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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:09:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings August 25, 2008 Congratulations to this weeks new divers. OPEN WATER Austin Searight Cade Kagley Jordan Andrews David Andrews Johnny Thompson John Thompson Susan Duncan John Bowers Lauro Romero RESCUE DIVER Shea Kim Doug Kim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES & DIVES CPROX1ST-AED Wednesday August 27 @ 7pm JOCASSEE BOAT DIVES 2 dives (or more) at the Wall and Junk Saturday August 30 9am Pick up at Jocassee divers ramp 2pm - Pick up at Jocassee divers ramp 7pm night dives Pick up at Jocassee main boat dock NITROX Monday Sept 1 @ 7pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS Curacao Oct 11 18, 2008 This trip is booked and ticketed. We may be able to add on if space is still available. Turks and Caicos Jan 17 24, 2009 Sorry, this trip is full. Maybe next year you can join us on our January getaway. We plan to dive a different destination each year. UPCOMING TRIPS Ft Lauderdale wreck diving December trip is still in the planning stages. Crystal River We will be making our annual pilgrimage to visit the manatee in Florida. This trip will be sometime in January. Cavern and cave training trips We will be making plans during February and March trip for cave and cavern courses. Details will be available as soon as we get the dates and instructors set. Bonaire We are planning a return to Bonaire for July 2009. This trip will be open to all divers and families and in addition, we will be running a kids camp this year at the same time. This is a fantastic trip for families with kids age 8 15. Non-diving kids from age 8 12 will enjoy a day camp with informative classes on the island ecology, reef systems, reef fishes and other creatures and they will be conducting snorkeling tours around the Island. Diving kids from age 10 15 can enjoy the same programs with Instructor and staff led dives throughout the week. Certification dives for ages 10 and up can also be completed during the week of camp. Class and pool sessions can be completed before the trip. Dates and details will be out in the next week or two, so stay tuned for more. ANY OTHER PLACE YOU WANT TO GO? Did you know we plan Caribbean trips for individuals, couples and groups of any size? Tell us where and when you want to go and let us work up a price for you. Many times our prices are very competitive and best of all, we do all the work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lake is still warm and plenty of time left to dive this year. The boat will be going to the wall every other week through Oct. Well see what the weather holds for Nov & Dec. When water temps drop below 60 we will be headed to the Hot Hole every weekend. So, lets go diving Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle crew!

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:57:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings August 19, 2008 Congratulations to our new divers OPEN WATER Kevin Cosgrove Kyle Whisnant Clayton Avery Nathan Avery Ben Tice John Grant (our apologies for leaving John off the list last week) ADVANCED DIVER Ryan Bayne NITROX Corey Bunch Jennifer Hall Congratulations to Paul Stephens for completing his Dive Master certification. We welcome Paul to the professional ranks of diving and look forward to working with him during our classes and training. Sorry we had to cancel last weekends night dives and Sunday afternoon boat trip. The water pump went out on the boat on Saturday coming back from the afternoon dives. We should have the boat repaired and operational by the weekend. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused any of our divers. The boat will be scheduled to run Saturday on August 30. Morning trip will pick up at 9am at the divers ramp. Afternoon trip departs at 2pm also from the divers ramp. The night dive picks up at the main dock at 7pm. There will be 2 dives (or more) on each trip to the wall. Call the store to reserve your spot. Dont know if any of you have heard but there is a very unique dive site now at Lake Keowee near the 130/183 bridge past Oconee Nuclear Station. We will be diving this site on Saturday morning at 8am. Our rescue course will take place all day at the same area, so if anyone wants to come out well direct you to the site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES NITROX Tonight (Aug 19) @ 7pm RESCUE DIVER Class session Friday Aug 22 7pm at the store Lake session Saturday Aug 23 8am at the Lake Keowee 183/130 bridge CPROX1ST-AED Wednesday Aug 27 Nitrox courses are scheduled on demand. It only takes one person to schedule a course. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW GEAR Everyone should drop by and check out the new Micron from Aqua Lung . The Micron is the smallest, lightest weight regulator on the market today and still delivers like a high performance reg should but is still only moderately priced. Now that many airlines are lowering their weight limits or instituting bag charges, packing light weight gear becomes more important than ever for dive travelers. The Micron comes in 2 colors; Pink/Vanilla and basic black/silver. Somehow we ordered way too many regulators from AquaLung and ended up with a huge overstock of ABS Octos. This 2nd stage normally retails for $132.00, but until we deplete this stock we have them on sale for 25% off ($99). Purchase a Micron Regulator and get the ABS Octo for $75 and a free reg bag. We have 2 great cameras in stock. The Sea Life DC800 and the 1G from Sea and Sea. Check out all the features at their respective websites and come by for a demo. <a href="http://www.sealife-cameras.com/">http://www.sealife-cameras.com/</a> <a href="http://www.seaandsea.com/">http://www.seaandsea.com/</a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, lets go diving! Reese, Mark and all the Triangle Crew!

