Trips and Travel
Questions about trips, like to suggest a destination call Team Lake Rawlings at 1-800-279-8992.

Most trips, unless stipulated, require D.A.N. insurance or equivalent, 50% deposit at the time of booking and the remainder due not later than 45 days prior to the trip.  Cancellation and pricing policies may differ from trip to trip and may be based on a replacement being available for the canceled slot. 
Ask your trip coordinator for specific details.
It is highly recommended that all customers purchase trip insurance.  See Divers Alert Network (D.A.N.) Trip Cancellation & Interruption Coverage

Please download and complete the two required documents below for your trip.  Complete and e-mail, fax or mail to us.
BOOK BEFORE 15 MARCH AND SAVE $20.00

Sharks teeth, pottery, bottles, bullets, bones and other artifacts are just a few of the items that are
found in the waters of the Cooper. There are also wrecks on the cooper to explore,
see http://www.divethecooper.com/maps.html where items are still being revealed in the fast
moving current in the river.  Diving here is challenging and satisfying for Advanced + divers.  Dive lights,
Pick and Lanyard to secure you to the bottom against the current, Surface Marker Buoy, Reel/finger
spool are a few of the items that will assist you while diving here. 
Everyone recovering and retaining artifacts should apply for a Hobby Archaeology Diver License at
least 4 weeks in advance to ensure you receive your license in time for your dive. 
Divers wishing to obtain an Archaeology Diver Specialty can save by signing up for the trip and the

Specialty at the same time.  Cost of the trip is $400.00 and includes lodging, air fills, snacks on arrival
Friday night, breakfast and lunch Saturday and Sunday.
Call Team Lake Rawlings at (800) 279-8992 with questions, for your Hobby Archaeology Diver License, or to sign up today!
World class shipwreck diving and shark diving is right around the corner.  What a great
opportunity for you to explore some of history’s most famous shipwrecks in the warm and
clear gulfstream waters off North Carolina.
This trip is for all divers especially for Advanced Open Water students but open to all. 
The cost that includes two days of boat diving, two dives per day, on great inshore wrecks. 
Cost of $375.00 includes lodging in the bunkhouse and air fills.
Those seeking to expand their diving education by starting your Advanced Open Water
(AOW) can save $100 by signing up for the trip and your AOW at the same time. 
Call Team Lake Rawlings at (800) 279-8992 to sign up today!
COOPER RIVER, SC. ARCHEOLOGY DIVING
27 - 29 April 2012 Diving the Cooper River lets a diver go back in time to the Civil War and beyond. 
DIVE THE GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC OUT OF BEAUFORT, NC.
Coming August 2012 out of Beaufort NC.
Ready to book your next Diving Vacation but don't want the headache of the logistics?
Call Team Lake Rawlings at 1-800-279-8992 and let us do the work for you!

BOOK NOWTO ENSURE YOU HAVE A SPOT

Join us in Bonaire, one of the top dive destinations in the Caribbean.

Stay with us in the Bonaire Seaside Resort luxury condo which overlooks the beachfront and Kline Bonaire.  Included in your stay will be the rental truck so you can visit the variety of dive sites around the island; unlimited air or Nitrox fills, and always unlimited shore diving 24/7.

Call now for trip price as airfare is no longer included!

Those seeking to expand their diving education can save $100 on courses by signing up for the trip and your AOW or speciality course(s) at the same time. 

Call Team Lake Rawlings at (800) 279-8992 to sign up today!
THE BEST IN SHORE DIVING, BONAIRE
Coming again February  2013
GREAT WHITE SHARK DIVE TRIP TO GUADALUPE ISLAND
Preferred: Wed, Oct 10 thru Sun, Oct 14, 2012           Backup: Tue, Sep 25 thru Sat Sep 29 or Fri, Oct 5 thru Tue, Oct 9
Yes, you heard it right people. Lake Rawlings is planning a Great White Shark Dive Trip to Guadalupe Island. 

