Ever want to try scuba!  Discover what it's like to going beneath the waves

Dive On It Scuba will be hosting the annual Try Scuba event at Boston Sea Rovers again this year.   

Space for these events is limited and is first-come, first-served.

Registration at https://diveonit.square.site/tryscubasearovers

Scouts Oceanography Merit Badge

Sunday March 16, 2025 9:30 – 1PM

Merit Badge Councilors

Mark Fregeau PhD.

Woody Tinsley

Scouts should bring Blue Cards and printed out copy of Oceanography Merit Badge Workbook

Schedule:

9:30AM – 1PM:   Merit Badge Activities – Newburyport Room on 2^ndfloor of Hotel

Questions? Email Mark Fregeau

Register (where you purchase tickets under BSR Sponsored Workshops)

A shark, a fish and a turtle are just a few of the unique origami designs presented by world-renowned origami artist Michael G. LaFosse &  Richard Alexander at this workshop.  People of all ages and any level of skill will enjoy crafting these eye-catching origami models.

Includes Origami Aquarium Kit for the participants use and keep, with many projects beyond what will be made during class.

A key factor for the safety of diving operations is correct risk assessment. This workshop focuses on identifying, mitigating, and managing risks derived from divers’ actions and interactions with the environment. Most of the diving mishaps originated not from a single step but rather from a chain of interconnected events. Interrupting even one of such events prevents escalating the problems. A good knowledge of the potential environmental hazards is also needed to develop a safe and proficient diving plan. Finally, the components of the diving team should be carefully chosen to create a synergic interaction that enhances the team's efficiency. At the end of the workshop, you will have learned:•    How to identify and manage realistic risks associated with diving operations.•    How to critically analyze diving problems and learn from them.•    How to enhance diving team safety and proficiency.•    How to develop a sound and safe diving plan.

Attendance will include a signed copy of my book “Risk Management for Diving Operations” (a value of $39.00).

The PADI Member Forum 2025 is packed with the most up-to-date information on risk management, training, marketing, new programs and products. It is not only an interesting meeting, but you will also find inspiration for your lessons.  It will be hosted by the regional manager Josh Childress your PADI team. This is also the time to ask your questions and connect with us live again.   The registration for the PADI Member Forum is free of charge.

In this workshop, Tec will present the top ten mistakes that divers make. As a dive training agency director and a forensic dive accident investigator, he has seen the unfortunate outcomes of these mistakes. The consequences range from dropping out of the sport, all the way to serious injuries or even death. This workshop will present a selection of mistakes. Tec has seen divers make over his 27-year career as a diving professional, and these are errors that he stresses to his students not to do. Some of the items you may think are cliché’d or something you do not do wrong – but keep reading. He will teach you how to avoid these mistakes and even improve in areas that you may not think you are doing wrong. He will go into detail in each area, bringing unconventional wisdom and rationale into each lesson to prevent these mistakes from occurring.

Tec Clark has held elite positions in the dive industry including managing director of the University of Florida’s Academic Diving Program and national director of the YMCA Scuba Program. He holds over 40 professional certifications with over 15 dive training agencies. He has also been a police officer, dive rescue team member, and forensic dive accident investigator. He has appeared as a diving expert on A&E, The Learning Channel, and Outdoor Life Network. Clark was captain of the U.S. freediving team and founder of Reef Ministries. He is the associate director for scuba diving at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

This  half-day workshop covers the most pressing legal issues in our industry, including areas such as waivers/releases, professional liability insurance, and more.  This will be an amazing workshop for diving professionals and up and coming dive pro’s alike.

Tec Clark has held elite positions in the dive industry including managing director of the University of Florida’s Academic Diving Program and national director of the YMCA Scuba Program. He holds over 40 professional certifications with over 15 dive training agencies. He has also been a police officer, dive rescue team member, and forensic dive accident investigator. He has appeared as a diving expert on A&E, The Learning Channel, and Outdoor Life Network. Clark was captain of the U.S. freediving team and founder of Reef Ministries. He is the associate director for scuba diving at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

NAUI Workshop Series Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium

“NAUI Member Update”

Member updates are one of the most popular events to attend at trade shows worldwide.