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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:09:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings Aug 11, 2008 Congratulations to our new divers. OPEN WATER Kellyanne Thompson Brian Sielski Rusty Cherry Ansley Shaw John Cooper David Trout CPROX1ST-AED Tom Hilkert Billy Crumpler NAVIGATION AND ADVANCED DIVER Shea Kim CAVE APPRENTICE Kristi Draper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES Nitrox Thursday Aug 14th at 7pm Fish ID Course Thursday, Aug 21 @ 6:30pm Rescue Course Class session, Friday Aug 22 @ 6:30pm Lake session, Saturday Aug 23 @ 8:30am Advanced Deep & Nav dives Every Saturday @ 9am, Jocassee Divers Ramp Advanced Night Dives Saturday Aug 16, 7:00 pm at the Jocassee Main Dock Saturday Aug 30, 7pm at the Jocassee Main dock We will have the boat at Jocassee all day Saturday just for certified divers. The boat will pick up at the divers ramp at 9:30am and again at 2pm for dives over to the wall and Junk. We will dive 2 sites at the wall. Cost is $15 pp plus tank rentals. Call the store to get on the list and get your spot saved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS Myrtle Beach, Sept 5 7, 2008 Myrtle Beach wreck trip is FULL. Sorry if you missed this trip. Curacao, Oct 11 18, 2008 We just have ONE more spot left open on this trip. Give us a call to join us for a week of diving the great reefs of Curacao. Staying at the Lions Dive Resort. 10 boat dives, UNLIMITED Shore diving, breakfast daily and plenty of topside activities to keep everyone happy. Turks & Caicos, Jan 17 24, 2009 There are only 3 more spots left open on this trip. Be sure and call us this week if you want to try out one of the best live-aboards and some of the best diving in the Caribbean. Check our website for the trip details on all of these trips and our calendar for our Lake diving schedule. www.scubagreenville.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thats all for now. Let's Go Diving! Reese, Mark and all the Triangle crew

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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:24:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings August 5, 2009 Congratulations to this week's new divers. OPEN WATER Tina Cannon Alan Cannon James Roark Benjamin Shelton William Shelton Tammy Vaught James Vaught Jackson Batson Justin Gilreath Patrick Fitzpatrick DEEP DIVER & NAVIGATION DIVER Corrina Yannayon Anton Kutzner William Greene NIGHT DIVER Tom Hilkert William Greene Ryan Bayne ADVANCED DIVER completed 4 specialties and 25 dives logged Tom Hilkert William Greene Corrina Yannayon Anton Kutzner ADVANCED NITROX & DECO PROCEDURES Rachel Struch - whoo-hoo go Rachel! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING CLASSES Fish ID Course Thursday Aug 21 @ 6:30pm Rescue Course Class Session Friday Aug 22 7pm @ the store Lake Session Saturday Aug 23 8:30am at Lake Keowee 183/130 Bridge. It only takes one person to sign up for a Nitrox or CPR course. Come in and get your study materials and well schedule a date. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS Myrtle Beach Sept 5 7 Diving Saturday and Sunday with Scuba Express. 4 dives, 2 nights motel, lunch, drinks, snacks on the boat each day. Cost: $389 pp (does not include other meals, tanks, nitrox or crew tips Dont wait too long, this trip is filling up fast! ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT OPEN! Curacao Oct 11 18, 2008 This is a great trip for divers and non-divers alike. Staying at Lions Dive Resort for 8 days & 7 nights. Roundtrip airfare from Atlanta. Call us to reserve your spot. Turks & Caicos 7 days aboard the Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard diving the islands of West Caicos and French Cay. We have just a few spots left on this trip so take a look at the website and join us for a great week of relaxing diving. www.explorerventures.com Truk Lagoon We are giving plenty of heads up for this trip so start saving now for the wreck trip of a lifetime. July 2011. We will have more details in the next few weeks. This will give everyone plenty of time to make a deposit and make the payments a little less painful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dive tip of the week Back on the boat with 500 psi. Every diver has heard that statement from Dive boat operators to dive shop owners and Instructors. But do you know why? Obviously its for safety reasons as we dont want anyone to run out of air, but I know some divers that may be able to make 500 psi last for 20 minutes or more. The real reason behind the 500 psi rule is the in-accuracy of gauges. A few years back most gauges were analog and because of the way they are designed they are most accurate in the middle of their working range. Imagine the face of the gauge as a clock and it runs from 7am 5pm. Most gauges are accurate between 10am and 2pm or about 1000 psi to 2000 psi. They can be as much as 200 400 psi off at the extreme ends of their range. So the next time you see an analog gauge at 500 psi, think about this, does it actually have 500 psi, 900 psi or maybe just 100 psi? