To unsubscribe click here SO WHAT IT’S DECEMBER, WE STILL TEACH SCUBA SCUBA SCHOOL SCUBA SCHOOL DEC 21-23 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS DEC 22 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE, OR JUST COME AND PLAY DEC 22 EQUIPMENT SPECIALTY CLASS (1:00 PM) DEC 23 FIRST AID CLASS DEC 28-30 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS DEC 29 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE, OR JUST COME AND PLAY DEC 30 FIRST AID CLASS JAN 4-6 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS JAN 5 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE, OR JUST COME AND PLAY JAN 5 ENRICHED AIR SPECIALTY CLASS (1:00 PM) JAN 6 FIRST AID CLASS JAN 11-13 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS JAN 12 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE, OR JUST COME AND PLAY JAN 13 FIRST AID CLASS JAN 18 OPEN WATER PART ONE CLASS JAN 19 DISCOVER SCUBA, REFREHSER COURSE, OR JUST COME AND PLAY Jan 20 FIRST AID CLASS JAN 23 WICHITA STATE SCUBA CLASS BEGINS MAKE EVERY WEEKEND A DIVE WEEKEND PADI DISCOVER SCUBA SCUBA REVIEW OR JUST COME AND PLAY ANDOVER BRANCH YMCA POOL SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018 Why PADI Scuba Review? Are you a certified diver, but haven't been in the water lately? Are you looking to refresh your dive skills and knowledge? Are you a PADI Scuba Diver and want to earn your PADI Open Water Diver certification? If you answered yes to any of these questions then PADI Scuba Review is for you. What do I need to start? Hold a scuba certification Minimum age: 10 years old What will I do? First, you'll review the safety information you learned during your initial training. Then, you head to the pool to practice some of the fundamental scuba skills How long will it take? A couple of hours What will I need? If you don’t have your own gear you will need to rent gear. I don’t want a review, but I want to play? No problem, Just sign up and come play in the pool for a couple of hours….we want you diving! $75.00 for Refresher (includes gear rental and pool fee) No Refresher, don’t have gear, but you want to play? Full gear rental $38.00 plus and pool fee. Have all your gear but just want to play? $15.00 IF YOU BOUGHT A SCUBA SYSTEM FROM US, IT’S FREE STARTS AT NOON CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT PADI EQUIPMENT SPCIALTY COURSE...IS IT WORTH IT? Don’t miss a dive due to a scuba gear issue. Whether it's a blown O-ring, regulator prob- lem, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, you can learn how to manage basic scuba equip- ment adjustments. As a PADI Equipment Specialist, you are prepared for the basic scuba equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter eve- ry day. In addition, you'll learn interesting background information about how your gear works, how it’s repair and other information that helps you with your equipment investment. Additionally, if you don’t already have your PADI Advanced Certifica- tion, this course counts as one of your dives. More importantly this course counts toward a specialty needed for your Master Scuba Diver Certification. PADI Equipment Specialty - How does it work? To enroll in the PADI Equipment Specialty course in Bali, you must be a PADI Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organiza- tion). No dives are required, so you can take the Equipment Specialist course any time of the year. With the PADI equipment specialty course you will come to our dive center where our Instructor will go through the following with you: Review the theory, principles and operation of scuba diving equipment Learn about routine, recommended care and maintenance proce- dures, and equipment storage How to overcome common problems with equipment and rec- ommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a demonstration of repair procedures). Gain simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configura- tions and an introduction to new gear (may include optional con- fined water dive to try new or unfamiliar equipment). PADI Equipment Specialty - Where will I dive? The PADI Equipment Specialty course is a non-diving specialty course which means that there are no dives included in the course. SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 AT 1:00 PM CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT ENRICHED AIR CLASS SATURDAY JANUARY 5, 2018 1:00 PM AMBER WAVES DIVING REPAIR CENTER Properly functioning gear is crucial Your safety depends on it. That’s why we are the best technicians in the business to service your gear. What to expect We are certified technicians that always follow manufacturer guidelines. Conscientious and thorough, we examine every part of your gear. We’re always on the lookout for wear and corrosion, immediately swapping out anything worn or damaged. We want your next dive to be your best dive! A GREAT GIFT IDEA FOR YOUR TRAVELING DIVER. BEST TRAVEL BAG MADE….LIGHT WEIGHT AND LARGE ENOUGH TO CARRY ALL OF YOUR GEAR AQUA LUNG 850 $259.00 Making Your Air Last Longer When Diving We plan and execute every recreaonal dive around gas and me constraints. On a relavely shallow reef dive — or when using nitrox — we oſten end the dive based on gas consumpon rather than me underwater. Dive instructors and guides always seem to be “good on air,” but how do they do it? And how can you make your air last longer when diving? Much like some other physical traits, some people simply have beer gas consumpon. You can’t change the laws of physics and it takes more energy to propel a larger person than a smaller person. However, there is always room to improve. Essenally, you can make your air last longer