AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY Newsletter September 2009
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Greetings!
 
Bell BubbleSummer is here  to all AQUANAUTS! This year we have a few NEW Dive Industry Relationships to inspire ALL divers. From the novice diver to the most advanced diver, as well as the handicaped divers. Such as, DiveHeart, SUDS, HSA, ProDive International, and Video Dude Productions. All positive energy is around us to have a FANTASTIC 2009!
 
This New Year will bring exciting new Dive Excursions with more Local Dive Trips and Social Events. Of course, continue your education in diving with our exciting Classes. The Hunter Education Course has become one of our most popular new additions. As we look forward to a Fun Filled Year of Diving we would like to Thank You for your support this past year! ...AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY looks forward to providing you with the best service and aquatic exploration underwater!
 
Thank YOU,
Instructor Worth O'Brien 
AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY
 
Toll Free: 1-877-AQUA-TAG
 
 
Lion Fish
Lionfish Madness:
Devistating the Caribbean to the USA
 
Lionfish (Pterois Volitans) have been documented along the entire United States East Coast from Florida through Massachusetts, East to Bermuda and South throughout the Bahamas and in other Caribbean Islands such as Turks and Caicos and Cuba. The expansion has been extremely rapid and exponential in scope. We have seen some Lionfish ha e been located on the Captain Dan and Sea Emperor, also some divers have seen them off Boca Artificial Reef.
For more information contact www.reef.org.
 


DIVE EXCURSIONS:
 
Nassau, Bahamas - October 10 thru 17
 
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Manatee Dive Crystal Springs, FL
Cavern / Cave Dive Ginnie Springs, FL
Creature Feature Key Largo, FL
USS Oriskany Shipwreck Pensacola, FL
USS Spiegal Grove Shipwreck Key Largo, FL

AQUANAUTS is offering this exclusive excursion package for a limited time. To take advantage of this offer simply click and go to AQUANAUTS ISLAND EXCURSIONS to purchase your dive vacation!
 
 
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SPECIALTY OF THE MONTH:
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AQUA LUNG VINTAGE (Double Hose System)
FEATURED DIVE of the Month
BUNDLED COURSE SPECIALS
DISCOUNT% BOAT TRIP CARDS to Experience ALL the South Florida Vessels
 

AQUANAUTS is offering these exclusive specialty courses throughout the month. Take advantage of the most beautiful dive locations within the United States; the most thoroughly developed training for certification; the best opportunities for NEW specialties; and  the most professionally taught classes. Couses are conducted as requested or scheduled as SOM for your conveinence. Come dive with us at AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY and explore what ALL South Florida Diving has to offer!


 
ISLAND PARADISE DIVE EXCURSION
BAHAMAS - October 10 thru 17
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS:
Relaxing, pristine, and spaciously comfortable- the Blue Water Resort at Guanahani Village in Nassau, Bahamas is a private beachfront community featuring some of the most sought after resort villas in the Bahamas Islands. Each unit has a Full Kitchen, Spacious Living Room and Patio, and is just footsteps away from the White Sand and Crystal Blue Waters which Nassau is famous for. Located on a private stretch of World-Famous Cable Beach & Casinos, within short walking distance to great shopping, restaurants, and one of the island's only two casinos.
 
At Blue Water Resort at Guanahani Village, your front door opens onto one of the world's most breath-taking playgrounds. Work up a sweat at our private tennis court before you cool off poolside with a refreshing beverage, basking in the Bahamian sun. If tennis isn't your sport, a championship golf course and casino are located just minutes away. Also the beach offers some of the Bahamas best swimming, snorkeling, sailing, fishing all in the crystal blue waters of Nassau's Cable Beach, Bahamas.

Plunge into an exciting "Aquatic Adventure" vacation. Excursion dates: October 10-17 at a rate of $2,680.00pp for seven nights to sunny Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas! Space is limited for this exclusive AQUANAUTS premier package. Blue Water Resort at Guanahani Village is a three story villa will consist of only a maximum occupancy of (8) with (3) private. Check-in is at 3:00pm and check-out is at 11:00am with round-trip Escalade Stretched Limousine transportation provided to and from airport to hotel.
 
Excursion Package Includes: Resort accommodations, Limousine transportation, Stuart Cove's (4) day (8) dives SCUBA Dive package, Power Boat Adventure Tour, Pirates Museum and much, much more...
 
Pirates of Nassau museum- The year is 1716... this is an interactive Pirate Attraction in the heart of downtown Nassau. Your adventure begins on a moonlit dock amidst the sounds of lapping water and Pirates celebrating in a nearby tavern. Board a replica of the pirate ship "Revenge" and enter the world of cutlass wielding, bloodthirsty Pirates. Nassau, Bahamas was a paradise haven during the "Golden Age" of piracy and the port of many sailing adventure stories. Learn more during an inviting tour into the infamous lifestyle of some of the most notorious Pirates of the Caribbean!
 