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new boat is working out great for us, only problem is our classes have been so full we havent had room to take any of our certified divers out to the lake for fun dives. We have decided to start running the boat to the wall on select Saturdays maybe running twice a month. We will start next Saturday, August 16 and run a morning and afternoon trip. The boat will pick up at the Divers Ramp @ 9:30am and come back by 1pm, the 2nd trip will pick up at 2pm and come back by 5:30pm. Since we have a limited number of seats, rental gear and tanks, it is important to call and get your spot reserved. Well post the dive dates on the newsletter and on the calendar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have brought gear to the shop for service we sincerely apologize for the delays. We have just been overwhelmed with service work the last 4 months. We are working on finding solutions so we can get back to a one or two week turnaround time. This weekend and next week we will have several people devoting time to just service work. Please be patient and we'll get through this growth spurt and have things back to normal soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lots of stuff happening at the Triangle, stop by for a visit. Happy diving! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle staff

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Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:43:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings July 28, 2008 Congratulations to our newest divers. OPEN WATER Jorge Hernandez Blake Tollison Amanda Rhine Tino Suarez Sara Saleh Cameron Loudermilk ADVANCED DEEP Greg Vandiver ADVANCED NAVIGATION Michael Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES Nitrox Tuesday July 29 @ 7pm CPROX1ST-AED Tuesday August 5, 2008 R.E.E.F Fish ID Course Thursday August 21, 2008 We are planning our next Rescue Course for sometime in August. Details will be complete before next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS Morehead City trip report: This report was contributed by Doug Kim. (July 25 through July 27, 2008).This was a great weekend with 18 divers enjoying wonderful weather, good surface conditions and clear water. The trip there and back was uneventful except one detour in eastern North Carolina due to a chicken truck overturning on the road. (In a rather smelly fashion, the truck did not contain chickens but rather the chicken guts and skin). It must have been the biggest event in that area in a LONG time as they had the Emergency Management crews out and were closing all roads in & out of the area. On Friday, we visited the U-352, the WWII German U-boat sunk by the Coast Guard in 1942. The wreck sits in about 105 feet of water and we were able to see the conning tower, look down into the hatches and view the exposed torpedo tubes. The second dive was the Spar, a 183 foot Coast Guard buoy tender that sank in 1986 and is sitting in 90 to 105 feet water. Generally intact and sitting upright, we were able to see into the hatches and the cutouts that allow a view of the interior of the wreck. There were many sand tiger sharks with our divers bring up lots of teeth. Visibility was at least 75 feet and there was only a light current. Unfortunately, it was also the site of two grouper that someone let get away. Saturday morning was clear skies and small waves. We first visited the Caribsea sitting in 90 to 110 feet. This wreck is a WWII freighter that was torpedoed in 1942 and has many sand tiger sharks and large grouper. The water was clear with over 50 feet vis and a pleasant dive for all. On the safety stop, there were several very curious barracuda that were swimming within inches of us hanging on the line. The surface interval was sunny with sandwiches for lunch. (Oreos were the favorite). The next dive was the Atlas and this wreck is large with the top at 90 feet and the bottom at 130. It was sunk by U-552 in 1942 and a great dive with two very large boilers and machinery behind the boilers. The spear hunter was able to get a grouper, two porgy, a sheeps head and two flounder. After we returned to the dock, we enjoyed good company and the traditional World Famous Reese Feast including the grouper, flounder, and