This is our 20th Anniversary in business so expect lots of new specials, and chances to win great items or maybe even…………………..trips! Free Food! And sales reps bringing their demo stuff to sell. We will also have presentations on equipment, travel, and training throughout both days. I will keep you posted closer to the event. This is your opportunity to sell your old and get something new. Don’t you deserve it?
We had a great turnout for our Oyster Dive. Everyone had a great time and loads of Oysters were brought up. Hope you can join us on Dec. 19.
We now have a buddy finder for those looking for a new dive buddy. Hopefully you will be able to find someone to dive with on your day off. We have promised you this for a while now so we hope you enjoy it. Please follow the directions on how to use it. Click here to got to the Scuba Venture Buddy Finder.
From Phillipe Cousteau to David Doubliet, just about every diver has stated that Little Cayman is one of the world’s premier dive destinations – with pristine reefs, excellent visibility and incredible diving.
2008 Scuba Diving Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards:
#3 Top Dive Destination
#2 Top Marine Life
#2 Healthiest Marine Environment
#4 Top Macro Life
#1 Top Wall Diving
#2 Top Underwater Photography
#4 Most Popular Dive Resort
The Cayman Islands have strict Marine Conservation Laws and many of our 57 dive sites are within protected Marine Park Zones, including the legendary Bloody Bay Wall – Little Cayman’s most famous dive attraction. Here, coral canyons and sand chutes lead you through into the pristine deep blue waters of the outer reef before plunging to 6000ft (1800m). These exhilarating walls are covered with brightly hued sponges, corals and sea fans. The 80° F (26.6°C) water is second to none when it comes to clarity and it is said that more underwater photographs are taken in the Cayman Islands than in all other Caribbean destinations. The Caymans’ trademark turtles are a common sight and eagle rays, angelfish, reef sharks and grouper count among the 500 species of fish that have been documented here.
***Info from Little Cayman Island Beach Resort
Thirty divers attended a computer/navigation program at SV. We want to thank Brian Miller for putting on a great presentation on Suunto Dive Computers. Everyone came out of the presentation with a great deal of knowledge on how computers work, and how to use the new built in digital compass. Hopefully this will be a start to many more exciting presentations.
At a recent Try Scuba event we had the pleasure of showing 80-year old Marie Altenburg (pronounced "Marry") and her grandsons Ian and Alex the world underwater. Marie was assisted by the brother diving team of Rob and Chris Altenburg, and by Scuba Venture DiveCon Tony Douventzidis. After a pre-dive checkup, Marie’s doctor gave the ok and she was ready to dive. Rob and Tony documented the event so a video could be sent to her brothers in England. Marie really enjoyed the weightless freedom of being underwater on scuba, and was heard to say, “If I can do it, anybody can do it!”
This message is from friends of ours from Boston that had connecting flights go wrong. Please note…..there is still hope!
“So we finally got to Bonaire on Monday around 3pm, 36 hours behind everyone else. Once there we had a great time! Jenn loves diving and despite losing a day we still managed to get in 17 dives. The staff at Buddy Dive were very helpful and accommodating. We called them at 4 in the morning and they assured us that there were flights from Aruba to Bonaire, this gave us the info we needed to get Continental to put us on a flight to Aruba. Since we had to stay the night in Aruba we called Buddy Dive again and they recommend a hotel. During our layover in Curacao we called Buddy Dive again to see if we could get our orientation and rental equipment once we got there. Augusto, the dive shop manager, told me that he had fish and coral waiting for us and that he would personally do the orientation! When we got to Bonaire a car was waiting that took us to Buddy Dive, we did the orientation, rented the equipment and were doing our first dive at 4:53pm. The rest of the week the diving got better and better, on one dive we saw 5 frogfish! I was really pleased to see Buddy Dive put in a little extra effort for us. I would also like to mention that Dave is a great group leader. He is very friendly, personable, and knowledgeable. Although he couldn’t dive he went on every boat dive with us and helped out with equipment. He made sure that everyone was having a good time and that all the logistical stuff was taken care of. We did a night dive at Salt Pier and Jenn had forgotten her regulators, he took Jenn back to the resort and sped her back to the dive and was prepared to snorkel her out to the rest of us, luckily Bart, the dive master, waited for them to return. I was very impressed with both Dave and the Buddy Dive staff and will glady dive with both of them again.”
Jason
July 25th, 2009
A reminder that we will be having our Scuba Venture Day Picnic Saturday Aug. 15 this year.
Food, drink and an underwater scavenger hunt. This picnic is for your entire family but you must register even if
you have a season pass to Dutch. Discount passes for Dutch are available now at Scuba Venture!
Saturday, August 15
at Dutch Spring
10:00 AM Start Time
Free Food & Drink, Scavenger Hunt,
plus free Whites & Scubapro Demos to try!
*****No charge to use the demo drysuits, fins, or computers. John Stella from Whites and Scubapro will be at the picnic.
Admission to Dutch is extra.
Training:
Scuba Ranger Scuba Camp (for kids 8-12)
Aug. 2 thru 7
9 AM until Noon: First session Sunday AM
at Scuba Venture;
Session 2 – 6 at Green Valley C.C.
****We need 2 more Ranger Candidates
Having a great time! Lots of cool stuff surfacing, arrowheads, spear point, and lots of prehistoric teeth. We were also blessed with dolphins on our travels up and down the river. No rain so far but real hot!
