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SPECIALTY COURSE
DIVES WE OFFER
When you are ready to go Beyond the Basics
... we are "here" to get you "there" !!!
At Scuba Steve's Scuba Shack we offer a LOT of exciting dives
and diving activities for nearly every member of your family,
from the 10 year old up to Grandma and Grandpa and beyond !!!
Check out these Specialty Certificaton Courses out for
yourself !!!
BEYOND the BASICS - SPECIALTY
CERTIFICATION TRAINING and DIVER EDUCATION
- Project AWARE Specialty Diver Certification
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Diver Certification
- NITROX/ Enriched Air Specialty Diver Certification
- DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle "Scooters" )
Speciality Diver Certification
- Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Diver
Certification
- Underwater Navigator Specialty Diver Certification
- Underwater Naturalist Specialty Diver Certification
- Search and Recovery Specialty Diver Certification
- Night Diver Specialty Diver Certification
- Multi-Level Specialty Diver Certification
- Fish Identification Specialty Diver Certification
Regardless of how deep into diving you want
to go or high up the ranks of professional accreditation you
desire … Scuba Steve will help you get there!
DISTINCTIVE SPECIALTY
CERTIFICATIONS
Have you been looking for something unique and different???
Here's something NEW …
PADI allows a few of its Instructors to actually come up with
our own Certification Courses which are called "Distinctive
Specialty" Certifications.
These courses tend to be based on the "one-of-a-kind"
uniqueness of the region/locale/dive site of the Instructor
and will be credited towards a diver's Master Scuba Diver
Certification !!!
You will also have EXCLUSIVE BRAGGING RIGHTS because I am the
ONLY one on the PLANET that can teach these courses !!!!!
I am offering you 3
of my very own Distinctive Specialty Certification Courses !!!
They are the :
- Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse Diver
- Hawaiian Sea Turtle Observer
- Hawaiian Reef "Critter Gitter"
Unlike other PADI certification courses, these do NOT require
that you purchase MORE PADI books, manuals, tables, or DVD's …
EVERYTHING that you will need to know (or might ever WANT to
know) about each particular course is taught AT the dive site!
- NO quizzes, examinations or finals to take!
- Just a LOT of fun information about some incredible
underwater friends of mine!
You don't have to be a Marine Biologist to enjoy this
Course (you'll just sound like one when you're through) ...
and if you don't want to tell your dive buddies that you're
not ... then neither will I !!!
Each Distinctive Specialty Certification Course is
designed to be FUN … INFORMATIVE … and EASY !!!
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF WHAT YOU
WILL LEARN :
Hawaiian Sea Turtle Observer
There were once several million green sea turtles worldwide.
Today, fewer than 200,000 nesting females are thought to
remain.
In Hawaii, scientists currently estimate that only 100 to 350
females nest each year, predominantly at French Frigate Shoals
in the Northwest Hawaiian chain.
Sea turtles have long been hunted for a variety of uses.
Their shells have been used to make jewelry and ornaments,
their skin to make small leather goods, their meat and eggs
for food, and their fat for oil.
In modern times, the number of sea turtles taken has
increased dramatically due to the opportunity for profits they
provide through commercial trade.
Ancient Hawaiians used the meat of the green sea turtle for
food. Green sea turtles are also recognized as being the main
ingredient in turtle soup.
Before protective laws such as the Federal Endangered Species
Act of 1973 were passed, green sea turtles were killed in
large numbers to feed fishing crews in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands and to provide meat for restaurants.
Hawaiian populations experienced dramatic declines as a
result. Because sea turtles take so many years to reach sexual
maturity, it has taken 20 years since the passing of the
Endangered species Act to see evidence of a population
recovery.
Their natural habits also make sea turtles vulnerable to
hunters. Because they lay their eggs in such a predictable way
and are defenseless on land, poachers continue to kill
hundreds of sea turtles each year for their eggs, shells and
meat, despite laws prohibiting these activities in many
countries.
Egg clutches are especially easy to spot. After laying her
eggs, the female turtle must struggle back to the ocean
leaving a "tell-tale" trail behind in the sand.
Fibropapilloma causes the growth of large bulbous tumors
predominantly on the soft tissues of the turtles. Once turtles
are stricken with the disease they do not appear to recover
without the aid of human medical intervention.
Fibropapilloma looks like large warts with a "cauliflower"
texture that grow on all the soft tissue areas of a sea
turtle, including the eyes and mouth, it can also grow through
the carapace and plastron.
Unfortunately in some cases the growths or tumors, as they
are also called, can grow internally on the lungs, kidneys,
liver and intestines. The coloration can be pink, white or
black and can range in size from less than a centimeter to as
large as a football, the largest tumor recorded at The Turtle
Hospital weighed over 3 pounds.
The disease has been documented as far back as the 1900's and
has reappeared and regressed throughout the century. The
growths appear on sea turtles in warm water areas, especially
around the equator, from Florida and South America to Hawaii
with a few cases reported from Australia...
(Remember ... this is just a sample of what you will be
learning !!!
Course includes a detailed outline for you take take your own
notes and then bring back home with you!)
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse Diver
The Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse is endemic to the Hawaiian
Islands. They can be found on the reef at almost all depths
within the recreational dive limits.
This species establishes cleaning stations on the reef and
attracts fish and eels by making distinct dart-like movements
to advertise its services.
While cleaning its hosts, it feeds on the host's excess
mucous and parasites, setting a classic example of a mutually
beneficial symbiotic relationship.
They are generally easy to approach. The wrasse family is a
very diverse category of fish with an interesting and complex
social structure and brilliant color patterns that can change
with age or sex.
Wrasses are generally classified by their various life
phases, including the initial, the intermediate or adult, and
the terminal phase.
While some wrasses hatch as males and remain male during
every phase, many other individuals begin life as females and
later experience a sex change, transforming into "super-males"
or "super alpha males".
Super-males are usually the most brilliantly colored of the
species, which dominate a territory. If a super-male dies, the
next largest wrasse, male or female, quickly changes into a
super-male. If a more controlling super-male is introduced to
the population, other super-males may even reverse back to
their initial phase (female)...
(Remember ... this is just a sample of what you will be
learning !!!
Course includes a detailed outline for you take take your own
notes and then bring back home with you!)
Hawaiian Reef "Critter Gitter"
The purpose of the Hawaiian Reef "Critter Gitter"
Distinctive Specialty course is to provide divers an
opportunity to go on an "undersea treasure hunt" and
utilize the skills they have learned in previous courses,
particularly the Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse Diver Distinctive
Specialty Course and the Hawaiian Sea Turtle Observer
Distinctive Specialty Course.
There are many species of both endemic and non-endemic
creatures and "critters" on the Hawaiian reefs that
the diver(s) will locate, identify and observe using proper
recreational diving techniques for responsible interaction.
By the end of this course, you will be able to locate
and identify at least 4 endemic fish, including but not
limited to the following :
- Hawaiian Whitespot Damselfish
- Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby
By the end of this course, you will ALSO be able to
locate and identify at least 2 endemic "cdritters",
including but not limited to the following:
- Rough-spined or Sputnik Urchin
Course includes a detailed outline for you take your own
notes and then bring back home with you!)
This is "just a taste" of the FUN we will have
!!!!! It is easy …
the memories will last you a LIFETIME ….
And you will have EXCLUSIVE BRAGGING RIGHTS because I am the
ONLY one on the PLANET that can teach these courses !!!!!
AND ...
if YOU don't want to tell your dive buddies that you're not a
Marine Biologist (you'll just SOUND like one) ... then neither
will I !!!
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