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Sunday, November 13 2011

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Thomas McElroy, Nancy and Manuel Moreyra for successfully completing their Underwater Navigator certifications.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

New Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver

Congratulations to Thomas McElroy for successfully completing his Peak Performance Buoyancy certification.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Thomas McElroy, Steven Gartner, Jeremy DeLano and Tony Hudgins for successfully completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

Sunday, October 22, 2011

New Sidemount Instructors

Congratulations to Alex Schumer and Jorge Mahauad for successfully completing their Sidemount Instructor certifications.

Saturday, October 21, 2011

New Sidemount Divers

Congratulations to Wayne Foley, Alex Schumer, Jorge Mahauad, Gerardo Masiootti and Chuck Neudorf for successfully completing their Sidemount Diver certifications.

New Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Melinda Faulkner for successfully completing her Open Water certification.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

New Night Divers

Congratulations to Greg Hamilton, Wayne Foley and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Night Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Shawn Wagenseller; Lang, Jen and Tryg Solberg; and Nirmal Kumar for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Natalie and Sean Liner and Wendy Ripp for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

New Peak Performance Divers

Congratulations to Emela, Nancy and Manuel Moreyra for successfully completing their Peak Performance Diver certifications.

Friday, September 30, 2011

New Tides & Currents Divers

Congratulations to Jeffrey Anderson, Peter and Brandon Stumpel, Kenneth McIntyre, Kimber Chard, and Tabitha and Jon Borchardt for successfully completing their Tides & Currents certifications.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

New Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Kaelyn Ribary for successfully completing her Open Water certification.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Alindrina Nangubat; Emela, Nancy and Manuel Moreyra; Pawel Jonczyk; and Slava Chernyak for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Leschi Sailboat Moorage Cleanup a Huge Success

On September 24, 2011, with beautiful Pacific Northwest skies, thirty-eight people performed an underwater cleanup at the Leschi Sailboat Moorage (South Side) on Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington under the auspices of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department and organized by the Northwest Diving Institute. The cleanup effort comprised seven dive teams and one shore team encompassing an underwater area of approximately 100,000 ft2. The cleanup was preceded the evening before with a dive briefing at Underwater Sports - Seattle.

A total of 2,350 pounds (1069 kilos) of debris was collected from depths up to 45 feet deep over a two-hour period. Items collected included 25 tires, 445 bottles, 248 cans, 56 batteries, 300 lbs. of building materials and 82 bags of garbage. All debris was sorted, weighed and marked for disposal by the Parks department.

We'd like to thank the following volunteers for making this effort possible: Gary Anderson, Darin, Gary Beam and Nick Beam, Bruce Bury, Kimber Chard, Kyle Finnegan, Adam Furler, Brian George, Liam Hampton, Steven Hornsby, Dustin Howie, Steve Ivey, Dan Keffler, Misty Knight, Yvonne and Steve Lawrence, Chrystal Lindborg, LeAnne Livingston, Gaby Lout, Gerie Masilotti, Genevieve Mayer, Travis Michael, Elliot Morriss, Tom Neatherlin, Chuck Neudorf, Darrell Newberry, Randy Polhamus, Eric Pratt, Justin Rasco, Rob Rawlings, Wes Rice, Jason and Shanna Sawatzki, Alex Schumer, and Kay and Kim Stevens.

In addition, we'd also like to thank Underwater Sports for their generous support and hosting of the dive teams and meetings, and providing free mask straps and air to the participants. Our appreciation also goes to Danny Keffler (Shore Leader and Grill Master) for graciously providing the post-cleanup Bar-B-Que, and to Starbuck's Coffee for providing coffee on the morning of the cleanup.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Thomas McElroy, Bill Cruikshank, Genevieve Mayer, Rob Rawlings and Jonathan Lange for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Thomas McElroy, Bill Cruikshank, Lexi Rasmussen and Tyler Jensen for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Yvonne and Steve Lawrence for successfully completing their Enriched Air certifications.

Thursday, September 16, 2011

New Tides & Currents Divers

Congratulations to Greg Hamilton, Manuel Moreyra, Yvonne Lawrence and Bruce Bury for successfully completing their Tides & Currents certifications.

Wedneday, September 15, 2011

New Enriched Air Diver

Congratulations to Rex Houchins for successfully completing his Enriched Air Diver certification.

Monday, August 22, 2011

New Emergency Oxygen Provider

Congratulations to Tyle Spaulding for successfully completing his Emergency Oxygen Provider certification.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to David Joo, Paul Papenhause, Aleksandr Karptsov, Carissa Adams, Laura Rengstorf and Laurie Long for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Zach Benzow and Kari Gloppen for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Jason and Shanna Sawatzki, Jeremy Ingalls, Shawn Davis and Kara Kaiser for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Tim Frame, Jason and Shanna Sawatzki for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Manuel Moreyra, Cullen Hubbard, Allison & Dragos Dumitriu, Shanna & Jason Sawatzki, Matthew Hawkins, Shawn Davis, Mari Jachetta, Kyle Finnegan, Nadine Harrison and Jeremy M Ingalls for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Friday, July 15, 2011

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Kevin Toadvine, Sarah Ellis, Brad Nielson and LeAnne Livingstone for successfully completing their Enriched Air Diver certifications.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Sheila Mordue for successfully completing her Dry Suit certification.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Benni Adams, David Han, Jessica Witzigreuter, Jessica Cook and Sheila Mordue for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Friday, July 8, 2011

New Open Water and Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Kevin Toadvine for successfully completing his Open Water and Dry Suit certifications.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

New Deep Diver

Congratulations to Misty Knight for successfully completing her Deep Diver certification.

