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| TWO ISLAND/TWO DAY BOAT TRIP FEBRUARY 14-15 |
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Ocean Adventures is featuring an exciting two-day, two
island dive trip February 14-15, with up to nine dives!
The Sundiver leaves Friday night February 13, out of
Los Alamitos Harbor and returns Sunday night.
Weather permitting we will be diving San Clemente
Island Saturday and move to the backside of Catalina
on Sunday. This is always one of the best trips of the
year and there are only a few spots left. Call OADC
today to reserve your bunk 310.578.9391.
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| OADC BECOMES THE FIRST UNIFIED TEAM DIVING FACILITY IN THE UNITED STATES |
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Unified Team Diving is a worldwide scuba training
agency that certifies divers in open water, technical
and overhead environments. UTD gives you a
unified, holistic, building-block education system. UTD
empowers thousands of scuba divers to pursue their
underwater passions - from recreational to
expedition. Regardless of your current certification or
where you've trained, our classes guide you to your
next level of diving, whether it's open water, deep,
caves, or wrecks.
Experience Underwater Camaraderie · In the water
you train as a team and explore as a team. Your UTD
classes will foster life-long diving friendships and
partnerships. Topside, our community website makes
it easy for you to connect with like-minded divers all
over the world, exchange stories, photos and videos,
and share your passion for the underwater world.
Be a Pioneering Expedition Diver · UTD divers seek
extraordinary underwater experiences. Our instructors
are true leaders, enthusiastic about their students and
precise in their teaching. We guide you to become
a "thinking diver," someone who's keen sense of self,
team, environment, and equipment enables your full
potential in the water.
Our own Andy Huber has become one of the first
instructors for them. Call him or the shop for more info
More About UTD
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| LUMINOX - THE NAVY SEAL DIVE WATCH - NOW FOR SALE AT OADC |
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The Luminox Watch Company began in 1989 when
the founder, Barry Cohen, who was already in the
watch business, discovered a need and filled it. One
of life's realities is degeneration of eyesight as one
ages, and finding methods to see anything better (in
this case-time) made sense.
The founder heard of a unique Swiss self-
powered illumination system, making watches more
visible and easier to read in low or no light
situations.He acquired the rights to use the
technology in a new brand of watches now called LLT
(Luminox Light Technology).
Today, Luminox can be found in more than 30 nations
with more being added regularly. Luminox created a
dive model in 1993, shortly after, a U.S. Navy SEAL
procurement officer contacted Luminox and explained
their need for this luminous technology for use on
night missions. The SEALs needed to have the new
dive watch re-engineered to meet their rigorous
specifications, and after many months of redesigning,
the revamped dive watch was offered to the SEAL
teams in early 1994. Luminox went out to the world to
offer this same watch to consumers as the Original
Navy SEAL dive watch. It became an instant success.
From there, Luminox expanded the collection to
include a variety of dial colors, as well as improved
and upgraded versions of the Original Navy SEAL dive
series, and ultimately an entire line of watches of
many types and styles created for the active
consumer, the sportsman, law enforcement and, of
course, military groups.
Next time you stop by the shop, check out the variety of
Luminox watches for sale.
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| PADI RESCUE DIVER COURSE FORMING NOW! |
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The OADC/PADI Rescue Diver will expand your
knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational
level because you'll learn to look beyond yourself and
consider the safety and well being of other divers.
Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way
to build your confidence.
If you love to travel and dive, this course will assure
you that whomever you are partnered with, anywhere
in the world, you will enjoy a safe dive no matter the
experience level of your buddy. In this course you
become an Emergency First Responder and certified
with CPR training as well.. Call OADC for class
schedules.
Tim will be hosting this class February 28, March
1,and than finishing March 7th and 8th
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ARC OF THE DIVER FILMAKER TO SPEAK AT CLUB MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th |
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Steve Clark spent 25 years as a commercial
photographer in Los Angeles shooting still life,
fashion, and beauty. Nine years ago I read a book
called, "Song for the Blue Ocean" by Carl Safina, had
an epiphany and decided to start glamorizing fish
rather than fashion models. He took lighting cues
from his work in fashion and developed a version of
classic "north light" and used it on his swimming
subjects, culminating in the short film, "Arc of the
Diver."
In 2002 Clark sailed his boat, Windshear from Los
Angeles to Auckland by way of the South Pacific,
racking up about 8,000 offshore miles in the process
plus many unique ocean adventures. Trained on a
KISS closed circuit rebreather Clark traveled for diving
to Hawaii, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Papua
New Guinea, Mexico, Thailand, Sulawesi, California,
and Raja Ampat
Clark became involved in the creation of marine
protected areas in the Channel Islands. and testified
at the US Navy sonar hearings. He also volunteers at
schools to show the film and answer questions about
the sea, using his skills to help educate
children about the ocean's beauty, fragility and the
importance of maintaining a healthy sea.
Arc of a Diver has been accepted at the following film
festivals:
Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner (finalist)
International Wildlife Film Festival (finalist)
Montana CINE (winner best children's film)
Kids First! Film Festival (runner up for best short doc
2008)
Los Angeles Children's Film Festival (finalist)
Celebrate the Sea Film Festival (honor of distinction)
Join Us Tuesday Feb 10th 7:00PM at OADC to hear
Steve talk about his love for underwater photography
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