Splash For Trash 2008

Who would of thought that picking up trash could be so much fun! It's especially fun when you are picking up trash under water-- underwater it's more like finding lost treasure than trash. You know the old saying- one man's trash is another one's treasure. We found the usual treasures- lures, cans etc. The area is amazingly clean considering the amount of use it gets.

When we weren't finding "treasures" we were having fun watching the bass, who were watching us. They are a very curious species and pretty bold. We also spotted a sauger as well as crayfish. The weather was beautiful- mid 70's and the vis was about 30 feet. Fall diving at Yellowtail is my personal favorote. The water temp is still in the mid to hi 60's and the visablity get better than mid summer. It's not quite the Carribean, but it's a pretty close!

A big "THANK YOU" to the divers that came out to participate is this worth while event. We not only helped maintain our favorite "watering hole", but contributed to the study of the condition of the worlds waters. A tally of what we collected has been submitted to Project Aware and the Marine Conseratory. The data will be combined with data collected from Clean up Dives around the world.

Coming Soon: Underwater Pumpkin Carving. Visit DiveMontana.com for details.

Seeing is Believing!

Every year, dive equipment manufactures work hard at coming up with new products. Sometimes they are sucessful in creating a new product that is truly an advance to scuba equipment techonology. Who would have thought the coolest thing would be a mask! Okay, it's not just any mask. Oceanic's HUD (Heads Up Display) mask would combine a hoseless dive computer with a scuba mask!

Oceanic has always been a leader in diving computers, now they've taken it to the next level. Imagine being able to know your depth, time and air pressure at all times- you don't have to reach for a computer console. As a photographer, I really appreciate the convienence. It's really easy to get so involved in hunting for the perfect picture and forget to check your air pressure. With the HUD, the information is just a glance away. You can keep your camera in the ready position and not miss a shot!

The HUD has all the features that you expect from a diving computer, including Nitrox and being able to download and upload to your PC.

Stop in to Adventure Scuba and check it out!