Adventure Divers

Happy Saturday everyone. We would like to congratulate our newest dive professional - Dustyn McCready-DeBruin. Dustyn is now an SDI Divemaster - first level of Professional Diving. He is our youngest professional here at Adventure Divers. Dustyn is full of great energy and enthusiasm for diving, we are so proud to have him on our dive team. He is also a very talented underwater photographer. Please share the love in congratulating him on this awesome accomplishment. Dustyn is pictured below with his siblings sharing his love of diving.

Hey everyone we made the news. Taylor from Peterborough This Week and My Kawartha interviewed us about the relocation of Highway 7 and the effect it has had on us, our business and our neighbours.Here is the link https://www.mykawartha.com//10265956-hwy-7-realignment-re/

We are back to regular business hours starting tomorrow, November 3rd. Our road is STILL under construction so please use caution. Thank you everyone for your comments and support. It is a very frustrating time for us but we are doing the best we can. I have complained to every government agency out there, no one is listening. Next step is the media.

Adventure Divers CLOSED OCT 26 - NOV 02, 2020 DUE TO Road Construction - https://mailchi.mp//adventure-divers-is-open-for-business-

We are staying POSITIVE I have updated my Activities Board.

There is a small construction road entrance from the new highway which is open to use at your own risk. We have filed complaints with CKL and MTO and hope to have this problem resolved soon. I do apologize for this inconvenience. I encourage you to share your frustrations with us which we will pass along to our City Councillor.

Hi Everyone after a wonderful week off we are back to diving as we wrapped-up our evaluation dives for this season. We want to congratulate three (3) more Open Water Divers. First we would like to congratulate Anna Cooper. She did amazing again facing the challenges of cold and limited visibility. Here is what she had to say: "Hi Sherry and Humberto, Thank you so much for the great experience I had with you. I was quite nervous about diving but had decided it was something I wanted to do and a fear I wanted to get past. You both were so encouraging and supportive. And Humberto was a perfect instructor. Calm, supportive, knowledgeable and also made sure I learned all I needed. I am really looking forward to exploringin some warmer water . "

Finally our last evaluation dives for the season was yesterday with Cody Drumm. Cody completed both his SDI Open Water Diver Course and DrySuit Specialty. Cody is also a student in the Fire Fighter Course at Fleming. Well done Cody, congratulations. Here is a little video of his dive yesterday at Pigeon Lake with his Instructor Humberto Lazcano

Hi Everyone. As you know the access to our dive shop for the past four (4) summers, this summer particularly, has been severely impacted by the reconstruction of Highway 7. We never imagined in our wildest dreams that MTO would up and build a new section of highway in front of our home / business. The old highway where we are located is now a municipal road and it too is under construction. I must caution everyone about the section of road coming down the hill to our driveway. It is NOT safe to drive a small vehicle on it is very muddy and your vehicle will sink right down to the fender. See picture.

Our next new diver is Cole Warner, who is enrolled in the Fire Fighter Course at Fleming. He completed his dives with our newest Instructor James Conolly. Cole was so happy after he finished his dives he can't wait to dive again:)

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SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility Specialty. Congratulations to Heather Pollock, Jeff Chalmers and Malcom Fraser for completing this specialty last night with their instructor Humberto and Divemaster Dustyn. It was magical night as the mist formed over the river during a full harvest moon. Diving at night requires special lighting, learning new hand signals and enhanced safety protocols - but it can be the most peaceful dive you will ever do. Well done divers!!!

Hi Everyone, We have some more new divers to congratulate!!! This past weekend our feature students from my video clip all completed their evaluation dives. It was a challenge of course as the visibility was only 10 feet but hey when you learn to dive here you can dive anywhere:) Congratulations to Jake & Val, Barry, Riley and Shaun. Thank you to their Instructor Humberto Lazcano and Divemaster Quinton Smith.

Meet our newest students who this weekend are completing their evlauation dives.

Congratulations to Linda Elliott and Andrew McCoy for completing their SSI React Right and Diver Stress and Rescue Courses. A Rescue Diver Certification is something to be very proud of. This course teaches divers the skills and knowledge required to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and properly deal with emergency situations encountered by divers. Together with their instructor Humberto Lazcano and Divemaster Taylor Whiteley - Linda and Andrew successfully completed all of the required skills. Photos below are from their course.

