South Florida Scuba Meetup Group (Delray Beach, FL) - Meetup
South Florida Beach Divers (Hollywood, FL) - Meetup
South Florida Beach Divers (Hollywood, FL) - Meetup
Palm Beach Scuba Divers (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) - Meetup
Gold Coast Scuba Divers (954) 616-5909 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Meetup
Force-E Divers of South Florida (Boca Raton, FL) - Meetup
Posted severel meet ups for you. We belong to all of them. GC asks for a one time $40 payment to belong, IMHO, I gladly paid it. The rest require no money to join. Some dive more than others, but GC and South Fl beach dives are very active. I really like Tom from SFBD. Force E holds 2 group night dives every month. Just make sure you read all the info for the dives you want to sign up for so you are reg. for the dive and on the list. Dixie also holds two night dives a month as well. If you are ever interested, PM me and you are welcome to join us. We usually go to the night dives with Force E and try to make the bi-weekly night dives with Dixie.
June is Dixie's pier clean up, a bunch of fun and you help the environment at the same time. We just did the GC pier clean up and I found and freed a hooked Nurse Shark from under the pier. A good feeling for the day. I am trying to earn Karma for myself, since moving down here last Aug. I have rescured a nurse shark, horseshoe crab, ducklings, and removed a fishing hook from a ducks tongue.
Also, just noticed that Force E is trying a monthly beach dive on May 23rd from the Pompino store, only 10 folks are allowed to sign up. One problem in my mind with this, it is the same night as the BHB night dive, I have yet to figure out how I can do both. We also try to get out at least once per weekend, ocean permitting, and dive with one of these groups. We have got to visit a lot of places through these groups that we would not have found on our own. Not being from here, is has helped us meet new folks and get some good beach diving in.
Steve from GC has been very helpful. As I mentioned before, Tom and his wife from SFBD have been great and he has a wealth of local knowledge that he gladly shares. Also, keep a look out for the beach clean ups, as they are looking for both land and water clean up. Again, a nice way to spend the day and helping out. The way we look at it is, we use the beach, BHB, the ocean, we should give back and help keep them clean. I am also a human trash can while diving. I collect trash and shove it down my wet suit and throw it out once back on land. Once while swimming back to shore at LBTS, we picked up a McDonald's bag of trash floating around...it was a Dive Through. My teenager thought that was the funniest thing she has ever heard.
