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Board of DirectorsDirectors of DIABC. |
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| Title | Name | Area | Contact |
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| President | Kal Helyar | Sechelt Inlet | PorpoiseBay@telus.net |
| Vice President | John DeBoeck | Nigei Island | Hideaway@VancouverIslandDive.com j_deboeck@yahoo.ca |
| Secretary | Barb Roy | All BC | GrandmaScuba@Hotmail.com |
| Treasurer | Angela Lee | N. Vancouver | info@brookspaddlegear.com |
| Director | Deirdre Forbes McCracken | Burnaby | oq@diveoceanquest.com |
| Director | Jan Breckman | Vancouver | Info@SeaDragonCharters.com |
| Director | Ed Singer | Nanaimo | SundownDiving@Shaw.ca |
| Director | Andy Lamb | Thetis Island | Andy@Cedar-Beach.com |
| Director | Royse Jackson | Thetis Island | info@DiveIDC.com |
President | |
Kal HelyarPorpoise Bay ChartersPO Box 2281 Port Sechelt, BC V0N 2A0 1-800-665-2483 1-604-885-5950 porpoisebay@telus.net www.PorpoiseBayCharters.com |
Kal has been diving for over 20 years and has been in the Dive Industry
for more then 15 years. He has been in the Charter business since 1991.
Most his diving experience has been in North America. He quotes in regard
of BC, "British Columbia, Canada has Shore Diving, Wall Diving,
Wreck Diving, Boat Diving, Current Diving, Drift Diving and soooo so much
more!" |
Vice President | |
John deBoeckBrowning Pass HideawayPO Box 425 Nanaimo, BC V9R 5N2 1-877-725-2835 1-250-753-3751 Hideaway@VancouverIslandDive.com j_deboeck@yahoo.ca www.VancouverIslandDive.com |
For 35 years John has been diving across the world to places such as
Caribbean, Mexico, Fiji, New Zealand, and of course here locally in British
Columbia. He's been in the Diving Industry for 28 years now and started
his Charter and Dive Resort in 2002. Mr. deBoeck, "There are
more moving critters per square meter than I have ever seen anywhere else.
There is always something happening on every dive and every dive is different,
especially in Browning Pass!" |
Treasure & Secretary | |
Barb RoyInnerspace Productions13437 94a Ave. Surrey, BC V3V 1M9 1-604-588-1588 GrandmaScuba@Hotmail.com www.BarbRoyPhotography.com |
Barb splashed into the cold water scuba diving scene almost 30 years ago in 1979. She opened her first dive shop in Anchorage, Alaska (1980) and currently freelances in BC and across the world as a photojournalist. She took over Innerspace Productions and brought it up to Canada in 1997. In her line of work (journalism) she has had the opportunity to travel to many wonderful places around the world. Barb states, "I enjoy BC's awesome selection of dive areas to choose from year round. I've never seen such a wide array of marine life that British Columbia has to offer, anywhere else in the world." |
Director | |
Deirdre Forbes McCrackenOcean Quest Dive Centre#107 - 3790 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5G 1G4 1-604-436-1157 Fax: 1-604-436-2191 oq@diveoceanquest.com www.diveoceanquest.com |
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Jan BreckmanSea Dragon Charters8071 Wiltshire Blvd. Delta, BC V4C 4B5 1-604-329-3486 Info@SeaDragonCharters.com www.SeaDragonCharters.com |
Scuba diving has been apart of Jan's life since 1980 and she became involved with the Diving Industry shortly afterwards in 1982. She has been running Blue Adventures Dive Charters for the past 8 years. "BC has a unique topography, it's very wild and is easy to get to. The marine life is so colorful. Also, if you dive here a lot, you'll become very proficient & confident in your skills!" |
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Ed SingerSundown Diving22 Esplanade Nanaimo, BC 1-888-773-.3483 1-250-753-1880 SundownDiving@Shaw.ca www.SunDownDiving.com |
For more than 25 years in the diving scene, Ed has been diving it up! Ed has been in the Diving business for 22 years (since 1984) as a store owner and a commercial diver for 23. He dived quite a few places around the world and believes he still has more dive places to go! What he like best, "Not just a sandy bottom, but diversity of life, including vegetation. British Columbia is unlike anywhere else in the world!" |
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Andy LambCedar Beach B&B Dive Resort.120 Clam Bay Road Thetis Island, BC V0R 2Y0 1-250-246-9770 andy@cedar-beach.com www.cedar-beach.com |
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Royse JacksonInternational Diving Centre.2572 Arbutus St. Vancouver BC V6J3Y2 (604) 736-2541 1-866-432-DIVE(3483) info@diveidc.com www.diveidc.com/ |
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