Reschedule -Scuba Equipment Repair Seminar Moved to March 9th in Gaithersburg

Date and Location Change- Due to the weather, the seminar has been moved to March 9th- Location Gaithersburg.

Scuba is equipment-intensive, but unlike a broken tennis racket or bicycle flat tire,if your scuba equipment fails, you could miss a dive. Proper maintenance, adjustment and understanding of your gear are the keys to keeping everything in top working order to protecting your investment or save your dive on site.

Our Repair Seminar also qualifies as the PADI Equipment Specialist Course. We will teach you how your stuff works. You’ll understand how a regulator magically provides air whenever your lungs call out for it and you’ll learn how to take care of that regulator to be sure you always get that air. Have you ever had a mask strap or a fin strap give out at 100 feet? You can see why it’s a good idea to know how to take care of these minor inconveniences before they become big problems. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We will give you some hands on experience working with hoses, pressure gauges, first stage ports etc.

While the Equipment Seminar is designed to give you a foundation in how your gear operates and what you can do to keep it all in top working order. If it’s been a while since you were in the market for new equipment, the course will bring you up to speed on the latest scuba technology.
Understanding your equipment is the first step to a lifetime of reliability.

The program is not an equipment repair program but it does give you:
1.Theory, principles and operation of dive equipment
2.recommended care and maintenance procedures
3.Hands on field repair solutions to get you back diving it at all possible.
4.What things you need to add to your save a dive kit.
5.Common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures
6.Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new equipment.

Course Cost: $50

Date: February 9Th 6:30pm at our New Annapolis Location!

Get the PADI Equipment Specialist for an additional $30. Use this specialty toward your Master Diver rating.

Sign up on our website: http://www.atlanticedge.com/equipment_specialist.shtml

MANATEES EVERYWHERE!

Our group just returned from Crystal River, Fl.They had manatees everywhere! With such cold weather in Florida over the past several weeks, the manatee headed for the warm 72 degree river water.
They reported that the river was full of manatees. Some snorkelers even got a hug from a manatee! This of course is not legal unless they approach you. Make sure you get on our trip next year! Mary was the group leader for the trip and said everyone had a blast! They also did dives in the Rainbow River and Homassasa River.

Get a Friend Diving- Try Scuba and play some Games at the Same time!

Are you looking for a way to intoduce a new buddy to diving?

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If you’re looking for a way to introduce a potential buddy to diving Atlantic Edge Dive Center has a few programs coming up this winter to help!

Underwater Darts - Sunday, Feb. 13th!! Test your darts skills in this class pub game - with a twist! This will be like a regular came of darts - we'll have a dartboard and 'darts' to throw, except we'll do the whole thing underwater! Get off the couch and come out and have a GREAT time with us. No doubt about it, this will be the most memorable game of darts you'll ever play!

This is going to be a ton of fun, so bring your certified or uncertified friends and family and come out, get wet and have a cool afternoon. Bring your cameras and take photos if you want!!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SCUBA CERTIFIED TO PARTICIPATE

When: Sat, Feb. 13th, 2010, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Where:Bethesda, MD (Georgetown Prep pool)
What:Underwater Darts Contest
Who:Anybody - certified or not - must be 18 or older
Gear:We will provide all gear
Cost:$30 / person


Underwater Frisbee Golf - get underwater and try your hand and have some fun. This is another game that is fun above water, but is even MORE fun underwater.

This is going to be a ton of fun, so bring your certified or uncertified friends and family and come out, get wet and have a cool afternoon. Bring your cameras and take photos if you want!!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SCUBA CERTIFIED TO PARTICIPATE

Two Sessions:
March 14th, 10am in Bethesda
March 28th, 10am in Frederick
Who:Anybody - certified or not - must be 12 or older
Gear:We will provide all gear
Cost:$30 / person

Underwater Putt Putt
Who doesn't enjoy putt putt? Putt putt is a great way to have a great time with friends - imagine how much fun this will be underwater! What an adventure!

This is going to be a ton of fun, so bring your certified or uncertified friends and family and come out, get wet and have a cool afternoon. Bring your cameras and take photos if you want!!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SCUBA CERTIFIED TO PARTICIPATE

Two sessions:
March 7th, 10am, Gaithersburg
March 21st, 2pm, Ellicott City

Who:Anybody - certified or not - must be 12 or older
Gear:We will provide all gear
Cost:$30 / person

Lots of cool unique ideas to get a potential new buddy underwater.
Join us!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO SIGN UP ONLINE

We Have a New Staff Member-Matt Portland

Have you meet Matt Yet? Our newest staff member has a pretty interesting background!
Matt spent most of the late 90s volunteering in Australia's wildlife parks, zoos, public aquariums and oceanic research stations. After working in the reptile house at our National Zoo, Matt spent time in the Galapagos. He returned to start his own business installing and maintaining custom aquaria. New to the dive industry, Matt is working at the shop and hopes to complete his Divemaster training by the summer and soon thereafter, become an instructor. You will find Matt working most days in Gaithersburg.

Atlantic Edge Dive Trip -Group Dives Devil's Den in Florida

Last week during our Manatee trip our group stopped off to dive Devil's Den, one of North America's most prehistoric places, Devil's Den -- an underground spring inside a dry cave in central Florida. The remains of many extinct animals from the Pleistocene Age (2 million - 10,000 years ago) were discovered at Devil's Den, including the bones of early man, dating back to 75,000 B.C. The pleasant year-around temperature of 72 degrees in the Den allows comfortable diving, winter or summer. On cold winter mornings you can see steam, like smoke, rising from the cave's chimney. Hence, the early settlers called the place Devil's Den.

You'll find open water and cavern diving at its best & will be fascinated by the rock formations with stalactites and 33 million year old fossil beds, truly a natural wonder.

Click Here to watch the video

New 2010 Atlantic Edge Dive Team T-Shirts

Have you seen our new T-Shirts?
We are stocking both long sleeve and short sleeve t-shirts at our new Annapolis Location.
Long Sleeve $14.95
Short Sleeve $12.95

Join our Dive Team- Stop by see the new store and pick up a tshirt or order online!
Click Here to order

What a cool location!

Wow! Can you believe it? We have been open in Annapolis now for 3 weeks!
Lots of old timers have stopped by, who either moved into the area over the past 15 years or were traveling to Gaithersburg to shop with us. We have also had many new divers also stop by and look around. (Take a look at this view from our Sales Floor)
If you haven't been by our new Annapolis location yet, make sure you do. It's a great place to walk around. Cars are always stopping at the store just to take pictures of the South River views. We also have a real nice restaurant on location-YellowFin-with great happy hour specials.