Adventure Divers is pleased to introduce our newest SDI Instructor - James Conolly. Many of you already know James as he has been diving with us for the past three years completing his Divemaster last year and now his Instructor's certification this summer. James is a wonderful addition to our teaching staff. James is also a professor at Trent University in the department of Anthropology, Archaeology Centre. James is pictured below with his new divers who certified with him this past weekend. Congratulations James and to our new Open Water Divers Susan, Alexandra and Taylor. Thank you to Dustyn who was Divemaster with our group. Everyone made the drive to Ivy Lea to complete the dives. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Malcolm Fraser who is now an Advanced Diver. Malcom has completed the following full Specialty Courses: Deep Diver Underwater Navigation Computer Nitrox DrySuit Diver... Deep Diver and Navigation are the foundations of Advanced Diving, adding two more specialties and a diver is now proud to say they are a true Advanced Diver. Well done Malcolm. See more

SDI Dry Suit Specialty Diver Congratulations to all our Dry Suit Divers who have certified with Adventure Divers this season. Those divers are : Mike Robbins, Rob Bryan, Jeremy Grass, Jacob Kozak, Justin Tighe, Dustyn McCready-DeBruin and most recently Malcolm Fraser and Rhonda Reeves-Christie - Malcolm, Rhonda and Dustyn are pictured below with Instructor Humberto Lazcano. Why do so many divers make the switch to a dry suit? The main reason is WARMTH. A dry suit keeps you ...dry so you have less heat loss which keeps your warmer than a wetsuit allowing you to extend your dive season from early spring to late fall. We have some adventurous divers who winter dive as well. Adventure Divers carry’s a range of Dry Suits to meet all our diver’s needs. So congratulations again to all our new Dry Suit Specialist Divers. See more

Hi Everyone. The new section of Highway 7 is now open and people are finding it difficult to get to Adventure Divers. Here is a picture that might help with the confusion. Humberto and I are a little frustrated with the ongoing construction but we have been assured it will be done soon.

Meet Alex, Taylor and Cole our newest SDI Open Water Students, featured here with Instructor James Conolly and Divemaster Dustyn McCready-Debruin.

Adventure Divers is pleased to introduce our newest SDI Divemaster Quinton Smith. Quinton started diving with us in 2018. He had a very well laid out plan to complete as much diving as possible and take every course available. He has pretty much done just that. His accomplishments include: Open Water Diver, Advanced, Drysuit, Deep, Rescue and most recently Full Face Mask Specialty. His next step is to become an Instructor. As most of you know, Divemasters are an essentia...l part of our community. Quinton demonstrated this when we were in Gananoque camping and diving at Ivy Lea Campground this past month. Quinton dedicated his whole 10 days to diving daily with our community by guiding new and experienced divers, hauling tanks for fills, leading divers on dives in Brockville and the Rothesay,shipwreck as well as ensuring everyone was looked after above and below the water. That was amazing and I know all our divers really appreciated his efforts. Congratulations Quinton on becoming an SDI / Adventure Divers Dive Professional. We are very proud of you.

Another Family joins the world of diving. Congratulations to Ted & Nancy and their three kids Sarah, Nathan and Ryan who just completed their Open Water Diver Course with our Instructor Andrew Assisting him was Divemaster Quinton Smith.

The Rescue Diver Course is an excellent review of everything you have learned as a certified diver. It makes you a more self reliant diver and trained to assist in an emergency which may save someone's life. Congratulations to our newest SSI Rescue Divers. Axel and Andrena. John, Jess, Rob and Mike. Congratulations divers you must feel very proud of your accomplishment.

Meet our newest Open Water Divers. Stephen, Tara and Candy, Emily and Mackenzie, Eric, Rhonda and Sandy and Jody and Ian. Welcome our world new divers.

Congratulations to our new Advanced Adventure Divers - Laurel, Maureen and Phil. They all completed the introduction to Deep, Night, Navigation, Buoyancy and Computer Diver. Pictured below wither Instructor Humberto and Assistant Instructor James. Well done divers!!

Congratulations to our latest certified SDI Open Water Divers. James and Marty pictured below. Thank you to our dive team James, Quinton and head Instructor Humberto.

