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Dive News Wire 9/29/2011
SeaLife DC1400 CameraSeaLife DC 1400 Free at Kids Sea Camp Family Dive Adventure weeks! Contact us for details and locations.
What will the SeaLife people come up with next! The new DC 1400 has taken "smart" to the next level.
It's easy setup is further enhanced, making it even easier to get up and running.
There is video mode for 720p High Definition video (one of several modes)
It now has a built in 26 mm lens which replaces the need for a wide-angle lens.
It has auto-focus tracking, so when that fish decides not to stay still, the camera will continue to focus only on that fishie, no matter what it does.
And it is rechargeable...while still in it's waterproof case!
And now there is a SeaLife rebate on all new SeaLife cameras through Jan 31, 2012.
Click HERE for more information
BONAIRE: JULY21-28 AND
GALAPAGOS: JULY 7-14 & 14-28 BOOKING $4100PP
GRAND CAYMAN: DIVETECH & COBALT COAST RESORT JULY 7-28TH SEALIFE WEEKS. SEALIFE DC 1400 FREE USE ALL WEEK DEMO NEWEST PRODUCT FROM SEALIFE. HD VIDEO, PHOTO CLINICS. DIGITAL PHOTO CERT FOR KIDS INCLUDES FREE CAMERA TO KEEP!
PALAU: JUNE 23-30TH SAM'S TOURS & PALAU ROYAL RESORT- ADD ON A WEEK IN YAP JUNE 15-23
UTILA: LAGUNA BEACH JUNE 30-JULY 7TH
THANKSGIVING! TBA
Deposit is $1000 per room.
Deposit is nonrefundable, but can be applied to same year dates & destinations. Changes can be made up until 3/1/2012
Why book early? To get the dates you want, to get the rooms you want and to make sure the space you want is available.
Family divers tips on diving with and teaching kids:
President of Palau attends Kids Sea Camp
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Family Dicing in Palau: Part 2 When I told friends our family was traveling to Palau this past Thanksgiving, I usually had to include a brief geography lesson as part of the conversation. The truth is, it's not enough simply... Read More |
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Kids Sea Camp - The Quest for the Ultimate Family Dive Adventure Sometimes you just have to push on even when others can't see what you see...this is something one young woman with a passion for the underwater world and family travel... Read More |
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Palau's President Visits Kids Sea Camp On November 22 2010, a very special person showed up at our Palau Kids Sea Camp, family dive adventure week. Read More... |
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See what National Geographic has to say about Kids Sea Camp Family Dive Adventure Palau Part 1 Palau Part 2 |
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| Sport Diver Getaways Article (PDF) - March 2010 | |
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Kids Sea Camp Celebrates 9 Years of Success in 2009
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Margo Peyton To Be Inducted Into The Women Divers Hall Of Fame® Well-known for her dedication toward getting kids diving and creating family scuba events around the world with Kids Sea Camp. Margo has for the past 20 years devoted her life to promoting dive travel & education, She is proud to be honored with this prestigious honor. read more |
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Kids Sea Camp introduces their newest location- Grand Bahama DIVE NEWS WIRE Kids Sea Camp is introducing the most recent addition to their family vacations- Grand Bahama Island from August 9-16, 2008 ... read more |
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Fiji Time in the Mamanuca & Yasawa Islands by Margo Peyton We chose Fiji for several reasons. The place is gorgeous. Despite that, it hasn't been overrun with tourists; They speak English (a former British colony, Fiji became a parliamentary democracy in 1970) ... read more |
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What a great summer is planned for you!!! by Sport Diver Staff Curacao gorgeous, relaxing and full of fun. We will be Featuring a Superclub Breezes All-inclusive week July 7-14th ... read more |
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The Dive Life - Kids Sea Camp at Anthony’s Key Resort, Roatan, Honduras by Theresa Gulledge “So, what exactly happened to you?” I asked as I applied antibiotic ointment to the scrapes and scratches on my daughter’s arms and legs. ... read more |
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Kids Sea Camp, Cayman Islands by Melinda Herndon GM, scuba.com Do you enjoy diving vacations but feel bad about dragging your kids along and having them feel bored out of their minds while you are gone? If so, Kids Sea Camp may be the place for you. read more |
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Kids Sea Camp Is Not Just For Kids read more |
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Kids Sea Camp FIJI by Sport Diver Staff Kids Sea Camp recently announced the addition of another exciting destination to its 2006 camp lineup. Now, camp participants may elect to visit the South Pacific nation of Fiji. Kids Sea Camp in Fiji is scheduled for November 18-25, 2006 at Castaway Island Resort, an all-inclusive resort on its own private island with a PADI Five-Star Gold Palm dive facility. read more |
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Kids Fly FREE to Cayman Sea Camp Compliments of Cayman Airways by Sport Diver Staff During the weeks of July 23-30 and July 30-Aug. 6, DiveTech and Cobalt Coast Resort & Suites will sponsor the 2005 Cayman Islands Kids Sea Camp, geared toward kids ages 4 through 14. read more |
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Kids Sea Camp June-November Give Them a Week They’ll Remember Forever by PADI Diving Society Staff Kids Sea Camp is a week of fun and diving for kids that they'll remember forever. The Kids Sea Camp has become so popular that they're hosting it in four different destinations this year: Curaçao, Grand Cayman, The Bay Islands, and Fiji. Kids Sea Camp is designed to be a fun and memorable vacation for the whole family. While the grownups take in some beautiful dives, kids get to take part in special programs that teach them about the ocean environment and reef ecology. The program includes swimming and snorkeling lessons plus the chance to try scuba and even become a certified diver. The first Kids Sea Camp for 2006 kicks off in June and runs every week through the end of July. There's also a special program in Fiji scheduled in November. read more |
