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Welcome to the Pacific Explorers Dive Club. We are an energetic group of individuals dedicated to the sport of recreational scuba diving in Southern California.
Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at Denny's Restaurant in Canoga Park (corner of Topanga Cyn & Roscoe Blvd). Social time starts at 6:30pm and the general meeting at 7:00pm.
JULY 2010 GUEST SPEAKER
Our Guest Speaker for the month is James Valenzuela
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to do more than just sightsee underwater? There are some extremely interesting careers in commercial diving that have attracted the heartiest of divers since long before the advent of recreational diving. Everything from simple ship bottom cleaning to boat repairs to bridge and pylon surveys and repair to bridge surveys and repair to oil rig manufacture, operations and maintenance to full on treasure hunting are just a few of the interesting and amazing activities in which commercial divers regularly are engaged.
James Valenzuela, owner of Ye Ol’ Dive Shop in Simi Valley , is an experienced commercial diver, former military special operations diver and medic, and has taught commercial diving at Santa Barbara Community College . James will be talking about his experiences in commercial diving, including “hard hat diving” and information regarding uses of side-scan sonar in underwater commercial applications.
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