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Dana Wright for successfully completing her Advanced Open Water certification.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Underwater Navigation certifications.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Patrick McHugh for successfully completing his Dry Suit certification.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

New Emergency Oxygen Provider

Congratulations to Tanya Dodgen for successfully completing her Emergency Oxygen Provider certification.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

New Open Water and Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Marlee Call for successfully completing her Open Water and Dry Suit certifications.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

New Underwater Naturalists

Congratulations to Cindy Molitor, Cindy Maxwell and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Underwater Naturalist certifications.

Friday, May 27, 2011

New PADI Divemaster

Congratulations to Gerardo ("Jinx") Masilotti for successfully completing his Divemaster certification. Way to go Jinx!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

New Boat Divers

Congratulations to Brian George, Cindy Maxwell, Eric Schneider and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Boat Diver certifications.

Friday, May 20, 2011

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Brian George for successfully completing his Dry Suit Diver certification.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Prakash and Alison Stirret for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Joe & Renee Bluechel, Prakash & Alison Stirret, Mark & Jenny Robbins, Pierre Galin, Igor Dotsenko and Eddy Chebotarev for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Joe & Renee Bluechel, Prakash & Alison Stirret and Pierre Galin for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Friday, May 6, 2011

New Emergency First Responder and Oxygen Provider

Congratulations to Matthew Donahue for successfully completing his Emergency First Response and Oxygen Provider certifications.

Monday, May 1, 2011

New Boat Divers

Congratulations to Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Boat Diver certifications.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

New Drift Divers

Congratulations to Misty Knight, Dustin Howie and Alex Schumer for successfully completing their Drift Diver certifications.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Greg and Trista Taylor for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Brent Weight, Jessica Weight and Kaitlin Fisher for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Ben Sedenquist for successfully completing his Dry Suit Diver certification.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Mike Sherburne and Ben Sedenquist for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Friday, April 8, 2011

New Search & Recovery Divers

Congratulations to Ariel Jacobs, Wayne Foley, Eric Schneider and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Search & Recovery certifications.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

New Advanced Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Advanced Open Water certifications.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Maria Baker and Andrew Martin for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Maria Baker and Andrew Martin for successfully completing their Open Water Diver certifications.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Liberty Stansberry, Francis Ambrey, Joe Mitchell, Thomas Ambrey and Michelle Allen for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Liberty Stansberry, Francis Ambrey, Joe Mitchell, Thomas Ambrey, Michelle Allen, Dominic Allen (Scuba Diver) and Jordan Broihier for successfully completing their Open Water Diver certifications.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

New Night Diver

Congratulations to Brent Diaz for successfully completing his Night Diver certification.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

New Deep Divers

Congratulations to Wayne Foley and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Deep Diver certifications.

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Liberty Stansberry, Francis Ambrey, Joe Mitchell and Thomas Ambrey for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Maria Baker, Sheri Determan and Andrew Martin for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Golden Gardens Cleanup a Huge Success

On March 12, 2011, despite horrendous weather conditions, forty-two people performed an underwater cleanup at Golden Gardens Park and Shilshole Marina in Ballard, Washington under the auspices of the Seattle Parks Department and Port of Seattle, and organized by the Northwest Diving Institute. The cleanup effort comprised seven dive teams and one shore team over an area of approximately one-half square mile. The cleanup was preceded the evening before with a PADI Ocean Acidification Distinctive Specialty class and dive briefing at Underwater Sports in Seattle.

A total of 750 pounds of debris was collected from depths up to 35 feet deep over a two-hour period. Items collected included numerous bottles, crab pots, tires, building materials, rope, bicycles and miscellaneous garbage. All debris was sorted, weighed and marked for disposal by the Parks department.

We'd like to thank the following volunteers for making this effort possible: Patrick Addison, Darin Beam, Jason Beckwith, Mark Boland, Steve Carver, Mitch Cole, Jane Cottrel, Steve Coy, Manuel Cruz, Jared Davis, Sheri Determan, Brent Diaz, Lee Donlan, Support Edwards, Marsha Edwards, Anthony Ewald, Support Finnegan, Wayne Foley, Brian George, Michael Hunter, Steven Ivey, Ariel Jacobs, Jeff Jensen, Ali Jensen, Devonne Johnson, Danny Keffler, Liz Lange, Jon Lange, LeAnne Livingston, Megan Mager, Geraldo Masilotti, Cindy Maxwell, Lisa Mirth, Cindy Molitor, Chuck Neudorf, Jon Ong, Wes Rice, Vince Running, Eric Schneider, Alex Schumer, Beth Skoczen, Courtney Smith, Brad Wauldron, Jessica Wetter and David Zart.

In addition, we'd like to thank the Keffler Family and Underwater Sports for their generous support and hosting of the dive teams and meetings, and providing the post-cleanup barbeque. Our appreciation also goes to the Port of Seattle and Seattle Parks Department for graciously supporting this event.

