Veerity, one of Dive Mom’s Starfish students brought a friend, Michael Meerkat, to watch her Starfish class this post week. For those of you not familiar with him, he is like Flat Stanley and he gets the opportunity to do lots of things and then the children keep a diary of his adventures. Here is a page from her diary related to this visit.
Scuba Steve Brennan to Speak at February Club Aquarius Social Club Get Together
If you have not had the opportunity to hear one on Scuba Steve’s presentations, you do no know what you have been missing. Steve is an entertaining presenter with lots of practical knowledge to share. He has previously spoken on Dehydration and diving, as well as first aid hints for divers.
Blending practical advice with current medical knowledge as well as experience from his travels, Dr. Steven Brennan, more affectionately known as Scuba Steve, will talk about traveling around the world in this month’s Club Aquarius Social Club get together. His presentation entitled To the Ends of the Earth: Tips on Remote Travel will prneude you with some great tips for traveling around the world as an adventure traveler, whether you are diving or not.
I hope you will plan on joining your friends at the February Club Aquarius Social Club meeting. Remember members and non-members are welcome.
Time: 7:00 PM on 20 February 2014
Location: The Black Labrador, 4100 Montrose Boulevard (at Richmond) Houston, Texas 77006
Happy Scuba Valentine's Day!
Today is the day we think about the ones we love. At Oceanic Ventures, we want to thank everyone who helps us introduce others to the exciting world underwater and to the world of adventure around us. 2014 will be an exciting year here at the dive store. We have some incredible trips planned for 2014 including Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Truk Lagoon, Kosrae and Fiji. We hope that everyone will make this their year of adventure! Come let us open up the door for you.
Discover Rebreather Scuba Diving in May
You have read about them, you have seen IMAX and Underwater photographers using them, you have heard research divers and scientists talking about htem and you may have even seen them at the lake or on a dive trip. Now is your opportunity to find out more and to try one out in the pool.
Oceanic Ventures, Houston’s leading scuba diving and rebreather sales and training facility is hosting a weekend devoted to the Next Wave in Diving – the fully closed circuit rebreather. During the event you will have the opportunity to talk to people who dive rebreathers on a regular basis for both recreational as well as technical diving. You will learn how they operate, why divers love them, and why you might want to start diving them. Then after you have gather up some information, you can experience rebreather diving in the pool and have your photo made while diving a rebreather so you can show it to all of your friends.
Leon Scamahorn, CEO of Innerspace Systems the manufacturer of the Megalodon and Pathfinder rebreathers will be our special guest at a dinner Saturday evening. He will be showcasing rebreather diving with some new photographs and stories about his own diving experiences. The Oceanic Ventures Foundation will be conducting a sealed bid auction during the event to help fund its ongoing mission of education and assistance in the places we visit as divers.
Email us at events at oceanicventures.net for more informaion.
Tote Bag Tuesday – Renew your Diving & Social Membership
December 3 is Tote Bag Tuesday
It is finally here! Tote Bag Tuesday is here and it is your change to receive free gifts i a tote bag for simply renewing your Club Aquarius Membership. Renew your Club Aquarius membership and receive a tote bag full of treats and savings. Don Q Rum is helping to sponsor Tote Bag Tuesday with some special gifts including free rum or a hat (you have to be 21 to receive the rum). So, plan on coming by and renewing your Club Aquarius membership. Who knows, you may find something else to put in your tote bag.
And, don’t forget to join us for some of our other holiday events!
The Holidays are Coming for Scuba Divers
Wow, it has been a busy month here at Oceanic Ventures this month and it is not even half-way over.
Our charity event, A Night in Old Havana, was a great success. We grossed over $8,000 for the Oceanic Ventures Foundation which was set-up to donate money and products to the places we visit as scuba divers. The event itself was based around an old McNamara family photograph (yes, I really am Irish). Sheridan, the professional Mixologist from Don Q Rums, served up very special cocktails while Ashton kept the trays of food rolling from the kitchen. Zaide and Alex helped serve the treats as did Ann and Eric. There is no way we can ever thank all of the people who helped up pull this event off, but we will try. We would like to especially thank Bob and Joyce Hoover, Ashton Arsement, Zaide Scheib, Jeremy Eich, Rosemary Keibler, Steve Soulen, Steve Jurbala and Joel Hershey. We also want to thank our sponsors Don Q Rums, Cobalt Coast Resort, Dive Tech Grand Cayman and Tusa. We also received some extra special gifts from Jim Turley and Lee Emerson. You should check-out all of the photographs from the party. We have posted them on our Facebook page.
Santa also dropped by for some underwater photographs. We had both scuba divers, free divers (snorklers) and just swimmers jump in to have their photos made with Santa Claus. Our favorite elf, Zaide, had a great time posing with Santa. And, we almost made it onto Fox News — the talent, Ruben Dominguez, canceled on us at the last minute and the camera man did not want to film without him. The loss was even harder since Eric, Ann, Alex and Heather, the Activity Coordinator for West University, all had to be at the pool at 6:30 in the morning! But oh well, we still got a few fun photos of Heather with Santa Clause. We want to thank everyone who came out and helpped as well as those who helped us with the event including Travis Hershey, Zaide Scheib, Joel Hershey, Keegan Madden, Alex Witschey and Eric Keibler.
Of course, the specials do not end with these events. The Holidays continue with some other special events including:
- November 23 Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- November 29 Black Friday Relief
- November 30 Small Business Saturday
- December 3 Tote Bag Tuesday
- December 12 Frank Sinatra’s Birthday
- December 14 Sarong Saturday
- December 17 Bathtub Party Day
- December 23 Phileas Fogg Day
- December 30 Make Up Your Mind Day
There are special pricing and give-a-ways each of these days. You really must read more about them; they will be loads of fun!
