True Blue Watersports
5959 Common Street
Lake Charles, LA 70607
337-310-1681
godive@truebluewatersports.com
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10am - 3pm
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Upcoming events and classes

Learn to dive:
March 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
March 17, 22, 24, April 5, 7
March 29, 31, April 8, 13, 14
Other schedules are available upon request.

Dive Vortex and Morrison Spring, FL
Friday, March 5 - Sunday, March 7
Tom Bradley,will be leading the trip to Vortex
Springs, Florida.   Diver can dive the "bowl" at
Vortex and Morrison Springs and perhaps
venture a stop on the way home Sunday to dive
the Pensacola Beach Reef and / or Ft. Pickens
Jetties.  If you have not yet been to Vortex
Springs, it is a "must see" dive location. Both
Vortex and Morrison have crystal clear water
and some really neat rock formations.
Contact Tom Bradley for details:  337-884-4102
www.vortexspring.com

Blue Lagoon, Huntsville Texas
Sunday, March 7, Jason Billings will be leading
a day trip to Blue Lagoon.  Contact
Jason at 318-308-7905 if you would like to
dive.
www.bluelagoonscuba.net

Want to dive the Flower Garden Banks
and dive as long as possible
?
Enriched Air (Nitrox) Course
Thursday, April 1  6PM

Get Advanced Certified at the Flower Garden
Banks!
 
Advanced Diver Course
Tuesday, April 6   6PM


SCUBA EASTER EGG HUNT          
Saturday, March 27
10:30 - 1:30
Yogi Bear In Moss Bluff
Registration Form


Your voice can be heard.
True Blue Watersports is proud to
announce that  Darrell Walker has
been appointed to the
Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council.
Click here to find out more.
COMMON STREET is under construction. Click here for the BEST ROUTE TO TRUE BLUE.
Come join us.  Click for details.
Clean Bayou is a
non-profit organization
with the mission to clean
up SW Louisiana's
waterways. Its' goal is to
clear the Contraband
Bayou of all the litter and
refuse. True Blue has
decided to be a part of
this great clean up, so
Darrell and I hope that
you and your friends will
join us in helping.
Call Cher for details
337-540-2518.  WE
NEED SMALL BOATS
AND CAPTAINS FOR
SATURDAY, APRIL
24th.  
Above:  
An oil platform in the National Marine Sanctuary
Flower Garden Banks

Photographed by Keith Monroe.

Picture yourself over 100 miles from land, in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.
In the midst of this Gulf, lie three of the most beautiful and wild places in all the
world: East Bank,West Bank, and Stetson Bank where manta rays,
whale sharks, coral heads bigger than cars, hundreds of species of fish
and invertebrates thrive.

It's the Flower Garden Banks
and YOU SHOULD JOIN
the True Blue Dive Crew
on these excursions.

True Blue Trips:
April 9, 10, 11
May 14, 15, 16
June 9, 10, 11
August 13, 14, 15

www.flowergarden.noaa.gov
The Merchant's Day
Mardi Gras Parade was a blast.  
Thanks to all the
True Blue Divers who join us on the
32' float/boat!
These divers are not waiting for the summer to LEARN TO DIVE.  Congratulations, February
students:  Jason Dixon, Brandon Johnson, Carly Johnson, Damien Johnson, Kolby Johnson, and Ross
Rathbourne.  Thank you, Art Garcia
(PADI Master Scuba Instructor), P-nut Bearb (PADI Divemaster), and Joseph
Johnson,
(Divemaster Candidate) for taking it possible!
 

Tom Bradley,P-nut Bearb, and Jason Billings,        
True Blue PADI Divemasters, lead a trip to           
Mammoth Lake in Lake Jackson, Texas.               
www.divethemammoth.com  Josh Cooley and       
Joseph Johnson joined in.  The air temperature       
was 60 degrees and the water was 57 degrees.


True Blue Dive Crew Trips

Dive Roatan
October 2 - 9
7 nights CoCo View
Cabana's over the water
Unlimited shore diving
20 boat dives
All meals
Chammyz Jacket
Continental
-leaving out of Lake Charles
Pre-trip party
Post-trip party
$1899    PLACE A DEPOSIT  BEFORE
MARCH 11 and get $50 OFF

Join the True Blue Dive Crew for the
2nd Annual SCUBA Easter Egg Hunt and Family
Picnic
Saturday, March 27th
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.  
Yogi Bear Park in Moss Bluff

Dive for Easter eggs underwater and win prizes.
Must pre-register to participate.
Click for registration form
It's cold outside so why not sign up for scuba class in our heated indoor pool?  These students did:
Matthew Berry, Amy Buck,  Jay Carli, Cory Creech, Jason Hibbitts, Dawne Newell, Jerald
Trahan, and Justin Verrett.  Thanks,
(PADI Master Scuba Instructor/100 Ton Captain) Dean Henagan, and
PADI Divemasters: P-nut Bearb and Jason Billings for making it all possible.