For additional pictures, please visit http://www.nwscuba.org/cleanup.php

Friday, March 11, 2011

New Ocean Acidification Specialists


Congratulations to Patrick Addison, Darin Beam, Jason Beckwith, Mark Boland, Steve Carver, Mitch Cole, Steve Coy, Manuel Cruz, Jared Davis, Sheri Determan, Brent Diaz, Lee Donlan, Support Edwards, Marsha Edwards, Anthony Ewald, Support Finnegan, Wayne Foley, Brian George, Michael Hunter, Steven Ivey, Ariel Jacobs, Jeff Jensen, Ali Jensen, Devonne Johnson, Danny Keffler, Liz Lange, Jon Lange, LeAnne Livingston, Megan Mager, Geraldo Masilotti, Cindy Maxwell, Lisa Mirth, Cindy Molitor, Chuck Neudorf, Jon Ong, Wes Rice, Vince Running, Eric Schneider, Alex Schumer, Beth Skoczen, Courtney Smith, Brad Wauldron and David Zart for successfully completing their Ocean Acidification Specialty certifications.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New Divemaster

Congratulations to Eric Schneider for successfully completing his Divemaster certification.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

New Peak Buoyancy Divers

Congratulations to Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Peak Buoyancy Diver certifications.

Friday, February 25, 2011

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Enriched Air Diver certifications.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

New Rescue Diver

Congratulations to Wayne Foley for successfully completing his Rescue Diver certification.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Ariel Jacobson for successfully completing her Dry Suit certification.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Brandon Johnson, Jason Wilkeins-Sikkel and Bryce Anderson for successfully completing thier Open Water certifications.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Wayne Foley for successfully completing his Advanced Open Water certification.

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Wayne Foley and Kevin Peterson for successfully completing their Underwater Navigation certifications.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Wayne Foley, Kevin Peterson and Ariel Jacobs for successfully completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Wayne Foley, Kevin Peterson and Ariel Jacobs for successfully completing their Emergency First Responder certifications.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

New Peak Performance Buoyancy Divers

Congratulations to Wayne Foley, Gerardo Masilotti, Kevin Peterson and Cindy Maxwell for successfully completing their Peak Performance Buoyancy certifications.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Mo Hagen, Bethany and Seth Micarelli, and Wayne Foley for successfully completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Mo Hagen, Bethany and Seth Micarelli, Lauren Bloomenthal and Jeffrey King for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Mo Hagen, Bethany and Seth Micarelli, Lauren Bloomenthal and Jeffrey King for successfully completing their Open Water Diver certifications.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

New Fish Identification Divers

Congratulations to Wayne Foley, Alex Schumer, Gerardo Masilotti and Cindy Maxwell for successfully completing their Fish Identification certifications.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

New Deep Diver

Congratulations to Brent Diaz for successfully completing his Deep Diver certification.

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Wayne Foley for successfully completing his Dry Suit certification.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

New Equipment Specialists

Congratulations to Bethany and Seth Micarelli, Gerardo Masilotti, Cindy Maxwell and Douglas Allen for successfully completing their Equipment Specialist certifications.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Thane and Lauren Mitchell, Jason Beckwith, Mo Hagen, Bethany and Seth Micarelli, Lauren Bloomenthal and Jeffrey King for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Brent Diaz for successfully completing his Advanced Open Water certification.

Friday, December 10, 2010

New IDC Staff Instructor

Congratulations to Alex Schumer for successfully completing his IDC Staff Instructor certification.

Monday, December 6, 2010

New Boat Diver

Congratulations to Alex Schumer for successfully completing his Boat Diver certification.

Friday, December 3, 2010

New Underwater Naturalist

Congratulations to Alex Schumer for successfully completing his Underwater Naturalist certification.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Bennett Droessler, Aphrodite Xidos, Sara Horter and Edwin Osborne for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Elly Leaverton, Richard Fajardo, Bennett Droessler, Aphrodite Xidos, Sara Horter and Edwin Osborne for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Monday, November 15, 2010

New Master Scuba Divers

Congratulations to Daniel Sherer, Cindy Maxwell and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Master Scuba Diver certifications.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to Brian Harmon, Daniel Sherer, Cindy Maxwell and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Rescue certifications.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Alyce Flanagan, Jessica Hale and Kevin Peterson for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Kate and Julian Jiggins, Brian Harmon, Daniel Sherer and Richard Jack for successfully completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Kate and Julian Jiggins, Brian Harmon and Daniel Sherer for successfully completing their Emergency First Responder certifications.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

New Deep Divers

Congratulations to Daniel Sherer, Cindy Maxwell and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Deep Diver certifications.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Daniel Sherer, Cindy Maxwell and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Advanced Open Water certifications.

Friday, October 29, 2010

New Equipment Specialists

Congratulations to Wesley Rice, Ken and Agata McIntyre, Daniel Sherer, Cindy Molitor, Robert Bodkin, Wayne Foley, Tony Hudgins and Peter Denton for successfully completing their Equipment Specialist certifications.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Robert Bauerle, Angela Anania, Michael Earnhart, Wayne Foley, Kevin Peterson, Rachel Alexander, Eric Maino, Collen Yoshioka and Robin McArdel for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Robert Bauerle, Angela Anania, Michael Earnhart, Wayne Foley and Kevin Peterson for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

New Night Divers

Congratulations to Cindy Maxwell, Daniel Sherer and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Night Diver certifications.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Cindy Maxwell, Daniel Sherer, Gerardo Masilotti, Brent Diaz and Peggy Miller for successfully completing their Underwater Navigation certifications.

New Underwater Naturalist

Congratulations to Pam White for successfully completing her Underwater Naturalist certification.

Friday, October 8, 2010

New Assistant Instructor

Congratulations to Brad Wauldron for successfully completing his Assistant Instructor certification.

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Gerardo Masilotti, Cindy Maxwell and Daniel Sherer for successfully completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

New Underwater Naturalists

Congratulations to Brent Diaz and Mary Holland for successfully completing their Underwater Naturalist certifications.

