Happy holiday week! I hope you are looking forward to Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season.
REEF is pleased to bring you our monthly update on the many projects that continue to actively engage you, our valuable members, in marine conservation. Before we get there, though, I want to ask for your help in meeting an ambitious but critical goal to keep these projects going: please help REEF raise $100,000 by the end of the year. Please click here to make a secure, tax-deductible donation today.
Here are a few notes and news bits we'd like you to know about:
5 nights/6 days - $260, includes 3 days of boat diving (2 days of 2 tank diving and 1 day of 3 tank diving) with Cypress Charters and an organized day of shore diving at Pt. Lobos Marine Reserve. This package does not include lodging - options include Monterey Plaza Hotel (group rate of $785 per person double-occ for diving and lodging) and the Cypress Tree Inn ($50 - $150 per night). We will also be doing a behind-the-scenes tour of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. *REEF Fee is $125. (non-diver price at Monterey Plaza Hotel $525; day-diving prices also available)
This week is for divers and snorkelers who are interested in learning more about marine life and seeing more during their time in the water. World-renowned marine naturalists, Ned and Anna DeLoach, authors of Reef Fish Identification and Reef Fish Behavior, will be your leaders and will schedule several short slide and video fish behavior presentations during the week to teach and discuss the wonderful world of marine life behavior. Topics will include feeding, predation, and reproduction.
Please call Jackie at Dive St. Vincent at 784-457-4928 or email to bill2s@DiveStVincent.com to inquire about this trip. 8 days/7 nights - $1,105 per diver per week, includes lodging, 10 dives, daily breakfast, hotel taxes and service charges, and r/t airport transfers. Divers can elect to sign up for one week or both.
Here are a few notes and news bits we'd like you to know about:
- Field Survey Update (2007-2008): Thanks to all who have made our 2007 Field Survey year a successful year with just a few trips left!
- Going on a trip? Order Scan forms, underwater survey paper, books, and other items at the REEF online store
Here's what we're up to in the coming months:
October 31- November 3: DEMA Show in Orlando, FL. Come visit us at both 1133 and you could win a signed print by Tom Isgar by partaking in our DEMA raffle to help raise funds for REEF.
November 11-17: Conservation Week with Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas in Nassau with Ned and Anna DeLoach, Bruce Purdy and Andy Dehart