Northern California Dive and Adventure Travel Expo May 4-5, 2013

April 30, 2013

The Northern California Dive and Adventure Travel Expo returns to Santa Clara on May 4 & 5, 2013. This year’s show features expanded dive skills “Clinics” held on the show floor, a larger kids area with fun and educational experiences for youths ages 8-12, photo and video workshops, and 140 exhibit booths with operators from [...]

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May 13, 2013 NVD Club Meeting – Photojournalist Bruce Watkins

April 25, 2013

Napa Valley Divers is fortunate to have, Bruce Watkins as their guest speaker at the May 13, 2013 monthly club meeting. Bruce Watkins is a photojournalist specializing in marine topics.  He is the author of, “A Diver’s Guide to Monterey County”, “A Diver’s Guide to Northern California” and the newly published “California Abalone Diving”.  Bruce [...]

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Opening Day of Abalone Season

April 3, 2013

Opening day of abalone season, April 1, 2013.  Club members Jon, Stacey and Keith enjoyed near perfect conditions.

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Wallin’s Dive Center Abalone, Spearfishing & Freediving Event March 23, 2013

March 19, 2013

Wallin’s Dive Center in San Mateo First Annual Abalone, Spearfishing & Freediving Event! Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:00am – Noon Event Highlights 9:15am -9:45am Performance Freediving International Seminar taught by Pacific Freedivers.  Win a free riffe wood speargun, (arrive by 9:15 to be entered in the raffle). 10:30am-11am Abalone Diving Tips & Tricks Seminar taught by David [...]

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2013 Spring Line Up of Club Guest Speakers

January 15, 2013

Exciting guest speakers announced for NVD monthly club meetings! February 11, 2013:  Local dive instructor Mitch Evenson will present “Technical Diving”.  Is this for you?  What happens after: open-water, advanced, rescue diver, DiveMaster?  He will be bringing specialized gear for us to examine and introduce members to a new world of diving that most of [...]

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NVD Abalone CampOut October 2012

October 23, 2012

Napa Valley Divers second abalone camp out for 2012 was an incredible success!  The group became small when the weather prediction was for fog, wind, possible rain, and the ocean conditions predicted steep swells and high wind waves.  What the group was blessed with was some breeze, lots of sunshine, a perfect sunset on Saturday [...]

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NVD Monterey Boat Dive 10/6/2012

October 8, 2012

The weather was perfect – sunny skies and warm.  The ocean was calm – averaged 5 ft on 15 seconds.  TWO GREAT DIVES!!  A very fun weekend!

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Napa Valley Divers Meet October 8, 2012

October 2, 2012

The next meeting of the Napa Valley Divers is Monday, October 8, 2012.  You will not want to miss this meeting!  The guest speakers are Kathi Koontz and Pieter Folkens from the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Whale Entanglement Team (W.E.T.). Kathi Koontz is a responder for the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Whale Entanglement Team (W.E.T.), as well [...]

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September 10, 2012 Upcoming Club Activites

September 10, 2012

September 22, 2012:  NVD Movie Night.  A fun evening including a potluck dinner and a movie.  Bring a side dish and a beverage to share.  Plates, cups, silverware, water and napkins will be provided.  Cost:  members – no charge, non members – $5.00.  Please RSVP by Thursday, September 20, 2012, to stacey@napavalleydivers.com .  Address of venue will [...]

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Club Members diving with other club members

August 28, 2012

One of the great advantages of belonging to Napa Valley Divers, is having a list of other members to contact when you want to go diving on short notice.  This was just the case when Ken, Keith and Pam got together on less than 24 hour notice.  The three NVD club members headed to the [...]

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