sheeps head complemented by sausages, filet and grill ed corn on the cob. We went to bed very satisfied after that meal. Sunday morning, the seas were a little rougher, but all in all, a good trip to the first wreck, the Shurz in 110 feet of water. This was originally the SMS Geier, a German gunship with 5 inch cannons visible lying on the bottom. It was captured by the United States and renamed the Shurz. There are still to be found bullets and brass bolts from the wreck. While the vis was not quite as good as the days before, (about 25 ft), we were not disappointed with sand tiger sharks and southern sting rays. During the surface interval, we feasted on the previous nights steaks, fish and chicken. The last dive was on the Aeolus, a 409 huge tanker split into three sections with each section being it own dive. Its so large that divers have been known to travel to other section and end up on the wrong boat (dont know who would have done this). The wreck includes open cable spool holes and the promenade deck makes for a nice swim though. Large open spool holes, hatches and stairwel ls also allow for penetration (for those with wreck certification). The current was a little stronger but the visibility was such that we could still see the wreck from the safety stop. The overall conditions were some of the best we have experienced and everyone enjoyed the weekend. If you have any questions about joining us on the next trip, please feel free to call or email the store. (Only thing Doug failed to mention was the frequent trips to Dairy Queen at the end of each boat trip and on the way home.) ;-) NEW TRIP Myrtle Beach Wreck diving trip. Sept 6 & 7 Cost: $389 pp dbl occ Includes 2 nights motel and Saturday/Sunday 2 tank wreck dives each day. Lunch/drinks/snacks included on the boat each day. Diving with Scuba Express on their 46 Newton Dive boat. Air/Nitrox fills, additional meals and crew tips are not included. Check out the website for all of our upcoming trips this year and into 2009. Still plenty of space on these trips Curacao, Oct 11 18, 2008 Turks and Caicos, January 17 24, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEEKLY DIVE TIP Talking with various divers that were certified in previous years, maybe in the 70s or 80s, we have discovered that most of those divers arent aware of the current recommendations on properly hydrating before diving. This is especially important if you are doing multiple dives a day or several days or a week or more of diving. DAN research has shown that drinking enough liquids may be the single most important thing a diver can do to help prevent a case of DCS (Decompression Sickness). Water is the most common and best hydrator, with sports drinks and juices coming a close second. Be aware that caffeinated drinks are actually diuretics and can work against you when trying to hydrate. Alcohol is also not recommended on a dive trip. Many people may drink in the evenings and if you do, be sure to not over do it if diving the next day. You can help flush your body with large amounts of water during the night and following day. Most dive operations rule that your first drink o f the day signifies the end of that days diving. One thing to remember! Drinking plenty of liquids is not a substitute for safe dive planning and staying within your level of training!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GEAR NEWS One of the best computer sales anywhere to be found is coming to a close Thursday, July 31 @ 7pm. Aqua Lung has a $200 discount on 3 of their best dive computers. Purchase a Cobra, Cobra 2 or a Vytec and get $200 off at the time of sale. No rebate to send in, just an immediate $200 off at the time of sale. Ends this week and no extensions may be added. Eleven of our customers have already taken advantage of this great sale. What about you??? Is it time for a new computer? CAMERAS Still thinking about a camera? We have the following cameras in stock and ready to go. Sea Life Reefmaster II (our only film camera) Sea Life Refmaster Mini Sea Life DC 800 Bonica Snapper XP Sea & Sea 860 G Sea & Sea 1G These are available as just camera and housing or as a package with digital flash and other accessories. Come by for a look and try them out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A reminder to everyone that our website has changed to www.scubagreenville.com This changed over in January. Our email has also changed and we can be reached at <a href="mailto:reese@scubagreenville.com">reese@scubagreenville.com</a> and <a href="mailto:rachel@scubagreenville.com">rachel@scubagreenville.com</a> We welcome two new employees to the Triangle staff. Ian Anthony is a Junior at Riverside HS, plays football, guitar and loves to dive. He was on our July Bonaire trip this year. Shea Kim is our other new part-timer. Shea and husband Doug are really getting into diving in a BIG way. Shea plans on taking the Rescue Course in August and then start her Divemaster Course. Husband Doug has been taking technical courses with us for the past few months and also helps out with legal/lawyerly issues concerning the store. Drop by and meet our new staff and introduce yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, get out the dive gear and lets go diving!!! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle crew