Adventure Divers would like to congratulate our newest dive professionals - Taylor Whiteley and Jinna Best. These two ladies are now SDI Divemasters, the first level of professional training. The Divemaster Certification Course takes dedication, patience, leadership and of course lots of scuba training. Jinna and Taylor both have completed all their courses as an Open Water Diver, Advanced Diver, Rescue Diver and Specialty Diver. They have dove in both fresh and salt wate...r, having travelled with Adventure Divers to numerous dive destinations such as Georgian Bay, Thousand Islands, Fiji, Socorro Islands, Bonaire and La Paz, Mexico. Their new role as Divemaster includes organizing and leading recreational dives, assisting with courses , doing refreshers with inactive divers, all while ensuring the safety of the divers diving with them. Divemasters are an essential part of our dive community. Congratulations ladies we are really proud of you!!

A Plastic Pandemic. A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabed. Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution -- adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life -- after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across sea beds. Divers have found Covid waste -- dozens of gloves, masks, and bottles of hand sanitizer -- beneath the waves of the Mediterranean, mixed with the usual litter of disposable cups and aluminum cans. 129 billion facemasks are disposed of every month.

A few pictures or our latest students taking the Open Water Diver Course. We are still training new divers just two at a time. Here is Emily and Mackenzie future Marine Biologists. Well done ladies. Next up your Evaluation Dives.

Here is Quinton also doing the Ocean Reef Full Face Mask Course. He is demonstrating his skills to his instructor Humberto here at our indoor pool.

Hello from Adventure Divers!! Hope everyone is well and enjoying this awesome weather. We have had a few things going on here at our dive centre. Starting with our latest divers trying the Ocean Reef Full Face Masks. Here are a few pictures from their course. Trevor and Rob looking good. This is the perfect course to take during the pandemic :)

Please join Adventure Divers as we congratulate Dr. Kristine Roberts who through her dedication and hard work has achieved the highest level of recreational diving - SDI Master Scuba Diver Certification. Kristine became a certified diver through Adventure Divers in 2015. Over the past five (5) years she completed her Advanced, Rescue and Specialties in Deep, Nitrox, Wreck and most recently Photography. Kristine is bubbly, enthusiastic and a true joy to be around and abov...e all a pleasure to dive with. Well done Kristine, you should be very proud of your accomplishments. Here are some of our favourite photos.

Hey everyone I have the bandanas in stock!!! I have the Red & Black SSI and also Shades of Blue featuring sharks and dolphins supporting Blue Oceans. I did my best to model them for you :)

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Hi everyone! Adventure Divers is well and still on track to re-open when the government gives us the okay. In the meantime you can bring your gear in for service - regulators and tanks. Just call us or email to set up a time to meet Pepe in the driveway - the store is closed. We will get your gear done and back to you in time for diving this season. We look forward to seeing everyone soon. Thank you for all your support it is greatly appreciated. Here are a few pictures from our last course on March 1st - Rescue with Instructors Humberto and Andrew - divers - John, Jess, Rob and Mike. They will finish their course this summer.

Hello Diving Community and Friends. Adventure Divers is well and looking forward to the summer season. To do our part in helping to reduce the spread of covid-19 we are officially closing our retail store effective today, Friday, March 20 until Tuesday, April 07, 2020. We are taking appointments on an individual basis - practicing all the social distancing and cleaning measures. If you need to see us please call and we will meet with you. 705 740 9990. If you have a course scheduled in the next two weeks we will contact you to discuss options. As a small business this is a tough choice for us but as all of you know we need the world to get better before we can move forward. Stay safe and well everyone! Sherry & Humberto

Bula!! Welcome to our photos from our most recent trip to the beautiful islands of Fiji. We were a group of 24 adventures who embraced Fijian culture and hospitality and of course the diving and snorkelling. We celebrated mile stones in diving, birthdays and anniversaries. We drank Kava, enjoyed a great foot massage and even dove with some friendly giant Tiger Sharks. Amazing is how all of this trip was. We started our journey in Los Angeles and finally making it to Beqa Island, Fiji. The staff and dive team were awesome, fantastic meals and beautifully decorated Bures (rooms). Filo land Joseph and all the staff thank you so much. Thank you to everyone that joined us and we look forward to going back to Fiji in the future. Vin aka.

Congratulations to Craig Allison, Quinton Smith, Jinna Best and Gilles Beaulieu for achieving the certification level of Master Scuba Diver, in 2019 This recognition certification is awarded to divers who completed all of the following recreational diving courses: Open Water, Advanced including deep and navigation specialties, Rescue Diver and logged minimum 60 dives. This is the highest level a recreational diver can achieve. Adventure Divers is very proud of all of you. Well done!

