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(713) 523-3483 (dive)
5808 Newcastle Drive
Houston, TX 77401

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Blog Posts – Diving Hints and Equipment

Landfall - The Marquesas, Paradise at Last (#6)
I Think My Drysuit is Leaking
Check Out these Black Friday Sales
I was a diver BC and I am ready to go diving
Black Friday Equipment Special - Storm Backpack
Stress Awareness
Indonesia - Raja Ampat Halmahera & Northern Moluccas Liveaboard 2023
Club Aquarius Social Club - Out of This World
Local Diving It is Not the Caribbean but It Can Still Be Fun
Diving Dry - Extend Your Diving Season and Open Up More Locations
Dean Garraffa Marks 25 Years With the T25
Baylor College of Medicine Try Scuba Event
Radical, Evolved, Exclusive - the Atomic T25 Anniversary Regulator
Is It Time for an Upgrade?
Vyper Novo Lite Special
Dive Guide Candidates at BBL
Bikini Atoll - Historic Atomic Wrecks August 09-25,2022
Grand Cayman - Rebreathers January 15-22,2022
Finished Their Instructor Evaluation!
Facebook Live - The Sidemount Revolution
Summer is Not Canceled!
VIP Drysuit Fitting Event
Steramine Sanitizer
New Products in On-Line Store
Scuba In Your Home Begins
Accept the Master Diver Challenge
Valentines Day Is Coming
Suunto Dive Computer Special Through December 31, 2019
Australia Exploratory Trip Announced
Sidemount Diving Course Starts in November 2019
Dive Mom, What's Next For Me?
Archaeologist Staci Willis, PhD to Speak At Social Club Meeting
Continuing Diver Education - Don't Stop Diving Now!
Equipment Special - Zeagle Trade-In Offer
Recovering Your Breathing Air Compressor After A Flood or Water Damage
Cleaning and Decontaminating Flood Soaked Scuba Diving Equipment
4 hour workweek
Diver's 5-Point Wednesday
New Scuba Diving Equipment - Ocean Positive Swimwear
New Scuba Diver Video
Club Aquarius Social Club - What is All of the Hype about Sidemount diving for...
New Scuba Diving Computers
Garage Sale Sign
Scuba Diver's Garage Sale
Scuba Diving - The Black Gasses
Ann and Divers at KHOU Great Day Houston
Dive Mom Is a Guest on Great Day Houston
Dealing With Accidental Decompression
Dive Manager - Csaba
Scuba Diving and Narcosis - Diving Under the Influence
Stephanie Watowich in Truk Lagoon
Scuba Diving - Get Control of your BCD!
Ten Tips for Reducing Your Air Consumption While Scuba Diving
Scuba Diver in Raja Ampat Indonesia
Getting in the Mood for Scuba Diving - the Importance of Mental Preparation
Erin on a Sentinel Rebreather
Rebreather Scuba Diving - The Advantages of Silent Scuba Diving
Susan & Larry on a trip
The Making of a Scuba Diver
Scuba Diving Holiday - Panama City Scuba Diving Trip Update
Hello From Chuuk, Scuba Diving in Micronesia, update 1
Michael Meerkat Visits a Starfish or Snorkeling Class
Discover Rebreather Scuba Diving in May
Parrot Fish in Cleaning Station by Robert Hew
Rebreather Scuba Diving - Not Just for Technical Divers
Steve Soulen With Dive Cache
First Dive Cache In Texas Established by Scuba Divers at Oceanic Ventures, Inc. in Houston,...
LifeLine for Valentines Day
Project LifeLine
St Croix
At The Office - A Trip Report From St. Croix
Eric Keibler on a Pathfinder Rebreather in Grand Cayman
At the Office - Diving the Pathfinder Rebreather
Al with his mask and snorkel
A Short History of the Scuba Diving Mask!
Shamless Advertising - Small Business Saturday for Scuba Divers!
Quarry at Reveille Peak Ranch
Local Texas Scuba Diving - Reveille Peak Ranch
Dive Guide Open Water
New Scuba Diving Staff
open water october 2012
Scuba Diving Practice - Local Lake Diving
Diving Drysuits is fun
Dry Suit Scuba Diving and DUI DOG Rally and Demo Days in Texas
Divers under the boat
Discovering the Why's of Diving...Science of Diving Course Scheduled
Eric Keibler
Scuba Diver Stress & Rescue Course Scheduled
David & Steve
New Technical Divers
Travel Log - The Scuba Diving is Finished, the Journey Home Begins
Travel Log - The Waiting Game
Helm Truk Lagoon