New Advanced Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Matthew Smith, Andrea Little, Jack Chua and Jesse Unger for successfully completing their Advanced Open Water certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Misty Knight, Dustin Howie and Annalise Schweickart for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Joshua Zimmerman, Markiis Kolomiyets, Vyacheslav Kolomeyets, Sean Davis, Janelle Davis, Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Joshua Zimmerman, Markiis Kolomiyets, Mirra Merkel, Travis Merkel, Sean Davis, Janelle Davis, Misty Knight and Dustin Howie for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Katherine Jiggins for successfully completing her Dry Suit certification.

New Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Katherine Jiggins for successfully completing her Open Water certification.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Leschi Underwater Cleanup a Huge Success


On September 25, 2010 thirty-seven people performed an underwater cleanup at the Leschi Sailboat North Moorage on Lake Washington, Seattle, under the auspices of the Parks and Recreation Department and organized by the Northwest Diving Institute. The cleanup effort comprised seven dive teams and one shore team over an area of approximately one-half square mile. The cleanup was preceded the evening before with a Project AWARE Specialist class and dive briefing at Underwater Sports.

A total of 6,000 pounds (3 tons) of debris was collected from depths up to 35 feet deep over a four-hour period. Items collected included 111 tires, 633 bottles, 499 pounds of building materials, 242 pounds of rope, and 62 bags of garbage. All debris was sorted, weighed and marked for later disposal by the Parks Department.

We'd like to thank the following volunteers for making this effort possible: Dane Allen, Natasha Bacon, Jason Beckwith, Bruce Bury, Royce Connelly, Peter Denton, Toni Elmendorf, Kyle Finnegan, Robin Gray, Brian Harmon, Mary Holland, Danny Keffler, Kyondra Kennard, Dayna Lange, LeAnne Livingston, Collin Long, Kemp Lundstedt, Angie Lundstedt, Geraldo Masilotti, Cindy Maxwell, Paul Miller, Peggy Miller, Cindy Molitor, Elliott Morris, Joel Morris, Chuck Neudorf, Mia Nielson, Vince Running, Eric Schneider, Alex Schumer, Al Schumer, Danny Sherer, Owen Shoemaker, David Squires, Jon Stone, Pam White, and Frank Wood.

In addition, we'd like to especially thank the Keffler Family and Underwater Sports for their generous support and hosting of the dive teams and meetings. Our appreciation also goes to Cory Strobaugh of Daniels' Broiler for graciously providing post-cleanup meeting space and refreshments, and to Starbuck's Coffee for providing coffee on the morning of the cleanup.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Gerardo Masilotti and Cindy Maxwell for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Gerardo Masilotti, Bob Adams and Cindy Maxwell for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Ethan Devenport, Jonathan Kocarnik, Beverly Mielke, Michelle Heng and Jennette Parks for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Ethan Devenport, Jonathan Kocarnik, Beverly Mielke, Michelle Heng and Annalise Schweickart for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Gerardo Masilotti, Katherine Jiggins, Bob Adams and Cindy Maxwell for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

New Emergency First Responders and Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Joel and Elliot Morris, Cindy Maxwell and Gerardo Masilotti for successfully completing their Emergency First Responder and Oxygen Provider certifications.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Doreen Porat and Rostislav Shebelin for successfully completing their Advanced Open Water certifications.

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Jeanette Parks, Ethan Devenport, Michelle Heng and Jonathan Kocarnik for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Pamela Wichgers and Jessica Hale for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Pamela Wichgers, Craig Braid, Tom Neatherlin and Justin Rasco for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Jessica Hale, Pamela Wichgers, Craig Braid, Tom Neatherlin and Justin Rasco for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Michael Rayhelson, David Bergsman, Kristen Palmer, Daniel Sherer, Daniel Whitcomb, Victoria Carlson and George Bonaci for successfully completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Michael Rayhelson, David Bergsman, Kristen Palmer, Daniel Sherer, Mark & Doug Chartier, Daniel Chiang, Daniel Whitcomb, Victoria Carlson and George Bonaci for successfully completing their Open Water certifications.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

New Emergency Oxygen Provider

Congratulations to commercial diver Kasey Busch for successfully completing his Emergency Oxygen Provider certification.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to George Bonaci, Victoria Carlson, David Bergsman, Daniel Chiang, Kris Palmer, Daniel Sherer and Mike Rayhelson for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Paul Miller and Mike Brickman for successfully completing their Underwater Navigation certifications.

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Alexander Beyer for successfully completing his Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Friday, July 9, 2010

New Enriched Air Diver

Congratulations to Alexander Beyer for successfully completing his Enriched Air Nitrox certification.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Andrea Little and Jay Anderson for successfully completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Eric Kenny, Andrea Little, Jay Anderson, Max Magac, Jeremy Parsons, Ariana Wetzel, and Clara and Jimmie Colven for successfully completing their Open Water Diver certifications.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Karen and Rusty Wold, Andrea Little, Jay Anderson, Max Magac, Jeremy Parsons, Ariana and Claude Wetzel, Clara and Jimmie Colven, and Enzo Paschino for successfully completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

New Open Water Scuba Instructors


Congratulations to Alexander Schumer, Sergey Derkachev and Justin Rocheford for successfully completing their Open Water Scuba Instructor Examinations in Seattle. Thanks also to Nicolle Platt of Seven Seas Scuba and Shannon Kozak of Ocean Pro Divers for their excellent preparation.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Brandon Mullenberg, Kenneth Stuart and Damon Lapoint for completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Brandon Mullenberg, Kenneth Stuart, Damon & Tristan Lapoint, Alexander Beyer and Jake Pepper for completing their Open Water Diver certifications.