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Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:48:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings July 21, 2008 Congratulations to our new divers OPEN WATER Chris Donnelly Brent Hopkins Corey Zupansic Kristin Querubin Charles Murff Kim Garrigan-Jones Jenny Haracy Jamie Gilcrest Crawford Lewis Lee Lewis (refresher) NITROX DIVER Sarah Walker RESCUE DIVER Jeff Sparks Wanda Collins Jimmy Fowler Trey Fowler Sherri Stubbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES Nitrox Tuesday July 29 @ 7pm Advanced Night Dives Saturday Aug 2 @ 7pm. Lake Jocassee main dock CPROX1ST/AED Tuesday Aug 5th @7pm Advanced Night Dives Saturday Aug 16 @ 7pm Fish ID Course Thursday Aug 21 @ 6:30pm We are ready to plan another Rescue Course for August. All we need is one person to sign up to start the course and set a date. Advanced Deep and Navigation dives are held every Saturday at 9am at the Jocassee Divers Ramp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS NEW TRIP MYRTLE BEACH Wreck Diving September 6 & 7, 2008 4 dives over 2 days off-shore SC coast. See plenty of sharks and other big sea life. Cost and details will be out later this week. Cost will be under $400 pp. Call now to start signing up. Trip is limited to 22 divers. www.expresswatersports.com MOREHEAD CITY This weekend 18 divers are headed out Thursday to dive with the sand tiger sharks and visit the wrecks of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Well have a trip report when we return. www.diverdownscubadiving.com CURACAO Oct 11 18, 2008 We still have openings on this trip. Plenty of diving and topside activities on this trip to keep divers and non-divers alike busy. www.lionsdive.com TURKS & CAICOS Jan 17 24, 2009 Trip is starting to fill up. Dont be left in Greenville in the cold January weather. Join us for a week aboard the Caribbean Explorer II as we dive all over the Turks Islands. www.explorerventures.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, lets go diving!!! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle staff

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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings July 14, 2008 Congratulations to our new divers. OPEN WATER Bill Chandler Jamie Summers Ed Cummins Phil Madden Freddy Chandler Missy Cummins (refresher) DEEP & NAV DIVER Corrina Yannayon Anton Kutzner Tom Hilkert NIGHT DIVER Matt Raven Sarah Walker Ben Bondurant Josh Bondurant Tanner Steadman Andrew Alewine ADVANCED DIVER Sarah Walker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING CLASSES CPROX1ST-AED Monday July 14 @ 6:30pm Great class for anyone to take, even non-divers. CPROX1st-Aed is a prerequisite for Rescue Diver and carries a 2 year certification. NITROX Wednesday July 16 RESCUE DIVER Class session Friday July 18 @ 6:30pm Dive Session Saturday July 19 @ 8:30am Did you know it only takes one person to start a class? Call us today if you need Nitrox, CPR, Rescue or any of the many specialties we offer. Professional Courses such as Divemaster and Instructor are also available on demand. These courses are taught on your schedule and you set the pace. Open Water classes are filling up into August. Call us and lets get you on the schedule before summer ends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GEAR We now have the new Sea Life DC 800 in stock. This is the newest camera from Sea Life and has many features including: 8 MP camera, large 2.7 LCD, 20X Zoom (4X optical & 5X Digital), Auto Focus to 2, fast shutter response time. High capacity Lithium battery good for approx 2 hours and 200 pictures. Drop by for a look, we have 2 in-stock Drop in for a look at our new line of BCDs. Seasoft Sea Lion, Pro and Travel Lite. These are excellent BCDs with a huge amount of adjustments. 3 sizes fits everyone from 10 years old and up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS MOREHEAD CITY July 25 27 Trip is full CURACAO Oct 11 18 Its not too late to join us for this trip. Great diving and a lot of topside activities to keep the entire family busy and happy. TURKS & CAICOS Jan 17 24, 2009 We still have a few openings for this trip. This is a live-aboard touring the islands of Grand Turk. NEW TRIPS MYRTLE BEACH wreck diving. Details will be out next week. Trip will either be the end of August or the beginning of Sept. KEYS & WEST PALM BEACH: Planning another van trip for early December. Watch for details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have to stop by for a look at our newly remodeled bathroom at the store. You may think you are on a dive! Good job, Rachel and Jeff! Come on ya'll, let's go diving! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle Crew

