Lundi 7 décembre 2009 1 07 12 2009 02:56
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Please lock your agenda for a wonderful diving week-end in the breath-taking scenery of Kumomi!
 
Departure: 5:45am Sat. Dec. 12th 2009 (either Yotsuya or Meguro)
 
Sat: 1 morning boat dive, lunch, 1 afternoon boat dive, diner, fireworks
Sun: 2 morning boat dives, lunch, on the way back Onsen
Return: Sunday Dec. 13th 2009, late evening
 
All diving level accepted (from OW and above), under the conditions of showing BOTH Diving certification card AND DAN card (mandatory personal insurance).
If you do not have your DAN card, you will not dive with us!
 
Forecasted expenses (maximum): please refer to forum
 
Please reply NOT later than Nov. 30th with the following mandatory information set:
- diving level
- nber of participants (adults, children with their respective ages to get discounted prices for accomodation)
- car if any and number of available seats
- gear rental (Reg, BCD with size, wet suit with size, shoes, gloves, weights...)
 
Please keep in mind that we are under the car seat availability constraint to define the number of participants. Consequently, first to reply, first to be registered!
 
Looking forward to making bubbles with you

TED Bureau

FINAL CAR CONFIGURATION. "Load-Balancing" in Ebina....

Departure 11th night
Confirmed Yotsuya :
Jerome (Car / x1 + x3 Children) + Marie

Departure 12 Morning (5:45)
Meguro : Nicolas (Car / x2 + x3 children), Aki (Car / x1), Eloise (x1), Francois (x1), Harumi (x1), Benoit (x2)
Yotsuya : JB (Car / X2 + 2 Children), JF (x1),

Meeting Ebina
Rejan (Car / x1)
Vincent (Car / x2 + 1 Child)




Lundi 9 novembre 2009 1 09 11 2009 09:20
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Boat diving with high probability of drifting. JB will jump first as usual to verify...

Advanced Open Water level and Parachute required. Onsen and Dinner a Numazu port, expected return time 21:30.

Departure : Meguro Station
Confirmed : Nicolas (car), 
Heloise

Departure : Yotsuya Station
Confirmed :
Noel (Car), "Belge ami de Noel", Jean-Benoit (car), JF
Time : 6:15

Please confirm me your prefered departure point . We will male best efforts to accomodate wishes (first to answer first serves!). Closing reservation on Wednesday 4th, please answer quickly.



Jeudi 29 octobre 2009 4 29 10 2009 07:15
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TED was in Sado last weekend (oct. 17/18) and to sum it up: the island delivered.


The weather was mostly fine (a storm waited for the night to unleash torrents of rain, but things were back to normal in the morning). The viz was astounding, 15-20 m or so, the water was cool but not too cold, and the little bonfire lit up on shore was all we needed to warm up after each of the four fantastic dives we had there. Kobudai, seahorses, echizen jellyfishes... We met them all ! Hopefully, the close to perfect conditions we had will encourage all the new comers to come again with us.

Besides diving, we visited the island a little, and had a wonderful stay at the hotel with a monster of a diner and a karaoke. The dives were well worth the 5-hour drive to Niigata followed by the 2h30 ferry to the Island (along with a few hundreds kids going to Sado for some basketball event).

Needless to say, we will be there again.

A perfect week-end, only the merguez were missing.

For TED, Pierre
   

 
Dimanche 25 octobre 2009 7 25 10 2009 05:38
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Hi all,

A quick reminder : the deadline for Sado (Oct 17-18) is this Friday (Sep 18). There are currently 15 potential participants to the trip : myself x2, Nico sensei, Jerome, Noel, Aki, Pat x2,Muriel/JF x4, Benoit x2 and a few minutes ago Rejan.

I am currently in the process of developping a very complex calculus algorithm to scientifically evaluate how much it is going to cost for divers and non divers, based on a shared expense for the transportation. Unless everyone cancels before tomorrow, we will be close to what was paid last year.
A little note on the payment: once dives and accomodations are confirmed I will give you the individual price and ask to make a front-payment of around 20 000 / person. An additionnal payment will be asked the day we depart, and we will adjust at the end of the trip.