Power Boat Adventures is an explosive Miami-Vice powerboat run to the nearby Exuma Islands of the Bahamas! Enjoy feeding the Island Iguanas on a deserted island, snorkel between the islands traveling down current via a guided tour, sunbath into heaven on a Private Island, then hand feed the Wild Stingrays and watch a Shark Feeding before an all out banquette of Native Foods and island tea mon! This is an all day activity so be prepared to relax while being subjected to "Island Hoping Adventures".
 
Stuart Cove's Aqua Adventures is Nassau's premier attraction featuring water-based activities. The company is divided into five divisions. Three divisions offer activities for tourists on the island - Dive Bahamas, Snorkel Bahamas and SUB Bahamas. The remaining two divisions are Fin Photo and Stuart Cove's Underwater Productions.

Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas is Nassau's leading full service dive resort. Originally opened in 1978, the operation has grown to a fleet of seven dive vessels, with five of the boats over 40 feet in length. Located on the southwest side of New Providence Island, Stuart Cove's Today is in the ideal physical location to take advantage of the diverse underwater geological formations. As such, dive sites are available for divers with no experience all the way up to expert-level dives including four new shipwrecks we have helped place in the last two years.

Experienced divers can participate in up to (5) dives a day.  Two dives are offered in the morning, with two additional dives in the afternoon. An optional night dive is available on selected evenings as well.  Dive sites encompass steep vertical walls that plummet to 6,000 feet of depth, shallow tropical reefs, 13 different locations containing ship or airplane wrecks, and numerous locations that were used as underwater movie sets for feature films.

The feature activities at Stuart Cove's for our divers is our "Extreme Shark Adventure" .  The Shark Adventure program is a 2-tank dive trip that takes divers on an underwater encounter with Caribbean Reef Sharks. On the first dive divers participate in a "free swim" with the sharks along a beautiful wall.  On the second dive, the group forms up in a semi-circle on the 50-foot bottom and watch while a professional shark feeder enters the water with a box of bait.  Upon reaching the bottom, the feeder begins feeding the sharks with the aid of a pole spear.  To say the sharks come close to the divers is an understatement ...they are everywhere!
 
Other featured activities are the 007 James Bond Movie site dive; the SubDive adventure; Atoll Blue Water dive excursion and many others...
 
*Air Fare, government taxes, meal plan and additional dives or activities NOT included.
 
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...go to AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY to book your trips!
 
Sincerely,
AQUANAUTS - Worth O'Brien
AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY
 
 
 
DIVEHEART SOUTH FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale - Septeber 16 thru 20 & Instructors 23 thru 27
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S.U.D.S. Divers
The Florida Keys is the backdrop for the most recent DMW Diveheart Military Wounded and Diveheart Disabled Divers trip August 12-17 Veterans and Civilians with disabilities had the opportunity to experience and enjoy beautiful Key Largo underwater. DMW volunteers from Illinois and Florida came together to bring Veterans with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injuries), Amputee, Blindness, Quadriplegia, Tourettes, Ceberal Palsy, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) to the beautiful reefs beneath the waves. Read their story by going to www.diveheart.org ...AQUANAUTS is dedicated to brining ALL the opportunity to explore and "Submerge Into Aquatic Adventures" through posative relationships "Interacting With A DiveHeart" and "Making Posabilities For Disabilities"!


Volunteers are the Lifeblood of DIVEHEART...

Many caring individuals, with a multitude of talents, have already exercised their skills to benefit the disabled community through
DIVEHEART.

As a DIVEHEART volunteer you can unleash your creativity and lend your support in a variety of ways.  Here are just a few examples of how you can become a friend of
DIVEHEART.

DIVE BUDDY (BDT): 
Certified SCUBA divers can learn to assist disabled divers both in the pool and open water as Volunteers take the Buddy Diver Training or Instructor Diver Training.
Next Class Date: Scheduled September 16-20 (BDT) & September 23-27 (IDT) at Pro Dive to 6pm-9pm classroom sessions and the weekend from 8am-12pm pool sessions. Become a Dive Buddy contact Instructor Worth O'Brien at info@aquanauts.biz for Broward County.
 
Business Friend of DIVEHEART:
A variety of businesses already support DIVEHEART through direct financial, product and/or service donations

Carry & Display DIVEHEART merchandise:
Diveshops, Retailers and other businesses can agree to display and resell DIVEHEART trademarked merchandise, with all proceeds benefiting the DIVEHEART Foundation

Event Volunteers:
Help out at DIVEHEART Fundraisers, outings and other events and activities

SCUBA Diving Instructors:
Get certified to teach students with disabilities

Friends of DIVEHEART:

Can also lend their support through leveraging of resources & personal skills as well as financial support & getting the word out about DIVEHEART through publicity & word of mouth. Become a friend of DIVEHEART today!
 
