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Join Us This Sunday For A Day Of Diving At Anacapa Island
SHARKWATER - COMING TO A DIVE CLUB MEETING NEAR YOU!
RECORD AMOUNT RAISED DURING CHAMBER DAY & NIGHT 2008
REFER A DIVER AND GET FREE GEAR
ARCH ROCK COVE - ANACAPA ISLAND
BACK-TO-BACK BOATS ANACAPA AND CATALINA
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| Join Us This Sunday For A Day Of Diving At Anacapa Island |
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It is 11 miles away from the Channel Islands Harbor
in Oxnard, California, but it feels world apart. It is a
host to a wealth of natural and cultural resources, one
of the greatest treasures of America. The Travel
Channel listed the Channel Islands National Park as
one of the Top 10 Wonders of the American West. The
island offers the basic elements of Southern
California living, and the best diving in the world
Join us on the Spectre this Sunday and you to can
enjoy what the Channel Islands have to offer Call for
details 310.578.9391
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| RECORD AMOUNT RAISED DURING CHAMBER DAY & NIGHT 2008 |
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This Just In! The proceeds from Chamber
Day & Chamber Night have been tallied and a new
record was set this year..$120,158 was raised to help
fund the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. Ocean
Adventures crewed the Sundiver and the Sundiver II
during Chamber Day and filled two tables on
Chamber night.
For those who were lucky enough to play hookey on
Wednesday, May 7, the diving was great! Chamber
Night saw our divers dressed up and sitting down for
a lovely evening of good food and great raffle prizes,
Joseph our Instructor was the lucky OADC table
winner. The Sundiver collected a whopping seven of
the Chamber Day prizes, including OADC diver Chris
who won the Scuba Pro regulator!
Ocean Adventures Dive Co. is a big sponsor of this
annual event on all levels and you can be a part of it
next year, look for the newsletter and sign up for a seat
at the Chamber Night OADC tables or get your gear
and get on a Chamber Day boat. It's great fun for an
even greater cause.
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| REFER A DIVER AND GET FREE GEAR |
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Want free dive gear? Who doesn't? If you refer a diver
who completes an Open Water class, YOU receive $50 in store credit towards dive gear
merchandise at Ocean Adventures. If you refer a diver
who takes an Advanced or Rescue Diver Course, you
receive $25 in store credit!
We hope that you enjoy diving with Ocean Adventures
and thanks to you, our friends and customers, we
continue to grow.
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| ARCH ROCK COVE - ANACAPA ISLAND |
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Arch Rock on the east end of Anacapa Island is the
symbol of the Channel Islands National Park. Its
beauty as a surface feature is unparalleled along the
California coastline. It is 80 feet high, surrounded by
rock pinnacles, and dangerous reefs. The bark of sea
lions, cry of gulls and roar of the sea are constant. It is
truly a serene place for anybody who loves the
California ocean and the Channel Islands. This is the
closest point of the Channel Islands to the mainland -
a mere 11 miles. You'd never know; it seems a world
away
Anacapa Island is the second smallest of all the
Channel Islands, only slightly larger than tiny Santa
Barbara Island to the southeast. Anacapa is actually a
long narrow chain of three islands separated by
narrow impassible waters. Arch Rock is at the
extreme east end of the east island. As such, it is
located at a point of transition between the calm
frontside and often rough open ocean. It also lies
where, depending on direction, powerful currents are
split or joined
This is an exciting place. On the south side of Arch
Rock, reefs, pinnacles and the arch form a pocket
resembling a cove. Waters swirl and mix creating a
nutrient rich soup that marine animals love. It is a
place of beauty underwater
This is a good spot for seeing nudibranchs. Look for
yellow dorids, Spanish shawls and hermessenda.
With this many nudibranchs, their primary predator
can't be far behind. Navanax is a brightly colored sea
slug that feeds on its nudibranch cousin. Another sea
slug in abundance here is the sea hare. They feed
simply on algae
Article courtesy of California Diving News.
Come join us Saturday May 17 on the Dive Boat Peace
and enjoy this beautiful island.
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| BACK-TO-BACK BOATS ANACAPA AND CATALINA |
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It's time to get your gear and come aboard next
weekend May 17th & 18th. Ocean Adventures
chartered the Peace (out of Ventura Harbor) Saturday,
May 17 to Anacapa and the Sundiver (out of Long
Beach) Sunday, May 18 to Catalina.
For those of you wanting to take the next step after
Open Water, with our back-to-back boat trips you will
be able to complete your Advanced Course in just one
weekend! Joseph will be teaching this course, call
him at OADC for details.
If you are just looking to get in the water again, the
Captain of the Peace reports the sea lions at
Anacapa's rookery have been swimming out to play
with divers. Captain Ray of the Sundiver always finds
the best spots around Catalina to cater to every diver
on board. Two great locations in one weekend!
To sign up for your Advanced Course or book a trip on
these boats - call Ocean Adventures at 310.578.9391.
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SHARKWATER - COMING TO A DIVE CLUB MEETING NEAR YOU! |
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It's Movie Night at the May 13, Ocean Adventures Dive
Club Meeting, featuring the critically-acclaimed
documentary "Sharkwater."
Ocean Adventures will provide the movie, popcorn,
red
wines, soda and hot dogs (vegan dogs will also be
served).
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with
sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and
media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-
eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as
pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video,
Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters
of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption
surrounding the world's shark populations in the
marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with
renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable
adventure together starts with a battle between the
Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala,
resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases,
mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and
attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for
their lives.
Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent
creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how
despite surviving the earth's history of mass
extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few
years due to human greed.
Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and
determination changes from a mission to save the
world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of
humankind.
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