NMAC DURING ENCOUNTER WITH PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY.

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DURING A LCL IFR TRAINING FLT WITH A STUDENT WHILE FLYING AN SMA; WE DID THE VOR 23 APCH TO DED FOLLOWED BYA A MISSED APCH TO HOLDING AT 3000 FT ABOVE THE DED NDB. AS I ALWAYS DO ON CTAF FOR DED ON MY MISSED APCH FROM THE VOR 23; I ADVISED LCL DED TFC I WOULD BE ENTERING HOLDING OVER THE NDB THERE. DAYTONA APCH ADVISED ME OF PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY ALL DAY IN DELAND AND SAID HOLD ON THE 304 DEG COURSE TO THE STATION; WITH R TURNS. AT THIS TIME; THERE WAS A BROKEN LAYER BTWN 3000 TO APPROX 5000 FT MOVING EWARD AT AN ESTIMATE OF 10 KTS POSSIBLY 15 KTS. IN HOLDING; WE WERE ABOUT 10 TO 50 FT BELOW THE BASE OF CLOUDS. WHILE INBOUND OVER THE NDB; A PARACHUTE CAME OUT OF THE CLOUDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY ACFT ABOUT 200 FT IN FRONT. I TURNED TO MY R (TAKING CTL OF THE ACFT FROM MY STUDENT) AND THEN ESTABLISHED MYSELF OUTBOUND IN THE HOLDING PATTERN. AFTER 2 MORE TURNS AGAIN OVER THE NDB THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE IN THE CLOUDS AND I WITNESSED SEVERAL PARACHUTISTS COMING THROUGH IT. THEY WERE DEFINITELY BREAKING VFR AND WERE IN CONFLICT WITH MY ACFT. MY STUDENT AT THIS TIME STARTED HIS TURN OVER THE NDB SO I DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE CTL. AT THIS TIME; I ASKED DAYTONA APCH IF THEY WERE TALKING TO THE JUMP ACFT. THEIR REPLY WAS NO; BUT PARACHUTE JUMPING WAS EXPECTED ALL DAY AND I SAID 'I KNOW; THEY'RE JUMPING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.' AT THIS TIME; WE WERE CLRED FOR THE NDB 30 APCH DED; WHICH WE FOLLOWED UP WITH A LOC BACK COURSE TO DAYTONA TO END OUR FLT. I WAS AWARE OF PARACHUTE JUMPING IN PROGRESS THROUGH THE DAY BUT I PRESUMED THESE GUYS WOULD COMPLY WITH FAR 105.29 AND NOT BREAK VFR; ALSO FAR 105.14 AND I WOULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD ADVISORIES AS TO ACTUAL JUMP TIMES. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AT DELAND ARPT. MANY PLTS I HAVE HEARD HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCES AS I HAVE HAD OVER DELAND. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN RPTED TO THE ORLANDO FSDO.