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Free Discover SCUBA 10:00 am to noon on Saturday

Why Discover Scuba Diving?
The Discover Scuba Diving program lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of a Professional in a swimming pool.

What do I need to start?

  • A sense of adventure
  • A Swimsuit
  • A Towel

What will I do?
When you participate in a Discover Scuba Diving program, you discover excitement and adventure - freedom and serenity. Nothing compares to the "weightless" exhilaration of breathing underwater. Only a diver knows the feeling!

How long will it take?
Get ready to dive today. Whether you watch the short Discover Scuba video, or are briefed with the Discover Scuba Diving Flip Chart, you'll enter the water quickly and ready for your scuba adventure.

•Sign-up Sheet (pdf)

Discover rebreathers 11:30am to 2:00 pm

For the third year in a row the GLSPS will be sponsoring a Discover Rebreather Seminar as a part of the DIVE INTO THE PAST show in St. Paul Minnesota.

The seminar will be held in the AmericInn Hotel pool from noon to 2:00 pm, with required classroom at 11:30 am.

The workshop fee covers rebreather use, gases, scrubber material and handouts. The workshop requires a basic scuba certification and participants should bring a swimsuit, mask, fins and weight belt. The workshop will provide a basic introduction to closed circuit rebreather technology, discuss rebreather theory, present differences between closed and open circuit diving and explain the features of popular rebreather units on the market today. The workshop will include hands-on participation with bubble-free diving in the hotel pool (onsite, indoor, heated).

Participants will be allowed to sample from 13 different models of rebreathers:

  • Frog
  • KISS Classic
  • KISS Sport
  • COPIS Megalodon
  • APECS Megalodon
  • Inspiration
  • Evolution
  • rEvo
  • Sentinel
  • Ouroborus
  • Optima
  • Poseidon
  • Discovery
  • the brand new Apocalypse

This is the perfect chance for the rebreather-curious to try out this next frontier of diving technology. It is a great opportunity for those with a basic knowledge of rebreathers to compare and contrast design and performance components. Additionally, this is the perfect chance to meet and ask questions of many of this area's local rebreather instructors.

This is the largest assortment of rebreather types that I have ever seen in one place at one time.

If you have ever wondered about bubble-free diving, this is the best opportunity that I have seen.

The cost for the seminar is $75 and attendees’ must register in advance.
To register, or with questions contact Bob Olson at bolson@glsps.org or call 651-303-4114

•Sign-up Sheet (pdf)

Mooring a Shipwreck 101

This year for the first time, and by popular demand, the GLSPS will be offering a basic overview of what is involved in making a mooring to be placed on a shipwreck.

The class will show you the different parts of a mooring from the anchor to the tag line.

We will discuss how we arrived at the way we do our moorings and some of the other options.

This will be a hands on workshop that will also teach you how to splice a line.
Because it is hands on the class will be limited to 10 people so we can give you individual attention.

  • If we have more than 10 we will simply add another class.
  • We will meet in the classroom at 1:00 pm
  • The Cost of this exception class in only $10
  • Pre Registration is needed so we can plan on materials

To register or for more information contact

Bob Olson at bolson@glsps.org or call 651-303-4114