Hear the latest news directly from the NAUI world headquarters staff. Learn what is on the

horizon for the organization and you as a NAUI member.

The update will address topics such as:

• Review of 2024 activities

• What’s coming in 2025

• 2025 Standards & Policies changes

• Opportunity to meet fellow NAUI Members

Location:

71st Boston Sea Rovers 2025 International Symposium

Danvers, MA - Doubletree Hotel

 Date / Time:

Saturday March 15th – 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Speakers:

Angelo Fiore – NAUI Vice President of Global Sales

David Caldwell – NAUI Worldwide Northeast Regional Manager / Northern Atlantic Dive

Expeditions, Inc.

NAUI Workshop Series open to all Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium participants

available at no cost or registration unless otherwise stated.

NAUI Workshop Series Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium

“Recreational Dive Safety”

Explore recreational dive safety by analyzing leading triggers from DAN's accident research and offering actionable safety tips. It debunks common diving myths, highlights typical diving goals, and provides practical guidance to help divers prepare effectively and safely achieve their aspirations while enhancing overall diving safety and awareness.

Location:

71^st Boston Sea Rovers 2025 International Symposium

Danvers, MA - Doubletree Hotel

Date / Time:

Saturday March 15^th - 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Instructor:

Heison Chak – NAUI Course Director / Technical Instructor Examiner / CCR Instructor

Heison Chak has been diving since 2002, he enjoys wreck diving in The Great Lakes and navigating the time capsules concealed within Florida's submerged caves. His dedication to the diving community extends to providing fundamental training for individuals aspiring to venture into technical and cave diving.

He was a valued member of the 2023 NAUI Technical Subcommittee. Currently serving as the President of Ontario Underwater Council and Standards Trustee for GUE. He contributes to the growth of the diving community by channeling his efforts into shaping the next generation of leaders through his involvement with NAUI and DAN instructor training programs to nurture the skills and leadership quality of aspiring divers."

NAUI Workshop Series open to all Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium participants available at no cost or registration unless otherwise stated.

NAUI Workshop Series Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium

“Keeping Comfortable in Drysuits with Relief Options”

When it comes to maintaining comfort with thermal protection when diving we have two options, either diving wet or dry. One question that often arises for wetsuit diving is do you relieve yourself or not in the suit? Some do, some don’t. Yet when using a drysuit this question becomes a little more complicated as it’s not as simple as “do you” or “don’t you”.

This workshop will discuss relief options that are available for both women and men when diving in drysuits and to some extent, wetsuits. Whether keeping it simple with absorbent diapers or more involved solutions with bulkhead urination valves, such as the She-P for women or external catheters for men. The use of these devices can present interesting questions and highlight misconceptions in instances when people are simply afraid to ask.

Join us for a full disclosure workshop on “Keeping Comfortable in Drysuits with Relief Options” for both women and men.

Location:

71st Boston Sea Rovers 2025 International Symposium

Danvers, MA - Doubletree Hotel

Date / Time:

Saturday March 15^th - 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Instructor:

David Caldwell – NAUI Worldwide / Northern Atlantic Dive Expeditions, Inc.

David Caldwell is the co-founder of Northern Atlantic Dive Expeditions, Inc. with Heather Knowles. They operate their dive charter boat, Gauntlet, with a focus on shipwreck diving and exploration. Both are technical diving instructors and fellows of the Explorer’s Club. Heather and Dave have had the privilege of exploring some of the world’s notable shipwrecks off the East Coast U.S. as well as shipwrecks in Canada, the Mediterranean and the South China Sea. In addition, they have made shipwreck discoveries in their local waters, including the USS Nezinscot, among others, and have collaborated on research projects with NOAA in support of exploration in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

NAUI Workshop Series open to all Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium participants available at no cost or registration unless otherwise stated.  

