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ALL Meeting will be by notice, see below to send email, General Meeting are scheduled for the 3rd tuesday each month by notice, Thank You


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CONNECTICUT

ORBIT MARINE

SILVER DOLPHIN
CANNED AIR


FLORIDA

Lady Catherine

NEW JERSEY
GYPSY BLOOD

JOHN JACK
ROBIN II
SEA LION

NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND

FISH ON
R/V GARLOO
SEA HAWK
SEA TURTLE
SIX PACK
WAHOO
R/V  WRECK VALLEY

NORTH CAROLINA
CAPE FEAR
Olympus

ASSOCIATE  MEMBER CAPTAINS:
Captain Kirby Kurkomelis
Captain Steven Lombardo

Captain's Steve & Maureen Langevin

The Remembered;
Captain George Hoffman


Captain Val Askins

EASTHER ASKINS

Captain Ken Jastrzebski

Captain "ZERO" Joseph D. Terzuoli

 

 

Captain Kevin Osterbery
EUPHORIA
 

Retired Boats:
ATLANTIC CITY
Aquarian II
BUTCH
DEEP ADVENTURES III
DEFIANCE
EXPLORER FISH-ON
Golden Dream III
HALFTIME

JEANNE II
KAREN MARIE
KRONOS

LAUREN -R
MAVERICK
MOTHER OCEAN

OUTLAW
PORTHOLE
R.S.MARK III
SUZIE Q
VENTURE III

Wahoo

 
Retired Captain's:
Captain Bill DeMarigny Captain Jimmy Iorizo, Founding member 
Captain Art Kirchner
 Captain John Larsen, Founding member 
Capt. Bob Nash
Captain Tom Napolitano  retired 
Captain Paul Hepler

Captain Bill Reddan 

Dive boat Lockness
Captain Robert Hayes

 
 

EDBA Founded 1975 Setting Standards for Boat Diving.
       MISSION STATEMENT: The Eastern Dive Boat Association is an organization of dive boat owners,
operators and members dedicated to providing cooperation among all dive boats, while promoting education, recreation, safety, self-reliance and responsibility  in SCUBA diving. Paramount to the accomplishment of its mission is the concurrent obligation to promote the conservation of the oceans, and assist in uncovering and preserving Earth's history found in the world beneath it's water.

Captain Kirby Kurkomelis, President & Treasurer       Email  

Captain Steve Bielenda, Vice President & Secretary       Email

Check with your local boats or click on vessel members link, for the 2020 up coming diving season.

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Visit our Facebook page to view, you can  post your pictures & comments. 
Type in Eastern Dive Boat Association.

The BTS show is a few months away (March 27-29, 2020) please attend and make your voice known.

Feb 17,2020

   click for larger picture
left to right Jeanne-II crew Mike, Capt Bill, Captain Steve, Al Golden,
David Tilzer, Esther Askins

USCG-SAFETYADVISORY.pdf

USCG-federal-reg  Wreck Information

Andrea Doria slide show YouTube link

USS San Diego underwater Bike ride

WAHOO DIVE DAN BERG EVIE DUDAS STEVE BIELENDA

Video Steve Bielenda Dan Berg & Dick Long NE Lobersting

Video  Wreck Valley Andrea Doria video Billy Deans

Recommended Books to read and own:

Captain Kirby Kurkomelis

" INTRODUCTION to SCIENTIFIC DIVING ".
 email seahuntdivers@aol.com
 

CAPTAIN KIRBY  KURKOMELIS;  INTRODUCTION to SCIENTIFIC DIVING

      

 released December 2012

Peter Hunt

360.320.1264

peter@peterhuntbooks.com

www.peterhuntbooks.com

book-reviews

 

 

Order  the book :   Oregon, Greyhound of the Atlantic; a divers scrapbook.
The story of the Oregon from cradle to the grave.

 Price: $25.00 plus shipping from olwalrus@comcast.net or write to
Herb Kaasmann 13a Ocean St. Highlands NJ 07732

 

Captain Dan Berg, Wreck Valley series;  Dan has written several book on treasure hunting dive training  & Shipbuilding in a Bottle and are available on his web site.

Bernie Chowdury: The Last dive
Robert Kurson: Shadow Diver
Kevin McMurry: Deep Descent & Dark Descent

                  

New fiction book with the Andrea Doria as the background topic
“In Secret Waters”.  writer by Richard Weissmann.
The book is available on Amazon e-book price is e-book @  4.99 and paperback is about $10. 

Product Details

Check Vessel Members for schedule and contact information.

We wish to emphasize that when you participate in any diving activity
from an Eastern Dive Boat Association vessel, you are under your own care,
custody and control. Your safety is our concern but your safety while diving
is  your responsibility.

Plan your dive. dive your plan. Be Responsible

" General meeting  EDBA   meetings will be by notice only  
If you want to attend, it will be necessary that you
RSVP to seahuntdivers@aol.com  no later than
 Sunday before the called meeting . If we do not receive
sufficient RSVPs, the meeting will be postponed.
Your cooperation will be appreciated" 

President & Treasurer
 
Send dues to;
Captain Kirby Kurkomelis  email

Vice President & Secretary
Captain Steve Bielenda

Click for Babylon, New York Forecast

Tide table's Maine through New Jersey

http://uwex.us/ great web site to visit if your interested in shipwrecks.

General Information & Electronic mail: captainswb@gmail.com
 
          Eastern Dive Boat Association:
Disclaimer:  "The Eastern Dive Boat Association is a membership association. The actions, statements and opinions of its individual members, including past members of the Association, do not, in any way, represent an expression of the Association. Any public action, statement or opinion of the Association would only be made after consideration and approval by the
Association's officers and its membership, in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association." 
EDBA it's members,  operators, and authors can not be held liable for injuries, damages, loss, or death stemming from any of the information contained herein.
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