OCEANDIVERS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

MAY CLUB DIVES

Join us for some fun in the bay!

Saturday 12th May

Shore Dives

Blairgowrie @ 9am

Sunday 13th May

Boat Dives

Popes Eye & Seals @ 10:15am

Portsea Hole @ 1pm

Saturday 19th May

Shore Dive

Lead dive with Liz @ 9am

And/OR

J4 Sub (wreck) @ 1pm

Tuesday 22nd May

Shore Dive

Night Dive @6pm

Saturday 26th May

Shore Dives

Stay posted to our Facebook page for more diving options!

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

Congratulations Mark Keenan (from Melbourne Zoo)

on completing your PADI Divemasters.

Top Effort!!!!!!

We have more time on our hands through our quieter months which means

….Saturday Shore Dives Are Back!!!

Jane, Mark and Liz will be sharing around the fun, taking Saturday morning Shore dives.

This means two things 1. We get out of the Shop and into the water, and 2. You get to pick our brains with diving questions, we’ll be there to offer assistance and helpful hints to improve your diving skills.

The location will be decided on Wednesday and posted on our facebook page. Alternatively call the Shop Wednesday afternoon for details.

Free For all Club Members.

MAY CLUB NIGHT

At Ocean Divers

Tuesday 15th May @6:30pm

Join us for an Evening of Global Gossip!

Photo Presentations from Warrick & Jane

from their recent dive holidays to the Phillipines and

The Great Barrier Reef.

With Special Guest Speaker, Steve Trewavas presenting

“Gu’an – The Cave Explorers Dream”

Club Members and Friends Welcome

Free BBQ on the Night, please  RSVP before

Friday May 11th for catering purposes!

PADI SIDE MOUNT SPECIALTY COURSE

With Warrick

Friday 25th May – Evening

Saturday 26th May – Dives

$ 325.00

Sidemount scuba diving is the latest craze

sweeping diving!

Sidemount scuba diving is basically taking the tank off your back and putting it/them on your side allowing you the flexibility of being able manouver through swim throughs effortlessly.

Sidemount benefits

ALL NEW

SPORT PRO

There has been a lot of interest in the lead up to the launch of the Sport Pro HD, and now that I have seen what it can do, I can say that all the hype is justified. So don’t get left behind.

The Sport HD is small and compact, it’s a camera that you can put in your BCD and forget about but will be there to catch that awesome footage without encumbering your dive. the water and ticks all the boxes.

Rated to a depth of 60metres with a 144degree flat lens and a rear LCD viewfinder/playback monitor, this camera is at home above as well as below.

Check out the link below for videos taken using the Sports HD, the footage is amazing.

http://www.intova.net/products/sport-hd/

SOLD NOW AT OCEAN DIVERS!!!

Enjoying Your Diving….

Don’t Want to Stop for the Winter Months….?

TEC TRY DAY

SATURDAY 2ND JUNE

10am – 2pm

Ever Wanted to try diving on Twins?

Come along and experience diving with a wing & plate,

learn how to do Valve Drills, Stage Bottle handling

& Shooting Bags.

OR TRY A DRYSUIT

We have some SCUBAPRO EVERDRY 4 Drysuits (as shown below)

to try for the day.

Spots are limited so be quick to book..

**Purchase a Dry Suit on the Day and recieve

Drysuit Diver Course, which will familiarise you with the techniques, potential hazards and enjoyment of dry suit diving,

Valued at $325 – for Only $150.

Scubapro Everdry 4 Trade In Suits

Unisex Size S & M

In Perfect Condition!

Contact Shop for Details.

Tec Talk

The Goodman Handle
Commonly, any handle used on a canister light head is referred to as a Goodman handle. However the design and purpose of the Goodman handle is very specific and many fall short of these requirements.

In the 1970’s Bob Goodman, a Florida local, designed a hand mounted light that allowed divers to retain full use of their hands—very important in caves where it can be necessary for divers to pull their way through high flow sections. The other main advantage is the ability to use both a primary light and primary reel with the same hand—which was increasingly important as the use of scooters during exploration became common place, allowing divers to use a primary light, reel and scooter simultaneously.

Goodman handles must be rigid. While the primary light is usually on the left hand, it is sometimes necessary to temporarily switch hands, e.g. to dump gas, reference an SPG or retrieve something from the left pocket. The rigid handle allows the light to be moved into the right hand (holding it by the ballast) and then quickly and efficiently replaced on the left hand. Soft/elastic handles, while feeling secure when in place, make this more cumbersome and time consuming, requiring the strap to be wiggled back over the left hand.

Another important property of a Goodman handles is a flat low profile metal frame. This allows the frame of an exploration reel to sit flat against the Goodman handle in the palm of the hand and is very stable. The round handles found on many lights need to be ‘held’ by the fingers, reducing dexterity and full use of the hand and are very unstable when used with a reel.

