Perth Scuba News www.perthscuba.com Tel: 08 9455 4448 The Manta Club Newsletter Page 1 Issue 100 27th March 2010 UPCOMING EVENTS • DIVE FOR EARTH DAY SPECIAL FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 18th April STEP 1: Complete your Digital Underwater Photography Specialty - $249 • DUNSBOROUGH STEP 2: Complete your Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty - $199 WEEKENDER STEP 3: Get your Enriched Air Nitrox OR Underwater Navigation Specialty FREE 30th April - 2nd That’s a saving of $199!!! Learn to take photos like a PRO with camera technique May and perfect underwater buoyancy skills, plus extend your bottom time using Nitrox. • ALBANY Perth Scuba’s Specialty Courses include your text books, tuition, dives, Project WEEKENDER Aware certification card and camera hire. 28-30th May Call Perth Scuba on 9455 4448 to secure your place for this special offer - ONLY DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL! • ABROLHOS ISLANDS SPE CIA 3rd - 5th June O LT F T Y • FREE SUNDAY M HE ONT MORNING CLUB H DIVES • FREE Well done Congrats Emily and Mark WEDNESDAY for becoming NIGHT DIVES our newest Perth Scuba Dive Masters!!! We look forward to seeing you both leading the way in the water soon! Sunday 18th April @ 8:30am Perth Scuba needs your help! To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day we are organising a Dive for Earth Day Event in partnership with the Project AWARE Perth Scuba supplies Foundation. Nitrox direct off Why? Human activity is costing the Earth. And despite massive storage the ocean’s vast expanse it is taking its toll on aquatic banks. So if you want a eco systems. You can choose to make a world of Nitrox fill FAST, come difference by joining us on Sunday 18th April. into Perth Scuba. This is your chance to get involved in making a world of difference. Remember, your cylinder does not need • WHAT: Underwater & Foreshore Clean Up plus to be O2 cleaned, all it Kids Aware activities needs to be is in test. • WHEN: Sunday 18th April @ 8:30am WHERE: BHP Jetty car park, end of Riseley Road, Give Nitrox a try today! • Naval Base Not certified? • BRING: Gloves, Dive gear, Picnic blanket, Dive ENRICHED AIR Certification Card (if you’re diving), Catch Bag. NITROX COURSES • FREE BBQ & DRINKS provided by Perth Scuba for Wednesday evenings all volunteers • 31st March • PRIZES: For most rubbish collected, most unusual • 7th April item collected + more! • 14th April Hire gear will be available from Perth Scuba for the day at a discounted rate with ALL proceeds being donated • 28th April directly to Project AWARE! Please confirm you’ll be attending by calling Perth Scuba Bring your buddy! on 9455 4448 or by emailing [email protected] before Wednesday 14th April. Thank you for your support, Call 9455 4448 to book we look forward to seeing you on Sunday 18th April to your place. celebrate Dive for Earth Day. Looking for a new buddy, head to our Perth Scuba Facebook page. Find dive buddies, share stories & photos! Perth Scuba News www.perthscuba.com Tel: 08 9455 4448 The Manta Club Newsletter Page 2 Issue 100 27th March 2010 DIVE THE HMAS PERTH WRECK IN ALBANY FRIDAY 28th - SUNDAY 30th MAY Join the Perth Scuba Crew in Albany diving the HMAS Perth, Cheynnes III and Seal Island. The full weekend is $440 with a further 10% OFF when you show your Manta Club Card. Your trip includes: • 4 Boat Dives - 2 on the HMAS Swan + 2 on the Cheynnes III and Seal Island • 2 Nights Accommodation Hey Andy, • Saturday Night BBQ Dinner + Sunday Morning Cooked Breakfast where’s the royal poo? • Air Fills Plus add on your Wreck Specialty for only $150, that’s a saving of $250!!! Albany is an awesome dive location with fantastic wrecks and reef to keep you wanting to dive for longer. Don’t miss out! Call us on 9455 4448 to secure your place with a deposit. What we saw at Friday 30th April - Sunday 2nd May 2010 Robb’s Jetty on last Join the Perth Scuba Crew on a wonderful weekender diving the Sunday’s Manta HMAS Swan in Dunsborough (including a night dive!), followed Club Dive by two gorgeous reef dives at Smiths Beach and Canal Rocks. SUNDAY MORNING CLUB DIVE The Swan is a gorgeous wreck with plenty of fish life and coral Everyone’s welcome growth. Fantastic for wreck junkies and photographers alike. Sunday 28th March 2010 @ 8:30am FREE Add your Advanced Open Water Specialty to weekender for Meet at the shop @ Meet new dive buddies, see new dive sites and have a great time only an extra $200 (that’s a saving of $125!) or your Digital 8:30am for a FREE with the Perth Scuba Crew. Come and enjoy a BBQ brekkie Underwater Photography Specialty for only an extra $150 (that’s BBQ brekkie followed by a free dive. All divers welcome, bring a buddy along a saving of $100!). too. Don’t have a buddy? No problem, we’ll find you a buddy on the ALBANY WEEKENDER - $440 day. SHOW YOUR MANTA CLUB CARD FOR 10% OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLUB DIVE Friday 28th May - Sunday 30th May 2010 Wednesday 31st March 2010 @ 7:00pm FREE Join the Perth Scuba Crew on an exciting weekender diving the Meet the Perth Scuba Crew this Wednesday night at the HMAS Perth in Albany, followed by two gorgeous dives on the Rockingham Wreck Trail. Never tried night diving before? No Cheynnes III and Seal Island. Add on your Wreck Specialty for worries, call us on 9455 4448 and we’ll organise an experienced only an extra $150 (that’s a saving of $250!). buddy to show you all the fun. You can even get your PADI Night Diver Specialty! Just ask us how by calling Perth Scuba. ABROLHOS ISLANDS DIVE FOR EARTH DAY SPECIAL CLUB MEMBER PRICE $1,125 Sunday 18th April 2010 @ 8:30am Thursday 3rd - Saturday 5th June 2010 Join the Perth Scuba Crew at the BHP Jetty for a foreshore and Join us for a dive adventure to the Abrolhos Islands. Visit Nemo underwater cleanup. Volunteer your time to clean up a dive site and his friends in the waters off Geraldton. Your trip includes 2 and then enjoy a free BBQ lunch and drinks provided by Perth dives a day, as much free diving, Scuba. Bring the whole family and enjoy a day on the beach snorkeling and fishing as you can reflecting on the good work you’ve done. We’ll also have Aware handle. All your meals are Kids activities too with prizes! Call 9455 4448 to register as a included in this special price all volunteer. you need to bring (apart from your dive gear!) is your pillow & DUNSBOROUGH WEEKENDER - $440 sleeping bag. Call 9455 4448 to SHOW YOUR MANTA CLUB CARD FOR 10% OFF secure your place with a deposit. Last weekend at Rottnest Island with the newest Perth Scuba divers taught by Instructor’s “Irish”, Glenn & “Rudgey” GREAT GIFT IDEA!!! Perth Scuba has gift vouchers available to dive the HMAS Swan in Dunsborough. Come on in and grab a voucher for a Double Dive on the Swan Wreck for $135! Manta Club Members get 10% OFF too!!! .