My husband and I are going diving in Varadero Cuba in 2 weeks and we are looking to do some diving while we are there. We are having trouble finding a dive company to go diving with while we are there. A lot of the online networks are based in the States so I am finding it hard to find any information on diving in  Cuba. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Pumpkin Dive 09 Synopsis: Davco Diving Daze Sept. 27, 2009

Men of Honour – look out !!! Movie producers: come to Wainwright when you need experienced divers to star in the sequel to this movie. The survivors of the mystery dive are now practiced up at finding bolts, nuts and metal puzzle pieces scattered underwater and then assembling them using tightening devices (aka wrenches).
Pumpkin Dive '09 Snyopsis: Thanks to the 44 divers who came out, and the 24 dive support people.
The miles that people have put on to come to Wainwright is truly astonishing – we had divers from Peace River, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Brooks, Rainier, Drayton Valley, Ft. McMurray, Gainford, Edmonton, Lloydminster, Vermilion, Saskatoon & Paradise Hill Sask. Thanks all, we appreciate the hours you put on the road to take part in the pumpkin dive.
We all gave thanks to the weather gods for holding out and blessing us with sunshine and warmth. The visibility gods were also with us – the vis was definitely the best it has ever been for the pumpkin dive.
Pumpkin Dive team: Anyone who has ever been involved in organizing anything will know how hard it is to get good help. Especially when they are all volunteers!! Thanks, guys & gals:
• Kevin Hay (creative director – did I mention that Kevin does not like word games?)
• Jamie Faas (puzzle engineering, design & creation). We couldn’t do it without you!
• Kevin Hay, Cliff Bethune, with Connie & David – the advance team – diving the course to set out the pieces, running new lines and trying to keep it secret!
• Sue Barker (girl Friday from Calgary) for being put to work early on Friday loading equipment, gathering prizes, and making new maps just for this event! And she thought she was only needed to help Roxanne with registration!! No rest until Sunday night.
• Roxanne Shortt (registration, chef, traffic organizer) – on her BIRTHDAY!!!!
• Fred Paddock (onion cutter & excellent soup creator)
• Cathie McCuaig (brought a truck load of stuff in her little car: a barbeque,condiments, goodie bags & carabineers; then did AUC registration & was put to work as a bbq chef)
• Pam Balke (chef – gotta feed the starving kids!)

Event Synopsis 09: Many Thanks to our 2009 Jasper Aquathon Sponsors: Davco Diving  - Wainwright, The Dive Outfitters - Edmonton, Northwest Scuba - Edmonton, Ocean Sports  - Edmonton.

CREATURE FEATURE ……………………... by Andy Lamb

This photo taken by John McCuaig during a Mamro live aboard adventure to the Sunshine Coast features a pair of crimson anemones - Cribrinopsis fernaldi. Fortunately for the recreational diver, this especially beautiful anemone is common throughout British Columbia’s coastal waters, usually at depths below 50 ft. Or (15 m). It is also large, up to 30 cm (12 in.) tall, and is therefore is easy to find.

Creature Feature  ...……  By Andy Lamb, Photo by: Mike Ranson

Denizens of Browning Passage, Northern Vancouver Island, near Port Hardy, BC. Nearly every diver who frequents the coastal waters of British Columbia will instantly recognize this charming fellow. For the few aquanauts that do not (and any non diving reader in a quandary), the fish featured in Mike Ranson’s photograph is a large male wolf-eel -Anarrichthys Ocellatus. This particular specimen was encountered at Cardigan Point (wreck site of the Themis), at the northern entrance to Browning Passage, near Port Hardy, northern Vancouver Island. Its large puffy, light coloured head is that of a male – a female’s is sleeker and a darker gray colour. A particularly lucky diver may even find a mated pair, peering out of a rocky den.
A diver/wolf-eel encounter is common as this large (up to 2.4 metre or 8 ft long) inquisitive creature may often approach a diver. The wolf eel is often sighted at depths between 40 and 80 ft – territory very accessible for almost any diver. Although it has powerful jaws capable of crushing the heavy shells of molluscs and exoskeletons of crabs, this special creature seems to bond with the diver, showing apparent ‘fascination’ rather than aggression.  A wolf-eel interaction is always the highlight of a dive –   no matter how often such an event has happened before.