The Avelo System, invented by Aviad Cahana, is revolutionizing scuba diving with its groundbreaking approach to buoyancy control. By integrating a Hydrotank and Jetpack, this lightweight system replaces traditional buoyancy compensation devices (BCDs) with a flexible bladder that uses water for buoyancy adjustments. Unlike conventional setups, the Avelo System ensures consistent buoyancy at any depth, reducing the diver’s physical and mental workload. This innovation creates a safer, lighter, and more enjoyable diving experience, backed by data proving its efficiency in enhancing dive time and overall performance.

NAUI Workshop Series open to all Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium participants available at no cost or registration unless otherwise stated.  

    Brian V

Brian A. Verkaart is an electromechanical engineering visionary and the Chief Technology Officer at Avelo Labs. Under his leadership, Avelo has pioneered transformative scuba innovations, including advanced buoyancy control systems that enhance accessibility, safety, and the overall diving experience for both recreational and professional divers.

With over 20 years of multidisciplinary expertise spanning aerospace engineering, biomedical R&D, and electromechanical systems, Brian brings a unique fusion of technical mastery and creative problem-solving to the scuba industry. His dedication to redefining dive technology positions him as a key thought leader shaping the future of underwater exploration.

NAUI Workshop Series Boston Sea Rovers International Symposium

“Full-Face Masks Workshop Experience”

Lecture & In-water Pool Demo

The use of Full-Face Masks (FFM) has evolved overtime from the commercial dive industry to public safety and has become more common in recreational diving with the advances of comfort, ease of use, and the expansion of FFM product offerings.

The FFM workshop will include a lecture / in-water pool demo and will provide divers the opportunity to obtain FFM product knowledge, such as history of FFM diving, applications both recreational, commercial, and public-safety, FFM features and benefits of various manufactures units. Also discussed will be U/W communications equipment options such as practical applications for the recreational diver and for the professional educator.

Following the FFM workshop experience lecture, participants will have the opportunity to conduct a demo pool dive with some of the leading FFM manufacturer units that are available to divers.

Workshop Cost:

$50.00 -  Full-Face Mask Workshop Experience & Registration Fee included.

Registration Required:

NAUI Worldwide - Fareharbor 

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Location:

71st Boston Sea Rovers 2025 International Symposium

Danvers, MA - Doubletree Hotel

Date / Times:

FFM Lecture - Saturday March 15th - 4:00-6:00pm

FFM Demo Dive - Sunday March 16th - 8:00am – 12:00pm

Instructors:

Mark Criasia – Massachusetts Association of Independent Scuba Instructors (MAISI)

Dean Julian – Guardian Dive Group

Andy Olday - NAUI Worldwide & Ocean Reef

Kirk Sencion – DIVE KS

In-water Pool Demo / Equipment:

Participants will need to bring their scuba equipment arranged for the pool demo. All full-face masks will be fitted to diver’s regulator so that they can experience FFM while diving their own equipment. If necessary, arrangements can be made for divers who are not able to provide all the necessary equipment, i.e. tank, weights, etc. (Upon request only)

Questions regarding the Full-Face Mask Experience can be emailed to dcaldwell@naui.org  

Instructor Bios:

Mark Criasia – Massachusetts Association of Independent Scuba Instructors (MAISI)

His first certification was with NAUI as a scuba diver in 1972.  Although most of his diving was confined to Cape Cod and Lake Winnipesaukee, he dove regularly until 1985.  When the “nest” emptied, I re-certified many years ago with NAUI.  Since then, he has come up through the ranks, becoming a NAUI Lifetime Instructor in 2012 and a NAUI Course Director in 2019.  In 2014 he joined forces with other NAUI Instructors to form The Massachusetts Association of Independent Scuba Instructors.  In 2023 he opened M.A.I.S.I. Scuba, a full-service dive shop in Milford Massachusetts.  He sponsors scuba diving trips across the New England coastline and in the Caribbean.  As a retired police officer, he has spent much of his time promoting the sport of scuba diving.  He is a certified NAUI/DAN Safety Instructor and holds certifications in Mixed Gas Blending, Full Face Mask diving, Drysuit, Coastal Navigation and Boating & Seamanship.  He is also a graduate of Hall’s Institute as a Master Scuba Equipment Repair Technician.  He holds an Associate, Bachelors, and Masters college degrees.  Mark played a key role in the development of the NAUI Northeast Training Conference in 2023.  Mark continues to be an industry leader by attending local scuba shows and national DEMA shows every year.  He is always available to help at the NAUI booths.

