For a limited time Pinnacles Dive Center is offering a 2-FOR-1 deal for Scuba Class tuition.

• Novato: 415-897-9962
• Finley Swim Center: 707-543-3760
• Santa Rosa: 707-542-3100 

Click here for more information on getting your SCUBA Certification from Pinnacles today.

America’s Largest Consumer Dive Expo is this weekend

Long Beach Convention Convention Center
300 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 436-3661
longbeachcc.com‎

May 5 & 6, 2012

 Hours:

• Saturday 10am – 6pm
• Sunday 10am – 5pm

 Tickets are $12 at the door, cash only.

 Seminars are an additional $15 for one seminar, $25 for the entire day.

 SCUBA Show 2012 is going to be The Diving Event of the Year with over 225 exhibitors offering dive gear deals and great travel bargains, 45 entertaining and educational seminars, Californa seafood cooking demonstations, a fun Saturday night party and special guests Stan Waterman and Rogest.

Everyone who purchases a ticket to the show will be eligible for one of our great door prizes. Scheduled drawings during the show will give away $20,000 in door prizes. The drawings begin each day at 11:00am so come early!

 Show Information:

 45 Seminars:

• Saturday – On the hour from 11:00am to 5:00pm
• Sunday – On the hour from 11:00am to 4:00pm

Saturday Evening Party and California Ships 2 Reef Casino Night benefit fundraiser – 6:00pm to 11:00pm. Admission is free.

 Live Painting with Rogest – During show hours

Film Festival – Runs continuously during show hours

Come join your fellow divers at the Santa Clara Dive and Travel Expo in Santa Clara, Calif., on May 12-13, 2012. DAN Members get a discount on admission! Simply download the discount coupon, bring it with you to the show, and receive 50 percent off admission (not valid with other discounted offers).

DAN has lots to share with you in 2012, so make a plan to stop by the DAN Booth (#312) and:

• Renew your membership
• Check out new products
• Learn about DAN’s enhanced travel insurance program

It’s all waiting for you at the Santa Clara Dive and Travel Expo, so print your discount coupon, and come enjoy the show. We’ll see you there!

• Event: Santa Clara Dive and Travel Expo
• When: May 12-13, 2012
• Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif.
• DAN Booth: 312

DAN Seminars:

• “Diving Fatalities: How Good Divers Get Into Bad Trouble” Presented by Dan Orr, president, DAN Inc. Saturday, May 12, 2 pm
• “Don’t Drink the Water: Tips for Your Adventure Travel” Presented by Betty Orr, vice president of DAN Services Saturday, May 12, 4 pm
• “Are You Really Ready to Dive?” Presented by Dan Orr, president, DAN Inc. Sunday, May 13, 10 am

Join Pinnacles Dive in Novato for their massive scuba event and sale:

• When: Saturday, May 5
• Time: 9am – 6pm
• Place: 875 Grant Avenue, Novato, CA 94945

The digital dive log for Apple (Macintosh) OS X

MacDive is your digital logbook for downloading and logging your dives right from your dive computer! Supporting over 50 models of computer from Atomic Aquatics, Aeris, Mares, Oceanic, Suunto and more.

New in version 2.1.4:

• Added support for the Dacor Darwin Air
• Added support for the Oceanic Atom 3.1
• Improved Dive Site selection in the dives table so you can find sites more easily
• Added ability to edit gear/tanks when multiple dives selected via Dive Inspector
• Total Bottom Time for a diver now takes previous dive time into account

Synchronize with Dive Log for Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad).

See: More Mobile Software

XS Scuba Recalls Miflex High Pressure Diving Hoses Due to Drowning Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

• Name of Product: Miflex High Pressure Scuba Diving Hoses
• Units: About 17,000
• Distributor/Importer: XS Scuba, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif.
• Manufacturer: Miflex 2, Villasanta, Italy
• Hazard: The diving hose can rupture reducing the available air supply to the diver, posing a drowning hazard.
• Incidents/Injuries: XS Scuba has received reports of 189 hose failures. There have been no reports of injuries.

