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Tech Repair Submission Form Copy, paste and print this form to tell us what services your equipment will need. 1. Contact information: Name:___________________________ Phone:___________________________ Email:___________________________ The address to ship your equipment back to (NO PO Boxes, please - we ship UPS): Address:______________________________________________________________ City:______________________________________State:_____________Zip:______ 2. Fully describe the equipment you want serviced: (Manufacturer/Model/SN) First and Second Stage:__________________________________________________ Alternate Air Source:____________________________________________________ Console or Computer:____________________________________________________ BCD:______________________________Other:______________________________ 3. Services: (Check All that Apply) · Fist Stage Service $25 · Second Stage Service $25 · Alternate Air Source $25 · BCD Inflator Service $25

Down Under Dive Shop Courses

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Start Your Adventure Online Today! How does Elearning Work? (Click links for details) Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge Today! 1. Open Water Diver a. Enriched Air Diver b. Boat Diver 2. Advanced Open Water Diver a. National Geographic Diver b. Digital UW Photographer 3. Rescue Diver Course a. Emergency O2 Provider b. Search and Recovery Specialist c. CPR/First Aid/AED Become the Leader! 1. Divemaster a. Deep Diver b. Wreck Diver c. Trimix, O2, Nitrox, and Pure Air Gas Blender d. Equipment Specialist e. EFR (CPR/First Aid/AED) Instructor d. Resort Ops and Charters Ops Specialist Go Pro! 1. PADI Instructor a. Specialty Instructor (Choose five areas of expertise) b. Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor c. Emergency O2 Provider Instructor   Go where no man has gone before! 1. DSAT Tec Diver a. Sidemount Diver/Instructor b. Tec 40 (Intro to Tec) c. Tec Diver d. Trimix Diver e. Rebreather Diver 2. NSS-CDS Cave Diver a. Intro to Cavern b. Cavern Dive

The PADI Rescue Diver Course

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Rescue Diver “Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe Down Under’s PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The Fun Part The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken. Rescue Diver Online The PADI Rescue Diver course is the newest addition to the PADI eLearning® family. Rescue Diver Online gets you started right away and let's you learn at your own pace and in your own time. Start Now! How It Works Get College Credit You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Rescue Diver Course. What You Learn · Self rescue · Recognizing and managing stress in other divers · Emergency management and equipment · Rescuing panicked divers · Rescuing unresponsive divers The Scuba

PADI Advanced Open Water Course

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Exploration, Excitement, Experiences. They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course. The Staff at Down Under Dive Shop will help you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor. This course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving. You’ll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to: Master Bouyancy Control and Hovering Understanding the Compass and Underwater navigation Search Patterns and Liftbag Use Fun and Safe Praftices while Boat Diving Deeper water diving (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres/ 60-100 feet) Do

Down Under Dive Shop Store

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Regulators: Staff Choice: Mk 25/A700 $775 Mid Range: Mk17/ G250V $613 Best Value: Mk2/R395 $250 Buoyancy Compensators: Staff Choice: Glide Pro $721 Back Inflate: Seahawk $735 Best Value: Sport BC $340 Computers: Staff Choice: Galileo Sol or Luna $$1300-$1900 Mid Range: Aladin Tec 2G $359 Best Value: Prime $250 Wetsuits: Staff Choice: Everflex 7.5 mm, 5mm or 3mm $400-$300 Mid Range: Subgear Definition 5mm or 3mm $350-$250 Best Value: Profile 3mm $171 Masks: Staff Choice: Frameless $129 Mid Range: Scout $70 Best Value: Subgear Action or Sprite $60 Fins: Staff Choice: Twin Jet Max w Spring Straps $189 Mid Range: Jet Fins $99 Best Value: Jet Sport $60 Snorkels: Staff Choice: Nexus $52 Mid Range: Pheonix Flex $39 Best Value: Eclipse $27 Gloves: Staff Choice: Everflex $31 Mid Range: Riffe $25 Best Value: Tropic Amara $22 Boots: Staff Choice: Delta Deluxe $51 Best Value: Shorty Boot $42 Hoods: Staff Choice: Nova Scotia Semi Dry $40 Mid Range: Everflex Deluxe Hood $55 Best Value: .5 mm Profile

PADI Open Water Diver Course

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Get Certified! Take a Scuba Lesson with Down Under Dive Shop Today! Get your PADI scuba certification. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, Down Under has introduced thousands of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. Start your scuba certification online. How Elearning Works The Fun Part The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases: Knowledge Development ( online , home study or in a

