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SO WHAT IT’S DECEMBER, WE STILL TEACH SCUBA

SCUBA SCHOOLSCUBA SCHOOL

DEC 21-23 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS

DEC 22 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE,

OR JUST COME AND PLAY

DEC 22 EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY CLASS (1:00 PM)

DEC 23 FIRST AID CLASS

DEC 28-30 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS

DEC 29 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE,

OR JUST COME AND PLAY

DEC 30 FIRST AID CLASS

JAN 4-6 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS

JAN 5 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE,

OR JUST COME AND PLAY

JAN 5 ENRICHED AIR SPECIALTY CLASS (1:00 PM)

JAN 6 FIRST AID CLASS

JAN 11-13 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS

JAN 12 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE,

OR JUST COME AND PLAY

JAN 13 FIRST AID CLASS

JAN 18 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS

JAN 19 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE,

OR JUST COME AND PLAY

Jan 20 FIRST AID CLASS

JAN 23 WICHITA STATE SCUBA CLASS BEGINS

MAKE EVERY WEEKEND A DIVE WEEKEND

PADI DISCOVER SCUBA

SCUBA REVIEW

OR JUST COME AND PLAY

ANDOVER BRANCH YMCA POOL

SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018

Why PADI Scuba Review?

Are you a certified diver, but haven't been in the water lately? Are

you looking to refresh your dive skills and knowledge? Are you a

PADI Scuba Diver and want to earn your PADI Open Water Diver

certification? If you answered yes to any of these questions then

PADI Scuba Review is for you.

What do I need to start?

Hold a scuba certification

Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?

First, you'll review the safety information you learned during your

initial training. Then, you head to the pool to practice some of

the fundamental scuba skills

How long will it take?

A couple of hours

What will I need?

If you don’t have your own gear you will need to rent gear.

I don’t want a review, but I want to play?

No problem, Just sign up and come play in the pool for a couple

of hours….we want you diving!

$75.00 for Refresher (includes gear rental and pool fee)

No Refresher, don’t have gear, but you want to play?

Full gear rental $38.00 plus and pool fee.

Have all your gear but just want to play? $15.00

IF YOU BOUGHT A SCUBA SYSTEM FROM US, IT’S FREE

STARTS AT NOON

CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT PADI EQUIPMENT SPCIALTY COURSE...IS IT WORTH IT?

Don’t miss a dive due to a scuba gear issue.

Whether it's a blown O-ring, regulator prob-

lem, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, you

can learn how to manage basic scuba equip-

ment adjustments.

As a PADI Equipment Specialist, you are prepared for the basic scuba

equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter eve-

ry day. In addition, you'll learn interesting background information

about how your gear works, how it’s repair and other information

that helps you with your equipment investment.

Additionally, if you don’t already have your PADI Advanced Certifica-

tion, this course counts as one of your dives. More importantly this

course counts toward a specialty needed for your Master Scuba Diver

Certification.

PADI Equipment Specialty - How does it work?

To enroll in the PADI Equipment Specialty course in Bali, you must be

a PADI Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organiza-

tion). No dives are required, so you can take the Equipment Specialist

course any time of the year.

With the PADI equipment specialty course you will come to our dive

center where our Instructor will go through the following with you:

Review the theory, principles and operation of scuba diving

equipment

Learn about routine, recommended care and maintenance proce-

dures, and equipment storage

How to overcome common problems with equipment and rec-

ommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a

demonstration of repair procedures).

Gain simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configura-

tions and an introduction to new gear (may include optional con-

fined water dive to try new or unfamiliar equipment).

PADI Equipment Specialty - Where will I dive?

The PADI Equipment Specialty course is a non-diving specialty course

which means that there are no dives included in the course.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 AT 1:00 PM

CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT

ENRICHED AIR CLASS

SATURDAY JANUARY 5, 2018 1:00 PM

AMBER WAVES DIVING REPAIR CENTER

Properly functioning gear is crucial

Your safety depends on it. That’s why we are the best

technicians in the business to service your gear.

