Greetings!
 Divers the NEW YEAR is here for all AQUANAUTS! This year we look forward to diving with our NEW Dive Industry Relationships to inspire ALL divers. From the novice diver to the most advanced diver, as well as the disabled and adaptive divers. Such as, Boy Scout America Dive Team, Purple Heart Dive Team, DiveHeart, SUDS, UAF, HSA, Neptune Society, Coral Restoration Foundation, Florida Marine Aquarium Society, Veterans Ocean Adventures, Video Dude Productions, and the Singing Sailor. All positive energy is around us to have a FANTASTIC 2010!
This Month of September don't forget the Coral Restoration Foundations Dives to support our ecosystem for generations to come. Choose your dive dates with the Florida Marine Aquarium Soceity! Divers don't forget your video of the event with Video Dude Productions!
Of course, continue your education in diving with our exciting Classes. The AQUALUNG Double Hose System Dive Course has become one of our most popular new additions. The Specialty of the Month (SOM) is the A.W.A.R.E. Diver Course. And don't forget about the Specialty of the Year (SOY) being the Enriched Air Nitrox Diver Course. 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!
And Divers don't forget to send in your favorite photos for selection in Photo of the Year or Photo Gallery! Photo captioned above was taken in Key Largo at the Coral Restoration Dive Site in 30' fsw. Meet divers like this fun ecologist on our next FEATURED DIVE of the Month.
Thank YOU,
Instructor Worth O'Brien
AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY
Toll Free: 1-877-AQUA-TAG
Congratulations to BSA Troop 412 for diving into adventure for their SCUBA Merit Badge.
DIVE EXCURSIONS:
(TBA)
USS Spiegal Grove Shipwreck Key Largo, FL - October
USS Oriskany Shipwreck Pensacola, FL - November 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!
SPECIALTY OF THE MONTH:
EANx (Specialty of the Year) Drift
Deep
 NightWreck
A.W.A.R.E. (Specialty of the Month)
Navigation
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. Courses are conducted as requested or scheduled as SOM for your convenience. Come dive with us at AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY and explore what ALL South Florida Diving has to offer!
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$CUBA EQUIPMENT $UMMER $$ALE$$
80% Discount% on NEW Dive Gear |
 HUGE savings OFF summer SCUBA equipment packages! Several packages to choose from for one low price! FREE Dive Gear Bag included with ALL dive gear packages!
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CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION FLORIDA
Florida Marine Aquarium Soceity - Ecologist & Conservationalist |
  Staghorn and elkhorn corals are undersea architects, creating reef structures that support vast varieties of fish, sponges, lobsters and other marine creatures. Hit hard by disease, global warming and other stresses during the past 30 years, these corals have declined to a few isolated patches in the warm, sun-splashed waters that run from southern Palm Beach County to the islands of the Caribbean. But beginning with a chance discovery off Key Largo, where staghorn coral was found growing in an undersea farm for commercial aquarium rock, scientists have begun raising these corals in offshore nurseries with the goal of transplanting them into the wild... (Excerpts from SunSentinel Newspaper)
Coral Restoration Education & Dive Excusions are conducted throughout the year with FMAS. Get involved, get certified and make change to benefit the our world.
Become a member of the oldest Marine Society established in 1955.
ADOPT - A - Reef PROGRAM:
Your patronage is vital to a sustainable ecosystem. Adopt-A-Reef program is designed to support and encourage conservation. Please help the growth of our organization through the Adopt-A-Reef Program.
RSVP today by contacting our Volunteer Coordinator or 877-AQUA-TAG.