Thurdsay, June 17, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Brandon Mullenberg, Kenneth Stuart, Damon & Tristan Lapoint, Alexander Beyer, Jake Pepper, Ashley Gronemeyer, Diane Chang and Elliot Morris for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Monday, June 7, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Allyson Sgro and Bjorn Townsend for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to Melissa Sevy, Hannah Scamehorn and Mike Phillips for completing their Rescue Diver certifications.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Melissa Sevy, Hannah Scamehorn and Di Chang for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Melissa Sevy and Hannah Scamehorn for completing their Emergency First Responder certifications.

New Peak Buoyancy Diver

Congratulations to Brent Diaz for completing his Peak Buoyancy certification.

Monday, May 31, 2010

New Open Water Instructor Candidates

Congratulations to Alexander Schumer and Sergey Derkachev for completing their Open Water Scuba Instructor course requirements.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

New Tec 40 Deep Divers

Congratulations to Sean Christian and Jared Royce for completing their Tec 40 Deep certifications.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

New Equipment Specialists

Congratulations to Paul & Peggy Miller, Tom Rogers, Diane Chang, Kimberly Cameron, Brian Harmon, Richard Pleiss, Brent Diaz, Ashley Gronemyer, Elaine Grenier, Andrew Norton, Elliott Morris, Xine Heveron, Daniel Clark, Donna Blades and Daniel Sloan for completing their Equipment Specialist certifications.

Monday, May 10, 2010

New Master Scuba Divers

Congratulations to Allyson Sgro and Eric Schneider for completing their Master Scuba Diver certifications.

New Fish Identification Divers

Congratulations to Allyson Sgro, Ashley Gronemeyer, Richard Pleiss and Sergey Derkachv for completing their AWARE Fish Identification certifications.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Ashley Gronemeyer for completing her Advanced Open Water certification.

Friday, April 30, 2010

New Fish Identification Diver

Congratulations to Elaine Grenier for completing her AWARE Fish Identification certification.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Elaine Grenier for completing her Advanced Open Water certification.

New Underwater Naturalist

Congratulations to Elaine Grenier for completing her Underwater Naturalist certification.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

New Boat Diver

Congratulations to Elaine Grenier for completing her Boat Diver certification.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

New Assistant Instructors

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev and Alex Schumer for completing their Assistant Instructor certifications.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Julia Stafford and Brian Harmon for completing their Advanced Open Water certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Sara Sessions, Peter Louras, John Kehoe and Tara Garland for completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Chad Rihn, Sara Sessions, Peter Louras, John Kehoe, Nick Hayden, Garrett Mugford, Casi Heintzman and Krysta Anderson for completing their Open Water certifications.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Alex Ramsey, Chris Schauer, David Dukes, Mike Lucia, Jeff Eyler, Liam Glad, Chris Stokes, Kelly Kriska, Scott Dimmick, Matt Clark, Peter Jobes, Scott Tobey, George Shedlock, Randy Barron and Ric Pothier for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certification.

Friday, April 9, 2010

New Trimix Gas Blender

Congratulations to Cindy Molitor for completing her Trimix Gas Blender certification.

Monday, April 5, 2010

New Emergency First Response Instructors

Congratulations to Mary Holland, Chuck Neudorf, Sergey Derkachev and Alex Schumer for completing their Emergency First Response Instructor certifications.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers


Congratulations to Alisha Young, Jaime Rung and Jodi Marmion for completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Zach Brewer, Kendra Dautel, Alisha Young, Jaime Rung and Jodi Marmion for completing their Open Water certifications.

Friday, March 19, 2010

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Howie Dickerman, Richard Pleiss and Eric Schneider for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Howie Dickerman and Richard Pleiss for completing their Emergency First Responder certifications.

New Enriched Air Diver

Congratulations to David Squires for completing his Enriched Air Nitrox certification.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Alisha Young, Eric Schneider, Brad Wauldron, Scott Graham, Jonathan Graham, Julian Dean, Kendra Dautel, Jodi Marmion, Jaime Rung, Zach Brewer and Elaine Grenier for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Kristi Larson and Eathen Nichols for completing their Dry Suuit certifications

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Kristi Larson and Eathen Nichols for completing their Open Water certifications.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

New Tec Deep Diver


Congratulations to Alex Schumer for completing his Tec Deep Diver certification with a graduation dive to 165' in Puget Sound.

Friday, March 12, 2010

New Tec Deep Level One Diver

Congratulations to Alex Schumer for completing his Tec Deep Level One certification. Onward and downward!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Kristi Larson and Eathen Nichols for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Friday, March 5, 2010

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Brent Diaz and Elaine Grenier for completing their Enriched Air Diver certifications.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Who needs the Oriskany?

Our aircraft carriers still work and can seen here behind the Northwest’s newest PADI technical divers (from left to right) Chuck Neudorf, Alex Schumer and Sergey Derkachev. These students, along with Rich Pleiss, recently completed their Tec 40 certifications and have moved on to Tec 45 training with Northwest Diving Institute Tec Deep instructor Al Schumer.

The Tec 45 certification qualifies you to make limited decompression dives using air, enriched air and oxygen to a depth of 45 metres/145 feet or less. Certification as a Tec 45 diver qualifies you to use a single decompression gas of up to 100 percent oxygen to make your decompression more conservative or to accelerate your decompression.

(Seriously, we’re planning the technical diving trip of a lifetime on the Oriskany next month!)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

New Tec 40 Diver

Congratulations to Chuck Neudorf for completing his Tec 40 Deep certification.

