CYBER (Diver) MONDAY!!!

While a lot of news coming in on successful Black Friday sale in the US, here are some people holding CYBER MONDAY sale. It’s not too late to dive right in!

K2scuba.com
MENTION “DIVINGLIST”  TO GET FREE SHIPPING!!!
Wicked Deals up to 77% off of Brand Name Scuba Gear (a bunch under dealer cost), 15% off the ENTIRE WEBSITE. Certain stuff (drysuits, can lights, scooters) are excluded. Use the promo code:  TribeCalledK2

On top of that, in celebration to DiversOne.com releasing Underwater Channel TV (http://www.diversone.com/page/the-underwater-channeltv), K2 is  throwing in the $65 TUSA Imprex Knife above as a gift with your purchase… this offer ends today-MONDAY at midnight.

24 Hour Cyber Monday Sale, Lets Get this Party Started NOW! 70% off TUSA, 65% off DiveRite, 35% off Oceanic!

Liquid Productions, LLC
Cyber Monday Special! Buy ‘The Mill Pond Experience’ and ‘The Bare Bones of Spearfishing’ DVD’s and receive a free t-shirt! Just request your size in the comments section at checkout! http://shop.LiquidProductionsLLC.com

Piranha Dive Manufacturing

This week’s sale is limited to in stock only.… No Backorders! Go visit Piranha Dive Manufacturing and click on our HOT DEALS tab at the top of our website!! The Cyber Monday Sale runs now until 8:00am EST Tuesday December 1st. And our Spectacular Thanksgiving Sale still runs until Wednesday, December 2nd.

And Bonus…

Black Friday –Cyber Monday Big Deals on Adventure Travel Gear, Trips & Clothing via About.com

Happy Cyber (Diver) Monday!!!

Dive Junkie Contest

Triple Post…

It’s been a while to make an entry as we gather overwhelming information, but you get triple post today.

Free Seminar
MDA Guam is holding the Free Intro to Tech Academic Seminar on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8pm. Only 12 more seats available as of this Monday. For more information, visit: http://www.mdaguam.com/ and contact them directly.

App Store?
We had overwhelming hits on our previous post, There’s an App for That (Scuba Version) on the Blog Action Day. We thought it was great way to share what we gathered in one place. Up and coming website, Appboy.com allows us to do that. We favorited and put a lot of Scuba Diving and Ocean Related mobile apps that may be of your interest on our AppBoy profile. You can directly purchase apps from DivingList’s profile.

The mobile platforms that they are currently supporting are iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Palm Pre. And we included them all.

One problem we ran into is that all the apps we saved are not appearing. We will keep you posted, but bookmark our AppBoy Profile and Stay Tuned: http://appboy.com/divinglist/

7 photographs. 7 captions. 7 prizes.
The last post of the day goes to Dive Junkie. They are currently running a contest on their Facebook Fan Page.

Come up with the funniest captions for each of the 7 photographs to stand a chance to win one of 7 Dive Books they are giving away! Visit Dive Junkie’s Facebook Page now to participate!

Don’t forget — they recently released Fall 2009 collection for their scuba diving apparel line. Now is the time to check out before they are all “gone” — www.divejunkie.com.sg

This year’s Blog Action Day topic is… Climate Change. You as a scuba diver may not think that it may directly affect you. But there are a lot of small factors involved, and as a whole, it may come to affect all of us in a big way.

We did some researches. We also borrowed ideas from this website, Center for American Progress. (Actual Article HERE) Based on the ideas, we put some thoughts out there.

You might wonder why the title of today’s post is “There’s an app for that.” Well, we’re sharing some “app” ideas and how scuba divers can utilize them to protect our environment. Why mobile application? We’re sure you might be aware of the decrease in the forest, pollution, carbon dioxide, climate change… Not-so preferable cycle.

Seafood Watch by Moterey Bay Aquarium

Seafood Watch by Monterey Bay Aquarium (iPhone/Mobile Web Application)
There have been many write-ups about Seafood Watch. We’ve read them all including app reviews on iTune App Store. We also know that there are handy pocket guides for Sushi available by other organizations. What’s so different about this? First, it’s a mobile application. It’ll go anywhere with you even if you are in another country on vacation, trying that popular seafood. Is it good for you? What you choose may make a big difference.

