Shipwreck X 2007, April 22-27 (With John Chatterton, Cris Kohl & more!)

[Superior Scuba]

If you're a die hard Wreck, Deep, Cave or even a serious recreational diver, we've got the trip for you.  Advance your dive training and experience at "Shipwreck X 2007", dive with and learn from divers like John Chatterton (Deep Sea Detectives), or Cris Kohl (Great Lakes Diving Guide) and more!  You'll be hunting for shipwrecks while learning how to use the hight tech equipment needed for exploration (ROV's, Side Scan Sonar, etc.).

Read on to find out more, then contact Jay at Superior Scuba Center to make it happen.  We're at our new temporary location but you can contact us at (866) 443-DIVE or (218) 590-DIVE to sign up for "Shipwreck X 2007".

Your Invitation
Join us April 22-27, 2007, for a week dedicated to shipwreck exploration
in the Dominican Republic, at Pirates Cove. The purpose of this program is to offer divers of all skill and certification levels a chance to improve your dive skills, meet world-class wreck divers, explore new ideas, have some fun, and get their hands on some high-tech hardware.
Every day you will have the option of diving on one of the 6 boats we have heading out to different locations. You can dive with our experts, search for wrecks, explore a cave, take a class, sit in on a workshop, or just enjoy the beautiful weather on the beach. It is up to you. In the evening, we will have presentations that we hope will enlighten and inspire you.

Pirate’s Cove Dive Center
John Mattera is the owner of Pirate’s Cove and he has worked hard to make his place one of the best equipped tech shops in the world! Gases, cylinders, absorbent, you name it and they have it. As for the diving, the DR has beautiful, warm, Caribbean waters, great visibility, shipwrecks and some of the best cave diving in the world!

Hardware
We are bringing in everything we need to find and explore shipwrecks and will actually be looking for new targets to dive. All this takes place in the area where Pirates Cove has legally obtained salvage rights from the government of the Dominican Republic.
We have: Sidescan Sonar
Magnetometer
Video Ray ROV
HD Video & Still cameras

Instruction
We are sponsored by the world leader in technical dive training; TDI. We will be supporting a number of instructors (Including Jay Hanson of Superior Scuba Center) who are bringing
their students to the event, as well as referring interested students. This is wonderful environment for students to take courses in Nitrox, Cave, Wreck, Decompression, Trimix, and even Rebreathers.

Workshops
We are offering a variety of interactive workshops. These are opportunities
for attendees to find out what the experts know, and then take that knowledge directly into the water. This is what we have:

Still Photography for Wrecks – We have two of the worlds best wreck still photographers, Leigh Bishop from the UK and Cris Kohl from the Great Lakes. They must know something?

HD Video on Shipwrecks – Evan Kovacs has worked for TV and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He will explain how to get the tough shots and will even bring some cutting edge hardware from WHOI.

ROV – Video Ray makes a small user friendly ROV that is currently
in use all over the world. The US Navy has 40 of these things! This workshop will show how it works and what it can do.

Sidescan Sonar & Magnetometer – Klein makes the worlds best sidescan sonar! There is no better way to learn how to use sidescan and magnetometers than to get them in the water. That’s what we intend to do.

Presentations
The days will be full of workshops and diving, but at night you
can sit back, relax, and enjoy presentations by some of the
world’s most successful wreck explorers!

Sir Robert Marx – Nobody has written more books about treasure, or found more treasure, than Bob Marx. We can’t wait to fi nd out
what he knows about Hispañola!!!

John Chatterton – The former Deep Sea Detective and Shadow
Diver will talk about his current projects as well as what is happening at 20th Century Fox!

Leigh Bishop – Lusitania, Britannic, etc, etc, etc. Leigh likes liners, the English Channel, and taking pictures.

Cris Kohl – What is wreck diving like when the wrecks are perfectly preserved, as in the Great Lakes? The author tells all.

Evan Kovacs – Regardless of whether he is shooting for Deep
Sea Detectives, Digging for the Truth, or in Alvin, how did this guy
get his job?

Price: Participant $1,995.00, non-diver $1000.00
Rate includes pickup at the airport in Santo Domingo, hotel accommodations (dbl occupancy), all transfers, meals at Pirates
Cove, unlimited diving, cylinders, weights, air fills, and adventure. Rate does not include airfare to Santo Domingo, certification
classes or instructor fees, gas fills (other than air), rebreather
absorbent, alcoholic beverages, excursions to Santo Domingo, and/or child care.

There is a $500 non-refundable deposit. Prices are subject to
change without notice unless deposited.