Dean Julian – Guardian Dive Group

Dean Julien is a seasoned firefighter, public safety diver, and NAUI SCUBA instructor with 26 years of experience in public safety. Diving since the age of 13, he has built a career focused on emergency response and management. In addition to his fieldwork, he holds a master's degree in Homeland Security Studies and serves as a graduate school professor, educating the next generation of public safety professionals. His unique blend of hands-on experience, academic expertise, and commitment to community service make him a respected professional in the fields of public safety, diving, and homeland security.

Andy Olday – NAUI Worldwide & Ocean Reef

Andy started diving in 1994 after a trip to the Florida Keys. Andy was on a 2-week vacation from the UK and decided to stay and change his career when he found a passion for scuba diving. Andy started working in the diving industry and become an instructor in 1997.  Preceding a two-year period managing a dive center in the Pacific Northwest, Andy returned to Florida in 2000 and continued teaching diving which led to managing an instruction program for one of the world's largest dive retailers.  Andy became Florida's Regional Representative for NAUI in 2015, and a NAUI Course Director in 2018. Andy manages his own company, Nekton Dive LLC offering services to ultra-marathon swimmers, paddlers, and adventures across open bodies of water.   Andy has been a cheerleader of Full-Face Mask and U/W communications diving for many years and an employee, trainer and Representative of Ocean Reef since 2020.

Kirk Sencion - DIVE KS

Kirk Sencion, the visionary behind DiVE KS, a full-service boutique dive center in Beverly, MA, has been diving since 1998 and inspiring divers shortly after becoming a PADI professional diver in 2006. His deep passion for the underwater world ignited a lifelong dedication to diving, culminating in the founding of DiVE KS in 2014, where the footprint for exceptional training, expertise, personalized instruction, and a commitment to excellence define the experience!

Renowned for his meticulous, enthusiastic, and engaging teaching style, Kirk has traveled the globe, sharing his expertise with students and other professionals ‘top-side’, and in diverse underwater environments. Whether leading group classes or offering exclusive private instruction, he embarks on the same voyage—to make your diving dreams a reality!

Under Kirk’s leadership, DiVE KS has become a trusted name in the diving community. In addition to being an FFM Specialty Instructor, he is proud to be an authorized Full-Face Mask, Underwater Communications Systems dealer, and Service Center for Ocean Reef.

We invite you to explore one of the most popular full-face masks on the market, ‘top-side’ and underwater! As Kirk always says, you step in, take a breath, and your life changes forever!™️

Tom Easop has spent a lifetime photographing the underwater world. From this experience, he has developed Core Concepts and Cardinal Rules to optimize underwater image making. Using these concepts and rules led to unique, optimized practices, techniques and workflows. In this workshop I will teach you my concepts and rules as well as the resulting “hands-on” skills you can immediately put into practice. Organized chronologically before, during, and after a dive trip the topics include:    What to prioritize in your equipment budget    Preparing your equipment for travel and use    Best practices before and after the dive    Speed light vs. continuous light, tripods, backscatter tactics    White point(s)    Focus tactics – not wasting depth of field    Automatic vs. manual exposure tactics    Recognizing your luck, learning from ‘mistakes’    Making ‘mistakes’, making your own ‘luck’    Combining techniques    Safe capture storage    File types, Pixel Geography, color space & ‘The Color Dimension’    Lightroom vs. Photoshop, and other applications for post-processing    Combining digital tools    HDR, image masking    HRLA USM, sharpening    Non destructive workflow    Cataloguing images & session folders    Plus planning, testing, and practicingThis is by far the most valuable workshop I have ever developed, imparting the most important information I’ve learned through photography and retouching schools, shooting and print making workshops, research, underwater camera building, and most of all – 45 years of experience of underwater photography. It will be time well spent for any underwater photographer or videographer regardless of skill level.