Happy Holidays from Adventure Divers - https://mailchi.mp/a2040bb95654/37fm1ueljf-3500981 Notice of Store Holiday Closure Dec 24 - Jan 6, 2020

Congratulations to our latest group of students who completed their SDI Confined Open Water Training with Adventure Divers. Instructor Andrew worked with students, George, Steve and Mark training them for their four Evaluation Dives coming up in the new year.

It is with a heavy heart that I share with our diving community the passing of one of our divers and friend. On Sunday, December 8, 2019 Christina Collins-Grylicki lost her hard fought battle with cancer. With her family close by she passed in her sleep Sunday morning at PRHC. Chris was a daughter, sister, wife, mom, grandmother, friend and dive buddy. She loved life and enjoyed every moment above and below the water. Humberto and I met Chris, as she preferred to be calle...d together with her husband Steve and son Tyler in 2012. when they signed up for scuba lessons with us. It didn’t take me long to recognize that Chris had a very fiery personality but an even bigger, generous heart. After getting certified Steve and Chris got the travel bug and joined us on numerous diving adventures. It was always a pleasure to have them join us and never a dull moment when Chris was around. She shared her opinion to the resort / dive management whether they liked it or not and yet in the same moment she would give the clothes off her back to those that needed them She was a very unique person. I feel honoured to have known Chris and call her my friend. Her family are honouring her wishes, she will be cremated and her urn buried at sea in a unique underwater cemetery, located just off the coast of Florida . She did not want a funeral or celebration of life, but to be remembered by the way she touched your life. You will be missed my friend but never forgotten. We love you, may you now rest in peace.

Wow what a fantastic week aboard the Aqua Cat Liveabaord. The trip was seven (7) nights cruising and diving the Exuma Cays of the Bahamas. Captain Manny and his crew were awesome. The food, accommodations and of course the diving was excellent with sharks, turtles and rays on every dive. We can't forget the adventures on land with Captain James of the Sea Dog - feeding the pigs, iguanas, visiting Boo Boo Hill and that awesome sunset cruise. We had a wonderful time with all our divers the crew loved our group and can't wait to have us back onboard again in the future.

Only four (4) spots left for our Bonaire trip for April 2020. Don't miss out on this great dive trip.

The beautiful Hilma Hooker ship wreck in Bonaire.

Bonaire Dive Trip April 2020 - https://mailchi.mp/749fd4cf86aa/bonaire-dive-trip-april-2020

Adventure Divers spent a week at Sunset House Resort for Divers on Grand Cayman. We had a great week of diving and exploring the island. The weather was awesome and the water temperature ridiculously warm - not complaining. We were a group of 16 divers and snorkelers. Humberto our head instructor certified four new Full Face Mask Specialty Divers - John, Josee, Jess and Mike. As well three Deep Diver Specialty Divers - John, Jess and Mike plus Marilyn who completed her Advanced Adventure Diver course. Our diving highlights included the famous Kittiwake shipwreck, Sting Rays, swim throughs and the north wall. The dive team was amazing and Emma and Kim from the resort were excellent at helping us organize our group. Thank you to everyone who came with us and the those that helped us make this trip another amazing dive trip.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. Our store will be closed for the holiday weekend from Friday - Monday.

On October 6th Volunteers from our diving community joined together to help support global efforts in cleaning up our Rivers, Lakes and Oceans. Together both in the water and on shore we gathered up 260 lbs/ 120 kg of trash. We are so proud of our community and thank everyone who came out to support this cause. Thank you to our sponsors: Tim Hortons on Water Street North for the hot coffee. The Douro Dummer Landfill site who didn't charge us dumping fees. Our Scuba Industry Suppliers for their donations of prizes- ScubaPro, Henderson, Waterproof, SeaLife, AquaLung and Adventure Divers. Following our clean-up we had a great potluck and social time together.

This past weekend we finished the last group for Open Water Evaluations. Congratulations to our newest divers - Linda H, Angela L, Derek H and Nathalie H. It was a very cool fall day but everyone passed. Thank you to Instructor Humberto Lazcano and Divemaster Dave Heaman for keeping all the divers safe.