The Sushi guide nicely comes with the Japanese Name and the common market name (quoted from Seafood Watch website), easy to read, and color-code lets you know which sushi would be your best bet while dining at your favorite restaurant.

There are 2 things involved in this small change — protecting your ocean and beautiful sea creatures by being aware and practicing to select sustainable seafood.

Don’t have an iPhone? No problem. Visit: http://mobile.seafoodwatch.org

And all in all, there’s an app for Seafood Choices, for Free.

Where by Where.com (Android/iPhone/BlackBerry/Palm Pre Application)

One of the reasons why you might go away for a day or on a vacation is probably because of that unknown adventure. To explore the local town, shop at local stores, or just walk around is always interesting. But where can you go? Asking hotel employees may be one thing but knowing “where” to go is another.

Where can help you all that. On your next trip, take “Where” with you. You can find Local Weather, Gas Prices (and Gas Stations), Traffic Information, access to Yelp to find restaurants (with phone numbers and address) and reviews, and you can even find Starbucks near you when you need a warm cup of tea after the dive.

How is this going to help divers to be sustainable? Think of it this way. You can find the information you need right in your hand at all time, no reason to drive around for hours trying to find places even if you are on a short dive trip.

This application is a GPS mobile application. This means you’ll have to have a satellite enabled service to use.

DiveLocator (iPhone Application)

Originally found the post on Scubaboard.com, DiveLocator is an iPhone application that provides an information on Dive Sites with a visual map (Google Map). Not only that, you can find the current condition in surrounding area with 2 tide tables.

How is this going to help divers? No more Print-Out maps. This also would potentially decrease the amount of time you’d be driving to find that hidden dive site.

PS> They also are accepting dive site information to grow their database. Click on the title above to visit the post from Scubaboard.com for more info.

Rent Cycle by RentCycle.com (Web application)

The reason why we picked RentCycle.com is because of their idea — reduce.reuse.rent. Rent Cycle can be potentially great for dive operators in vacation destination. Why? Well… Rent Cycle allows your customers to reserve rental gears and pay before their tour begins right at their finger tips. This web application has easy 3 steps for setup. First, you register. Second, you put the link to your Rent Cycle store on your website. Third, let customer book their rental gears and pay. All administration is done over the web. You can technically manage it from anywhere.

One of the great things we discovered about this service is you can create the store today with up to 5 items for free of charge. Features include an inventory management, online confirmation, payment processing, reservation systems, reports, and SMS (Short Messaging Services) to list a few.

How is this helping your dive business? Because you don’t need papers to track everything. You are recycling other people’s ideas to a good use, and reducing the cost but still renting.

Scuba Diving Mobile Applications (Platform varies)

Some of the things we discovered during our research is that a lot of people are interested in mobile scuba diving applications, iPhone applications in particular. For instance, if you run a search for “scuba diving application iphone” on Google, you’ll probably see a lot of forum entries by fellow divers seeking “it” app.

The use of mobile application on your mobile device make small differences, like reducing the use of the paper, decreasing the driving time etc…

After all, we decided to put a list here. Our research went so far and some divers that actually use listed software are unable to get back to us on time. But here’s what we found:

• iScubaPlan (Originally posted on DiveVets.com) — Recreational Scuba Diving Application for iPhone/iPod
• DiveLog (Originally posted on DiveVets.com) — Full featured Scuba Diving Logbook for iPhone/iPod
• iDeco (Originally posted on DiveVets.com) — Multi-Level dives/Multiple Dive planner for Technical Diving for iPhone/iPod
• V-Planner — King of Technical Diving Planning Software for Windows Mobile Phones and iPhone/iPod
• Mix Blender — Full function Gas Blending (Nitrox/Trimix) Application for iPhone/iPod
• Dive Assistant — Dive Planning, Dive Equipment Management, Dive Table Reference for Pocket PC
• My Deco Plan — Full Function Decompression Dive Planning Application on the web

So, what else can you do to be a sustainable diver?

Note:
All rights for the software/application listed above are reserved by its creator/owner/developer/business.
The result of this list is solely based on our researches and other divers. If you have other applications that you’d like to share, feel free to use the comment area below.
We also will add more as we hear back from our fellow divers.
We also would like to thank those who helped us today (and during our research) to make this post happen.

