I haven't been to Gilboa in over a month and didn't go over the summer to make the cost of a season pass worth it (I'm one of those 2+ hour drives away). Although, if I
did get a pass I'd probably dive more to get my money's worth. ;-)
Last year, Mike's winter pass was the
only way to dive
between Jan.2 and Mar.31 (but I think the pass was good for diving through April).
(Link to this 2004 calendar probably will not work after the 2005 calendar is posted. It'll show 2005.) This allowed Jan.1 dives for the normal daily fee, but you had to "commit" to about 4 days diving to get the winter pass. The
prices on Gilboa's site don't even list the season passes at all. (If the "Season Pass" is really an Annual Pass, then it might be good even for those who might only do a day or two during the "winter".)
On another topic, does anyone know when Mike will actually have banked Nitrox. I know he started preparing for it in Fall'03 and put in new fill station equipment this summer. I suspect that he'd bank 32%, but that's really just a guess. He also said (when I talked to him in July'04) that the price for fills would likely make a distinction between Air, OCA (Oxygen Compatible Air), and Nitrox (presumably different between banked and partial-pressure fills, too).
-Rob