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ADAPTIVE DISABLED DIVERS SOUTH FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale - September 15 thru 19 (BDT) |
Dive enthusiast come join use on our next dive trip for Veterans and Civilians with disabilities to gain the opportunity to experience and enjoy freedom underwater. Dive Buddy volunteers; together with YOU bring Divers with Disabilities such as TBI (Traumatic Brain Injuries), Amputee, Blindness, Quadriplegia, Tourettes, Ceberal Palsy, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) to the beautiful reefs beneath the waves. Many people are SCUBA Diving and realizing the significance that freedom underwater makes in their lives both physically and pyschologically. Read their story by going to www.vetssailing.org or www.unlimitedabilities.org or www.purpleheartdiveteam.org ...AQUANAUTS is dedicated to bringing ALL, the opportunity to explore and "Submerge Into Aquatic Adventures" through positive encouragement and building strong lifelong relationships. YOU too can get involved "Adapting Aquatic Diving Abilities"!
Recently during the month of August '10 Divers with Unlimited Abilities Foundation participated in open water ocean SCUBA diving. Their accomplishments and adventure are in-part Thanks to the dedicated Buddy Divers such as Instructor Jerry King, Thomas Mullin and Tommy Dolan that volunteer their time! Check-out the UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE to get involved!
October 23 2010 interest groups with Museum of Discovery & Science in support of activities for our adaptive diving programs will be conducting a Silent Auction! Thanks to Ambassadors Marcy Cellentani, and Worth O'Brien leading the volunteers and interest groups to successful committments. AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY has donated to provide divers the opportunity to experience the wounderful "Aquatic World". ...You too can get involved in the local area and support or volunteer to dive with active buddy divers with disabilities "Adapting Aquatic Diving Abilities" .
RSVP today by contacting our Volunteer Coordinator or 877-AQUA-TAG.
UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE:
September 02-04 Morning 8am-12pm Dive Key Largo, FL DiveHeart Event
September 11 Saturday 8am-12pm Dive Fort Lauderdale, Discover SCUBA VOA Event
September 18 Saturday 1pm-3pm Dive Fort Lauderdale, Discover SCUBA VOA Event
September 25 Saturday 1pm-3pm Dive Fort Lauderdale, Discover SCUBA BB&BS Event
September 26 Sunday 8am-12pm Dive Miami, FL Neptune Reef VOA Event
RSVP today by contacting our Volunteer Coordinator or 877-AQUA-TAG.
(ALL events from VOA are FREE of any charges to our Disabled and Buddy Divers)
ADOPT - A - DIVER PROGRAM:
Your patronage is vital to a sustainable volunteer support. Adopt-A-Diver program is designed to support an acceptable screened applicant. Please help the growth of our organization through the Adopt-A-Diver Program.
DIVE BUDDY (BDT):
Certified SCUBA divers can learn to assist disabled divers both in the pool and open water as Volunteers take the Buddy Disability Training.
Next Class Date: Scheduled September 15-19 (BDT) 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. Soon to come the Adaptive Disabled Divers of South Florida website...
DISABLED DIVER CERTIFICATIONS:
Explore the "Aquatic World" and take a "Life Altering Adventure" ! Classes designed for the safety, comfort, and fun of everyone involved. Next Class Date: Discover SCUBA Scheduled September 18 at Lauderdale Aquatic Center to 1pm-3pm.
Next Class Date: Basic Open Water Diver Scheduled September 20-26 at Pro Dive to 6pm-9pm classroom sessions and the pool and ocean dives from 8am-12pm.
Next Class Date: Advanced Open Water Diver Scheduled September 22-26 at Pro Dive to 3pm-6pm classroom sessions and the weekend from 8am-12pm ocean dives. Advanced Open Water.
RSVP today by contacting our Volunteer Coordinator or 877-AQUA-TAG.
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RECONNAISSANCE
USMC AMPHIPBIOUS RECONNAISSANC COMBATANT DIVE SCHOOL |
 SEMPER FIDELIS to the Instructor / Supervisor Staff USMC Combatant Diver... Recently the Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center, Panama City, FL combined all services to complete the majority of underwater training and diving. With this initiative the Naval Base renovated its facility with a new deep well dive pool at 40' fsw. This new dive pool is constructed witth level platforms for varied depths and crane system for project development programs.
