Down Under Dive Shop

Become a PADI Divemaster or a Open Water Scuba Instructor and take your career anywhere. When was the last time you said, "I love my job! "? Go PRO and you'll be saying it all the time. Ditch the nine to five office job. Live your dream by transforming the lives of others while teaching scuba diving lessons. Meet and pick the brain of PADI’s Regional Manager and lifetime Professional Diver, Jon Coon. Also learn about new opportunities as a specially trained Contaminated Environment Diver, Public Safety Diver, or research Diver and find out how Down Under Dive Shop can help you get there. Friday, June 25th, 2010 at 7 p.m. FREE PIZZA!!! Please call 251-968-DIVE (3483) to reserve your spot. Its free but space is limited and is attendace dependant. See ya there.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has closed the following areas to all recreational vessels and watercraft , including recreational fishing vessels and watercraft: All Alabama waters south of a line running from the southernmost tip of Bear Point to the Eastern shore of the mouth of Ono Harbor on Ono Island. This will include Bayou St. John, Terry Cover, Terry Cove Harbor, Cotton Bayou, Perdido Pass and all canals entering these waters.The closure goes into effect at 4:00 p.m. today. City of Orange Beach weekend help desk The City of Orange Beach will be staffing a help desk at city hall Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for anyone with questions related to the oil spill. The weekend help number is 981-6979. ******************************************************************************* Alabama Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau PO Drawer 457 Gulf Shores, AL 36547 1-800-745-SAND (7263) For questions and concerns about this email, please send

Orange Beach waterways, unfortunately, have seen scattered oil impact that has come through Perdido Pass. City officials and staff are working with BP and its contractors to clean the beaches and waterways as quickly as possible. It is expected for more product to come ashore over the next 24 hours. The public is reminded to please, DO NOT TOUCH OIL in any form. The BP hotline for reporting oil on the shore and for private property is 1-866-448-5816. To report oil impacts to wildlife, contact 866-557-1401. The majority of the oil impact came through the pass prior to the completion of the boom strategy. Work has begun on the Perdido Pass Emergency Oil Spill Protection Projection. This is more sophisticated protection system. More details about the plan will be on our website Friday. The US Coast Guard has closed Perdido Pass to recreational boat traffic during the incoming tide. It is open during the out going tide. Due to the large anticipated amount of product expected to arrive in o

Anyone want to get wet? This Thursday, June 11 th we are diving the Russian Freighter and 3-Coal Barges just to the east of Perdido Pass. It's a regular six hour dive charter, just call the shop to book your spot 251-968-3483. Beth is also leading a trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico on July 16 th - 20 th . For just $549 dollars you can enjoy four nights, five days, and six incredible dives! Hotel stay, boat trips, cenote (cavern) diving, airport transfers, and breakfast are all included. The is the trip of your dreams at the price you always wanted. Bryan's headed to Fiji on March 19-26 for a live-a-board trip of a lifetime! We have only 3 spaces left, so call today to book your spot.

trip report, USS Oriskany (long) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dove the oriskany with downunder dive shop on sunday. It was one of the best dives i have ever done,and i have 75+ dives on the oriskany alone.On the way out there were storms to the south and the seas were a little bumpy but not bad. When we started to get close i was looking for all the other boats(usually a parking lot out there on the weekends) and there were none,guess the weather kept them in.Sweet!the mighty O and we were the only ones there. There was about a 1 knot surface current and the water was that beautiful blue color.The sky was dark and thunder rumbled in the distance as rain began to hit the deck. We got tied into the wreck and started splashing divers. The downunder is a 46 ft newton so with 12 (10 rec and 2 tech) divers we had plenty of room. After all the other divers were in i started gearing up. I had been dreading this part because usually by the tim