What to expect

We are certified technicians that always follow manufacturer

guidelines. Conscientious and thorough, we examine every

part of your gear. We’re always on the lookout for wear and

corrosion, immediately swapping out anything worn or

damaged. We want your next dive to be your best dive!

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Making Your Air Last Longer When Diving

We plan and execute every recreational dive around gas and time constraints. On a relatively shallow reef dive — or when using nitrox — we often end the dive based on gas consumption rather than time underwater. Dive instructors and guides always seem to be “good on air,” but how do they do it? And how can you make your air last longer when diving? Much like some other physical traits, some people simply have better gas consumption. You can’t change the laws of physics and it takes more energy to propel a larger person than a smaller person. However, there is always room to improve. Essentially, you can make your air last longer in any of three broad and overlapping categories: equipment, knowledge and skills, and personal preparation. Equipment

Only take what you need for the dive. Every accessory attached to your BCD is additional weight and drag, making you less streamlined. As a consequence, you’re more likely to expend energy moving through the water.

Keep your equipment well-maintained. Get your regulators serviced in accordance with manufacturer instructions by a trained technician. Be mindful of your hose lifespan and condition to help ease breathing and aid avoid losing gas through leaks. Make sure your BCD ads and releases air smoothly, allowing you to make small adjustments easily. Check your fins for splits and fraying. Any degradation in performance means you’ll expend more energy to propel yourself or achieve neutral buoyancy. Consequently, you’ll breathe more gas.

Make sure your equipment is the right size. Ill-fitting equipment will only compromise your movement in the water. For example, a BCD that’s too large — allowing the cylinder to roll around on your back — may leave you struggling to maintain balance during the dive and ex-pending unnecessary energy. Poorly fitting fins will compromise your finning technique and increase your gas consumption. Get professional advice and, if possible, buy your own equipment rather than trying to adapt to different rental equipment on every dive trip.

Take what is suitable for the dive. Smaller snorkel-style full-foot fins won’t be able to cope with a moderate current at a challenging dive site. Taking the other extreme, a bulky dry suit and weighty jet-fins are unnecessary on a tropical reef. Research before you go and wear the optimum equipment.

Stay warm. A body fatigued by cold will use more energy and more gas. Wear the proper exposure protection for that environment at the end of those dives — not the beginning — and at the deepest These are the times when your body is more vulnerable to temperature chang-es and you’re likely to discover that you really should have packed that thicker exposure suit or hood.

Knowledge and skills

Improve your general diving knowledge. Take continuing education courses. Listen to more-experienced divers and seek out their advice. Put the knowledge you gather into practice in the water. That may include a formal class, such Peak Performance Buoyancy, or something informal, such as a conversation with an experienced local guide. He or she may recommend a certain route around a wreck or reef to avoid fighting current or water movement. Increasing knowledge in either way can potentially improve your gas consumption.

Research the environment where you’re about to dive. Knowing the water temperature, techniques and procedures will help you physically prepare in terms of fitness and equipment selection. Preparation can simultaneously help you visualize your dives and be more relaxed about the upcoming dives before you get anywhere near the water. Your gas consumption will likely improve as a consequence.

Work on your buoyancy. Neutral buoyancy is the cornerstone of good diving. Spend some time perfecting your weighting. Practice making smooth descents and ascents. Hone your skill level to the point that neutral buoyancy is your default position and — if you stop finning — you simply stop moving forward. Finning should have no bearing on your depth in the water column. The less energy you expend maintain-ing position, the less gas you will consume.

Work on your trim. New divers tend to be more upright in the water, as if they’re riding an invisible unicycle. Relax to the point that you’re virtually horizontal for 99 percent of your dive, other than your initial descent and ascent.