For TED, Pierre
Mercredi 16 septembre 2009 3 16 09 2009 15:33
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Quick Dives to Osezaki for a DM training. We still have seats available for 2-3 autonomous divers (AOW, Rescue, CMAS **, etc...). Limited seats, please confirm quickly!!!

Departure:
Time : 6:15
Location : Meguro station (MacDo side)



Lundi 7 septembre 2009 1 07 09 2009 16:21
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Hi all,

We are planning the annual legendary TED tour to Sado this year on the weekend of October 17/18.
Located in the sea of Japan, 2h30 from Niigata, Sado is a very rural island with great food, famous sake, and excellent diving. All and everything we need !

Program (tentative)
- late evening departure on Friday, Oct 16th, to Niigata, arrival as the sun rises, more or less.
- Ferry (and sound sleep) from Niigata to Sado in the morning of the 17th
- Two dives on Saturday
- Evening in a Ryokan on the Island, including dinner and breakfast the following day
- Two dives on Sunday
- Back to Tokyo with a late arrival on the 18th

The exact price will depend on the total number of participants (basically, the more the cheaper), but as an indication last year it costed roughly 40 000 yens per person (and that is what we are targeting for this year), including:
- 4 dives, not including rentals if needed, and transportation on the island for the divers
- 1 night and a dinner/breakfast in the Ryokan
- Shared transportation to Niigata (gasoline and motorway toll) 
- Boat from Niigata to Sado... and back.

There might be some very slight changes, hopefully for the better and cheaper, as we will try and optimize both transportation and accomodation.

Families and non-divers can join, there is plenty to see, eat, drink, trek and do on Sado. For those interested, Snorkeling is also a possibility. Non-divers will not pay for dives (a 20000 yens rebate), but the above quoted price does not include extra activities, and it does not include a car rental for non-divers (without a car, it might be very difficult to enjoy the island), so please contact us if your family plans to join. 

In order to secure the accomodation and the dives, we would appreciate if you could tell whether you (and your family) are interested to join, whether you have a car or a driver's license, whether you need anything or have anything particular request BEFORE SEPTEMBER 19th.
This is important to optimize the costs.
Final confirmation and final price will be given at the end of September.

For TED, Pierre
Vendredi 4 septembre 2009 5 04 09 2009 11:44
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We will go again to Kumomi on July 22/23 !!

Depending on diver's request and level we may change of site on Sunday (Tago's boat drift diving).  Of course we will have a BBQ.

Please confirm us you presence by August 16th at the latest. Let us know if you come by car. And if you need any material (first to answer : first to be served).

At it is boat diving, bring your "Parachute"

Confirmed : Nicolas (car), Naomi, Noel (car), Noel's friend, JF, Muriel (+2), Aki (car), Yuki (1+1)

RESERVATION CLOSED !



Lundi 10 août 2009 1 10 08 2009 12:56
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IOP on July 4th
Confirmed : Nicolas(car), Tonio, Benoit, Sett, Satomi, Noel (car), Aki (car), Muriel



Atami wreck on July 9th
Confirmed : Antoine, Jerome, Michel, Francois, Noel (car), JF
Bring your Light, Reel Parachute and Computer. NDL is a virtual concept...
FUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLL!


Chiba on July 11th
Confirmed : Nicolas (car) , Antoine, Pierre, JB (car), Michel,  Pierre-Yves, Sett, Satomi, Aki (car), Ashrey, Muriel, NDf



Reservation closing : June 29th !



Mercredi 24 juin 2009 3 24 06 2009 02:50
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Benoit, JB, Pierre and myself are happy to announce that you missed the dive of the year 2009 !

The facts:
- Manbows were there, including a 2meters specimen (not to confuse with Benoit on the pictures).
- SUN all the day in south Chiba (sorry JF...).
- Executive trip with Pierre Desproges and Rene (1h20 minutes drive  "door to door").
- Astonishing Sashimi for lunch (Benoit could not finish...)
- JB behave well.

Thank you to Pierre for organizing! I have the feeling we will go there again soon. Few other deep points to discover.  Click on the pictures to access albums
 
Copyright : JB Copyright : Pierre


It is usual to make a review of the dive centers we visit, but this time TED has been reviewed by the Dive Center's President on his blog. Thank you !


Lundi 1 juin 2009 1 01 06 2009 04:46
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