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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:40:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings July 8, 2008 We hope everyone had a safe holiday and maybe had a chance to enjoy some diving over the weekend. There is a lot of diving opportunities left in 2008. Read on! Congratulations to our new divers. OPEN WATER Alex Hovie Chris Hassler Susan McDonald Valerie Flynn Jann Stanton Deep Diver & Night Diver Dives conducted in Bonaire Scott Cook Nate Cook Andrew Sijon Joe & Victoria Michal Shea Kim Ian Alexander Warren Smith Michael Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES NITROX Thursday, July 10 @ 7pm CPROX1ST-AED Monday July 14 @ 7pm RESCUE DIVER Class session Friday, July 18 @ 7pm OW Session Saturday, July 19 8:30am 4pm All of the above courses have space for YOU to sign up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS BONAIRE trip report This was a fantastic trip. The diving was great as usual in Divers Paradise. A group of 4 tech divers dove the famous Windjammer wreck, another group of adventurous divers enjoyed a 20 minute trek over the waves to enjoy a dive on the wild east side, accompanied by Eagle rays on most of the dive, and 61 Bermuda Triangle divers invaded almost every dive site on the Island. All in all, a great week of fun, food, sun, great diving and many new friendships. Bermuda Triangle definitely left our mark on Buddy Dive and Bonaire For next July we are already planning a return trip to Bonaire for a Kids Sea Camp. This is something we have long wanted to do and I have 2 grandkids that are dying to go. Start making plans now!!! MOREHEAD CITY July 25 27 (trip is full) WILMINGTON Sept 26 28 (trip is full) CURACAO Oct 11 18, 2008 We are closing in on 90 days away from trip date. We have plenty of spots available and will be taking reservations as long as resort space and airfare is available. Curacao diving is very similar to Bonaire. Easy beach and shore diving is available on Curacao and there are numerous topside activities to keep non-divers and those that arent severe dive addicts happy. The Lions Dive Resort is located just in front of the Curacao Sea Aquarium and offers free access to Sea Aquarium Park & the Dolphin Academy. Body Beach Wellness Club is also free to Lions Guests. The resort offers free shuttle service to Willemstad. Lions Dive also has 2 restaurants on site and is next door to Breezes Club Resort and Mambo Beach Club. Call the shop for trip details and room pricing. Check out the Resort Website for info. www.lionsdive.com I pulled the following quote off the Undercurrents monthly news. Its good advice to check flight status and always be prepared to pay a little extra to get to your destination. Rising prices doesnt mean you have to cancel travel plans, you just have to prepare a little better and earlier. Plenty of bargain travel out there and we are always trying to give our dive travelers the most DIVES for their buck! Caribbean Flight Alert from Undercurrents : If you're holding tickets to anywhere in the Caribbean, reconfirm those flights right up to your departure day. The rising cost of jet fuel will seriously affect the Caribbean because floundering American Airlines controls much of the market; for example, it will cut daily flights out of San Juan from 93 to 51. Spirit Airlines will close its San Juan hub, and Continental Airlines will soon announce destination and flight cuts. Smaller islands are asking LIAT and Air Jamaica to increase flights and coordinate schedules to fill the gaps. On the bright side, JetBlue plans to add daily flights to Puerto Rico this fall, and Virgin Atlantic may also add extra U.S. flights to the Caribbean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Open Water classes are packed full for the summer. If you have paid for a course or you have family & friends wanting to get certified, be sure and call us soon to get on the schedule. Classes in July are already booked and August is starting to fill up already. Happy Diving! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle crew!

