SPECIAL OFFERS

WATERPROOF DRYSUIT UNDERGARMET

Was $299.00

Special $199.00

(one only size XL)

237 East Boundary Road

Bentleigh East

VIC 3165

Tel:       03 9579 2600

Email:    www.oceandivers.com.au

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY 26/01/2012

JANUARY CLUB DIVES

Join us for some fun in the bay!

Saturday 28th January

Shore Dives, South Rd Brighton @9am

Sunday 29th January

Popes Eye & Seals @ 9:45am

Party Point @ 1pm

Scallop Drift @ 3:45pm

Saturday 4th February

Ex HMAS Canberra Double Dive @12:45pm

Sunday 5th February

Coogee @ 1:30pm

J4 Sub @ 4:15pm

Saturday 11th February

Shore Dives (time & location to be advised)

Popes Eye & Seals Snorkel Trip @11:30am

Sunday 12th February

Extreme Ironing @ 8:30am (Brighton Baths)

Popes Eye & Seals @9:15am

Devil’s Dropoff @12pm

Call Shop for details. Book now to secure your place on 9579 2600

CLUB EVENT

BAREFOOT BOWLS

Wednesday 8th February @6pm

Elsternwick Park Sports Club 170 Glen Huntly Rd, Brighton, 3186

Cost: Only $15 Cash

By Friday 3rd February

You get: A light BBQ & Salad Dinner

A complimentary glass of beer, wine or soft drink and a Social Game of Bowls

Dress Code: Compulsary Head Attire; hat, beanie, swimming cap, wig, toupe..

Join us for some Incredi-bowl fun!

Don’t just ‘roll’ up, register your attendance with Ocean Divers.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

Australia held the world record for underwater ironing in the Guiness Book of Records. It was set at St Leonards Pier and involved Victorian divers. We need to recruit divers to reclaim the world title…….

DO YOU SCUBA? – YES, THEN YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU

Guinness World Record Attempt – The most people extreme ironing underwater

“The latest sport that combines the thrills of an outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt”.

Guinness World Record Attempt – The Most People Extreme Ironing Underwater

Where: Brighton Open Water Baths,251 The Esplanade,Brighton

When: Sunday February 12th 2012, Participants to arrive between 8:00am and 8:30am for 10:00am dive. Why not “dress up” for the attempt, and bring along your family and supporters.

Bring: Other than your dive gear , an ironing board, an iron (with the electrical cord removed) and a garment to press (you may need some lead to keep the garment in place)

Contact:  Your local dive shop 9579 2600 or email info@oceandivers.com.au before Monday 6th February, more details available upon request.

Deep-Sea Diving Suits To Keep

The Ocean From Crushing You

Amazing 1911 Chester E Macduffee aluminium Alloy Suit

This looks like its shopped, but its genuine. (LEFT)

Chevalier de Beauve’s diving suit 1715 (RIGHT)

The first suit diving suit concept, complete with lead shoes.

FREEDIVING COURSE

Dates are now Set!!

SINGLE BREATH,

NO TANK
HOW DEEP CAN

YOU GO?

Thursday 16th February -

7pm Theory Session & Paperwork – Ocean Divers

Saturday 18th February –

Theory & Breathing Techniques, Pool, Queenscliff Dive Centre

Sunday 19th Febraury –

Pool, Two Open Water Boat Dives, Queenscliff

$ 445.00

Learn proper breathing techniques, familiarize yourself with diaphragm breathing and take a deep breath like you never have before.

Acquire the proper skills and knowledge to participate in Freediving to depths of 60 ft. (20 meters) in the most relaxed and safest manner possible.

Does this interest you??

Sign Up Now – Maximum of 6 people per course. Call 9579 2600

Propulsion.

Terri Allen CDAA Cave Instructor, PADI Tec 50 Instructor

There are 5 propulsion methods we use:

Previously we’ve looked at the Frog Kick, Modified Frog Kick, Modified Flutter Kick, this week we will take a look at:

The Backward Kick

• The backward kick is critical for the diver to maintain position in the team, maintain position in light current, and avoid having to ‘push off’ from the environment or other divers.

For the loading stroke, picture touching the bottoms of your feet together. Though you won’t actually touch them together, picturing it that way can help. Point the fin tips down and slowly extend them further aft. Make sure to keep your head up for balance and trim.

For the power stroke, keeping your heels together, move your toes apart and then swing the blades OUT to create the most drag. The blades go out, not toward your head. Sweep the fins forward using the top and side of the fins for power. Be sure to keep your knees up. Then recover by extending your fins with your toes pointed straight back, being careful not to propel yourself forward. Then repeat.

Underwater Photography: Macro Images
With its emphasis on detail, the best underwater macro images are visually stunning. Often, underwater photographers use this format to capture miniscule marine creatures, though not always. Here’s our guide to getting the most from your underwater camera’s macro lens.