Full Face Mask Clinic happened today at Adventure Divers. Josee flew all the way from Vancouver just to do the clinic - thank you Josee. Steve came all the way from Peterborough - little shorter commute. They did great!! Clinic was with Instructor Humberto Lazcano and the masks are all Ocean Reef brand.

Congratulations to our newest SDI Rescue Divers. Dustyn, Craig and Julie, who completed all their training last week. Well done!! This course is a combination of O2 Provider, CPR, First Aid and unique in water skills. It is a refresher of all the training divers have done to date. It makes you a much more "Self Reliant" Diver. Here are a couple of pictures from the training session in our pool.

A few pictures from our last trip in August to dive the St. Lawrence River.

A few pictures from our weekend in August at Ivy Lea Campground. Enjoying some shore dives on the St. Lawrence River. Reuniting with dive friends and making new ones. Completing training or just refreshing our dive skills.

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Hi Everyone I had to change the date for our Clean-Up Dive and Pig Roast. It is now set for Sunday Oct 6th.

Four more students learning to dive. This group worked with our Instructor Alice in July. Here are a few pictures from their SDI Open Water Diver Course. Well done Ana, Jay, Kelli and Joe.

Congratulations to three lovely ladies - Heidi, Ronda and Laurel who are now certified divers. Welcome to a whole new world ladies. Thank you to their Instructor Alice and Divemaster in Training Taylor and to our boat Captain Humberto.

Just a few more pictures from our July Ivy Lea Dive event.

We even had a nice surprise visit from John Allen who dropped by for a dive with Dave Heaman.

During the month of July we had lots of divers and staff diving and training at Ivy Lea Campground St. Lawrence River shore dive site. Congratulations to our newly certified Advanced Adventure Divers - Robert B, Mike R, Andrew M and Dustyn MD. Our newest Open Water Divers Leanne E, Timur A, John K and Nina M. We had new divers come out with our Divemasters to practise skills and get more comfortable in the water. Thank you to Ann, Sam & Abby, Alex and Courtney, Kate and Evan, Richard and Stephen for coming to Ivy Lea for the first time. The water was warm and clear and everyone had a great time. Thank you to all our staff - Alice, Kathy, Dave H, Lucas, Dave W - Divemasters in Training Piotr, James and Taylor for helping out.

Adventure Divers awarded as the first Ocean Reef "Experience Center" in Canada.

Yesterday two more divers completed the Full face Mask Clinic - Pool & Classroom with instructor Humberto Lazcano. This clinic is designed to teach divers the benefits, care & maintenance and proper handling and techniques for diving with this mask. Congratulations to Les and Nigel who finished the clinic and are now diving with the Ocean Reef G Diver Integrated Dive Mask. Here are a few pictures from their session.

June 23rd and 24th we had four divers complete the Rescue Diver course! The Rescue Diver course includes CPR, First Aid and Oxygen administration. Divers learn about various emergency situations and how to respond effectively. There is an online component, classroom review, and pool practice, followed by open water evaluations. " The skills I learned during this course are absolutely invaluable. I feel I am a more confident diver and am prepared for any situation that may a...rise. I am comfortable being able to identify and react to dive related illness and emergency situations. This has been by far my favourite specialty course. If you've been considering taking this course, don't hesitate to sign up today! " - Taylor Whiteley Our next Rescue Diver course takes place September 21st and 22nd. Call us today for more information.

Finally the weather and water have settled down allowing us to start our local Evaluation Dives and our Boat Dives. This past week and weekend we certified nine (9) new divers. Congratulations to Ross & Sydney, then group two Malcolm, Heather, Ron and Bryce, then group three Tom, Mark and Nick. Well done everyone!! The visibility gradually got better as the week went on which is a big bonus. Some pictures of group two.

WORLD OCEAN DAY IS THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH! World Ocean Day is a global celebration, celebrating our Oceans. Adventure Divers has made a financial donation to support the cleaning up of our beautiful Oceans, Rivers and Lakes. No matter how you participate you'll feel good knowing you are spreading Ocean conservation awareness around the world. Adventure Divers' Clean-Up Day is scheduled for Sunday, September 29th come out and join our event.

Meet our newest group of students who just finished the Open Water Diver Course - Confined Water component. Meet Ross & Sydney, Scott, Jacob and Jeremy. Well done students. Next step is the Evaluation Dives. Thank you to Instructor Alice, Humberto and Divemaster Lucas for all their hard work.