The Tec 40 Deep certification allows you to dive to a maximum depth of 40 metres/130 feet using air or enriched air, make dives with up to 10 minutes required decompression, and switch during decompression to enriched air nitrox with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to make your decompression more conservative.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

New Tec 40 Divers


Congratulations to Richard Pleiss, Sergey Derkachev and Alexander Schumer (pictured left to right) for completing their Tec 40 Deep certifications. Next deco stop, Tec 45! (Al Schumer, instructor, right.)

The Tec 40 Deep course is the first step towards the full Tec Deep Diver certification which comprises the Tec 40, Tec 45 and Tec 50 sub-courses. Each sub-course requires three knowledge development modules and four training dives. Manifolded doubles or sidemounts are required for Tec 45 and Tec 50.

Please contact Al Schumer prior to making any significant purchases for help and advice.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

New Divemasters

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev, Vincent Running and Alex Schumer for completing their Divemaster certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Michelle Vierra and Luke Duncan for completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Michelle Vierra and Luke Duncan for completing their Open Water certifications.

Friday, January 29, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Michelle Vierra and Luke Duncan for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

New Multilevel Divers

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev and Alex Schumer for completing their Multilevel Diver certifications.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Liz Lange and Brent Diaz for completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Liz Lange and Brent Diaz for completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Andrew Mesher for completing his Advanced Open Water certification.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

New Master Scuba Diver

Congratulations to Alex Schumer for completing his Master Scuba Diver certification.

New Peak Buoyancy Diver

Congratulations to Allyson Sgro for completing her Peak Performance Buoyancy certification.

Friday, January 15, 2010

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Andrew Mesher and Bjorn-Erik Townsend for completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Elizabeth and Jonathan Lange, Alex Schumer and Brent Diaz for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Friday, January 8, 2010

New Equipment Specialists

Congratulations to David Rupers, Howie Dickerman, Harold Andersen, Steven Gartner, Allyson Sgro, Edward Bunker, Lynn Flaherty, Patrick Ryland, Jason Schmidt, Ron Cathcart, Ron Moody, Bjorn-Eric Townsend, Vincent Running and Peter Rothchild for completing their Equipment Specialist certifications.

A special thanks to the assistant instructors who, once again, made this possible: Brad Wauldron, Chris Wilson, Dane Allen, Jon Stone, Mary Holland and Nick Hartman. And, of course, a big thanks to the staff at Underwater Sports!

Monday, December 28, 2009

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Breanna York for completing her Dry Suit Diver certification.

New Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Breanna York for completing her Open Water certification.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Lanine Lange, Edward Bunker, Tyler Clark, Steven Diamond, Sarah Tachibana and Robin Foster-Drescher for completing their Dry Suit certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Lanine Lange, Edward Bunker, Tyler Clark, Steven Diamond, Sarah Tachibana and Robin Foster-Drescher for completing their Open Water certifications.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Matt and Lanine Lange, Edward Bunker, Tyler Clark, Steven Diamond, Sarah Tachibana, Breanna York and Robin Foster-Drescher for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Matt Lange for completing his Dry Suit certification.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Steven King and Matt Lange for completing their Open Water certifications.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Rescue Diver certifications.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

New Assistant Instructor

Congratulations to Chuck Neudorf for completing his Assistant Instructor certification. Way to go, Chuck! It's been a long and rewarding journey.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

New Trimix Gas Blenders

Congratulations to Danny Keffler, Dane Allen, Jon Stone, Sergey Derkachev, Alex Schumer and Chuck Neudorf for completing their DSAT Trimix Gas Blender certifications.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

New Master Scuba Divers

Congratulations to Vince Running, Chuck Neudorf and Sergey Derkachev for completing their Master Scuba Diver certifications. Way to go guys!

New Search & Recovery Divers

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev, Chuck Neudorf and Alex Schumer for completing their Search & Recovery certifications. It sure was cold!

New Deep Diver

Congratulations to Allyson Sgro for completing her Deep Diver certification.

Friday, December 4, 2009

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Ronald Smith, Pamela White, Alexander Schumer, Stephen Graham and Mary Holland for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Stephen Graham, Ron Smith, Deborah Vogel, John Dorsett and Mary Holland for completing their Emergency First Response Primary (CPR) and Secondary Care certifications.

Friday, November 20, 2009

New Equipment Specialists

Congratulations to Alexander Schumer, Alexander Spott, Andre Paquin, Chuck Neudorf, Darren Malone, Diane Frank, Graeme McLean, Liz Sundquist, Paul Sundquist, Robert Tonn, Ryland Bryant, Scott Jerochim, Sergey Derkachev and Troy Merriam for completing their Equipment Specialist certifications.

A special thanks to the assistant instructors who made this possible: Brad Wauldron, Chris Wilson, Dane Allen, Mary Holland, Nick Hartman and Pam White!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

New Night Divers

Congratulations to Alex Schumer and Eric Schneider for completing their Night Diver certifications.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

New Deep Divers

Congratulations to Chuck Neudorf, Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Deep Diver certifications.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

New Advanced Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Advanced Open Water certifications.

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Underwater Navigator certifications.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

New Peak Buoyancy Divers

Congratulations to Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Peak Performance Buoyancy certifications.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Vincent Running and Alex Schumer for completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

Friday, November 13, 2009

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Gina Bentley, Eric Schneider and Alex Schumer for completing their Emergency First Responder certifications.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Lia Barros, Jeremy Elliott and Andrew Knutzen for completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Diane Frank, Ron Smith and Chuck Neudorf for completing their Underwater Navigator certifications.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to David Rupers, Pamela Rupers, Ben Rupers and Graeme McLean for completing their Rescue Diver certifications.