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Youth's Sea Camp a Hit with Families by Sport Diver Staff Margo Peyton's business plan includes all the basics of a successful small business: innovative products, proven marketing strategies and business alliances. But it also includes some more unusual elements: dolphins, turtles and no naps. Those were added by her kids. read more |
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Kids Gone Wild! - Curacao Kids Sea Camp by Sport Diver Staff There was a point about three days into Kids Sea Camp that my youngest, 4-year-old Gillian, sat next to me on the beach and proclaimed Curacao her favorite place in the world. Then she ran off with her new friends to build sand houses for hermit crabs. It was almost the first words she'd said to me during those three days. read more |
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Kids Sea Camp by Sport Diver Staff Give Them a Week They'll Remember Forever! Kids Sea Camp is a week of fun and diving that kids will remember forever. Kids Sea Camp has become so popular that it's being hosted it in four different destinations this year: Curaçao, Grand Cayman, Fiji and Honduras' Bay Islands. read more |
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Kids Sea Camp Announces Two New Destinations by Sport Diver Staff Kids Sea Camp recently announced the addition of two exciting destinations to its 2006 camp lineup. Now, in addition to the established Curacao and Grand Cayman events, camp participants may elect to visit Roatan, in Honduras' Bay Islands, and the South Pacific nation of Fiji. read more |
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What Comes Next? BroadReach for Teen Divers! Summer Scuba Adventures For Teens By Margo Peyton myself ponder this from time to time as it's been six years since I started Kids Sea Camp when Jen was only 4 and Robbie 6. Kids Sea Camp is a fantastic, fun Family adventure for families with kids ages 4-15. We focus on the family... read more |
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Kids Sea Camp. The Family Love Diving? The perfect place to go. by Staff It started as a simple concept: If you have kids and love to dive, then you should have a place to go have your cake and eat it too. Thus was born Kids Sea Camp... read more |
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The Perfect Family Vacation Kids Sea Camps have something for everyone By Staff Beaches, turquoise water, ocean-front villas, world-class diving, romance, recreation and relaxation on the Caribbean island of Curacao. Just add kids! What? Did you say, "Just add kids"? Kids Sea Camp started in Curacao five... read more |
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| Kyrie O’Connor (kyrie.oconnor@chron.com) is deputy managing editor/features for the Houston Chronicle | The President of Palau attends Kids Sea Camp with Margo Peyton |
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One of the challenges of a family vacation is finding something a whole family might actually want to do. For the active and slightly adventurous, scuba diving can be the ticket. Resorts and related programs increasingly offer both diving for adults and lessons for children. It’s an excellent and painless — if not inexpensive — way to teach kids to have a love of the ocean and an active, engaged life. And with luck, you’ll instill in them a passion that will make them want to take vacations with their old parents for decades to come. Kids Sea Camp is one such planned vacation, offering programs for children as young as 4 up through the teen years. Begun in 2001 by Margo Peyton, who still runs it, Kids Sea Camp offers a week’s worth of diving at resorts around the Caribbean — and such far-flung destinations as Fiji, Palau, Galapagos and the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is affiliated with PADI, one of the two major diving accreditation organizations. While the kids are in “class” during the day, the adults dive. From Texas, one of the most convenient Sea Camp programs is off the coast of Honduras with turquoise waters and some of the best reef diving in the Caribbean. Families can stay at the meals-included . Many families are multi-year alumni of Kids Sea Camp, returning to the thatch-roof bungalows right on the key, some with air conditioning. With the proximity of the Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences, which specializes in dolphin studies, there are dolphins at the resort and ample opportunities to play with — and learn from — the bright and mischievous mammals, including a popular family dolphin encounter. Kids are divided by age and skill set, with the 4- to 7-year-olds learning basic water skills and how to snorkel. Kids 10 and up can take PADI Junior Open Water class, which leads to scuba-diving certification. (Parents, be prepared for some homework time after hours. The lessons are not easy.) For the kids who pass the test, there’s a celebratory final dive with the parents. Adult diving conveniently leaves directly from the resort and includes a morning and afternoon dive, wreck dives and two night dives. You can expect to see all sorts of corals, sea turtles, rays, barracudas, lobsters and hosts of parti-colored fish ranging from tiny to grouper-size. Of course, diving isn’t for everyone, and nondiving parents can head to the resort pool (and/or bar), tour the island, do some daredevil zip-lining, become a dolphin trainer for a day, ride horseback, hang out at cafes in other parts of the island or simply take a boat taxi a few hundred yards to tiny Bailey’s Key and play Robinson Crusoe — with beach chair and book — for a few hours. You can even snorkel right off Bailey’s Key. (One warning: Don’t try to telecommute on your vacation. Internet connections are iffy and not worth the angst. OK, two warnings: Bring industrial-strength bug repellent. The insects are as vibrant as the sea life.) When the day is done, the age groups join together for organized evening events, including live music, fire dancing and painting. Meals at Anthony’s Key, in the multilevel, mostly open-air dining area, are their own adventure, with kids artfully dodging the endlessly patient waiters, switching tables among their new best friends while the parents sip a cold one and watch the orange sun set over the Caribbean. The bar closes at 10, but you and the kids will be conked out long before that. Kyrie O’Connor (kyrie.oconnor@chron.com) is deputy managing editor/features for the Houston Chronicle.
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