive.
Please note that you MUST register with me at alex @ oceanwatch.org as early as you can and at least 3 days prior to the dive to reserve your spot on the boat. To ensure you get the $45 Ocean Watch group rate, you have to register with me, not the boat captain directly. If someone would like to register at a later time, we will make all effort to accommodate you if there are spots still available on the boat, but the boat fills up earl y, so please try to register early if you are planning to participate.
The boat departs at 1:30pm, but please be there at 12:45pm to load your gear and prepare for the trip. Hopefully, this will be en ough time to get lunch and rehydrate ourselves for the dive trip.
All participating divers have to provide their own gear. If anyone needs tanks/weights for the dives, please arrange with your local dive shop or call the Parrot Island dive boat directly to reserve the tanks for the dive.
The dives are currently 60' Reef drift for the first dive and a 60' Reef drift for the second dive, but are subject to change based on the ocean conditions.
We will try to organize the divers into small groups of 3 people headed by an experienced Fish ID diver to assist the students in underwater identification.
For boat location please see:
http://www.parrotislandscuba.com/contact.html
Please note that only certified divers may participate in the Ocean Watch Fish ID dives. Please bring your certification cards with you. Also, all participants will be asked to sign an Ocean Watch Liability release form in addition to the one for the boat.
Ocean Watch will have a few slates and fish ID sheets to loan to the divers who may not have them.
Cancellation Policy for the dive reservations:
VERY IMPORTANT:
In the event you have sent us an RSVP for the boat dive and cannot make it for any reason, please notify us at least 72 hours prior to the boat departure (this means by Thursday 1:30pm on the week of the dive). The captain is holding a certain number of spots on the boat for us at the group rate and we must let him know in advance if he needs to release these spots to the public. Otherwise he (or Ocean Watch) has to absorb the loss. This is not good for our relationship with the dive boat.
If you fail to notify us in advance as described above you would be responsible for paying $45 for the dive if you do not show up.
Please send Alex ( alex @ oceanwatch.org) an email if you have any additional questions about the class or the dive.
Best Fishes!
Alex
Ocean Watch Fish ID Team.
alex @ oceanwatch.org
954-257-2155
I would like to remind you that next weekend we are having the Ocean Watch April 29, 2007 Fish ID class and dive.
If you have not yet signed up and would like to participate, please read on!
The class will be at FILL EXPRESS dive store located at
2045 North Dixie Highway
Pompano Beach, FL 33060-4957
Phone: 954-786-0661
Fax: 954-786-0915
Web page: http://www.fillexpress.com/
Here is the map:
http://www.fillexpress.com/directions.shtml
The class is free and will start at 9:30 am and we will wrap up around 11:30 am.
We will cover Parrotfishes and Wrasses in this class.
Please note that the fishes that we covered last year would be sufficient to pass the REEF Level 3 Certification.
For more info on Quizzes please see:
http://www.reef.org/member/experience.htm
Many of the people who have attended my previous classes should have enough knowledge to take REEF Level 2 and 3 Quiz. If anyone would like to try it, please let me know and we will schedule one.
Note: The dive shop itself is not open on Sundays, so please do not plan on getting any air/nitrox fills at Fill Express shop on Sunday. Please plan ahead for fills/tanks for the dive. Mark, the owner of Fill Express, opened up the shop's classroom for us to use for the class as a courtesy, for which the Ocean Watch team is very appreciative.
We are also scheduled for a two-tank dive aboard one of the Parrot Island Scuba boats:
http://www.parrotislandscuba.com/
The Ocean Watch group rate for the dive is $45, which includes a small tip for crew. You are welcome to add to the tip after the dive trip if you like. The money will be collected by Ocean Watch before the dive boat departs. Please cash or checks only.
Checks should be made payable to the Ocean Watch Foundation.
Important Note:
Please RSVP for a class and a dive separately.
Send an email to alex @ oceanwatch.org to RSVP for the class with a subject line "RSVP: Fish ID Class, April 29, 2007."
Please also send another email to alex @ oceanwatch.org with a subject line
"RSVP: Fish ID Dive, April 29, 2007." to reserve your spot on the dive boat if you would like to participate.
Important: In your RSVP note for the dive, please provide a cell phone number or any other number at which you can be reached on the day of the dive for last minute changes, cancellations, etc.
If someone wishes only to participate in the Fish ID dive, you do not need to send an email to RSVP for the class, only for the dive.
Please note that you MUST register with me at alex @ oceanwatch.org as early as you can and at least 3 days prior to the dive to reserve your spot on the boat. To ensure you get the $45 Ocean Watch group rate, you have to register with me, not the boat captain directly. If someone would like to register at a later time, we will make all effort to accommodate you if there are spots still available on the boat, but the boat fills up earl y, so please try to register early if you are planning to participate.
The boat departs at 1:30pm, but please be there at 12:45pm to load your gear and prepare for the trip. Hopefully, this will be en ough time to get lunch and rehydrate ourselves for the dive trip.
All participating divers have to provide their own gear. If anyone needs tanks/weights for the dives, please arrange with your local dive shop or call the Parrot Island dive boat directly to reserve the tanks for the dive.
The dives are currently 60' Reef drift for the first dive and a 60' Reef drift for the second dive, but are subject to change based on the ocean conditions.
We will try to organize the divers into small groups of 3 people headed by an experienced Fish ID diver to assist the students in underwater identification.
For boat location please see:
http://www.parrotislandscuba.com/contact.html
Please note that only certified divers may participate in the Ocean Watch Fish ID dives. Please bring your certification cards with you. Also, all participants will be asked to sign an Ocean Watch Liability release form in addition to the one for the boat.
Ocean Watch will have a few slates and fish ID sheets to loan to the divers who may not have them.
Cancellation Policy for the dive reservations:
VERY IMPORTANT:
In the event you have sent us an RSVP for the boat dive and cannot make it for any reason, please notify us at least 72 hours prior to the boat departure (this means by Thursday 1:30pm on the week of the dive). The captain is holding a certain number of spots on the boat for us at the group rate and we must let him know in advance if he needs to release these spots to the public. Otherwise he (or Ocean Watch) has to absorb the loss. This is not good for our relationship with the dive boat.
If you fail to notify us in advance as described above you would be responsible for paying $45 for the dive if you do not show up.
Please send Alex ( alex @ oceanwatch.org) an email if you have any additional questions about the class or the dive.
Best Fishes!
Alex
Ocean Watch Fish ID Team.
alex @ oceanwatch.org
954-257-2155
