Oceanic Ventures, Inc.
Welcome to Oceanic Ventures, Inc., your home for Diving Education for the 21st Century.
Stillhouse Hollow Lake - Dive Around Texas Contest
A group of divers ventured to Stillhouse Hollow Lake and Salado to add another site to their DiveAroundTexas logbooks.
Dry Tortugas Deep Wreck Trip
Jess Stark and John Rhodes came home with not only great memories but show off the port hole they were able to recover from the wreck Araby Maid.
Bubbles Hand Wash at 5102 Kirby Drive
This
past Saturday, Ann and Eric Keibler joined Mrs. Bubbles (Kathy
Lawrence) for a day of diving at the car wash. A good time was had by
all as balloons and bubbles were passed out.
Diving in 2009, what lies ahead? Click here to find out more.
Photo Contest
Imagine your photo as the feature on the 2010 Club Aquarius card. The Grand Prize Winner of our 2009 Photo Contest will be will receive a very special prize and their photograph will appear on the 2010 Club Aquarius Card. Each month there will be a different subject.
The Rules...
Each entrant may submit up to 5 photographs per category.
Entries must be submitted by the close of business on the deadline date.
Photographs must be submitted in a digital format, at least 300 dpi and 1024 x 768
Files, CD’s, DVD’s or other memory devices will not be returned.
Each entry should have a short write-up on the photograph describing where the image was taken and the subject matter.
The photographer certifies that he/she is the creator of the image and has the right to submit it for the contest.
There will be three judges for each month’s category, chosen by Dive Mom at her sole discretion. The overall winning photograph will be chosen by a committee hand selected by Dive Mom.
Photographer retains rights to the photograph but authorizes Oceanic Ventures, Inc. to use the image(s) on its website, slide presentations, and for the winner, on the 2010 Club Aquarius Card. All images, excluding the Club Aquarius Card will show the appropriate copyright information on or near the photograph.
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Subject |
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January |
Any Oceanic Ventures Trip |
15 May 2009 |
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February |
Macro Shot |
15 May 2009 |
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March |
Wide angle |
15 May 2009 |
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April |
Spring Break Trip Family Fun |
15 May 2009 |
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May |
Feel the chill |
15 June 2009 |
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June |
Special Effects |
15 July 2009 |
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July |
Just for Fun |
15 August 2009 |
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August |
Open Water Weekend |
15 September |
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September |
Underwater Portrait (land dwellers or ocean dwellers) |
15 October 2009 |
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October |
Dive Around Texas |
15 November 2009 |
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November |
Top Side |
15 December 2009 |
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December |
Year in Review any subject |
25 December 2009 |
Dive Around Texas
DiveAroundTexas.com
challenges Texas divers to get out and explore some of the great
diving that Texas has to offer. Texas is blessed with over 30
different incredible dive spots including rivers, quarries, lakes,
and the Gulf of Mexico. DiveAroundTexas.com is about divers going
diving in Texas and receiving the chance to win prizes and awards
based on the number of verified dives you have in your Logbook. The
more times you dive in Texas, the better your chance to win valuable
prizes and trips. More information at DiveAroundTexas.com
2009 Is here!
The new year started with warm weather and a lot of promise (don’t listen to the news, they only report the bad stuff). This year why not practice a little more stress relief and plan on diving more in the new year. We have a number of local and international trips already planned. Just click here to see what is available!
If you are not already a scuba diver, there is no time like the present to get started. Send Dive Mom a note and find out more or call us at 713.523.DIVE (3483).
Blog Updates
Eric has a blog at www.armchairdiver.com. You can find out more about what has been happening around Oceanic Ventures and even leave a comment or two. Take a look and let him know what you think.
Scuba Lessons?
Of course we teach diving! Ask us about scuba diving instruction and classes?
Call us or come by the store and find out how you can experience the underwater world. To get you started, Eric Keibler put together a guide to provide you with some of the answers. If you want to learn more, look at his Consumers Guide To Recreational Scuba Diving Instruction. You can download a copy by pressing here.
Rebreather Diving
If you have not been around the facility much these days you may not have heard all of the excitement about rebreather diving. Eric has been involved with rebreathers for a long time but a number of our clients have caught the bug from him.
We have a number of options including the Inspiration, Evolution, Sentinel and the O2ptima. Come by or call and see what all of the excitement is about. If you cannot come by right now, call Eric or send him an email message and he will tell you all about it!
Who knows, you might even get infected, too!
Featured Items
We have set up a page containing featured sale items and close out items. Best deals around. Check it out here. Keep and eye out for our Ike Garage Sale&ldots;coming in January
Resource Page
In order to serve you better we have added a Resource page. This page will provide links to brochures and forms that are commonly requested. Check it out here
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