in any of three broad and overlapping categories: equipment, knowledge and skills, and personal preparaon. Equipment Only take what you need for the dive. Every accessory aached to your BCD is addional weight and drag, making you less streamlined. As a consequence, you’re more likely to expend energy moving through the water. Keep your equipment well-maintained. Get your regulators serviced in accordance with manufacturer instrucons by a trained technician. Be mindful of your hose lifespan and condion to help ease breathing and aid avoid losing gas through leaks. Make sure your BCD ads and releases air smoothly, allowing you to make small adjustments easily. Check your fins for splits and fraying. Any degradaon in performance means you’ll expend more energy to propel yourself or achieve neutral buoyancy. Consequently, you’ll breathe more gas. Make sure your equipment is the right size. Ill-fing equipment will only compromise your movement in the water. For example, a BCD that’s too large — allowing the cylinder to roll around on your back — may leave you struggling to maintain balance during the dive and ex- pending unnecessary energy. Poorly fing fins will compromise your finning technique and increase your gas consumpon. Get professional advice and, if possible, buy your own equipment rather than trying to adapt to different rental equipment on every dive trip. Take what is suitable for the dive. Smaller snorkel-style full-foot fins won’t be able to cope with a moderate current at a challenging dive site. Taking the other extreme, a bulky dry suit and weighty jet-fins are unnecessary on a tropical reef. Research before you go and wear the opmum equipment. Stay warm. A body fagued by cold will use more energy and more gas. Wear the proper exposure protecon for that environment at the end of those dives — not the beginning — and at the deepest These are the mes when your body is more vulnerable to temperature chang- es and you’re likely to discover that you really should have packed that thicker exposure suit or hood. Knowledge and skills Improve your general diving knowledge. Take connuing educaon courses. Listen to more-experienced divers and seek out their advice. Put the knowledge you gather into pracce in the water. That may include a formal class, such Peak Performance Buoyancy, or something informal, such as a conversaon with an experienced local guide. He or she may recommend a certain route around a wreck or reef to avoid fighng current or water movement. Increasing knowledge in either way can potenally improve your gas consumpon. Research the environment where you’re about to dive. Knowing the water temperature, techniques and procedures will help you physically prepare in terms of fitness and equipment selecon. Preparaon can simultaneously help you visualize your dives and be more relaxed about the upcoming dives before you get anywhere near the water. Your gas consumpon will likely improve as a consequence. Work on your buoyancy. Neutral buoyancy is the cornerstone of good diving. Spend some me perfecng your weighng. Pracce making smooth descents and ascents. Hone your skill level to the point that neutral buoyancy is your default posion and — if you stop finning — you simply stop moving forward. Finning should have no bearing on your depth in the water column. The less energy you expend maintain- ing posion, the less gas you will consume. Work on your trim. New divers tend to be more upright in the water, as if they’re riding an invisible unicycle. Relax to the point that you’re virtually horizontal for 99 percent of your dive, other than your inial descent and ascent. Slow down. While you may occasionally need to pick up the pace to turn a corner against a current or deal with an issue, most of your dive should be slow and smooth. The dive is about the journey, not the desnaon. Just like driving a car, if you’re easy on the throle, you’ll consume less fuel. Stay shallower where possible. Think back to your inial theory training. Your gas consumpon, all other things being equal, is a factor of the atmospheres of pressure you’re under. Unless there’s a specific reason to go deeper, such as a wreck or other aracon, stay a lile shal- lower. If your planned maximum depth is 100 feet (30 m), spend only the me you need there to get that photo you’re aſter. Then, gently driſt along the reef at a shallower depth to conserve gas. Breathe slowly, deeply, and easily. Do not force it. Each inhalaon and exhalaon should be gentle and unflustered, as if you’re following your breath in a meditaon. Relaxed as if you’re in a favorite comfortable chair. Many novice divers report two sensaons related to regula- tor use: an aching jaw from excitedly gnawing on the mouthpiece and a dry throat as they guzzle the pure, filtered air. Slow it down. Personal preparaon Fitness is a key element to diving. You needn’t be an Olympic athlete and, for most simple, tropical, reef dives, you’ll be expending minimal energy. Nevertheless, even in simple condions, it’s common to see less-fit divers using a larger cylinder to complete the same dive as a fier and more-efficient diver. The harder the dives, the more crical your fitness becomes. If you’re diving in challenging condions or cir- cumstances change during a dive — for example, the waves and current have become more severe or your buddy has an issue — you must be fit enough to handle it. Good physical fitness means your pulse and breathing rate will remain reduced even when dealing with an issue. Exercise regularly and maintain your weight at healthy levels to reduce your gas consumpon. Rest properly for your dives. If you’re sleep-deprived, dehydrated or haven’t