There is LIMITED SPACE so sign up quickly to guarantee your space. 
Trip details below (read carefully), plus required trip application and liability/medical forms that must be completed by each diver/participant and can be found on the bottom of this page. 
Lake Rawlings will sponsor the trip.  It’s not a cheap trip whatsoever, that’s why we are sending this out so early.  Please give us a quick response if this is something you are interested in.
Deposit: $1630.00 Due Dec 15, 2011 (first come first serve basis)
The total cost of the trip is approximately $3,968.00 (slightly less if you already have D.A.N. membership and/or dive insurance), plus an additional $100.00 for host hotel at the double-occupancy rate.

Make check payable to LAKE RAWLINGS, and send to:
     Lake Rawlings
     Attn:  Errol Duplessis
     One Quarry Lane
     Rawlings, VA 23876

Costs:
  • Solmar V (Boat) - $2,900.00 www.divencounters.com
  • Airfare - approximately $600.00 (or less) R/T is the responsibility of each diver.
  • Divers Alert Network (D.A.N.) Membership $35.00 - needed to qualify for dive accident insurance.
  • Divers Alert Network Accident Insurance:  Choice of [  ] Preferred Plan, covers $250K, and cost is $75.00 per year; or [  ]  Master Plan, covers $125K, and cost is $40.00 per year.  We do not recommend the Standard Plan because it does not cover evacuation.
  • Host Hotel Expense - Additional $200.00 per room (approximate), double occupancy.
  • Other Expenses: $358.00. Includes Mexican IVA Tax - $319 (11% of $2900), plus $27.00 for Mexican visa and $12.00 for National Park Fee.

Other Information:  A valid U.S. Passport in addition to your divers insurance is required for this trip.  We will be transported to Ensenada, Mexico, by coach carrier from our hotel, and transported back to the hotel on the return trip.

A sample itinerary is as follows:
  • DAY 1: A luxury motor coach will pick you up at The Pearl Hotel, San Diego Downtown at 9 AM and transfer you to Ensenada, Mexico.  It is recommended you arrive the day before and stay one night at The Pearl Hotel.  You will arrive at the Solmar V by 12 noon with immediate departure to Guadalupe Island.
  • DAY 2: Arrive early morning to Guadalupe Island and after setting up the cages and starting the chum line, we start rotating teams into the cages as soon as the first shark appears. This does not usually take very long and, for the most part, when one shows up others are not far behind. All the photos on our web site of the Great White sharks were taken by individuals who have actually traveled to Guadalupe with us.  Therefore, you can see that they come quite close to the boat and the cages.
  • DAY 3 & 4: Cage diving all day with plenty of great photo opportunities. Remember we are one of the only liveaboards to offer a two man cage that is lowered 20 ft. for a different perspective. Must be certified for this cage and our guests are accompanied by one of our divemasters. Start back to Ensenada at the end of Day 4.
  • DAY 5: Arrive to port mid-day where the luxury motor coach will be waiting to take you back to San Diego. Return time to San Diego is between 4 - 6 PM depending on border traffic. We recommend arranging your flight after 8 PM or the next day.

When we get the first six people signed up for the trip, with deposits, the trip will be booked.  Non-divers can do the shark dive at the surface inside the cage. Certified divers submerge to twenty feet—but still in the cage :>)

Blackbeard's Cruises offers Liveaboard scuba diving travel vacations to the Bahamas Out Islands.

The central Bahamas were once the hideout of pirates and privateers... now these islands offer spectacular diving in warm, crystal clear waters with deserted beaches as backdrop each week during our adventure travel vacations. Visit Allen's Cay to feed the iguanas or Staniel Cay for the swimming pigs and the Thunderball Grotto.



Call Team Lake Rawlings at (800) 279-8992 to sign up today!
LIVEABOARD ON A BLACKBEARD CRUSE, BAHAMA
Coming again March 2013