For more infomation go to www.diverheart.org
 
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AQUANAUTS AWARD BOARD
AQUAFIED! SCUBAFIED! CERTIFIED! - '09 GRADUATES
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Diver RecognitionCongratulations to the newest... finally qualified divers! No matter what your experience level is. No matter how long you have been diving. No matter what exciting locations you have explored underwater. We all will never forget those first few breaths underwater! This recognition is to all those divers joining our Dive Friendly Family. ...As you continue diving you'll have many opportunities to take on new adventures; network with other divers from extraordinary backgrounds with perhaps the newest in cutting edge technology or ideas; and enjoy beautiful new locations throughout the world underwater! And best of all Diving is for everyone to relax in and around the aquarium!
 
Basic Open Water Divers '09:
Odile Barbazan                Lorena Pardo                       Ryan Lochrane
Sean Lee                         Andrew Ketterer                    Maria Rubines
Andreas Zeiter                  Stephanie VonSaalfeld        Juliane Boselli
Danielle Englert               Ornruedee Rodchan             Jannett Vargas
Natalie Tierijaroonkul       Sidarat Thepsukalux            Jennifer Becker
Jaroslava Popova             Angsumalin Pomnak            Dider Vansteenberghe
Andriy Zarubin                  Chalermporn Ruaylarp         Erin Connors
Advanced Open Water Divers '09:
April Sick                          Michael Gagliano
Garrett Funkhouser           Jevgenijs Popovs
Adam Roberti                   Pavel Kerzhner
Odile Barbazan                Fabio Paparoni
Sean Lee
Enriched Air Nitrox Divers '09:
Odile Barbazan
Sean Lee
Ryan Lochrane
Rescue Open Water Divers '09:
Odile Barbazan
Sean Lee
Jonathan Copley
Mark McAllister
Master SCUBA Divers '09:
Kyle DuBois
Timothy Gillette
Jonathan Copley
Mark McAllister
DiveMasters '09: 
Kyle DuBois
Charles Kramer
Keerati Ruaylarp
James Bowman
Andre Harris
 
...Bring families together in new underwater environments is just one of our goals at AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY.
 
 
 
Submerge Into Adventure
The World's Most Exciting Underwater Adventure!!!
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Upcoming Classes Start Date Posted:Chalkboard
  
BOW: September 01 6pm-9pm
 
SOM: September 04 1pm-4pm (AWARE Specialty)
 
ALV: September 07 8am-4pm (Double-Hose Dive)
 
Jr.BOW: September 08 6pm-9pm
 
EANx: September 10 1pm-4pm
 
AOW: September 11 1pm-4pm (AWARE Diver Specialty)
 
ROW: September 14 9am-4pm
 
DMT: September 14 9am-4pm

BDT: September 16 6pm-9pm -
DiveHeart / SUDS / HSA
 
BOW: September 18 6pm-9pm weekend class
 
BOW: September 22 9am-12pm
 
BDT: September 23 6pm-9pm - (Instructor - IDT) DiveHeart / SUDS / HSA 
 
EANx: September 24 1pm-4pm
 
AOW: September 25 1pm-4pm (AWARE Diver Specialty)
 
 
 
(BOW) Basic Open Water Certification
(AOW) Advanced Open Water Certification
(SOM) Specialty Of Month Certification
(EANx) Enriched Air Nitrox Certification
(ROW) Rescue Open Water Certification
(DMT) Dive Master Training Certification
(ALV) Aqua-Lung Vintage Training Dive - Double-Hose System Dive
(BDT) Buddy Diver Training Certification - DiveHeart / SUDS / HSA
 
Certification Courses are conducted on a consistant schedule monthly. Custom and Private classes are available upon your request. Please go to www.aquanauts.biz to purchase and confirm your adventure into the "Aquatic World"!
 
  
 
About AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY
AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY provides top-notch Professional development and instruction for aquatic programs; corporate, public, disability and non-profit events; daily dive charters; the latest program technology; online equipment sales; online course scheduling and sales; great customer support; and prices that can't be beat!  
 
AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY
Toll Free: 877-AQUA-TAG 
 
Nassau, Bahamas - Paradise Island: Enjoy an exclusive vacation enjoying Atlantis Undiscover World -  Helmet Diving - Power Baoat Adventure - Shark Diving - Sub Diving and much, much more...
 
*Air Fare and additional dives or activities are NOT included.
 

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