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Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:52:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings June 25, 2008 Congratulations to our new divers, sorry this is a LONG list this week OPEN WATER Benji Patterson Manuel Prechler Manuel Paukner Aaron Gow Austin Jones William Allen Courtney Mount Taylor Pinson Shea Tanner Refresher Shelby Forster Nitrox a ton of divers getting ready for free nitrox in Bonaire Craig and Brenda Smock Stu and Julie Franklin Joe and Victoria Michal Scott Robinson Trey Fowler Jim Foster Russell Johnson Warren and Michael Smith Ryan Bayne Ian Anthony Andrew Alewine Fish ID Course Doug and Shea Kim Art and Emily Hudson Joe and Victoria Michal Chris Hogue TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures Technical Course Doug Kim Todd Criswell CPROX1ST-AED Chris Hogue Mitchell Davis NIGHT DIVERS Corrina Yannayon Anton Kutzner Diane Bray Don Fleck DEEP, NAV, NIGHT & ADVANCED DIVER Steven Dale Whitmire TANK VISUAL INSPECTION COURSE Paul Collingwood Andrew Alewine Its the first week of summer, come out and join the crowd and get in some good diving or that course you have been needing to take. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS We have 2 groups headed out on dive trips this week. Wilmington trip for 3 day weekend of sharks teeth diving. AND, 61 divers headed to BONAIRE to spend a week in Divers Paradise Sorry you missed this trip, but check our trips page, we have 2 more great trips coming up later this year and Jan 2009. CURACAO Oct 11 18 We have plenty of room available for this trip. Curacao has been a hidden Caribbean secret for years, the diving is as good as Bonaire and there are tons of topside activities for divers and non-divers. Lions Dive Resort has a great beach and the resort is located next to the Sea Aquarium Park and Dolphin Academy (Free entrance to both). Breezes Super Club & Spa and Mambo Beach Club resorts are right next door which has casinos and even more beaches to explore. 2 Restaurants on site and the town of Wilhemsted is only a 10 minute shuttle ride for great shopping and eateries. <a href="http://www.lionsdive.com/amenities.html">http://www.lionsdive.com/amenities.html</a> TURKS & CAICOS Jan 17 24, 2009 Dive with us thru Turks & Caicos as we explore Providenciales, West Caicos and French Cay with the Caribbean Explorer II Live-aboard dive vessel. Up to 5 dives daily, all meals snacks, drinks tanks and weights included. This is the easiest diving you can do, everything is less than 50 feet from your room. Check out the boat and amenities at www.explorerventures.com click on the Turks and Caicos link. This trip is starting to fill up already. Only a few spots left. New trips not on the schedule yet. Myrtle Beach Wreck dives in August or September Florida Keys reefs and wrecks in late November or early December Details will be out in July. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW GEAR We have recently brought in the line of Bonica Digital Cameras to add to our Sea & Sea and Sea Life Brands. We are stocking the Snapper Sport Package which comes with a 5MP camera, underwater housing, digital strobe and strobe arm all for under $600. Aqua Lung has introduced a new regulator that we are now stocking, the Micron. It is extremely small and lightweight and comes in the standard regulator color AND a vanilla/pink color for the ladies. This is a GREAT travel regulator since all the airlines are cutting down on bag sizes and weight limits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holiday Hours Regular hours Monday Thursday 10am 7pm Friday, July 4th 10am 4pm Saturday, July 5th 10am 5pm Well send out the next newsletter when we return from our Bonaire trip. Have a fun 4th of July holiday and dive safe! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle crew!

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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:39:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings June 16, 2008 Congratulations to this weeks new divers OPEN WATER William Garrett Elizabeth Kreiser Charl Coetzer Mackenna Farr Jeffery Staggs Hughes Sumerel Jessica Crimmons Corine Jones Simon Diaz Nitrox Diver Andrew Sijon Rescue Diver Chris Hogue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING CLASSES Nitrox Diver - Wednesday June 18 @ 7pm FISH ID Course - Thursday June 19 @ 6:30pm Last ID course before the Bonaire trip. CPROX1ST-AED Course Friday June 20 @ 7pm Navigation class session - Wednesday June 25 @ 7pm Deep & Navigation Dive Courses available every weekend at Jocassee. Night dives, Lake Jocassee - Saturday June 21 Call the store for details on any of these courses. Due to July 4th holiday we will not have class/pool scheduled on June 28, 29 or July 5, 6. We do have an Open Water session set up for June 28, 29. No dives scheduled for July 4th weekend. A limited number of rentals will be available for the 2 weekends. Call the store to get a set reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIPS BONAIR: June 28 - July 5 Last call for Bonaire. We have one spot left open for the trip and we leave next week. Call quickly for details. WILMINGTON: June 27, 28, 29 We have 3 spots open for the Wilmington trip next week. This is the best chance to find those HUGE shark teeth that everyone dreams about. The water temp is running in the high 70s and vis has been about 30 to 50 feet for our last 2 trips. Call today and find out how to sign up for this trip. MOREHEAD CITY: July 25 - 27 Trip is full. CURACAO: Oct 11 - 18. We have plenty of open spots on this trip. Great diving, plenty of topside activities to keep everyone busy. Bring the family along and enjoy the fantastic sheltered beaches. 7 days at Lions Dive Resort Curacao. www.lionsdive.com TURKS & CAICOS: Jan 17 - 24, 2009. This trip is partially filled. Still time to sign up and enjoy diving at its best on a 7 day dive and cruise liveaboard. www.explorerventures.com click on the Turks and Caicos itinerary. Don't wait too late to join us for a great trip! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come out soon and let's get wet!!! Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle crew