Slow down. While you may occasionally need to pick up the pace to turn a corner against a current or deal with an issue, most of your dive should be slow and smooth. The dive is about the journey, not the destination. Just like driving a car, if you’re easy on the throttle, you’ll consume less fuel.

Stay shallower where possible. Think back to your initial theory training. Your gas consumption, all other things being equal, is a factor of the atmospheres of pressure you’re under. Unless there’s a specific reason to go deeper, such as a wreck or other attraction, stay a little shal-lower. If your planned maximum depth is 100 feet (30 m), spend only the time you need there to get that photo you’re after. Then, gently drift along the reef at a shallower depth to conserve gas.

Breathe slowly, deeply, and easily. Do not force it. Each inhalation and exhalation should be gentle and unflustered, as if you’re following your breath in a meditation. Relaxed as if you’re in a favorite comfortable chair. Many novice divers report two sensations related to regula-tor use: an aching jaw from excitedly gnawing on the mouthpiece and a dry throat as they guzzle the pure, filtered air. Slow it down.

Personal preparation

Fitness is a key element to diving. You needn’t be an Olympic athlete and, for most simple, tropical, reef dives, you’ll be expending minimal energy. Nevertheless, even in simple conditions, it’s common to see less-fit divers using a larger cylinder to complete the same dive as a fitter and more-efficient diver. The harder the dives, the more critical your fitness becomes. If you’re diving in challenging conditions or cir-cumstances change during a dive — for example, the waves and current have become more severe or your buddy has an issue — you must be fit enough to handle it. Good physical fitness means your pulse and breathing rate will remain reduced even when dealing with an issue. Exercise regularly and maintain your weight at healthy levels to reduce your gas consumption.

Rest properly for your dives. If you’re sleep-deprived, dehydrated or haven’t eaten properly, your body simply won’t perform as well. In ad-dition, factors such as dehydration put you at higher risk for problems such as DCS. Strike a balance between enjoying your dive trip on land and being well-prepared for the dives. Get enough sleep and eat and drink sensibly. Give your body the tools it needs to be physically pre-pared for diving.

Be on time for the briefing or boat departure. If you’re late or flustered before you enter the water, you’re much more likely to have a raised pulse and increased breathing. Arrive at least five minutes before a briefing or 15 minutes before a boat departure, with your gear checked and nitrox analyzed.

Plan the dive. Dive the plan. A significant proportion of a good dive comes down to preparation and confidence before you enter the water. Sound dive planning helps you know exactly what lies ahead. Take a slate to dive briefings if you’re not a regular diver in the area; note en-try, exits and dive procedures, maximum depths, no-stop times at depth, landmarks, hazards and points of interest. Visualize the dive in your mind before you enter the water and discuss your plan with your buddy. The clearer and calmer you before the dive, the more relaxed you’ll be and the more likely you’ll have reduced gas consumption.

While great gas consumption does not always correlate to being a great diver, improving your preparation and skills for each dive will more than likely help you improve your gas consumption and extend your dives.

Scubapro MK11/C370 Regulator

The Mk11 First Stage Regulator is the per-

fect choice for the recreational diver who

wants the advantage of a diaphragm first

stage for use in temperate waters. Dia-

phragm-based first stages are environmentally sealed so that water

cannot enter the inner mechanism. This first stage comes standard

with the Thermal Insulating System (TIS), which keeps your first stage

from freezing up and malfunctioning in cold water conditions. Addi-

tionally, its over-balanced diaphragm first stage design gives you better

breathing performance at greater depths. he C370 is the newest addi-

tion to Scubapro's family of high performance second stages. Fully ad-

justable, the C370 includes a user adjustable inhalation effort control

knob along with a small coaxial dive/pre-dive lever. The new air bal-

anced C370 is lightweight, breathes easy, offers full user controls and

delivers effortless airflow.

