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Divers' Weekend

Explore the oceans. Expand your horizons. Exchange ideas.

  • Diving Seminar Series – 12 talks over two days.
  • Demonstrations by the Canadian Coast Guard and RCMP dive teams.
  • Exhibits by diving clubs, organizations and businesses.
  • Gallery activities for the kids.
  • 50 percent off admission or 10 percent off Aquarium membership for certified divers
    (when certification card is shown.)
Diver

Speaker Schedule

Saturday January 21

9:45 a.m -10:45 a.m Arctic Marine Life
Danny Kent
(Vancouver Aquarium)
11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
 Photographing BC's Marine Life
Barb Roy
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Current Trends in Underwater Photo Equipment
Stewart Sy (Aquatica)
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Canadian Coast Guard Dive Rescue
Roy Klohn (CCG)
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. The Sport and Recreation of Freediving
Mandy-Rae Krack (Performance Freediving International)
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Understanding and Living with Sharks
Russ Hennessey


Sunday January 22

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Marine Sanctuaries - A Call to Action
Roy Mulder (Marine Life Sanctuary Society)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
 7107 Reasons to Dive the Philippines
Stewart Sy
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Browning Pass Hideaway
John DeBoeck
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Get Paid to Dive - Capilano University/Ocean Quest Dive Center Professional Scuba Dive Instructor Program
Greg McCracken
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. The SS President Coolidge and other Vanuatu Dive Sites
David Basiove
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sport Divers Speak Out on Safety, Access and Reef Protection
Paul Sim (Underwater Council of BC)
Date

January 21 & 22, 2012

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