CHRISTMAS EDITION
The Deco Diary January Edition Inside This Issue 1
What’s happening
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New Products
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New Seawing Nova fins
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Christmas trading hours
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Stocking Filler ideas
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Recent Course/Dives
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Upcoming courses
Want to save? Remember to show your St George Underwater Centre Club Member card to save 10% off RRP in store!
What’s happening at the centre Well it has been a couple of months since the last diary and boy have we been busy and as a lot of you know the teaching has gone berserk. We have had a heap of new SDI Open Water Diver join us to explore and experience the underwater world. SDI Advance Adventure diver going a bit deeper also doing night dives and heaps of other cool diving. We have had trips up and around the state, with more planned for next year as well.
Message from Kel Have you thought about getting your diving going in a new direction? Pushing your skill’s to a new level? Giving others the experience of breathing underwater? Well if any of those spark interest we are holding an info night at St George Underwater Centre on Sunday the 14th of December, starting at 4 pm. On the afternoon we will explain how to, if you want to you move from being a SDI recreational diver to a SDI Dive Master then a SDI Assistant Instructor through to being a SDI Open Water Instructor. We at St George Underwater Centre have some of the most Qualified SDI Instructors and trainers in the country. We are a total training centre, you don’t have to go out and get assessed by another third party, and we do it all in house. Some important facts you should know; • SDI Is a world recognised training agency and a member or the RSTC • SDI is one of the largest training agencies in the world. • SDI is the fastest growing training agencies in Australia. • St George Underwater Centre is a true 5 star Instructor training centre with the most qualified SDI instructor Trainer IT and Staff instructor IT in Australia. • We teach all SDI and TDI courses. • We will not only teach you, we will help you get instructor work and experience, in Australia and Overseas. • Our students become trainers; with not only class room but real face to face experience. So give us a call and book in now!!!!
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New Products Shearwater Petrel $995.00 If you talk to those in the know, the name Shearwater becomes synonymous with “the world’s best dive computer”. Having built an outstanding reputation with technical divers over the last 10+ years, Shearwater’s new offering, the Petrel, brings full functionality OC & CCR capability to the market at an attractive size and price. Put simply, Shearwater computers do everything that you need, and nothing that you don’t – this makes these extremely powerful and very easy to use. The Petrel 2 is the newest and smallest model in the Shearwater range, it has a big QVGA full colour LCD display and handles OC recreational diving just as well as it does full decompression CCR diving. Air, Nitrox, Trimix and CCR capable out of the box, the Petrel handles up to 5 OC gases and 5 CCR gases. Full decompression information is provided, so you’ll never be left guessing how much deco time you have. The display brightness automatically adjusts with changes in ambient light, so whether you’re diving in bright conditions, at night or in a cave the screen’s LCD brightness is always at optimal levels. The Petrel is powered by an off the shelf AA battery, which is user changeable and lasts up to 36 hours of diving. An optional 3.6V lithium battery can be used to extend the battery life to 90 hours underwater.
SCUBAPRO SEAWING
Like all Shearwater computers, the Petrel is firmware upgradeable meaning you get the latest changes for free with no need to send the computer back for an update. The desktop software and Bluetooth interface (both USB adapter and software are included) allow you to upgrade the computer and download up to 1000 hours of dive logs, and runs on both PC and Mac. Here is the new colour range of the Seawing fins from Scubapro, we have the full size and colour range in sock and trust us everybody who tries them buys them so come on in and grab a pair. We also have some sizes in the hire stock so you can come
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Alanna has a lovely pair of white ones and as she said after teaching a class they so quick no student can get away from me! Sean and mini me have a pair each
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even though Sean’s are a bit bigger and orange) and boy on the Nth Coast trip you sure could see Sean in the all the photos with them on.
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Air/Nitrox/Trimix capable 5 open-circuit gas switch presets Bühlmann ZHL-16C with Gradient Factors Optional Varying Permeability Model (VPM-B) %CNS oxygen exposure tracking Ascent rate monitor Date, time and temp display Easy to read large full color screen Simple to use adaptive menus Water activated and programmable Logbook of last 1000 hours of diving Depth sensor rated to { 450 ft | 137 m } Battery voltage and warning Metric and Imperial Right or left wrist mountable Battery life (Saft 3.6V LS14500) up to 90 hours of diving Battery life (1.5V Alkaline) up to 36 hours of diving
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Stocking Stuffers for all divers Christmas and New Year Trading Hours
December 2014 20th-21st – 8:30am-4:00pm 22nd – 10:00am – 6:00pm 23rd – 10:00am – 6:00pm 24th – 10:00am – 6:00pm Christmas Day 25th – Closed Boxing Day 26th – Closed 27th – 28th – 8:30am – 4:00pm 29th – 10:00am – 6:00pm 30th – 10:00am – 4:00pm NYE 31st – 8:30am – 4:00pm
January 2015 1st – Closed
We resume our regular trading hours from January 2nd, 2015.
- Air fill card - Gear bags - Wet suit wash - A new pair of fins - Books, fish ID books - Spares kits - A new torch - Gear hangers - New booties - Gloves and hoods + so much more! Come in an visit our store
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Recent Course Updates We have had some great classes going over the last couple of months with Dom and Ken teaching SDI Open Water course. Mark has also had an TDI Advanced Nitrox course completed. This is the prequel to the TDI Deco Procedures. We have also as most you have seen completed an SDI Instructors course, and now have 4 new instructors in the centre, Alana, Sean Troy and Grant, all of which will be there to dive and help you with your diving needs. Well done to all. Kel
Recent Club Dive Report The dive club has been awesome with huge turnouts and lots of energetic divers getting out to some of the more enjoyable site that include, Voo Doo, The Leap, Shiprock just to name a few. We now are doing club divers on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Thursday and there have been a few sneaky extra dives as well, so keep a look on the Facebook site as well for those dives. A couple of weeks ago Brea lead a dive to find the unseen Weedy Seadragon and yes she found a few, as you can tell by the photo she is a very happy diver.
Up and Coming Courses Open Water Courses From $199.00 Please contact our team via email to receive an up-to-date list of our courses. Our email is info@stgeorgeunderwater.com.au
Advanced Open Water From $345.00 add your Nitrox course in total $499.00 16th 17th and 18th January
Rescue Diver From $499.00 30th 31st and 1st February
Navigation From $199.00 14th and 15th February
Deep Diver course From $399.00 6th 7th and 8th February
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