1. Backscatter Control: If you’re shooting in some popular “muck diving” destinations, the water may not be crystal-clear. Sites near shore especially can have degraded water clarity due to runoff or the sea bottom being stirred up by surge. The most challenging shots for underwater cameras are dark subjects with open-water elements. In all these situations, backscatter is sometimes inevitable. Depending on the situation, you can avoid backscatter by looking for “noisy” backgrounds that can hide backscatter, using creative lighting and getting close to your subjects.

2. Focus on the Eyes: If you’re shooting an animal, such as a blenny, goby or anemonefish, make its eyes the focal point.

3. Look For Interesting Backgrounds: Some of the loveliest macro images are because the creature is on something that provides an interesting patterned or textured background like coral polyps, kelp fronds and anemones.

4. Don’t Harass the Creature: Marine critters can be extra-sensitive to repeated, close firings from a strobe. Be courteous to the animal (and other photographers) — after you’ve gotten a few shots, move away and find another subject.

5. Watch Your Buoyancy: Some muck environments are composed of fine sand or silt and errant fin kicks can obliterate the water clarity. Always be aware of your surroundings and take care with both your dive and camera gear and keep them off the bottom and the reef.

6. Dive with a Local: A good dive guide knows the habits of local marine life and where they live. The best critter finders are able to move from spot to spot along a muck site, pointing out their finds.

7. Get Close: Think you’re close enough to your subject? As many pros like to say, get even closer.

PADI Digital Underwater Photography Course

Wouldn’t you like to show your friends how beautiful the underwater world and scuba diving is?

The PADI underwater digital photo program is wonderful at gaining skills to improve your dive photo skills and even down to how you store and archive your dive pictures.

Pre-requisites: Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization or be a snorkeler.

Cost: $295.00 (inc. GST)

Includes the PADI Digital Underwater Photography Manual, PADI Digital Underwater Photographer White Balance Slate, all tuition, and two dives.

Expression of Interest to the shop on 9579 2600

COURSE WATCH

Find out more about an area of diving that interests you!

We have changed some of our dates so please look carefully.

OPEN WATER DIVER

‘Learn to dive’

$595

Friday 3rd February @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th February – theory & pool

Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th February – Open Water Dives

Friday 17th February @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February – theory & pool

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February – Open Water Dives

ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER

‘Dive to 30m and explore new dive sites’

$395

Friday 24th February @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 25th February - 3 shore dives

Sunday 26th February - 2 boat dives

Friday 30th March @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 31st March - 3 shore dives

Sunday 1st April - 2 boat dives

RESCUE DIVER

‘Be the best buddy’

$425

Monday 19th & Tuesday 20th March @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th March- Open Water training

DEEP DIVER

$450

Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th February @6.30pm- Theory

Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th February – 4 Boat Dives

DRY SUIT DIVER

‘Keep warm throughout the year’

$325

Saturday 4th February - pool & theory

Sunday 11th February - 2 ocean dives

ENRICHED AIR DIVER

‘Extend your No Decompression time’

$325

Monday 20th February - Theory

Sunday 26th February - 2 boat dives

O2 EMERGENCY OXYGEN PROVIDER

‘Learn to administer oxygen safely’

$155

Register your interest

WRECK DIVER

‘Learn more about Wreck diving techniques’

$450
Monday 30th & Tuesday 31st January @ 6pm – theory
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January - 4 boat dives

BECOME A PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER BY EARNING 5 SPECIALTIES PLUS YOUR RESCUE DIVER RATING ENROL TODAY!

CAN’T FIND THE COURSE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR?

CONTACT US ON 9579 2600 OR BROWSE OUR WEBSITE AT:

http://www.oceandivers.com.au/training/course_dates/

WE CAN TAILOR DATES TO SUIT FOR GROUPS OF 4 OR MORE

SUMMERTIME SNORKELING TRIPS

Popes Eye Marine Park & Seals

Great Group Activity, good idea for corporate functions, 
sports breakups or family day out!!

Back again this year- Ocean Divers has organised their monthly summertime
Snorkel trips within Port Phillip Bay.
Come along Snorkel “Popes Eye‟ Marine Park
&
Play with the Seals at “Chinamans Hut‟.
We provide all snorkelling equipment
(Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Wetsuit)
As well as the boat trip, ex Portsea, with light refreshments for only

$70 per person.
Our friendly “Divemaster”(tour guide) is also available to lead you on the day.

Saturday 11th February @1130am

Saturday 10th March @1030am

Bookings are essential – book early to beat the Summer rush and guarantee you won’t miss out!!

UEPI ISLAND –

PARADISE ABOVE AND BELOW

Text by Nigel Marsh

www.nigelmarshphotography.com

There is only one dive resort in the world where you arrive at the jetty to be greeted by a dozen reef sharks swarming around the boat! This is the welcome you recieve upon arrival at Uepi Island Resort, and it hasn’t changed in twenty years.

