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Mike,



There are a number of diving operations in the Norfolk/ Va beach area I 
will be brief ( well I tried, but I wanted to be thorough, sorry its so 
long) and try not to be biased since I own one of the operations and one 
of the boats. I will add some specifics but would suggest that you visit 
them all to get an overview of what they have to offer since they cater 
to a different clientele:



Chesapeake Bay Diving center, in Portsmouth, 397-0422, SSI instruction, 
catering to the new diver and a front/ loss leader for a commercial 
diving company. the Owners wife runs the store while the husband runs the 
commercial side of the house. they do not do tech diving. sell us diver 
equipment  (804) 397-0422



Divers Unlimited - new store at the intersection of Granby and Ocean View 
rds. you will get to know these roads very well when you get here. Cater 
to new diver sells dacor equipment unfortunately I do not have a 
telephone number they are not in the yellow pages.



Mid Atlantic dive center caters to new diver does not do tech diving, 
PADI 5 star, sells US diver located on Indian River road in Va Beach 
(804) 420-6179



Aqua Safaris - Pembroke area of Va beach (804) 473-0847, Runs a dive boat 
in Hatteras NC, nice shop with pool, owners are very young - mid 20's 
they do nitrox fills and TDI nitrox instruction. TDI instructor is 
Clarence Osborn, I certified Clarence as a IANTD tech nitrox diver in 
July 94 received TDI instructor rating at DEMA 95 in California Also 
offers NAUI and PADI instruction



Lynnhaven Dive center - (804) 481-7949 an This store does nitrox fills 
and run 2 boats, Miss Lindsley and Cindy loo. Boats take 20-30 divers. 
Offers SSI nitrox instruction. Sells scuba pro and oceanic equipment. 



WRECK-TEK, Inc - (804) 552-1656 - Located at the resort Ocean Front area, 
Caters to the Technical Diver Offers all levels of recreational 
instruction from Openwater through instructor NAUI and PADI. Offers IANTD 
instruction through Tech Deep Air. Fill capability, air, nitrox, argon, 
trimix, and heliair to 4500 psi. Runs a charter boat named the SEA 
HUNTER. for everyone else who recognize the name,  yes this is the 
original sea hunter from ny now having changed hands a few times. They 
run deep trips almost every weekend and have a trip to the Buroke (250 
ft) Aug 26 & 27 can provide more details if anyone would like - sorry a 
little bias has probably sneaked through on this one, I'll stop here.



A new Dive Boat in VA Beach is the Virginia MAE, I dont have their phone 
number but they dock at the Va Beach Fishing center and they are in the 
phone book. A big crew boat and takes lots of divers I believe they are 
certified for over 40 people, Its a 65 ft boat



Another good boat is the Sundowner (804) 481-7136, They are a six-pack 
boat allows decompression diving, unfortunatly they blew their engine 
this spring, they should  be running again this Fall so keep their 
number.



For the best and most accurate description of VA wrecks get a copy of 
Gary Gentiles book "shipwrecks of Virginia". My personal favorites are 
the Ocean Venture 170 ft, Eureka 120 ft and the most famous of va wrecks 
is the John P. Morgan 100 ft



If you need or would like any other info let me know how I can help. and 
Welcome to VA

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