On the cutting edge of technology the Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center is also undergoing revamping the elite DIVE curriculums. The USMC Combatant Diver Course has always been a breed a part, but now the Navy is seperating from the Marine Corps, in respect, to its curriculum.  The Amphibious Reconnaissance Marines are in the process of developing their own Combatant Diver curriculum combining the MARSOC training goals. ..."Talk about the tough getting TOUGHER!" In comparison the Marine Corps side of the house has always been more stringent to simulate the added rigors Reconnaissance Marines endure.  Now with all Marine Instructor / Supervisor Staff re-developing the program look forward to new ingenious techniques to hurt! The USMC Instructor / Supervisor Staff is made up of seasoned Marines with combat experience. Their motto is at Combatant Dive School  is " Dangerous Marine Life". But you can rest assured that while developing the new course curriculum their motto is " It Smart To Be Hard, But Its Hard To Be Smart". In other words it takes a tempered Reconnaissance Marine to get through the physical aspects of training, but it takes an intelligent Reconnaissance Marine to associate the theories and laws of diving with the practice of diving SCUBA and Closed Circuit Rebreathers.
  
...Bring families together in new underwater environments is just one of our goals at AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY.
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AQUANAUTS AWARD BOARD
AQUAFIED! SCUBAFIED! CERTIFIED! - GRADUATES | |
 Congratulations 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!
Jacob DuBois Jacob 1st Ocean Dives Kyle & Jacob DuBois Brothers
...Bring families together in new underwater environments is just one of our goals at AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY.
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Submerge Into Adventure
The World's Most Exciting Underwater Adventure!!! |
Upcoming Classes Start Date Posted: 
(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 Disability Training Certification - Handicapped Scuba Association
Certification Courses are conducted on a consistent 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"!
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| 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!
Summer Excursion Nassau, Bahamas 8 days 7 nights Luxury accommodations June 21-28, 2011!!!
*Air Fare and additional dives or activities are NOT included.
Next Scheduled DS & DSD are June-July-August 2011... RSVP today by contacting 877-AQUA-TAG! |
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| Lionfish Madness: |
Devistating Caribbean
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.
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| Night Dive Relief: |
Divers dust off your SCUBA gear and come enjoy a night to remember with AQUANAUTS! Join us on every Wednesday Night during the month of July for a spectacular Night Dive aboard the American Dream Dive Charter in Fort Lauderdale! This is a mid week relief for a 2 Tank Night Dive departing at 6:30pm! Stress Free Dive ...rental tanks are FREE!
RSVP today by contacting 877-AQUA-TAG!
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| VOA Vets Dive: |
September 11, 2010
Veterans Discover SCUBA continued active efforts in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday September 11, 2010 from 8am-12pm. Buddy Divers your patronage will make this an exciting activity for a "Get Wet & Dive In" event.
RSVP today by contacting 877-AQUA-TAG!
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| Dive Bahamas: |
 Bahamas Cruise
Plunge into an exciting "Aquatic Adventure" vacation. Excursion dates: TBD by YOU! This excursion rate is based on one couple at $299.00pp for (4) days / (3) nights to the sunny Paradise Island in Frreeport, Bahamas! However, reservations for others may be added. Space is limited for this exclusive AQUANAUTS premier package.
RSVP today by contacting 877-AQUA-TAG!
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June 21-28, 2010
Plunge into an exciting "Aquatic Adventure" vacation. Excursion dates: June 21-28, 2010 at a rate of $1880.00pp 20% OFF for Early Registration 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.
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| BSA SCUBA: |
Summer 2011
Boy Scouts of America are diving in to accomplish their SCUBA Merit Badge. Support BSA Troops this month while they dive into "Aquatic Adventures" with AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY. If your troop is interested in enjoy breath taking adventures underwater in the beautiful blue warm waters of Florida contact AQUANAUTS today!
RSVP today by contacting 877-AQUA-TAG!
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