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The Dive Season is Here! It's time to get out your dive gear and check it over. Call your dive buddies and make some plans to dive. Maybe it's time to do a refresher or take your education to the next level. Whatever it is you want to do, GO FOR IT!
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Capt Saam's Air Supply
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Holiday Sale!Cash Gift Certificates 10% Off! We have stocking stuffers starting under $50! Scuba Tanks on Sale $15% Off! Dive Charter Gift Certificates $50! Class Gift Certificates $50 Off! Give the Gift of Adventure! Happy Holidays! |
Education Calendar Advanced Open Water Master Scuba Diver Hunting and Collecting Digital Underwater Photography Search & Recovery Night Diver Underwater Environment Rescue Diver Diving First Aid Oxygen Provider Nitrox Wreck Diver Dry Suit
USCG
Captain's
Course More Specialties Coming in 2011! Qualification Dives
Dives will now need to be done on one of our dive trips or with a referal. Otherwise Spring will be here before you know it! Internship Positions
We are considering two after school & weekend and Summer Internship positions for 2011. These two positions are for individules who have a desire to learn all aspects of scuba diving and work thier way up to dive leadership safety divers for the Silver Dolphin. Candidates MUST be motivated and be willing to perform all tasks of a dive shop and boat crew. |
Silver Dolphin The Silver Dolphin will soon be in dry-dock for the winter: While on shore we will be making some very cool enhancements! We will be installing SIDE-SCAN SONAR! We will also be amping up the stern underwater light by a factor of a few hundred lumens! If you have any suggestions PLEASE let us know! 2011 Season Passes are on sale now. Get your name on your seat for the 2011 season. Also keep a look out for other Dive Deals! Tropical Dive Travel February 5th - 12th Enjoy a 4 star Liveaboard scuba diving in the Bahamas on the Aqua Cat. Experience a large variety of dives; shark feeding dives, blue holes, high speed drift dives, walls and shallow patch reefs. Cruise from Nassau, Bahamas to the remote islands of the Exumas, and especially the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, the most pristine area in all the Bahamas. You liveaboard on the 102' catamaran Aqua Cat. This is the ultimate escape aboard your own private luxury yacht. Imagine sinking your toes into sugar sand, snorkeling or diving among the lemon sharks and sting rays, or hiking the trails of pirates and bootleggers of years gone by. No crowds, no set itineraries, nothing to do but sit back, relax and choose from an incredible variety of liveaboard activities including scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, sunbathing, and island exploring. Aqua Cat provides weights and air or for a small uplift unlimited nitrox. Photographers will find underwater life in the Exumas some of the most prolific and varied of any coral reef in the world. Aqua Cat enables you to scuba dive remote walls, wrecks, and coral reefs with. Trip Fee Includes
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Get your deposit in soon as we have a few spots left! Lock in your your Airfare. Since we are within 60 days prices have already gone up ! ( You may also elect to use your frequent flier miles) |
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Capt Saam's Scuba School has partnered up with Mariner's Learning System to offer the only ONLINE State-of-the-Art Captain's Course that is approved by the US Coast Guard! After personally using this system to earn my Towing Endorsement I was strongly interested in replacing our Captain's Course with this self pased learning system. Another VERY COOL thing about this is you can take your USCG Written Exams right here in our classroom! In addition to that you can also do your required First Aid and CPR certifications here as well. You don't have to run all over town to put the peices together any more.
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Capt Saam's Air Supply
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Silver Dolphin
X-Ray MAgazine
Aeris Dive Packages
Comments, Concerns, Questions, or Suggestions? Email me at: |
Education Calendar Scuba Diver Classes October 29, 30 & 31
Qualification
Dives
Master Scuba Diver
USCG Captain's
Course Other Up Coming Courses
Advanced Open Water
Wreck Diver LAST CALL! Qualification
Dives Due to unpredictable fall winds and weather we may not get another weekend for qualification dives. This may be the last weekend to do your dives locally this season!