Galapagos Dive Trip April 11-18 2011

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Galapagos Diving Your underwater adventures in the Galapagos will encompass everything from sharks to nudibranchs, and more. The islands are best known for amazing shark diving around Wolf and Darwin Islands. These small and remote islands are best reached by liveaboard vessels for divers. Your diving experience here will generally include Galapagos sharks, silky sharks and lots of schooling hammerheads being cleaned by king angelfish. Seeing marine turtles, schools of tuna, eagle rays, and sea lions is very common and seeing a whale shark is very possible from June through November. All the islands you travel to are amazing sites for underwater photography. Macro photographers will have their fill of sea horses, barnacle blennies, coral hawk fish, and many others. An abundance of rays are at many of the dive sites (including spotted rays, marble rays, golden rays and stingrays) along with sea lions, sea turtles, schools of grunts and snappers. The variety of life in these water is unl

Become a SCUBA Instructor Today

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PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) Are you looking for something extraordinary? To do something others can only dream of? To help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn't even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program. The IDC program is a minimum of five days (not including online independent learning) It introduces you to the entire PADI System of diver education and concentrates on further developing your abilities as a professional dive educator. The Fun Part It’s about life transformations—both yours and those around you. The fun part of instructor training is interacting with course participants while creating friendships t

Black Friday Sale!!! One Day Only!!! Friday 10:00 to 1:00pm

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Down Under Dive Shop's 2010 season has come to an end, and it's time to move out our 2010 inventory and get ready for next year. Down Under Dive shop will be hosting the largest "one day" clearence sale in our history on Black Friday, November 26th 10:00 am to 1:00pm. Come in or call for 25% off of all products (excluding Courses, Weights, and T-Shirts) and 50% or more savings on the following items. All Waterproof Drysuits Starting at $899 ($1999 Regular) ALL Masks!!! Starting at $30 Select 3mm Wetsuits!!! Prices Range from $40 Shorties $88 for 3mm Full Suits. All Gear Bags 50% Off!!! Red Twin Jet Max Fins $99!!! Pelaj Spearguns $150! Free Dive T-Shirt with Purchase of $100 Gift Certificate!!!

This week at Down Under Dive Shop 11/11

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Happy Veterans Day! Dive Boat Schedule: Sat: 6hr 2 Tank Charter: Sun: 6hr 2 Tank Charter Class Schedule: Open Water Diver/Scuba Review Nov.15 Enriched Air Nitrox: Nov. 12 Advanced Openwater Diver: Nov. 13 Deep/Wreck: Nov 14 CPR/First Aid/AED/O2 Provider Nov 17 and Nov 27 Instructor Development Course Nov. 22 Trips: Manatee Trip Feb 12th Fiji March 19th (sign up today only one spot left) Palau March 18th 2012 Congratulations to Kevin Johnson on the PADI Open Water Diver Course. Meet The Staff: Specialty Instructor: Jim Mahan Jr. Jim is Public Safety Search and Recovery Diver and has over 30 Years of Diving Experience. Manager Course Director: Bryan Eslava Bryan is our resident Course Director (Instructor Trainer), Side Mount Instructor, Full Face Mask Instructor, Tec Trimix and Full Cave Diver. Bryan also teaches a host of Specialty Instructor Ratings ranging from CPR Instructor to Equipment Repair Technician. Bryan is also an adventure travel guide and takes groups on diving vacations

DIVE PALAU March 18-25 2012

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Check out the Video Prepare to ‘Dive Easy’ on Tropic Dancer where you’ll enjoy all of the amenities you’ve come to expect from a Dancer Fleet yacht®. Once you’re settled in on this comfortable yacht and ensconced in Dancer Fleet surroundings, you’ll be ready to focus on the huge variety the underwater world of Palau has to offer. At Blue Corner you’ll be greeted by gray reef and white tip sharks, Napoleon Wrasse, spotted eagle rays, schooling jacks and barracuda, trigger fish and more. Look for manta rays, octopi, nudibranchs, garden eels and maybe even a leopard shark when diving in German Channel. Peleliu Corner, where the ocean currents converge to make up some of the strongest currents you’ll ever experience, is home to large numbers of tropical fish and a variety of corals including soft, cable and black. Sea fans decorate the wall while large pelagic fish cruise around Peleliu Corner. Here is a sample of some of the dive sights: Remnants of WWII are still visible thro