New Peak Buoyancy Divers

Congratulations to Chuck Neudorf, Vince Running, Graeme McLean, Diane Frank, Steve Lawrence, Yvonne Lawrence, Robbin Gray and David Squires for completing their Peak Performance Buoyancy certifications.

Friday, October 23, 2009

New Divemaster

Congratulations to Jared Royce for completing his Divemaster certification.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Kendra Crowe, Alicia Miller and Eric Schneider for completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Kendra Crowe, Alicia Miller and Eric Schneider for completing their Open Water certifications.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to David Rupers, Pamela Rupers, Ben Rupers and Graeme McLean for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to David Rupers, Pamela Rupers, Ben Rupers, Graeme McLean and Andy Dawson for completing their Emergency First Response certifications.

Friday, October 9, 2009

New Night Divers

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev and Chuck Neudorf for completing their Night Diving certifications.

Friday, October 2, 2009

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Peter Denton and David Rupers for completing their Enriched Air Diver certifications.

Monday, September 28, 2009

New Gas Blender

Congratulations to Chuck Neudorf for completing his DSAT Gas Blender certification.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

New Deep Diver

Congratulations to Ron Smith for completing his Deep Diver specialty certification.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Viktoriya Shirochenkova for completing her Dry Suit certification.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Jason Wittenberger, Gabriela Beisel, Jay Moon, Chelsea Osterhout, Maureen Van Hollebeke, Jesse Garner and Viktoriya Shirochenkova for completing their Open Water certifications.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Jason Wittenberger, Gabriela Beisel, Jay Moon, Janice Lehmann, Chelsea Osterhout and Maureen Van Hollebeke for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Yvonne Lawrence and Hector Torres for completing their Open Water certifications.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

New Divemaster

Congratulations to Peter Denton for completing his Divemaster certification.

Friday, September 11, 2009

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Maria Stein, Ryland Bryant and Peter Denton for completing their Emergency First Responder certifications.

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to Jesse Schultz, Ocean Eveningsong, Larry Leclair and Sergey Derkachev for completing their Rescue Diver certifications.

Monday, September 7, 2009

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Peter Draper and Ryland Bryant for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Karen Lucht, Matthew Leite, Mike Brickman, Emily Eder and Jonathan Miller for completing their Dry Suit Specialty Certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Karen Lucht, Matthew Leite, Mike Brickman, Erica Mohler, Emily Eder, Jonathan Miller and Nick Gardner for completing their Open Water Certifications.

Friday, September 4, 2009

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachen for completing his Advanced Open Water certification.

New Deep Diver

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachen for completing his Deep Diver Specialty certification.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Karen Lucht, Matthew Leite, Mike Brickman, Erica Mohler, Emily Eder, Jonathan Miller and Nick Rapp for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Todd Wiebke for completing his Advanced Open Water certification.

New Underwater Navigator

Congratulations to Todd Wiebke for completing his Underwater Navigation Specialty certification.

Monday, August 31, 2009

New Divemasters

Congratulations to Lauri Huston, Check Neudorf, Logan Spencer and Jason Dunbar for completing their Divemaster certifications. It was a long and worthy journey.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

New Underwater Photographers

Congratulations to Sallye Soltner and Ricco Giancana for completing their Underwater Photographer Specialty certifications.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Ashley Wiebke for completing her Advanced Open Water certification.

New Underwater Navigators

Congratulations to Ashley Wiebke and Sergey Derkachen for completing their Underwater Navigation Specialty certifications.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

New Dry Suit Diver

Congratulations to Omar Ghishan for completing his Dry Suit Specialty certification.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Omar Ghishan and Anatoliy Kolesnik for completing their Open Water certifications.

New Adventure Diver

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev for completing his Adventure Diver certification.

New Peak Buoyancy Diver

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachev for completing his Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty certification.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

New Adventure Divers

Congratulations to Todd and Ashley Wiebke for completing their Adventure Diver certifications.

New Deep Divers

Congratulations to Todd and Ashley Wiebke for completing their Deep Diving Specialty certifications.

Friday, August 21, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Robbin Gray and Sergey Derkachev for completing their Open Water certifications.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Elaine Grenier, Sergey Derkachev, Todd and Ashley Wiebke, and Paul Bourgeau for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to Chuck Neudorf and Sergey Derkachev for completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Kyle Samek, Andrew Spott, Alexander Spott and Geoff Darby for completing their Open Water certifications.

Friday, August 14, 2009

New Nitrox Divers

Congratulations to Ron Smith and Bryan Rivard for completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Washington Fish & Wildlife biologists Michael Ulrich, Josh Bouma, Bob Pacunski, Casey Davidson, Ocean Eveningsong, Larry LeClair, Tim Ward, Wayne Palsson, Lisa Hillier, Bob Sizemore and Tony Parda for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Sergey Derkachen, Peter Draper, Jason Dunbar, Todd and Ashley Wiebke for completing their Emergency First Responder (CPR) certifications.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Kyle Samek, Andrew Spott, Alexander Spott, Geoff Darby, Viktoriya Shirochnkova, Omar Shishan, Anatoliy Kolesnik, Sergey Derkachen, Kelly Hillbon and Dmitriy Strok for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation certifications.

Monday, August 10, 2009

New Adventure Divers

Congratulations to Todd and Ashley Wiebke for completing their Adventure Diver certifications.

