Scuba News www.perthscuba.com Tel: 08 9455 4448 The Manta Club Newsletter Page 1 Issue 90 19th December 2009

WHAT’S COMING UP? • Do you dream of making your career? Become a PADI Instructor and get a job you love! Call us on 9455 4448 and speak to Lee or Andy about how you can become a SCUBA GOD!

HMAS PERTH, ALBANY DIVE WEEKENDER FEBRUARY 2010 Dates T.B.C. Register your interest by calling 9455 4448 or email [email protected] These trips fill fast so to ensure your spot is held make sure you put down a deposit. Your weekender Includes: • 2 x HMAS Perth boat dives • 2 x Cheynnes III/ Seal Island boat dives • 2 nights accommodation • BBQ dinner • BBQ breakfast ONLY $400 when you show your Manta Card

THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PERTH SCUBA CREW AND CUSTOMERS THAT MADE OUR CHRISTMAS CRUISE AWESOME!!! WE HAD AN ABSOLUTE BALL AND WAAAAAAAAY TOO MANY JOEY JELLY SHOTS, BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT! For more photos from our Perth Scuba Christmas Cruise jump onto www.perthscuba.com Photo Galleries or the Perth Scuba Facebook Group to see all the action… Well, maybe not all…. Looking forward to Australia Day in 2010 for our Beach Party! For more details, check out Lee’s Update on Page 2 of this newsletter. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!! Perth Scuba News www.perthscuba.com Tel: 08 9455 4448 The Manta Club Newsletter Page 2 Issue 90 19th December 2009

around 4 hours of bottom time at 15 metres! Naturally there is specialist training and our new addition to the Perth Scuba Tech Team – Marc Vander Poel will be running the course. You do need to be certified prior so if you aren’t and you would like to learn how to use the and increase your cray Hi Guys , time and get closer to marine critters (hardly any bubbles and no noise – great for photographers!), make sure you are all prepped Well it’s that time of the year again where we all get to catch up with up. Bookings are open for the course which will include pool family members and friends to have a drink or two and reflect on the session, 3 dives - 2 boat dives at Rottnest, hire, dive past 12 months. What a huge year it’s been both in and out of the sorb (we’ll show you what that is!) ,Nitrox fills and PADI water. certification. The cost of the course is $650 each. Once you have Our staff Christmas party River Cruise was a great night and for completed the course with Perth Scuba, Hire rebreathers will be those of you who are yet to see the censored photos – check out the available ONLY to students who have completed the course with Perth Scuba Face Book site. It’s worth it for a laugh or two. Lots of us. Places are strictly limited to 4 places on each course and we alcohol was consumed in typical Perth Scuba style and the “Joey plan to run them back to back so we can all get to play. Jelly Shots” went down well… all 250 of them!! Keep an eye out for our Key Biscayne trip in January and our Courses have been very busy (as the Perth Scuba Instructor crew next Albany Weekender in February. will tell you) just from November and December to date alone – This year with the “loss” of Ocean Invader, we will be having an there are over 150 new Open water divers out there. Australia Day party with a difference. We are going to have a Congratulations to you guys on a great effort! Not to mention all of beach party! The great thing about this is that everyone can our new Advanced, Rescue and specialist divers and our Dive come along – including the whole family for a great day out. We Master recruits. It’s awesome to see the future diving professionals will be having a huge BBQ and lots of beach and water games. It coming through the ranks. These guys and girls will be teaching new will be awesome to have you all there to celebrate Aussie Day divers for Perth Scuba within just a couple of months and they really with us. We might even bring the Perth Scuba Bar Crusher to go are a great bunch! out to the D9 wreck for a dive while we are there. The best part… There are some great dives and courses coming up for those of you it’s all FREE!!! More details on that later. who are interested. We will be running a Rebreather course on the st That’s about it from me for this issue. Joey and I will be shooting 31 of January. For those of you not quite up to speed on over to Christmas Island on Boxing day through to the New Year Rebreathers, they are a unit not much bigger than a Scuba Unit to check out the diving over there. (It’s a tough life) I would like to which allows you to dive for very long periods without the need to thank you all for making this year so much fun and for making get out of the water to change cylinders. A standard 5 litre cylinder, Perth Scuba’s Manta club the most active and successful club in (less than half the size of what you normally use) will give you WA if not Australia. You guys all rock! If we don’t see you before Christmas, have a great one and make it CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRADING DAYS Safe. All the best for the new year! Lee • CHRISTMAS EVE Thursday 24th December 2009 OPEN 8:30AM - 6:00PM • CHRISTMAS DAY Friday 25th December 2009 CLOSED • BOXING DAY Saturday 26th December 2009 CLOSED • Sunday 27th December 2009 OPEN 8:30AM - 6:00PM • Monday 28th December 2009 OPEN 8:30AM - 6:00PM • Tuesday 29th December 2009 OPEN 8:30AM - 6:00PM • Wednesday 30th December 2009 OPEN 8:30AM - 6:00PM • NEW YEARS EVE Thursday 31st December 2009 OPEN 8:30AM - 6:00PM • NEW YEARS DAY Friday 1st January 2010 CLOSED RETURN TO NORMAL TRADING HOURS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8:30AM - 6:00PM

Come on down and gear up for a Sunday morning dive with our Perth Scuba Crew. We’ve got everything you need for a magnificent dive, including a friendly dive master, new dive buddies & a bbq to fill your tummy. SUNDAY MORNING CLUB DIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLUB DIVE Sunday 20th December 2009 @ 9:00am FREE Wednesday 30th December 2009 @ 7:00pm FREE Meet us for a Free BBQ Breakfast at Perth Scuba in Canning Join us for the last Manta Club dive for 2009. Wish the Vale. We’ll then head out to the dive site of the day. The weather past year goodbye by having fun in the water. We’ll be is looking gorgeous, so start your wind down towards Christmas meeting at The Coombe to check out the wrecks, chase with a beautiful dive. some prawns and take a few photos. Never night dived CHRISTMAS EVE EVE NIGHT CLUB DIVE before? Give us a call so we can arrange a guide to Wednesday 23rd December 2009 @ 7:00pm FREE show you how cool it is! Meet the Perth Scuba Crew at Point Walter Reserve for our Christmas Eve (eve) dive and catch up. Catch some fresh prawns for your Christmas day festivities, plus catch up with the crew. If we’re lucky Santa will pay us a visit and bring out the presents for all the good boys and girls! Look forward to seeing you there… Ho ho ho Merry Christmas!!! SUNDAY MORNING CLUB DIVE Sunday 27th December 2009 @ 9:00am FREE