The resort is very laid back and relaxing, a great escape from mobile phones, TV and emails. Most guests come here to do very little – apart from eating and diving. You get to dive as long as you like, we were commonly doing 70 to 90 minute dives.

The Wall, on the inner side of Charapoana Channel (which lies right in front of the dive shop) drops to 30m and then slopes off into deeper water. The wall is covered in lush corals; massive gorgonians, sea whips, soft corals and huge volcano sponges. Drifting along the wall with the gentle current we paused at the corner of the reef to watch the action; schools of barracuda, batfish, snapper, trevally and a dozen grey reef sharks.

Some of our most memorable dives were on a day trip to the little known wrecks of Wickham Harbour. The trip to Wickham Harbour takes around one hour, but the scenery on this journey is quite spectacular. Crossing from one side of Marovo Lagoon to the other we passed countless palm tree studded islands, numerous small villages and has wonderful views of the cloud covered mountains on Vangunu Island.

Arriving at Wickham harbour we were surprised to find that there was no harbour, there was also no wharf or port facilities here, in fact there is nothing there at all. However, during the war the Japanese used the area as an anchorage and had a small base nearby, and they also lost four ships here.

Swimming around this compact shipwreck one of the things that most impressed us was the marine life, the ship was swarming with millions of baitfish, and feeding on them were trevally, gropers and lionfish. Exploring the bow there were two large anchors on the deck and a field gun which still had its wheels in place. Timber decking still remain hidden under a layer of algae. Swimming along the side of the ship we could see many places where the hull has been damaged when hit by bombs…..

For more information visit www.uepi.com

DIVE TRAVEL 2012

Now Only 2 Spots Left

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Uepi Island Resort

21st – 29th April 2012

8days/ 7 nights Ex Melbourne

From

Diver $ 4,160 per person

• INCLUDES: Return Airfares Melb to Seghe with Solomon Airlines
• Airline Taxes Included
• 7 Nights Uepi Island, Gardenview Bungalow, Twin Share
• All meals at Uepi Island Resort.
• 10 boat dives Inc. Tanks, Weights & Airfills.
• 3 Wreck Dives Wickham Harbour
• Local custom dive taxes included
• Return Transfers Uepi
• Village visit on last day

INDONESIA

KOMODO

17 to 29 June 2012

ONLY $5,754

-2 Spots Left-

12 nights Ex Melbourne

 Return flights ex. Melbourne to Denpasar flying with Garuda Airlines
 1 night & day room : twin share acc. The Ramayana Resort & Spa – Kuta
 Return Domestic airfares Denpasar / Bima / Denpasar
 10 nights twin share acc. aboard S/Y Indo Siren
 All meals , tea, coffee, fruit juice, soft drinks and beer
 Up to 33 dives , including up to 6 night dives
 Most dive equipment rental is free ( Excluding : Dive computer and underwater torch )
 Free Nitrox for Nitrox certified divers
 Transfers throughout itinerary
 Australian Departure tax

FLY DIVE CORAL SEA

Thursday 1st November 2012

Get Spoilt- 4 Nights, 14 Dives!

The Great Barrier Reef, the Cod Hole & Coral Sea combined, from Lizard Island you enjoy a spectacular low-level reef flight along the outer GBR to Cairns onboard liveaboard .

Day 1: Embark Spoilt – Thursday 6pm Cairns

Day 5: Disembark – Monday 11am, Carins

Features:

• Diver size fish at Code Hole
• Spectacular first dive at Challenger Bay
• Coral Sea dives in gin clear water
• The Cod Wall, outer edge big fish dive
• Ribbon Reef
• All dives north of Cooktown
• Superior Vessel stability in adverse weather
• Transfer to Cairns hotel or Airport post trip

DIVER PRICE:      Club Room (2 bunk beds) $ 2086

Standard (2 single beds) $ 2315

Premium (Double bed) $ 2544

SARA’S CRITTER CORNER WATCH

A is for “Anenome”

The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea bottom or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to get ensnared in their venom-filled tentacles.

There are more than 1,000 sea anemone species found throughout the world’s oceans at various depths, although the largest and most varied occur in coastal tropical waters. They run the full spectrum of colors and can be as small as half an inch (1.25 centimeters) or as large as 6 feet (1.8 meters) across.

BENSONS BARK

An elderly couple was driving from England to Scotland, and the
woman was driving. She gets pulled over by the motorway
traffic cop. The officer said, “Ma’am, did you know you were
speeding?”

“HE THINKS HE KNOWS YOU,” the old man yells.”

SUMMER TRADING HOURS UNTIL EASTER

Monday-Thursday 9:00am – 7:00pm

Friday           9:00am – 8:00pm

Saturday         9:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday           GONE DIVING

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Ocean Divers

237 East Boundary Road

East Bentleigh

VIC 3165

‘Learn to Scuba Dive and Snorkel with the Best’

www.oceandivers.com.au

info@oceandivers.com.au

03 9579 2600

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