Hello Mark,

June Dive Club Meeting at the International House of Pancakes.

If you would like to present or if you have a topic you would like to hear about at a future meeting, please let me know! drmark@greenmountainchiro.com.

What: June Dive Club Meeting - canceled

Where: IHOP

389 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

When: June 27, 2024

Speaker: N/A

Topic: N/A

Please don't hit the RSVP link to register, so we can let the restaurant know how many are coming.

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Mark Your Calendar:

July 25, 2024 - Shark Bait Dive Club Meeting - Speaker: TBD

Our Dive Club comes or age today! This is the 18th anniversary of the founding of the dive club. Come help us celebrate!

Aug 22, 2024 - Shark Bait Dive Club Meeting - Speaker: TBD

Sep 25 - Oct 11, 2024 - Shark Bait Dive Club trip to Italy. Dive the sunken 1st Century BC Roman Village of Baia, then dive the Island of Sardinia, this is known to locals as the best diving in Italy and is said to be the best diving in the whole Mediterranean. Finally, we will experience Italy with a Private Land Tour of Venice, Florence and Rome on this fabulous 2 week trip. Join the dive trip, the land tour or both!! CLICK HERE for details. To sign up call 303-986-5122 or email drmark@greenmountainchiro.com.

Note: The Italy trip is nearly sold out. We have space for a SINGLE FEMALE and ONE MORE COUPLE ONLY but email soon.

January 18 - 25, 2025 - Roatan at Turquoise Bay Resort All-Inclusive $1535 (air not included). Call UWP at 303-988-6725 or CLICK HERE for details.



June 7 - 14, 2025 - Bahamas aboard the Live-Aboard Aqua Cat. All-Inclusive from $2895 (air not included), CAll UWP at 303-988-6725 or CLICK HERE for details.

Web Master Needed to take over our club Web Site.

Do you have skills to update an existing web site? The time commitment would be minimal. The site is already up and running. We just need to have someone with the skills to keep it that way.Please email me at drmark@greenmountainchiro.com or call me at 720-323-4970.

The Risks of Forgoing Drysuit Training

A new drysuit diver substitutes a glance at the manual for real-life practice and training

By Eric Douglas | Created On February 7, 2024

Chris struggled to stay off the bottom. He spent so much time fighting against buoyancy in his new drysuit that he never even saw a lobster. When he reached the surface, he knew he was in trouble..

The Diver

Chris was a 40-year-old advanced open water diver. He had been on several dive trips over the past few years.

The Dive

Chris and his buddies were on a local charter boat to scuba dive and catch lobster. Tired of getting cold in his wetsuit, Chris had just bought a drysuit. He had never used it in the water, but he read through the instruction booklet the night before.

When he first got in the water, Chris realized he hadn’t fully closed the zipper. Water quickly soaked his undergarments. With the help of the divemaster he got out of the water, closed the zipper and continued the dive in his wet undergarments. In a hurry to get started, Chris attempted to make a head-first descent.

His buddies weren’t far, but Chris was essentially diving alone as they went their own ways looking for lobster.

The Accident

After about 25 minutes in the water, Chris had had enough. He couldn’t control his buoyancy and decided to ascend. He then struggled to surface, and when he finally made it, he yelled for help...

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Flotsam & Jetsam

from the June, 2024 issue of Undercurrent

Divers Find a Mastodon Tusk. Exploring half a mile off a Venice beach (FL) in late May, Blair Morrow and Alex Lundberg discovered the tusk of an Ice Age mammoth sticking out of the sand. Around four feet long, it could be a million years old. Venice Beach area is known for finds of shark teeth, including fossil megalodon teeth. (Editor's Note: Several of our club members have dived Venice Beach and found megalodon teeth. Ask James Judd to see his collection!)

Whale Sharks Disappearing. Scientists are spotting fewer large whale sharks in global oceans; the primary reason may be that commercial ships are hitting them in shipping lanes, like those off the coast of the Yucatan. A new study showed that reducing vessel speed by 75 percent increased transit time by just five percent, making it much easier for ship captains to see and avoid sharks. Another simulation showed that re-routing ships away from core habitats was even less disruptive for shipping, with transit time increasing by just 0.5 percent - an average of around 2.4 hours per vessel. Will anyone listen?

Cozumel's Dark Side. While divers visiting Cozumel enjoy what seems like a tranquil little island with 90,000 residents, it has dark corners. On May 21, authorities found two bundles of marijuana washed up near Playa Punta Sur, and later that day, ten packages of cocaine were discovered toward Punta Molas, and later, six more were found entangled in seaweed in the Arrecifes area. In April, two adults and a minor were arrested for committing three murders this year; in May, a couple was arrested for heading Cozumel crime group for 11 years, that engaged in arms trafficking, kidnappings, extortion, and drug dealing. Sure, visit Cozumel and enjoy it. Tourists aren't a target, but just exercise the caution you would, say, in Miami or New York. (Riviera Maya News)

Keep Your Bullets Out of Cozumel. On May 26, an American man who landed at the Cozumel Airport was arrested when officials found nearly 100 unused gun cartridges in his suitcase. Bringing "war materiel" into Mexico is a federal offense. He was taken to a Cancun jail until he is presented before a judge