eaten properly, your body simply won’t perform as well. In ad- dion, factors such as dehydraon put you at higher risk for problems such as DCS. Strike a balance between enjoying your dive trip on land and being well-prepared for the dives. Get enough sleep and eat and drink sensibly. Give your body the tools it needs to be physically pre- pared for diving. Be on me for the briefing or boat departure. If you’re late or flustered before you enter the water, you’re much more likely to have a raised pulse and increased breathing. Arrive at least five minutes before a briefing or 15 minutes before a boat departure, with your gear checked and nitrox analyzed. Plan the dive. Dive the plan. A significant proporon of a good dive comes down to preparaon and confidence before you enter the water. Sound dive planning helps you know exactly what lies ahead. Take a slate to dive briefings if you’re not a regular diver in the area; note en- try, exits and dive procedures, maximum depths, no-stop mes at depth, landmarks, hazards and points of interest. Visualize the dive in your mind before you enter the water and discuss your plan with your buddy. The clearer and calmer you before the dive, the more relaxed you’ll be and the more likely you’ll have reduced gas consumpon. While great gas consumpon does not always correlate to being a great diver, improving your preparaon and skills for each dive will more than likely help you improve your gas consumpon and extend your dives. Scubapro MK11/C370 Regulator The Mk11 First Stage Regulator is the per- fect choice for the recreaonal diver who wants the advantage of a diaphragm first stage for use in temperate waters. Dia- phragm-based first stages are environmentally sealed so that water cannot enter the inner mechanism. This first stage comes standard with the Thermal Insulang System (TIS), which keeps your first stage from freezing up and malfunconing in cold water condions. Addi- onally, its over-balanced diaphragm first stage design gives you beer breathing performance at greater depths. he C370 is the newest addi- on to Scubapro's family of high performance second stages. Fully ad- justable, the C370 includes a user adjustable inhalaon effort control knob along with a small coaxial dive/pre-dive lever. The new air bal- anced C370 is lightweight, breathes easy, offers full user controls and delivers effortless airflow. PRICED RIGHT AT $495.00 Scubapro MK17 EVO/G260 Regulator If you dive deep, dive cold, or oſten find yourself on silty booms or in less-than-prisne waters, the MK17 EVO/G260 is the regulator system for you. The new MK17 EVO is Scubapro's premium high performance balanced diaphragm first stage. Engineered specifical- ly for cold water and harsh environments, its internal components are completely sealed off from the elements so neither water nor polluon can get inside the chrome-plated marine grade brass body to foul the mechanism. This total sealing system also allows for a dry ambient pressure chamber which works to prevent freezing, provides beer protecon and improves performance, ensuring trouble-free operaon no maer how cold or murky the water gets. 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SIGN UP TODAY. 316-775-6688 WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF INVENTORY IN THE WICHITA METRO AREA, COME BY AND GET A GREAT GIFT FOR THE DIVER IN YOUR FAMILY DIVING IN GRENADA Found near Venezuela and on the border between the Atlanc Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Grenada and its lile sisters Carriacou and Pete Marnique offer some of the best diving in the region. Amazing shipwrecks, colorful reefs and excing driſts create a diver’s wonderland. Most of the dive sites are con- centrated around the south and west coasts. And perhaps the most famous site of them all is the Bianca C. This dive site features a 600-foot luxury liner that was sunk by an explosion in 1961. Today, the “Titanic of the Caribbean” lies at a depth of 165 feet (50 meters), but the top of the ship reaches to 75 feet (23 meters). The main deck sits between 90 and 125 feet (28 and 38 me- ters), meaning that it is reachable within advanced recreaonal dive limits. Tidal currents can make this dive a challenge, so it is best to follow the advice of a local dive master. In addion, there are lots of other wrecks that lier Grenada’s seascape, both nat- urally lost and purposely-sunk. You could easily dive just wrecks on Grenada, but you would miss reefs, walls and the underwater sculpture parks that are prolific marine ecosystems. Driſt past encrusted whip corals and an assortment of sponges and sea fans while watching schools of jack, rainbow runners and Creole wrasse. For beginners, the Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park repre- sents perhaps the best opportunity in the Caribbean to pracce your bubbles. Here arst Jason DeCaires has created more than 50 sculptures of locals and placed them underwater. The artwork is now becoming an arficial reef, and divers can marvel at the vari- ety of corals that are already transforming the sculptures beyond recognion. Grenada Didn't the U.S. send troops there once? Didn't it get hammered by a hurricane back in 2004? The answer to both those quesons is yes, but if that's all you know about this rarely explored corner of the Caribbean, you're mired in the past. For the record: The 1983 U.S. military intervenon (which restored democrac elecons aſter a Marxist military coup) is ancient history, and the dam- age from Hurricane Ivan has long since been repaired. Yep, I’m thinking Grenada is on my Bucket List. THIS GROUP HAD MILES OF SMILES WHILE LEARNING FIRST AID. MAKES MY JOB VERY EASY!