In this issue:
AERIS Gear Specials |
Silver Dolphin Our Last Local Qualification Dives of the Season This weekend may be the last Qualification dives we are conducting locally this year! IF we can we will be doing one more weekend in November.
Drysuit Diving Until December Remember you can now enroll on line for many of our courses and charters! Tropical Dive Travel
Pompano Beach Wrecks December 1st - 5th Enjoy the wonderfull wrecks of Pompano Beach FL. This fall we will again be returning to dive with South Florida Diving Headquarters for incredible visibility and warm water wreck diving! Each boat trip will feature an excellent deep wreck dive and a shallow wreck or reef dive. We will be fling out of LGA and be staying in Pompano Beach from Wednesday to Sunday. The hotel features a restaurant, patio bar, swimming pool, deck, and the Atlantic Ocean is across the street! Trip Fee Includes
NITROX is recommended and available upon request. Optional recreational day and night dives will be available with air and weights.
Enjoy a 4 STAR Liveaboard scuba diving trip to the Bahamas on the Aqua Cat. Experience a large variety of dives; shark feeding dives, blue holes, high speed drift dives, walls and shallow patch reefs. Cruise from Nassau, Bahamas to the remote islands of the Exumas, and especially the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, the most pristine area in all the Bahamas. You liveaboard on the 102' catamaran Aqua Cat. This is the ultimate escape aboard your own private luxury yacht. Imagine sinking your toes into sugar sand, snorkeling or diving among the lemon sharks and sting rays, or hiking the trails of pirates and bootleggers of years gone by. No crowds, no set itineraries, nothing to do but sit back, relax and choose from an incredible variety of liveaboard activities including scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, sunbathing, and island exploring. Aqua Cat provides weights and air or for a small uplift unlimited nitrox. Photographers will find underwater life in the Exumas some of the most prolific and varied of any coral reef in the world. Aqua Cat enables you to scuba dive remote walls, wrecks, and coral reefs with. Trip Fee Includes
Dives Include
Get your deposit in soon as we have only 10 spots on this trip. Your deposit is anso required to ensure your Airfare. ( You may also elect to use your frequent flier miles) |
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Capt Saam's Scuba School has partnered up with Mariner's Learning System to offer the only ONLINE State-of-the-Art Captain's Course that is approved by the US Coast Guard! After personally using this system to earn my Towing Endorsement I was strongly interested in replacing our Captain's Course with this self pased learning system. Another VERY COOL thing about this is you can take your USCG Written Exams right here in our classroom! In addition to that you can also do your required First Aid and CPR certifications here as well. You don't have to run all over town to put the peices together any more. |
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Capt Saam's Air Supply
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Silver Dolphin ● Discover Local Diving ● 2010 Dive Deals ● Qualification
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Discover Local Diving What? Never done a local dive??? Now the water has warmed up to the upper 60s and will be in the 70s later this month, it's an excelent time to get wet! Now you can Discover Local Diving with us. Come out on one of our weekend charters and we will be happy to put you in the water with a guide that will show you coral, 3 types of sponges, urchins, sea stars, hydroids and much more. If you are lucky you can even see a sea hourse! Thursday Night Lobster Dives The last few Thursday evenings have been great! Since this is the height of our lobster season we have been eating well. We have been seeing 2 lb lobsters on average with some alpha males almost 3 lbs! This is our most popular charter. Even if you aren't interested in lobsters there is so much cool stuff to see. Did you know we have an incredible amount of bioluminescents? Just waive your hand through the water and it glitters like fairy dust! At night you can see most fish sleeping and the invertebrates are all out. Things most people don’t know we even have. The corals are feeding at night and the sea cucumbers feed as well. We have beautiful calcareous worms that blossom like purple flowers. My favorite thing is to check out the small schools of squid under the boat. In fact I am so sure you will
like it I will offer a BOGO next Thursday night, July 15th. Buy one get one
free charter. Bring a friend! 2010 Dive Deals 1994 Rollback $40 Charters! Thursday Night Lobster Dives. $50 all season! BOGO Specials Buy one get one Free. Thursday night dive, July 15th. Bring a friend! Frequent Diver Cards. Buy 6 Charters Get 7! 2010 Season Passes |