Also… please visit New Scuba Marketing for another Blog Action Day:
http://newscubamarketing.com/blog-action-day-2009-climate-change/

Blog Action Day: Climate Change

From Our “Action” List:

We took some time off in preparation for tomorrow — Blog Action Day. We don’t know how many people are aware of this program, but it is an annual event that all the bloggers in the whole wide world post an entry about the same topic on their own blog on the same day — sponsored by Change.org and hundreds of partners.

This year’s topic is “Climate Change.” DivingList will be posting “something” interesting for readers some time tomorrow. (can’t tell you when, okay?)

To support this good cause and to raise the awareness, we also would like to ask you for help. If you have your own blog, please register it at http://blogactionday.org/ and post an entry on Climate Change tomorrow.

But we’d like to go one step more. If you give us a link to your blog entry any time tomorrow, we will keep the list going for the scuba diving community and publish it with a list of Blog Action Day Participants at a later date as our thanks. (remember, we are the list after all…)

There are 3 ways you can do to leave the link for us:

• @divinglist on Twitter
• Comment or Wall post on DivingList Fan page on Facebook
• Comment on this blog entry below today and/or tomorrow

And here are rules on posting your blog entry link:

• Your blog must be registered at http://blogactionday.org/
• You must be in Scuba Diving Industry or Ocean/Marine Conservation Industry
  **Eco-Tourism is okay, so long as there is an opportunity for scuba diving/snorkeling
• ANY DUPLICATE ENTRY will be removed and will NOT be listed

The more people are aware of the issue, the better.  We want to help you and need your help. Please retweet this post or forward it to your friends who have blogs. It’s only once a year.

From Our (small) Inbox:

We received a note last night in regards to the Annual Soiree by Iemanya Oceanica, the non-profit foundation dedicated to the conservation of sharks, rays, and their habitats. You may know them as “Adopt-A-Shark” of Adapotashark.com — Adopt a Shark is one of their programs.

This upcoming September 17, 2009, Iemanya Oceanica is hoting an annual soiree at the Skirball Cultural Center in the beautiful City of Angels (Los Angels). (Invitation is on the left.) From 6pm, it starts with Mako Martini Auction to Live Entertainment to honoring of Councilman Ed Reyes for his conservation efforts, the ticket to this soiree starts from $100.

However… we are not going to disappoint you (remember, we find things…) We were able to obtain the promotional code from the Iemanya Oceanica to get $25 off of the ticket!!!

To purchase the ticket(s), go to: https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=28326
And use the promotional code of “2Sharksfor1″ at the Checkout.

Why not help sharks & rays, have fun at the soiree with people who care about them in the City of Angels? The promotion does not last too long and the space is limited.

Also, please take a few minutes of your time to visit:
http://www.iemanya.org/en//index.php
http://www.adoptashark.com/

At DivingList, we care very much about marine and environmental conservations. Please, if you know of anyone who cares about sharks and rays, kindly share the links for this event.

Florida Keys History of Diving Museum is celebrating their 3rd birthday (anniversary) this coming September. On September 19, 2009, they are offering 50% off admission fee whole day. Not only that, kids under 12 get in FREE!

According to their website, they will have a birthday cake and blow the candles around 12 noon. Some specials at the Museum Store as well as Museum Tour.

They also offer monthly seminars for those who are interested.

Check out: http://www.divingmuseum.com/

Happy 3rd Birthday, History of Diving Museum!!!

It will be displayed at The Legends at Village West in Kansas City.

Check out the original article for more information.

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1342953.html

What are you doing on August 6th? Want to meet new dive buddies and share your passion?
Academy of Scuba is hosting Scuba Meet ‘n Greet in Scottsdale, AZ.
You should go check it out if you are around the area!

Check out: http://tinyurl.com/m7lnt3

And do not forget to visit their website: http://academyofscuba.com/

We leave early from the docks both days and go 40 miles off shore. Shark viewing takes place from inside a cage or on a platform. Water temps are 60–72 degrees F. Two spots just opened up. $220 per person per day for two days. Price includes boat trip.
Boat is the Snappa http://www.snappacharters.com/

Spots will go quickly. First come first serve. Email me with other questions or to reserve your spot.

(we can talk about sharks all day!!!)

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