True Blue Watersports

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Lake Charles, LA 70607
337-310-1681cher@truebluewatersports.com
Winter Hours of Operation:Monday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pmSaturday: 10 am - 2 pm
Directions to True Blue!

Darrell Walker has been traveling throughout
the Gulf of Mexico serving as Captain of
NOAA's Research Vessel, Manta. The R/V
Manta's home port is Galveston, Texas allowing
it to conduct research operations in the Flower
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Follow the R/V Manta ---http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/website/google_maps/PaCOOS/mapsPaCOOS.htm
http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/

BE A BETTER DIVER ... Join the next PADI Rescue Course November 30th

Prerequisites: Open Water Diver Three logged divers other than check out dives
What do you learn? * Self rescue * Recognizing and managing stress in other divers * Emergency management and equipment * Rescuing panicked divers * Rescuing unresponsive divers

Congratulations to our newest class lead by Tom Bradley, (PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor) : Laura Hayes, Anna Caffery, and Inga Sutherland.

See blog posting from National Geographic: http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/11/on-assig

35 MSU students earned 2 hours college credit for
taking scuba. Looks like they love it.
Thank you, DeWayne Corley, (PADI Master Scuba Trainer)

Halloween Weekend, Bryan Landry (PADI Open Water
Scuba Trainer) taught an Advanced Diver Course to Nicole
Higgins and Wayne Constantin! They dove in Vortex
Spring and Morrison Spring to achieve their goals.

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True Blue Divers have not
seen evidence of the oil
spill off the western coast
of Cameron, LA. This
video is interesting and
shows good video of
what it's like to dive under
oil platforms in the Gulf,
and no one in our area
has reported news of oil
platform aquatic damage.
The Flower Garden

Darrell, Cher, and Damon Walker, Bryan Landry, &
A.J. Ruffer drove all the way to Las Vegas, Nevada to
attend DEMA 2010-- (Diving Equipment Manufacturing Association). The newest scuba equipment was showcased and we
attended many scuba seminars.

You need to know . . .
Strategies to reduce DCS (Decompression Sickness)
1. Increase your surface interval
2. Dive Nitrox using air tables
3. Reduce depth and bottom time
4. Be mentally prepared (FOCUS)
5. Plan your dive even if you're diving with a computer
6. Communicate well with your partner
Source: DAN: Dema Conference, "Stacking the Deck"

True Blue is going green Check this out: http://www.wimp.com/bottledwater/