Christmas break, reef-friendly sunscreen & travel

Online   Dec 20, 2018

Scuba Shack Weekly – Volume 1, Number 16

Five days to go until the big man does his thing and delivers all those wonderful presents under your tree. Don’t forget the milk and cookies.

We are wrapping up 2018 here at the shop. Businesses have a lot of year end activities and we are no different. We are however going to take a little three-day break for Christmas. The shop will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year. The last day that we will be open before the holiday is Saturday, Dec. 22.

Science is a wonderful thing and keeps us moving forward. We have been carrying a brand of sunscreen at the shop for a number of years with the goal of helping protect coral reefs. This topic of “reef safe” sunscreen is hot (no pun intended) and we are now seeing laws that ban sunscreen that is not “reef safe”. Needless to say there is some confusion so I did a little research and as you know we like to keep things simple here at Scuba Shack. Here is the low down – avoid sunscreens that have oxybenzone or octinoxate and use one that has zinc oxide or titanium dioxide.

There is more – ensure that the minerals used are non-nanotized – that means the particles are not too small to be absorbed by the coral. Our new choice at the shop is Stream2Sea, arriving this week. Another great benefit is that the tubes are not plastic – they are made of sugar cane resin. We continue our commitment to the health of the ocean.

We have finally gotten the remainder of our 2019 dive travel up on the website and trips are now open for booking.

Nassau is the same great price and value as last year. The Little Cayman trip in October (all inclusive, air, hotel, diving, meals, airport transfers) is filling up fast. Last count we had 10 already signed up with a maximum of 24 divers. Little Cayman is extremely popular and your trip leaders will be Jeff, Donna, Monty and Matt – yes, we are all going.

Our spring trip to Key Largo is also posted. Come join Matt and me on this fly and dive. Check out all the travel details on our website. Happy Holidays from all of us here at Scuba Shack.

Thanks for tuning in,

Jeff