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Capt Saam's Scuba School is a proud supporter of Kayak For a Cause(KFAC). Kayak for A Cause was created as a way to blend our love of the sport with our commitment to helping good causes. Each year, kayakers join together to cross Long Island Sound and raise money for their favorite charities, most of which work to protect our local waters, environment and community. This year we hope to make a difference for five worthy charities in our community: Save the Sound, Maritime Aquarium, Outward Bound, Builders Beyond Borders, and Canine Companions. Even if you've never picked up a paddle, you can help by supporting our paddlers and donating. Capt Saam is the On-Water Chase and Safety Leader. Aboard the Silver Dolphin, event Committe Boat, he will over see the passage of hundreds of kayakers across Long Island Sound with the help of dozens of chase boats. We could use your help. We are always looking for more chase boats and Jet Skis to keep the the pods of kayakers safe! We will meet off Crab Meadow beach in Hunting NY at 8 AM on the 24th for check in. we should be finished by 2:30 PM. We offer a $50 gas stipend plus a ticket to the most incredible party that night. Complete with Lobsterbake & Music from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Guitar Legend, DICKEY BETTS & Great Southern!!! To leaen more go to http://www.kayakforacause.com/. |
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Education Calendar June 25th, 26th & 27th
Qualification
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Hunting & Collecting Allways Available!
Advanced Open Water Coming in July Wreck Diver Search & Recovery Qualification Dives
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Qualification Dives
Our Next Qualification Dive is
June 6th 2010 Dive Deals 1994 Rollback Specials w/ $40 Charters! Sign up for our June 12 Rollback Dive Charter! Bogo Specials Buy one get one Free! Thursday Night Lobster Dives only $50 all season! Watch for postings on www.capt-saam.com/Charters.htm |
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What is It?
Be the first to correctly identify the organism and you can receive a free dive charter or a $100 gift certificate for a continuing education class! Be as specific as possible.
Last month's organism was the Hypoplectrus puella, also known Barred Hammlet. Though only a few inches in length, hamlets are members of the sea bass family. Hamlets are hermaphroditic, both sexes occurring in the same individual.
The winner from last month was Peter Stalker! Congratulations Peter! It looks like we will see you for some diving aboard the Silver Dolphin. ADVANCED DIVER The Advanced Open Water Scuba course is for the newly certified diver or any one who wants to learn more about several aspects of Diving. Topics covered in this course include: night diving, wreck diving, drift diving, underwater navigation, search and recovery, light salvage, deep diving, decompression, rescue, self rescue, and environmental survey. The dives will begin on Thursday evening with a dusk navigation dive followed by an environmental survey night dive. On Saturday we will do Rescue, Search and Recovery and Light Salvage with special search lines and lift bags. On Sunday we will do a Deep Wreck Dive with a Ssimulated Decompression followed by a Drift Dive. The course includes: study materials, 'C' card, and the use of specialized gear for the dives. You must provide your own Scuba equipment (quality rentals available). Upon completion of the course the student will receive an ADVANCED OPEN WATER SCUBA certification card. This card is internationally recognized. |
Hunting and Collecting Specialty Course June 22nd, 23rd, 24th & 27th This course presents highly productive methods of underwater fishing including LOBSTERING, SPEAR FISHING, and SHELL FISHING. The student will learn how to make their own specialized equipment and how to successfully select a site for the largest catch. You can catch dozens of lobsters, pounds of fish and bushels of shellfish each season! This specialty course is designed for the diver who wants to learn to enjoy the plentiful harvests that New England waters offer. This course will teach legal aspects of hunting and collecting and how to prepare and cook the 'catch of the day'. This Hunting and Collecting Course will meet on two evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at the shop for class and for two dives on The Silver Dolphin one Thursday evening and one Saturday. These dives include evening and night lobster dives, and a day dive for clamming, spear fishing or more lobstering! Please Note: Harvesting Lobsters requires a CT DEP Lobster License. After successful completion of this course and the dives each student will receive a NAUI Specialty certification card. For more information on this program, please call Capt. Saam at (203) 32-SCUBA (327-2822) or visit www.capt-saam.com. Advanced registration is required to ensure a place in our next class, as enrollment is limited to Six! |
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In This Issue Education Calendar ● Scuba Diver Classes ● Rescue ● Advanced ● Master Scuba Diver ● Nitrox Free Seminar Series
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Underwater Navigation
●Tomorrow Night!