Many explorers add a thumb loop to the light head which allows the right thumb to hold the light if required. Thumb loops are excellent for scooter diving when the fingers of the right hand are in use but the thumb is available.

So that’s it! A Goodman handle has a rigid and flat, low profile metal design for maximising utility in various situations and to maintain dexterity and use of the hands.

Continue in the Adventure!!!

Become an Advanced Open Water Diver only $395

Course starts: Thursday 24th May @6:30pm,

All Day Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May!!

Sign Up Now!

Friday 1st June!!

Stay tuned for Details and lots of instore Bargains…

DIVERS LOOKING TO EARN

SOME EXTRA CASH

The boat clinic at Sandringham is looking for Hull Scubbers

Contact Theresa on: 9521 8066

SQUARE

Sharks in Peril

We are emptying the ocean of sharks. As a diver and a global citizen acting locally, you can play a critical role in saving sharks. Start by signing the AWARE petition to save sharks.

Latest Update- A huge 100,000 people have signed to protect, you to can help – Your voice and the success of this petition allow Project AWARE’s global teams to make profound arguments for change – including diving-based economic benefits of living sharks and eco-tourism.

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1712&ea.campaign.id=10783

SARA’S CRITTER CORNER WATCH

BENSONS BARK

How to tell the Gender of a Fly

boom tish…..!

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her Husband stalking around with a fly swatter

“What are you doing?”
She asked.

“Hunting Flies”
He responded.

“Oh. ! Killing any?”
She asked.

“Yep, 3 males, 2 Females,” he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.
“How can you tell them apart?”
He responded,
“3 were on a beer can,
2 were on the phone.

UPCOMING DIVE TRIPS 2012!

June Long Weekend Escape

Wreckfest!!

Terri Is Taking a Trip to Merimbula for the

Queens Birthday Long Weekend.

Friday 8th June – Commute to Merimbula –

Saturday, Sunday, Monday (am) Diving!!!!!

Return – Monday 11th June

3 Nights- Accommodation at Merimbula Divers Lodge including Linen

5 Boat Dives – 4 Wreck Dives &1 Cave Dive

(cave certification not required)

Must be Advanced Open Water Certified

Only $495 Ex. Merimbula

$100 Cash Deposit Required Upon Booking at the Shop

MERIMBULA – 1 SPOT REMAINING – FILLING QUICKLY

VANUATU

Espiritu Santo

The Ultimate Wreck Diving Expedition

9 Days/ 8 nights Ex Melbourne

$ 2,536

16 to 24 October 2012

Price Includes:

• Return flights ex. Melbourne / Brisbane / Santo / Port Vila /
  Sydney / Melbourne flying with Air Vanuatu & Qantas
•  8 Nights Quad share Dormitory acc. The Deco Stop Lodge – Santo
  Includes Breakfast daily
• 12 shore dives with Allan Power Dive Tours
  Includes : Tanks, weights & dive guide services
• Return Airport Transfers
• Australian Departure tax

VANUATU – 2 SPOTS LEFT – BOOK NOW

FLY DIVE CORAL SEA

Thursday 1st November 2012

DON’T MISS OUT BOOK IN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

**Please Note Flights Melbourne- Cairns Return, Not Included

TecRec courses provide the techniques and procedures

necessary for diving beyond recreational dive limits.

These are some of the most intensive, yet exhilarating,

courses you’ll find.

TEC 50 COURSE

Get Your Tec Rec, Go Deep For Longer!

Register your interest at the Shop!!

The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving.

What You’ll Learn

During the Tec 50 course, you

• Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 metres/165 feet
• Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
• Use desk top decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives
• Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently

^{Entry Requirement:}

^{Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox,}

^{Deep Diver, Tec 45 or equivalent.}

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

Thursday 31st May @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 2nd June & Sunday 3rd June – theory & pool

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th June – Open Water Dives

Thursday 5th July @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July – theory & pool

Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th July – Open Water Dives

ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER

‘Dive to 30m and explore new dive sites’

$395

Thursday 24th May @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 26th May - 3 shore dives

Sunday 27th May – 2 boat dives

Thursday 28th June @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 30th June - 3 shore dives

Sunday 1st July – 2 boat dives

RESCUE DIVER

‘Be the best buddy’

$425

Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th July @ 6.30pm – theory

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th July- Open Water training

‘Keep warm throughout the year’

$325

Saturday 2nd June – pool & theory

Sunday 9th June – 2 ocean dives

ENRICHED AIR DIVER

‘Extend your No Decompression time’

$325

Thursday 24th May – theory

Sunday 27th May – 2 boat dives

O2 EMERGENCY OXYGEN PROVIDER

‘Learn to administer oxygen safely’

$155

Register your interest

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

- Last But Not Least –

Cartoon Fix

FACEBOOK PAGE

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Please click on the following link and ‘like’ us to be kept up to date!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Ocean-Divers/194380323937543

We welcome your feedback

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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