Travel Log - Scuba Diving in Truk Lagoon Finally
Christa Landowski On a Pathfiner Rebreather
Dinner and Rebreather Diving with Leon Scamahorn
Underwater Object Discovered
Need a reason to take that Trimix Course?
Diver Hovering
Open Water Side Mount Scuba Diving
cayman newspaper
Eric Keibler is in the News
Pathfinder Rebreaher
Diving Rebreather Event Planned for Houston
Al's Pick - In-Store Special for January
Diving Rebreather Event Planned in Houston March 29 - April 3
Christmas, Lights and Moisturizer
What I really would like to have is...
What I really want for Christmas is...
Dive Mom Ready to Go
100 Scuba Dives...Dive Mom Needs Help!
Dive Around Texas 2011
Travel Tips - Packing Light and Healthy
Divers walking to water
Technical Training at Local Destinations or Not?
Lift Bag by Chuck Gerlneuch
Why should you take an Advanced Open Water Scuba Course?
Side Mount Open Water Course to be offered in June
Diver in Sidemount Equipment
Open Water Sidemount Scuba Diving
Larry Elsevier
Larry Elsevier from Cochran Computers to Speak at Club Meeting
Divers on Deco
Storage Solutions for Technical Divers - Pockets
Chef David In-Between Dives
Scuba Divers, Burgers and Dogs
Photo of Wreck in Chuuk
New Truk Lagoon Dive Video Debut at Club Aquarius Meeting
Spring Break Scuba Diving Group Returns
Dave Talks About Rebreathers - Part 4, Training and Why
Penetration - Truk Lagoon
Preplanning a Scuba Diving Silhouette Photograph
Dave Talks About Rebreathers - Part 3
Eric on an Inspiration Classic in Grand Cayman
Dave Talks About Rebreathers - Part 2, CO2
Technical Diving and Commitment
Lose Weight When You Go Diving
Dave Talks About Rebreathers - The Basics, Part 1
Eric's Cozumel Winter Get Away January 13-17 2011 Announced
How to Be Warmer in Your Wetsuit or Dry Suit
Airplane at Gate
Photographic Equipment…How to get it there
New rebreathers introduced at show.
What Skiers Can Teach Technical Divers
Eric Underwater in cozumel
Escape the Winter Cold, Let’s Go Scuba Diving in January!
Diving Drysuits is fun
DUI DOG Rally and Demo Days
Need to Get Wet & Have Thursday Off? Let's Go Scuba Diving!
Photographers Corner - Buoyancy Control
Suit Care Hint
Old Home Week - Chuuk, FSM
ear drop recipe
Note to Self – Use Ear Drops After Every Pool Class
If It Ain't Broken, Don't Fix It!
Side-Mounting, are you kidding?
Dave with halo
Horns or Halo???
Dry Tortugas Tech Week
Beneath the Sea – New Jersey
Thoughts on Decompression Theory
Dave &Eric’s Adventure to Florida
Platinum Pro Instructors
Cool New Stuff
Another Disappointment
The Victoria Eludes Us
It's All Over
Tek Week Update
Coral Sex
Another CCR Diver Emerges
Cozumel and more new divers
Deep Wreck Trip
Wreck Dive
Wreck Crawl
Matt’s Adventure
Rebreather Divers in Grand Cayman
Inner Space
Deeper than ever!
Eric At DUI Demo Days
DUI Demo Days
Wreck
Wreck diving in Florida
Ulterior Motives...
Who knew?
Eric on Sentinel
Who said a Taxi driver knows the way?
Kevin Gurr
Training Under the Waves
Travel, ouch
sentinel CCR
The New Rebreather
Trimix In Cozumel
Divers in Cozumel
Tradition!
Texas Clipper
Finally, It is Down
Cold Water & 101 Divers
Group Photo CHUM
Feeding the CHUM
Eric on a Rebreather
Remember your glass of milk?

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People choose their friends carefully just as they should choose their adventure partners and Scuba Diving Instructors.  Oceanic Ventures is the premier scuba dive shop in Houston, Texas, and the Southwest because of our exceptional service and our sense of adventure.  In talking with our clients and friends, people choose us for a number of reasons such as: Passion – We love what we do and we want to share the beauty and excitement of the underwater world with everyone we meet. Caring- Our clients tell us they love us because we truly care about people and strive to make their scuba diving experiences safe, fun and enjoyable. Professional – Our staff members are the … [Read more …]

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