Steve Bigelow ran the MetroWest Saturday Shore Dive Program for the past 10 years, and will offer some tips on  how he plans and decides where to dive and all that.

• Resources
• Safety - Overview
• Site Selection Options - where to dive
• Site Decision Criteria - which one to choose on a given day
• Tools 
• Day Of Evaluation - picking a site, but playing it by ear once you arrive there; making the "Cape Ann Loop" to find good conditions
• Gear - a brief overview of what's needed / required and "good to have" for diving New England
• Site Etiquette - Respect the Locals! Obey Parking Regulations. Keep Gear Organized and Out Of The Way; Share The Beach
• Calling The Dive - monitoring conditions to ensure safety; know YOUR limits. There's no shame in driving all the way to a dive site, only to bail out if it's a mess and go dive into breakfast somewhere...
• Other
  • Sharing Your Dive - take and post pictures
  • Blogging - doing write-ups for dive club newsletters or social media

FREE ALL WEEKEND SEASHELL EXHIBIT
-second floor Mezzanine-Gloucester Room-

Saturday 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Drop by and see educational exhibits of seashells from the world over and learn about their habitats, biodiversity and ecology and their use in food, science, medicine, on stamps, and in art and crafts.

Bring your own seashells and learn how to identify it with the help of experts on mollusks who will be available to assist you and teach you how to use some of the best seashell identification books.

Choose your own seashells from one of the world’s beaches at our 'seashell adoption table' provided by our members.

When you visit the exhibit be sure to sign up for an opportunity to take home the special Door Prize -- a collection of unique seashells and a book about mollusks

Sponsored by the Boston Malacological Club
Founded in 1910

Join one of the world's oldest active seashell groups for fun and educational monthly meetings in Cambridge, Mass.  For information contact:
George Buckley – gbuckley@fas.harvard.edu

Please note the contact information below is for informational purposes only - No registration is required!

This workshop is open to all Public Safety teams, team members, and anyone with an interest in Public Safety Diving. Speakers are dive industry representatives, public safety diver trainers, current, and former team members. The workshop offers a platform for the Public Safety community to share ideas and experiences.  The 2025 workshop will include an in-water demonstration / tryout of a Kirby Morgan dive hat
The program cost for the day is $95.00 which includes a 2025 Boston Sea Rovers tee-shirt.  Check out the Boston Sea Rovers Public Safety Group Facebook page for up to the minute information.

Dive Computers - nearly all divers carry one, but does everyone really understand how they work and how to properly use them?  In this workshop, Dive Pro Monty Fitzpatrick will walk you through a brief history of the dive computer, and give an overview about how they "know" how much dive time you have left, and what your nitrogen loading is throughout your dive.  We won't dive too deep into the algorithms behind most dive computers, as that's more technical than this workshop intends to go.  But we will cover some of the basics:

• Why to use a computer vs. old-school dive tables
• How to decide which computer is best for the diving you plan to do
• Key features to look for in your computer
• Console-integrated units vs. wrist-mount options
• Air integration - its benefits and limitations
• Popular models that are available at most dive shops
• Understanding the important features and data shown on your computer
• Maintenance and care for your computer

Whether you're a brand new diver or have been salty for years, there's something to be learned about these little devices we've become so accustomed to wearing to dive.  Whether it's understanding how to simply use your computer, or interesting functions you didn't realize your unit included, you'll benefit from attending this workshop.  We will have an extensive Q&A session; feel free to bring your computer.  We may not be able to answer every question about every computer, but we'll do our best to make sure you're more confident and comfortable with yours before you leave.