Description: The high pressure hose is used to monitor cylinder pressure for the air supply in tanks for scuba diving. The hoses have MFX stamped on the hose’s end fitting. They were sold as individual replacement gauge hoses and as cascade hoses and in the following kits and model numbers:

• Deluxe Cylinder Equalizer w/ Miflex HP hose P/N AC366
• Miflex Two-Gauge Console HL300/HL300M
• Miflex Rebreather Kits MRB-EVO-LG, MRB-EVO-MD & MRB-ISP-POST-LG
• Sold at: Scuba diving retailers and online between May 2009 and April 2012 for between $44 and $60 for individual hoses.

Manufactured in: Italy

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the hoses and contact XS Scuba to receive instructions for obtaining a free replacement hose.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact XS Scuba toll free at (888) 249-5404 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday and, or visit the firm’s website at xsscuba.com

Note: Health Canada’s press release is available at:
 http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1569

Remember to get your dive gear serviced annually. This is your life-saving equipment. Last August we wrote this post with some recommendations for where to get the best service in the Bay Area.

If you need to get your dive tanks serviced, we recommend Vallejo Fire Extinguisher Service.

Santa Clara Dive & Travel Expo 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 12-13, 2012.  

This 1st annual diving event focuses on scuba diving and the scuba diving industry. This year’s event will host 50+ free seminars on everything from underwater photography to first aid with DAN. Visitors will be able to meet guest speakers from all over the country as they present talks on honing your diving skills, great new innovations and inspiring divers and non-divers alike.

There will also be 140+ exciting exhibit booths to explore.

All admissions paid by women will be donated to “Dive for a Cure“.

Join Napa Dive at SCUBA Show 2012, in its 25th year, taking place May 5th and 6th at the beautiful Long Beach Convention Center.

5 Good Reasons to Register Early for SCUBA Show 2012
The Diving Event of the Year in Long Beach California

Reason #1 – Savings on Admission and Seminars

$19 off on the Weekend Package, $7 off the day package, and $2 off General Admission.
(Savings Deadline 4/21/12)

Reason #2 – Avoid the Lines

Your tickets and passes will arrive in the mail. Or pick them up at will-call – your choice

Reason #3 – Your Chance to Preplan

This is your opportunity to study the web site and look over the seminars, decide the exhibits you would like to visit for sure, and the show’s events. It’s a busy show so make a list and come prepared.

Reason #4 – Fill Out the Door Prize Slip and Have it Ready

$20,000 in Door Prizes, and the drawings occur throughout each day. The earlier you get to the show the more prizes you stand to win.

Reason #5 – You’ll Save the Date

SCUBA Show 2012 willl be THE Diving Event of the Year with over 225 exhibitors offering diver gear deals and travel bargains, 45 entertaining and educational seminars, Californa seafood cooking demonstations, a fun Saturday night party and special guests Stan Waterman and Rogest.

Show Information:

Exhibit Hall Hours:

• Saturday 10:00am to 6:00pm
• Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm

45 Seminars:

• Saturday – On the hour from 11:00am to 5:00pm
• Sunday – On the hour from 11:00am to 4:00pm

Saturday Evening Party and California Ships 2 Reef Casino Night benefit fundraiser – 6:00pm to 11:00pm. Admission is free.

Live Painting with Rogest – During show hours

Film Festival – Runs continuously during show hours

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE

Iguana Bob’s Dive Center in Napa is closing its doors! That was the announcement on their website until April 6, 2012. 

Well… apparently not. There may have been a change of heart, a ruse to hold a sale, or maybe it’s tougher than one might think to get out of a lease. Who knows, but it seems odd to us that a business would make such a formal and widely publicized announcement and then accuse Napa Dive of trying to hurt their business when we posted their announcement and sale information.

Today, April 10, 2012 we received the following comment:

Author : Robin

E-mail : Robin@iguanabobsdivecenter.com
Comment: Please remove your post this isn’t true, hopefully your intentions are not to hurt our business, so I would appreciate the removal of you miscommunications!

Thank you!

Well, we appreciate the update Robin (misspellings and all) but that was an odd accusation. Please refer to the email sent by Iguana Bob’s to their entire database and posted on their website as proof of the honesty and integrity behind Napa Dive (also available at waybackmachine.org).

No miscommunications here and no intent to hurt their business… they seem to do an excellent job of that all on their own.