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We have started a brand new blog!!

Head to http://divecentremanly.wordpress.com/ to follow all the DCM news there.

No more posts will be appearing here anymore.

We hope to see you all soon!

DCM team

18th Annual Underwater Treasure Hunt 2012

On Sunday 25th March we held our 18th Annual Underwater Treasure Hunt and it was one of the best ones yet! 

Sharkman!

With just under 100 people attending it made for a fantastic day out down at Shelly Beach!

Divers and Snorkelers alike took to the water to find as much Treasure (spuds) as they could!

Not only were people finding the treasure, so were the fish!!

Our two top lucky winners of the day were Andy, who won a Mike Ball Liveaboard trip, and Tiarnan, who won a diving trip to South West Rocks! Congratulations guys!

Tricky, Andy, Tiarnan and Bob

After the hype of the hunt everyone settled back and enjoyed some BBQ'ed snags in the sunshine!

A massive thank you to everyone who took part and all of our suppliers for providing some fantastic prizes! We cant wait to do it again next year!

A Fantastic Customer!

Its always nice to hear a customer has had an amazing experience learning to dive with us. 

A big thank you goes out to Shaun for sending us through the lovely message below..

Hi Dive Centre Manly,

I just wanted to send you a brief email to thank for your an awesome learning experience.  I have just completed my open water certification with Tom Ward over the last 3 days.

I found Tom to be an awesome instructor, very professional, calm and enjoyable to be with.  I would not hesitate in taking another course with DCM and Tom in the future.. In fact I am planning on doing that very soon.  Advanced Open Water here I come.

I am very lucky that I live in the local area and can easierly use the facilities for DCM in the future.  Being a new diver you never know what to expect when you sign up for a course online sight unseen with a school.

But I thought the facilities you have with the pool the quality of the equipment and the level of knowledge of the instructors was fantastic.  Not to mention the fantastic location of Shelly Beach right at your door step.

As I said to Tom you only learn how to dive once and I am very happy I choose Dive Centre Manly to train me.

Were else can you learn with Halycon Equipment at one of the best dive sites in NSW?

Many Thanks Again and I look forward to seeing you in the water.

Kind Regards

Shaun Trumbull

Dive for Debris 2012

From the smallest bits of plastic, car batteries and appliances, to enormous fishing nets, "stuff" from our daily lives makes its way to the ocean by the ton every day. As Earths growing population consumes more disposable goods, the items we discard, even thousands of miles inland, are choking our ocean planet.

On Sunday 19th February we held DIVE FOR DEBRIS in partnership with Project AWARE.
Divers came and joined us on a clean up operation at one of our local diving sites, Manly Cove, inbetween Manly Wharf and Oceanworld.
As well as divers two representatives from The Two Hands project came down to help with cleaning up the beach and surrounding area.
www.twohandsproject.org

In total 1140 individual items of rubbish were collected, heres just a snippet of those items -
82 plastic bags
29 balloons
238 food wrappers
10 plastic toys
and 1 condom!!

We would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who came down and took part!
You were all part of a growing movement of scuba divers in 180 countries collecting and reporting the underwater trash you found! We all have to work together to protect and preserve our beautiful oceans!

Here are some of the pictures from the day and more can be found on our facebook page.
Dive Centre Manly - Facebook Page
Thank you again everyone!

Richard briefing the team

Janet and Sean keeping the BBQ under control!

 

Ocean Debris

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

Happy February!

Hello Everyone!

Sorry its been a while since our last blog! We've had lots going on and now you can read all about it! 

Shark Conservation Course

Our first Shark Conservation Course ran without a glitch and everyone had a fantastic time!
It was so popular we have 3 of our Instructors training to be able to run the course, watch this space for the next available course.

Montague Island

We headed to Montague Island for a 3 night diving trip at the end of January and wow what a trip it was! 

Diving with the Fur Seals is a once in a life time experience! Check out this amazing video taken by one of the divers! 

Montague Island Video

Dive for Debris 2012

Shouting out to all our Club Members!

Last Tuesday we had an information evening with David Roe from Project Aware all about Diving for Debris.

Dont be disappointed if you missed it you can still join us on the actual Dive Day which is being held on Sunday 19th February. 

We will be diving and collecting debris at Manly Cove (between Manly Wharf and Ocean World). Meeting time is 10am at the dive shop, dive time is 11am. 

If you would like to join the dive then make sure you put your name down by either giving us a call ( 02 9977 4355) or signing up online at - Dive Centre Manly - Dive for Debris

The diving conditions the last few weeks has been very up and down, due to our very crazy summer weather we have been having. But even on the wet, grey days we have had some fantastic diving! Last Wednesday Mr Turtle even came to visit our divers down at Shelly Beach! 

If you havent got yourself wet for a while then come back and join us for some diving!
We look forward to seeing you all soon!  

NEW Shark Conservation Course!!

Join us on our first ever SHARK CONSERVATION DIVER SPECIALITY COURSE on Saturday 14th January 2012!

The course gives an understanding of what actions you can personally take to protect Sharks.

You will learn insights in to Shark behavior and gain the knowledge to become an ambassador for Sharks.

The course runs from 9am to 5pm and costs $195. This includes-

*Student study guide

*Double boat dive to Magic Point to see the endangered Grey Nurse Sharks (weather permitting) 

* Speciality certification which counts towards your goal as a recreational scuba diver: 

*Special edition  Project AWARE certification card.
*A donation of $20 to Project AWARE to support their Shark conservation efforts.
(Equipment not included. Hire $50 extra)

If you would like to get involved or want more information please dont hesitate to contact us on 02 9977 4355 or jump on our website to http://shop.divesydney.com.au/Shop/Product/Shark-Conservation-Diver-Scd/ProductDetails.aspx