New Nitrox Divers

Congratulations to Todd and Ashley Wiebke for completing their Enriched Air Nitrox certifications.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

New Boat Divers

Congratulations to Todd and Ashley Wiebke for completing their Boat Diver certifications.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

New Peak Buoyancy Divers


Congratulations to Amber and Gerald Hammond, Elizabeth Sundquist and Scott Jerochim for completing their Peak Performance Buoyancy certifications. Between them, they were able to shave 31 lbs off their weighting!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

New Dry Suit Divers


Congratulations to Jennifer Flanagan and Elizabeth Schulte for completing their Dry Suit Diver certifications. We never did find that octopus but the visibility was great.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Jennifer Flanagan, Julia Stafford, Lea Hamp, Colin Strong and Elizabeth Schulte for completing their open water certifications. The visibility was fantastic!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

New Peak Performace Buoyancy Divers

Congratulations to Ron Smith and Gary Nease for completing their Peak Performance Buoyancy certifications. Between them, they were able to shave 15 lbs! off their weighting.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to Jennifer Flanagan, Zachary Messenger, Tisha Case, Robin Gray, David Squires, Lauri Huston, Pam Norton and Louis Waszak for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Specialty certifications.

Scuba Skills Review a Success

Congratulations to David Squires, Dan Nowacki, Robbin Gray and Britteny Young for refreshing their open water skills. Thanks also to divemaster candidate Jarred Royce for assisting.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

New Emergency Oxygen Providers

Congratulations to Karin Fletcher, Bryan Rivard and Doug Miller for completing their Emergency Oxygen Provider certifications.

Monday, June 8, 2009

New Enriched Air Divers

Congratulations to the Means Family (Gary, Lori, Tanner and Kiki) for completing their Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty certifications.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

New Advanced Open Water Diver

Congratulations to Ron Smith for completing his Advanced Open Water certification.

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to the Means Family (Gary, Lori, Tanner and Kiki) for completing their Dry Suit Specialty certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to the Means Family (Gary, Lori, Tanner and Kiki) for completing their Open Water certifications.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

New Emergency First Responders

Congratulations to Ron Bazer, John Reese, Beth Skoczen, Bryan Rivard and Leanne Livingston for completing/refreshing their Emergency First Response Primary (CPR) and Secondary (First Aid) certifications.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

New Coral Reef Conservationists

Congratulations to the Means Family (Gary, Lori, Tanner and Kiki) for completing their Project AWARE Coral Reef Specialty certifications.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sund Rock Shore Dive June 20, 2009

Sund Rock is a private dive cove in Hood Canal boasting two walls (North Wall and South Wall) that house many wolf eels, giant octos, lingcod, rockfish and more. Beyond the wall you’ll find gardens of sea whips. Past the North Wall there is a recent wreck of a fishing vessel. It is well protected from current but large incoming tide exchanges can stir up the water a bit. Visibility tends to be less than 20 feet, but that is plenty of visibility for this area. Meet at 4:00 splash at 4:45!

Titlow Beach Shore Dive June 13, 2009

The main diving attraction at Titlow is the spectacular piling breakwater that has been over grown by plumose anemones and a host of other sea life. This breakwater has been nicknamed the Cathedral by divers in the area. Though shallow (30-40ft), the view is beautiful and there is a large variety of fish and invertebrates at this site. There are also some short 1-4ft high shelves scattered in 35-45ftsw a couple hundred yards to the south of the cathedral that frequently house wolf eels and giant octopus. The shelves are quite long and interesting to explore once you are finished with the cathedral. Meet at 8:30 AM - Splash 9:15.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Moss Bay Director of Education

"Al Schumer has focused a significant amount of his time and effort to take his level of diving skill and ability to the highest level. Fortunately for us, Al is not only a great diver but a great teacher and sharer of experience, and we are the richer for it. Al brings a background of innovation, organization and excitement from his alpine hiking and climbing club experience with him as he shoulders this Director Position. We are looking forward to Al reinvigorating this role and bringing new opportunities for learning that will make us all safer divers that have a lot of fun in the water."

Dave McLean - President of Moss Bay Dive Club

Monday, April 27, 2009

2009 Class Schedule

The class schedule for the rest of 2009 has been posted and will be up on the Underwater Sports website soon.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Nick and Michael Bol, Ben and Selina Rupers, Ron Blazer and Brent Burgess for completing their PADI Open Water certifications.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

New Night Divers

Congratulations to Maksym Kovalenko, Stephen Hitchner and Graeme McLean for completing their PADI Night Diver Specialty certifications.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

New Dry Suit Divers

Congratulations to Maksym Kovalenko and Stephen Hitchner for completing their PADI Dry Suit Specialty certifications.

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Maksym Kovalenko, Stephen Hitchner, Michelle Copple and David Squires for completing their PADI Open Water certifications.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Patrick Keys and Daniel Nowacki for completing their PADI Open Water certifications.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to Peter Denton and Will Smith for completing their PADI Rescue Diver certifications.

Friday, March 27, 2009

New Class Schedule

The class schedule through June has been posted at Underwater Sports. Sorry for the delay.

Friday, March 13, 2009

New Rescue Divers

Congratulations to Jared Royce, Lauri Huston and Logan Spencer for completing their PADI Rescue Diver certifications.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Ashley Rose, Arie Amadi-Pyle Kathy Martin, Kelsey Florence and Patrick Johnson for completing their PADI Open Water certifications.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

New Open Water Divers

Congratulations to Kurt and Tara Lustig, and Jeff and Cindy McKee for completing their PADI Open Water certifications.