This is a two-tank boat dive open to NSU Scuba Club members who hold a PADI Advanced Open Water Certification (or agency equivalent) or higher. This is a trip that includes the PADI Shark Conservation Specialty Certification. These dives will be conducted in West Palm Beach, Florida. The reef here is known for attracting megafauna such as turtles, goliath groupers, large aggregations of fish, and during the winter, the Lemon Shark migration. The maximum depth of the dives varies between 75’ and 95’, thus making this dive available to AOW divers only. There will be an appropriate surface interval between the two dives depending on our profile.
We will be diving with Jupiter Scuba Diving on Kyalami Charters. Check-in for the dive is at 1:00pm. It takes about 45 minutes to reach the marina. For this reason, we will be departing from NSU NO LATER than 12:15 pm. NOTE: There is a mandatory classroom session that is required before your attendance to the dive. It will be held on Thursday, December 5 from 5-8 PM. This classroom session will include a lecture that touches on topics such as shark ecology, anatomy, conservation, as well as how to safely dive with sharks without disrupting their natural habitat or behaviors.
11:00 am: Gear checkout at NSU Dive locker.
12:15 pm: Depart campus.
1:00 pm: Arrive at Kyalami Dive Charters.
2:00 pm: Boat departure.
6:00 pm: Boat estimated arrival back at the dock.
The cost for the boat trip, lecture session, and specialty certification is $100. Please also bring $10-$20 for a tip for the boat crew. They work very hard to ensure divers enjoy the drive trip as much as possible while also mitigating any safety hazards that may present themselves. You may register for this trip until Friday at 12:00 pm. Spots are available for 13 divers!
Kyalami Charters is located at 2000 E 13th Riviera Beach, FL 33404. Please pull up to the front of the parking lot near the brick sidewalk to unload your gear where the crew will take it to the boat for you. From there, you can park in the parking lot. Please feel free to carpool!
NSU will provide tanks. Any other equipment you need will be issued from the NSUADP dive locker during check-in the morning of the trip. PLEASE NOTE: all divers are REQUIRED to carry a SURFACE MARKER BUOY AND DIVE COMPUTER during these dives! If you do not need rental gear, please still check in at the locker during gear checkout time. Equipment check-in will be on Saturday after the dives to be determined by your dive supervisors. Reminder – if you are bringing your own BC, regulator, and/or tank, you must provide proof that the gear was either purchased or inspected by an authorized dive center within one year.
Your dive supervisor will be Kate kh1857@nova.edu Please contact her with any questions regarding the trip.
You may only cancel and get refunded for this trip PRIOR TO 12:00 pm on Friday, December 6th. Please contact the Dive Supervisor to let him or her know if you have to cancel the morning of the trip. As always, any additional questions about waitlist or reservations, feel free to reach out to Kate Heffner – kh1857@nova.edu.
Stock number:
DIVE_12_07_24
Price:
$100.00