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DELAWARE WRECK DIVES
Dive Boat - "To Dive For"
Captain Dan Simancek
Captain Gerry McDonald

DATES TBA
PRICE TBA

Discover Local Diving!!
Think the Quarries are the only place to dive locally? Right here, off the Maryland and Delaware coast are hundreds of shipwrecks. Join us on the dive boat "To Dive For", a 31 ft Trojan, 6-pack boat that leaves from the South Shore Marina. Diving in the North Atlantic can bring with it many surprises. The shipwrecks are teeming with all types of marine life. You may see stingrays, sea turtles, schools of amberjacks, spadefish, triggerfish, sharks, dolphins, and an occasional ocean sunfish. Like fresh seafood? Underwater hunters will find flounder, lobster, tautog, black sea bass, and mussels in abundance. For the artifact hunter, you never know what each season will turn up. So, if you are looking for a local adventure, sign up for an O.C. dive. Each trip out will include a Divers Den Divemaster to assist you with your needs. Whether you are an old salt, or a newbie, Ocean City has something for everyone and a uniqueness of its own.

OYSTER DIVES
Contact us for availability

NORTH CAROLINA
Dive Boat "Diver Down"
Captain Bobby Cox
June 12-14/09 - 6 SPOTS AVAILABLE
Aug 14-16/09 - 6 SPOTS AVAILABLE
PRICE $120 per day + food and lodging

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OCEAN CITY WEATHER
Check out the weather in Ocean City, MD. by clicking on our link to the NOAA weather site:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/MDZ024
.php?warncounty=MDC047&city=Ocean+City

Have You Seen Me?
Divers, Your help is needed!
'Lionfish' are native to the sub-tropical and tropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea. Since August 2000, lionfish have been reported in increasing numbers along the Atlantic Coast of the United States from Florida to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Juvenile lionfish have also been found off Long Island, New York and Bermuda. NOAA is interested in any information concerning the location of lionfish in Atlantic and Caribbean Waters.
Please report any lionfish sighting to Paula Whitfield at the NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, (252)728-8714 or email
paula.whitfield@noaa.gov
Any other information regarding the number of lionfish, depth, latitude, and longitude, or behavioral observations such as feeding and courtship behavior are also welcome.
HABITAT: Lionfish have been found in water depths from 85 to 260 ft on hard bottom, coral reefs and artificial substrate, sometimes found under ledges and hiding in crevices.
IDENTIFICATION: Lionfish have distinctive red, maroon, and white stripes; fleshy tentacles above eyes and below mouth; fan-like pectoral fins; long separated dorsal spines; dorsal spines 13; dorsal soft rays 10-11; anal spines 3; anal soft rays 6-7. An adult lionfish can grow as large as 18 inches while juveniles may be as small as 1 inch or less.
Special Precautions: All of the spines on a lionfish are venomous! This fish can give a painful, venomous sting with its dorsal, anal and pelvic spines.
For more information and to print out additional flyers go to:
http://shrimp.ccfhrb.noaa.gov/lionfish/lionfish.html