Silver Dolphin
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Rescue Diver Specialty
Advanced Open Water Hunting and Collecting
Wreck Diver Search & Recovery Qualification Dives May 28th & 29th
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Qualification Dives Our First Qualification Dives will be Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Weekend!
SPLASH!!!
2010 Dive Deals
1994 Rollback Specials w/ $40 Charters! Sign up for our June 12 Rollback Dive Charter!
Bogo Specials Buy one get one Free!
Thursday Night Lobster Dives only $50 all season!
Watch for postings on www.capt-saam.com/Charters.htm |
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What is It?
Be the first to correctly identify the organism and you can receive a free dive charter or a $100 gift certificate for a continuing education class! Be as specific as possible.
Last month's organism was the Diadema antillarum, also known as the long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the Family Diadematidae. It is the most abundant and important herbivore on the coral reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean basin. When the population of these sea urchins is at a healthy level, they are the main grazers which prevent algae overgrowth of the reef. While we had several correct responces Rob Bull was the first. Congratulations Rob! It looks like we will see you for some diving aboard the Silver Dolphin. |
Free Seminar Series
Tomorrow Night!
If you have ever done local diving or gone night diving you know the challenges you may be confronted with. One of which is finding your way back to your entry point. Or maybe finding your way to a wreck or a reef. Either way you don't just point your finger and say it's over there. You will need your compass and a timing device to do it right. Have you used a compas to navigate? Sometimes you can get by using landmarks. |
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Rescue Diver Techniques May 25th – 30th This specialty is for anyone who wants to become a more responsible SAFE diver or intends on going to become a SCUBA diving leader, such as Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, or Instructor. The material covers the causes, effects, and treatments of diving related accidents, diving physiology, psychological aspects of diving, diving first aid, activation of EMS, and how to avoid and manage diving accidents. These topics will be presented in the classroom, in the pool, on a boat, and on the beach. Requires one pool session, one half day beach/boat teach, four three hour classroom and boat lectures. This course trains divers in the knowledge and skills needed to manage risks and effectively handle limited in-water problems and diving emergencies. Included are: assists, transports, surface rescues and rescues from depth involving both boat and shore based skin and scuba divers. The course meets the prerequisite rescue training for Training Assistant Specialty, Skin Diving Instructor, Assistant Instructor, Divemaster, and Instructor certifications. Students are required to have an O2 Provider certification (O2 will be offered concurrently). CPRfpr/AED, and First Aid are also required (also offered concurrently) for the Rescue course. If you need any of these co-requisites please let us know when you register as they are offered in our ILCOR approved First Aid Course. (ILCOR approved courses are recognized by the US Coast Guard) For more information on this program, please call Capt. Saam at (203) 32-SCUBA (327-2822). |
New Product Showcase Cressi Travelight BC
This jacket has been specifically designed for those who travel by plane as it is the result of painstaking research on the most suitable materials for reducing weight to a minimum. The back is soft and padded and has a rear rubber area with a strong grip and a double strap to safely block the tank. Two generous zip up pockets allow stowing of even bulky accessories. On the back of the jacket two lead pockets allow for perfect distribution of the weights between these pockets and the Lock Aid integrated weight system. The control for the rear release valve has been placed at the front, on the lower right hand side of the jacket. Travelight can be folded up in just a few seconds and fastened with a special retractable strap so that it can be stowed easily in its own carrying bag, which has a shoulder strap. Travelight’s very light structure and its anatomical shape make it a very tight-fitting and streamlined jacket once underwater and it offers very little resistance to forward movement. |
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April 2010
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Silver Dolphin ●
A New Season Begins
SPC Jake Ahltman, underwater for the first time.