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Bermuda Triangle, Greenville SC Message

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:04:00 GMT

TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings June 9, 2008 Congratulations to our new divers. OPEN WATER Elizabeth Piper Scott Yandle William Meier John Meier Sean Clark Joseph Carr Lucas Ward REFRESHER Jeff Meier Lynn Meier Nitrox Divers Scott Cook Meagan Cook Nate Cook Advanced Diver Jamie Staples We also give a hearty welcome to a new Instructor for BT. Mitchell Davis has just joined our staff and will be teaching OW and Advanced Classes for us. Welcome aboard Mitchell! It has been extremely busy at the lake not only for us, but dive shops all over the Southeast are using the Jocassee Divers Ramp for checkout dives and fun dive events. If you plan on going up this summer, we suggest going early Saturday or go up on Sunday afternoon for the least amount of crowding. If you need rental gear, it's best to call at least 3 weeks ahead and get on our reservations list. We have been out of rental gear for the last 3 weeks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING COURSES * Rescue Diver Friday June 13 Classroom session Saturday June 14 Lake Session Call the store for details and prerequisites for this fun course. * Advanced Nitrox and Deco Procedures Course runs over the next 2 weeks. This class is already full, but call us for details and get signed up for the Technical Course that teaches you how to dive deep safely! * Nitrox Diver Wednesday June 18 * Fish ID Course Thursday June 19 * CPROX1ST-AED Friday June 20 * Navigation Class Session Wednesday June 25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING TRIPS * BONAIRE is just around the corner. We depart on June 28 and return July 5. As of now the trip is full, so sorry you couldnt join us this time. Check out the Curacao trip, same type diving, a ton of topside activities. * MOREHEAD CITY July 25, 26, 27 Only one open seat on the boat. Call quickly to reserve that spot just for you. Best place in the world to spot sharks and also lots of other big sealife, did we forget to mention that MHC is always voted top wreck diving in the US every year??? * CURACAO Oct 11 - 18 That sounds like a long time off, but its only 4 short months away. Now is the best time to call while we still have open spots. 7 days at Lions Den Resort Checkout all they have to offer www.lionsdive.com * TURKS & CAICOS Jan 17 24 We have the whole ship to just our group all week. Join us a we hit all the major dive sites from West Caicos to French Cay. IF you havent been on a liveaboard before you owe it to your self to try this out. Everything is only 30 feet away at all times. Your bed, your dive gear, the meals, the dive deck, the sun deck, you name it its all 30 seconds away. Up to 5 dives daily (if you have the stamina). Only 8 spots left, dont delay giving us a call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each week in our newsletter we will promote any of our divers who also own a business. This week's business contacts are: * PEAK FITNESS We will offer Bermuda Triangle employees, divers and spouses a $0 enrollment, $29.99/mo metro membership. This same membership is typically $39.99/mo with a $99 enrollment. This will grant access to all of our locations, over 40 throughout SC/NC, but they will have to sign-up at the Pelham Rd location. We are open 24 hours a day and the membership will include free child watch (6wks - 12yrs), free group fitness classes, 2 free sessions with out sports Chiropractic Dr, and 2 free sessions with a personal trainer to get everyone started right in the gym. We will offer this through the month of July 2008. You will need to show your Bermuda Triangle issued, SDI certification card when you come in to sign up for this deal. Tell them you heard about it from our newsletter. Nathan Bagwell General Manager Peak Fitness 864-281-0777 * THE HANDLEBAR Looking for a cool pace to hang out? Or how about a private party Our Website is <a href="http://www.handlebar-online.com">http://www.handlebar-online.com</a> and we're a great place to meet and to see shows - and we have Power Point with a great projector and a huge screen, backed by a big ol' PA system, so any fun Fish Stories, with music or sound, would be awesome here. Come out anytime and enjoy the GREAT music! All the best John Jeter- Talent Buyer THE HANDLEBAR 304 E. Stone Ave. Greenville SC 29609 O: 864 233 6173 John's debut novel: THE PLUNDER ROOM from Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press) <a href="http://theplunderroom.blogspot.com">http://theplunderroom.blogspot.com</a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think that about covers this week. Join us for a dive or a dive trip soon!!! Reese, Mark, Rachel and the Triangle Crew.

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