PRICED RIGHT AT $495.00

Scubapro MK17 EVO/G260 Regulator

If you dive deep, dive cold, or often find yourself on silty bottoms or

in less-than-pristine waters, the MK17 EVO/G260 is the regulator

system for you. The new MK17 EVO is Scubapro's premium high

performance balanced diaphragm first stage. Engineered specifical-

ly for cold water and harsh environments, its internal components

are completely sealed off from the elements so neither water nor

pollution can get inside the chrome-plated marine grade brass body

to foul the mechanism. This total sealing system also allows for a

dry ambient pressure chamber which works to prevent freezing,

provides better protection and improves performance, ensuring

trouble-free operation no matter how cold or murky the water

gets. Now think about it, if this regulator performance flawlessly in

cold water it will also be a phenomenal regulator in warm temper-

ate waters. This is just simply a great regulator at a great value.

$655.00

Discover the new Legend

The new line of Legend regulators crafts the future with

innovative technology and sleek cosmetic appeal. The

new Legends are smaller and lighter making for a more

comfortable dive.

$645.00 IN STOCK

Innovative, low profile design minimizes drag. The

pneumatically balanced valve provides superior

performance for an alternate air source, making it a perfect complement

to the high performing regulators.

IT’S OUR CHOICE FOR A HIGH PERFORMING

OCTO WITH A SLIM DESIGN.

$195.00

The new Wisdom 3 is an

intuitive easy to use and

operate with easy to read large

digital display. The computer

has diver selectable alarms, deep stop reminders, DECO

warnings, and has Air, Nitrox and Gauge Modes. The repetitive

dive planning mode uses information from previous dives to see

limitations of your next dive. Logging your dives is made easy

with the dive log function that stores profiles for later recall and

viewing.

MSRP $805.00

IN STOCK—OUR HOLIDAY PRICE $670.00

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DIVING IN GRENADA

Found near Venezuela and on the border between the Atlantic Ocean and the

Caribbean Sea, Grenada and its little sisters Carriacou and Petite Martinique

offer some of the best diving in the region. Amazing shipwrecks, colorful reefs

and exciting drifts create a diver’s wonderland. Most of the dive sites are con-

centrated around the south and west coasts. And perhaps the most famous

site of them all is the Bianca C. This dive site features a 600-foot luxury liner

that was sunk by an explosion in 1961. Today, the “Titanic of the Caribbean”

lies at a depth of 165 feet (50 meters), but the top of the ship reaches to 75

feet (23 meters). The main deck sits between 90 and 125 feet (28 and 38 me-

ters), meaning that it is reachable within advanced recreational dive limits. Tidal currents can make this dive a challenge, so it is

best to follow the advice of a local dive master. In addition, there are lots of other wrecks that litter Grenada’s seascape, both nat-

urally lost and purposely-sunk. You could easily dive just wrecks on Grenada, but you would miss reefs, walls and the underwater

sculpture parks that are prolific marine ecosystems. Drift past encrusted whip corals and an assortment of sponges and sea fans

while watching schools of jack, rainbow runners and Creole wrasse. For beginners, the Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park repre-

sents perhaps the best opportunity in the Caribbean to practice your bubbles. Here artist Jason DeCaires has created more than 50

sculptures of locals and placed them underwater. The artwork is now becoming an artificial reef, and divers can marvel at the vari-

ety of corals that are already transforming the sculptures beyond recognition.

Grenada Didn't the U.S. send troops there once? Didn't it get hammered by a hurricane back in 2004? The answer to both those questions

is yes, but if that's all you know about this rarely explored corner of the Caribbean, you're mired in the past. For the record: The

1983 U.S. military intervention (which restored democratic elections after a Marxist military coup) is ancient history, and the dam-

age from Hurricane Ivan has long since been repaired. Yep, I’m thinking Grenada is on my Bucket List.

THIS GROUP HAD MILES OF SMILES WHILE LEARNING

FIRST AID. MAKES MY JOB VERY EASY!