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Education
Calendar Scuba Diver Classes May 7th, 8th & 9th May 28th, 29th & 31st Qualification Dives June 5th & 6th Rescue Diver Specialty May 25th – 30th Advanced June 14th Master Scuba Diver Self Paced Nitrox Self Paced Lifeguard Training May 12th CT Safe Boating and Jet Ski Certificates April 27th & May 4th
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A New Season Begins
2010 Dive Deals 1994 Rollback
Specials w/ $40 Charters! Bogo Specials
Buy one get one Free! Thursday
Night Lobster Dives only $50 all season!
Watch for postings on www.capt-saam.com/Charters.htm |
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Be the first to correctly identify the organism and you can receive a free dive charter or a $100 gift certificate for a continuing education class!
In the last two newsletters there were pictures of Tunicates from Florida. The first was the Painted Tunicate, Scientific Name is Clavelina Picta of Category Tunicates and range in size from 0.5 to 0.75 in. The last one was the Giant Tunicate Polycarpa Spongiabilis of Category Tunicates ranging in size from 3 to 4 in. Congratulations to Neal Perry. It looks like we will see him for some diving aboard the Silver Dolphin. |
Free Seminar Series
If
you have ever done local diving or gone night diving you know the challenges
you may be confronted with. One of which is finding your way back to your
entry point. Or maybe finding your way to a wreck or a reef. Either way you
don't just point your finger and say it's over there. You will need your
compass and a timing device to do it right. Have you used a compas to
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SCUBA Helping to Rehab Wounded Soldiers and You Can Help Too! Last year, CPT Tony Benedosso, Commander of the Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) in Schweinfurt Germany. Their mission is to assist soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq and to restore normalcy and hope to their lives. All these soldiers have experienced traumatic injuries, many have lost limbs due to IEDs. The use of SCUBA diving is providing a remarkable form of therapy to these soldiers as they explore a new and unknown underwater world. Tony’s brother, Patrick a junior at Fairfield Prep High School, has been fundraising to support this program and through the generosity of several local donors, has raised $4000 to date. This has allowed the WTU to conduct diving sessions for over 50 Soldiers. Their ultimate goal is to assist all their Soldiers in becoming certified and taking them on dive trips to nearby lakes in Croatia, Egypt and Italy. Here is where you can help . . . Bob Boehringer, a long time diver and owner of www.SoundChoicePower.com an energy broker for Discount Power Inc, (DPI) is helping out by contributing $25 for each family that chooses to switch from Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) or United Illumination (UI) to Discount Power as their electricity supplier. Connecticut deregulated their electric industry 10 years ago, but only recently have licensed electric suppliers started to drive down the price. By switching to DPI, you will not only save 10 to 20% on your electric bill each month, but also help support our Soldiers overseas. For more info www.SoundChoicePower.com or contact Bob directly at 203 952-6495. Thank you for your support! |
New Product Showcase Underwater Hand Held Sonar!!!
This Handheld Sonar looks where you want it to, when you want it to! The Norcross H22PX lets you aim its beam wherever you want to see, like an underwater flashlight, with a range of up to 199'. Just press the button and get real time depth, fish signals that tell you whether there is a target between you and the bottom and temperature (water or air) readings. Special algorithmic programming virtually eliminates false signals. Submersible to 200' and it floats. Finding a wreck once you are on the bottom just got a whole lot easer! Scuba Tank Sale! All of our in-stock 80 Cu.Ft. Yellow Aluminum (3AL) Scuba Tanks are $20 off and come with 5 Free Air Fills. That's a $50 Value! If you would like the tank to be converted to NITROX our special price is $12.50 with the tank purchase. This sale is limited to quantity on hand and will be sold first come first serve. |
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