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01-18-2012

NOW AT DONA ANA DIVERS!!!  Online shopping. Click HERE to check out our online store.

 A new year has begun and come in with a bang. We are super busy gearing up for our next dive season. 4 new divers joined our ranks this month and another 8 are ready to join the family in February. What an exciting time to be diving and sharing our love of the underwater world.

2011 was incredibly exciting with us becoming a 5 Star Dive Center and ending the year being nominated for the 2011 PADI Americas Diver Retention Award. Huge thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Jonathan Saenz is now our newest Dive Master. After a lot of time and work and seemingly blood sweat and tears we can say that Jonathan did a great job on his final open water evaluation this weekend and is now a proud PADI Professional. We are looking forward to great things from him as he continues his professional dive development. Come by and congratulate him and ask him how much fun and what a challenge it was.

We had a great time last weekend with the Discover Scuba Days at NMSU. Big thanks to everyone at the Outdoor Rec Dept and the NMSU Natatorium as well. Lots of new friends were able to discover a big new world and we are excited to say that several of them have already decided to join us in October to become full divers. Gonna be fun folks.

HUGE THANKS - Thank you Mike for running such a great trip to Catalina. Everyone had a great time and the diving was wonderful. What a great opportunity for training and exploration. Cant wait to do it again. 

Check out our calendar for new classes and events coming up.

Upcoming trips

Dona Ana Divers is currently going to the following dive trips

Start planning NOW!!! June 2012. We had such a great time on the Aquacat liveaboard trip this January that we are going back. We only have 1 room left. This is an all inclusive trip. All the diving you can stand, all meals and snacks and open bar. The price of this trip is $2500 per person (3rd and 4th person per cabin is discounted rates) and includes all port fees and fuel fees. Not included is airfare and boat crew tips. If you wish to dive Nitrox the cost is $150 for the entire week. All we need is a 50% per person deposit to hold your cabin space. Final pmt is due April 10. Dont wait!!!!

October 13 through 20

Join us as we venture off to Cayman Brac. Another all inclusive trip. Check out the flyer here

Catalina California

Catalina Island diving abilities range from easy to advanced. There are several locations around Catalina Island for diving including: Casino Point Dive Park, Ship Rock, Farnsworth Banks, Lover's Cove, Long Point, Blue Caverns, Yellowtail Point, Bird Rock, and Sea Fan Grotto. Divers around Catalina Island can expect to see abundant marine life in all forms including: kelp forests, giant black sea bass, yellowtail, lobsters, abalone, horn shark, nudibranch, large pelagic, eels, sheep crab, garibaldi, kelp fish, halibut, shovelnose guitar fish, leopard sharks, and sea lions. There are a few locations around the island where Catalina Island divers can experience the thrill of exploring a wrecked plane and a few sunken ships.

As you might expect, the summer months see the most activity for Catalina Island diving, but the winter months can actually provide the clearest waters. During the summer, diving temperatures can get as high as 76 degrees during August and September. Because of these warm temps, the crowds tend to be larger. For many divers, this is preferred as many people feel more comfortable in numbers. For the divers that don't mind the colder temps, the winter months can see water temps as low as 52 degrees. The benefit of this colder water is that visibility is increased quite substantially. During summer, visibility is typically between 30 - 60 feet. Winter water visibility can be as good as 30 - 80 feet. With favorable water temps, Catalina Island diving has become a very attractive local location for divers up and down the California coast. Catalina Island sees individual divers and diving tours consistently throughout the year.