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Scubaversity Newsletter
May 2012 |
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Welcome back from the long week-end everyone! I trust it was full of epicness and an insane amount of fun! Our Protea / Aliwal Shoal trip was a winner with flat seas and awesome viz, making it a trip we will definately repeat!
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us at our annual
MAYHEM MADNESS DIVE SHOW 26 MAY 10AM-6PM
If you are not familiar with this show yet it is like our own little DIVE EXPO where we will be exhibiting all the brands, thus giving you the opportunity to shop around, touch, fit and compare. To top it off you are able to get CASH BACK on any of your purchases! Join us for a day of insane cash backs, good company and family fun.
So with May ahead we are heading into winter and you guys are starting to hide your heads under the blankets, so we are running a lot of non diving specialities and not a word of a lie, just try diving Miracle once in Winter and you will be converted. Otherwise join us for a quick weekend away to MOZAMBIQUE BILENE this is Ronnie's new spot and promises to be a winner!
Cheers
Mandy
P.S. If you like the newsletter Devon did it so send him a pat on the back!
P.S.S. Congratulations to all our newly qualified Instructors and MSDT's well done and welcome to the Scubaversity staff! |
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Stay connected with us on Facebook.
It's a great way to keep in touch with all your diving friends, make new friends, see all the photo's or events.
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 BILENE MOZAMBIQUE18 - 20 MAY
Un-named, un-explored reefs, magestic in size, like mountains under water! Close to JHB only about a 7 hour drive, right on the lagoon, Rare Sea Horses, now that sounds like a Magical Trip to Mosambique. We planned this a a quick get-away trip so you will only need one day's leave!
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY
ALL MY FRIENDS WEAR TIGHT RUBBER SUITS
AND PEE THEMSELVES.. |
 DAY LIGHT FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP12 MAY
9AM - 1PM
FREE TO CLUB MEMBERS NON MEMBERS R250
If you are keen to try out your skills as an underwater fashion photographer, our very esteemed Gordon will be donating some of his time to give a FREE workshop to all Scubaversity Members. morning the 12th. Space is limited so please make sure you confirm your booking. BOOK NOW |
  OPEN WATER COURSE WINTER SPECIAL JUST LAUNCHED!
STARTING 23 MAY
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PADI EFR COURSE 12 & 13 May
Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. Skills include;
Scene Safety Assessment, Communicable Disease Protection, Primary Assessment Rescue Breathing, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Conscious and Unconscious Obstructed Airway Management Serious Bleeding Management, Shock Management, Spinal Injury Management, Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training.
Emergency First Response Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Secondary Skills taught in this course;Injury Assessment , Illness Assessment, Bandaging , Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures. *** The Emergency First Response Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adult conditions. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children. *** Optional Read More / Book Now |
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PADI RESCUE COURSE
31 MAY
Ceri is a Scubaversity Customer who recently completed his Rescue course, I love that he is able to explain why it is so important to do your Rescue Course, please take the time to read his article and book yourself on this course soon!
"Having completed my open water scuba course a number of years ago, and then my advanced late last year, I made the decision to further my diving career by moving onto Master scuba diver. Now in order to do this, one has to first complete the Rescue diver course, and part of that step is to complete EFR (emergency first response)
This is an attempt to highlight to you, how this has not only changed my diving but by life in general..." Read More by Ceri James
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Things Instructors say
"Welcome to the foodchain folks, you're no longer on top!"
"I'm sorry, but no matter what the store owner said I'm not going to carry all your gear around for you"
"I see, you just forgot to mention the epilepsy"
"Yes, I know you were scared, but don't ever bite me again!"
"What do you mean you always bleed like that?"
"You don't want to do the buddy breathing because you have what!?"
"No, this isn't all I do for a living!"
"Yes, this is what I do for a living...why?"
 | | Some of these are really funny, the super cool dude coming out the cave & the Free diver falling of the boat took the cake! |
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DIVE COMPUTER REVIEW
Mares Meridian by Wynand Roos
It was with great excitement that I replaced my 11 year old ScubaPro Alidin Prime dive computer with the new Mares Matrix!
This was done not as a "must replace" but rather "would love to replace"
After doing a couple of dives with the new Matrix, I thought I'd share some of my opinions:
As a dive computer, I have never had so much relevant information at hand on a dive. The screen is very easy to read and the menus are very easy to navigate. Some of my favourite features include the build in compass as well as the automatic, multilevel safety stop countdowns (especially the fact that it continues your countdown on a safety stop after you accidently dropped below 6m and corrected) After a dive the Matrix is also very useful as a debriefing tool, with detailed dive information easily accessible - including a Graphical chart of your multilevel dive.
There are however also quite a few things that irritate me about the new Matrix:
As a tool that needs to ensure that you wake up in time for your dive, I found that the Alarm can hardly be heard by a mouse, never mind a human being. As I mentioned above, the compass is awesome but I could not set a bearing before my dive, as this function is only available once you descend. This does not help much if you are trying to get back to an entry point under water. I also can't say that I particularly like the feel of the buttons, they are inconsistent with the first push into a menu creating a click but subsequently have a soft feel. My biggest frustration with the Matrix is the Battery life, 3.5 days and 4 dives after my first charge the battery was flat. This would normally not be the greatest problem if you have power available all the time, but as you know sometimes you dives are in remote locations with limited or shared access to power. What I despise most about the battery life is the fact that if you don't charge the Matrix in time it will lose your Date and Time configuration - This sucks big-time!
All in all I am quite happy with my purchase and look forward to many more successful dives with my new Matrix. I would rate it: 3�/5    
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Nitrox Speciality
22 May |  | |
Enriched Air
Longer Bottom Times
Shorter Surface Intervals
Longer Repetitive Dive Times
Reduced Exhaustion
Safer!
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Photography Speciality
10 May |
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 SUBGEAR
XP-H
Air Intergrated Computer
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Have a look at this awesome AIR INTEGRATED computer that Sub Gear has just launched at R4999 it is the same price as most of the non air integrated computers on the market at the moment. Love it and think it really is an amazing buy | |
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Drysuit Speciality
29 May |
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Scubapro Everdry
R8295 |
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It's kind of like evolution, first we get costumes, then we get a wetsuit, then we learn to pee in our wetsuits and then finally we get a Dry Suit. However there is some skill involved which is why you do the Speciality.
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Become part of the Elite...
Become a PADI Master Scuba Diver
May Courses |
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Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care
12 & 13 May
Club Member R950
Course Material R125
Rescue Course
31 May
Club Member R2150
Course Material R 550
EFR / Rescue Combo
Club Member R2650
YOU SAVE R450
Excluding Course Material
Manual U/W
Photography Speciality
15 May
Club Member R 1250
Material R 380
Nitrox Speciality
22 May
Club Member R750 Material R280 Drysuit Speciality
29 May
Club Member R990
Material R320 | |
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OCEANIC DIVE COMPUTER RANGE
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