Dive Clubs in Halifax, Nova Scotia

[diverkim]

Does anyone know of dive clubs in Halifax? I'm new out here and trying to hook up with buddies.

[kelpmermaid]

my local dive club was just contacted by a club from elsewhere in Nova Scotia:

http://www.geocities.com/cbdive1/wrecks.html

Of course, the map I consulted had no scale, so I have no idea how far this is. Happy hunting!

[bridgediver]

don't know about clubs but there are a few Halifax divers on here that I would imagine will pipe in soon.

Welcome to the board:)

[diverkim]

kelpmermaid once bubbled...
Of course, the map I consulted had no scale, so I have no idea how far this is. Happy hunting!

Thanks a lot kelpmermaid but Cape Breton is many hours driving from Halifax. I had found one mention of a dive club in Halifax on the net but I never got any response to my email inquiry about 3 weeks ago.

I hope to dive the waters in Cape Breton later though.

[nalfein]

Hey...

I just saw this thread now that all the Canadian forums are in one spot. I'm sure that you must have found folks to dive with by now.
Torpedo Rays has a group that gets out regularly, or at least they used to. There is a chat group on Yahoo called east coast divers, EC divers, something like that, lots of local divers on there, they dive year round. My wife and I are out pretty much weekly, just shore stuff this time of year, we don't have a boat or anything. We usually scrounge around for old bottles and stuff in the winter. Feel free to give us a yell if you need someone to dive with, we'll be out all winter long....

dive safe..

chris

[jiveturkey]

Here's one that I know of (http://www.divequest.ca/) but I've never dived with them. Good luck. Enjoy your time in Halifax. It's a great city.

[Groundhog246]

Thanks a lot kelpmermaid but Cape Breton is many hours driving from Halifax.
Take a good close look around their web site. There's a listig of dive clubs, including several in Halifax.

[Hammy42]

My wife and i dive through Torpedo Rays mostly. Staff is friendly and always very helpful. Look for the DIVEX coming in early april to Halifax. More info later this month as to place and times.

[TKOS]

I figure I will revive this thread as I too am new in the Halifax area after moving down from Cape Breton. Of course I was born down this way but learned to dive up there. I have been out to Hubbards a few times but I am looking forward to the spring and summer to try out diving with Torpedo Rays. I like the sound of their Wednesday night dives. We didn't have anything regular in Cape Breton so I never got out that much.

[boates]

Torpedo ray divers are very active, and have a great shop on Magazine Hill Rd , Burnside. Divers World are active, diving all year round. They have a smaller store,but also have a large commercial dive operation as well, they are in Lakeside. Splash Water Sports have a busy group, that also travels, large somewhat sparse store on Young St in Halifax. Nautalas Dive on Quinpool Rd, is very small, not sure if they still run a club or not. Hope this helps!

[diverberr]

If you guys are not already members, you can join EC_Divers on Yahoo. We have over 100 members, most of whom are local divers. There's enough input there to point you toward a club or find buddies to dive with.

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/EC_Divers

[nalfein]

Thanks..... my wife and I are already on EC divers, we're underwaterworlds....., I'm assuming you're Allan.... how's the Zeagle working out?

chris

[diverberr]

Chris,

Had it out last Sunday. I've been diving a Tech since '95, so it's not really a change, except it's new! My Tech has around 750 dives on it and is getting a little long in the tooth. I've relegated it to a backup position for work dives and single tanks. Thanks again for the terrific deal Chris.

Al.

[nalfein]

Al,

My pleasure, like I said, I got a good deal on it's replacement...... enjoy...


chris

[diverkim]

Hadn't checked into Scubaboard for a while. I see the thread was revived. Good. I really would like to get into some diving now in Nova Scotia. i joined the yahoo group today. Now I just need a tank so if anyone knows where I can get an inexpensive used one that would be super.

I'll check out Torpedo rays too.

I dive with a wetsuit so with the warmer weather I should be able to handle the exit from the dives.

[sknx]

Hey guys, I have my advanced, but i want to get my girl friend an open water course for her birthday, anybody know, know where i can get the best bang for my buck?
I am really only looking for halifax, but pictou would do as well.

[nalfein]

Hey guys, I have my advanced, but i want to get my girl friend an open water course for her birthday, anybody know, know where i can get the best bang for my buck?
I am really only looking for halifax, but pictou would do as well.


The only shop in the Halifax area that I've received instruction from is Torpedo Rays, they're in Dartmouth, the website is www.torpedorays.com. I was very happy with the training they gave me.

I don't know if Divequest is still offering courses or not, they had some funny hours on the go.... www.divequest.ca.

Another shop you may consider is Diver's World, they're out near Bayer's Lake, the number is in the book, they have a web site, but I can't remember what it is... Diver's World .com or .ca...... somthing like that.

I know Torpedo's has an anniversary sale going on until the end of the month..... I don't know if that extends to courses as well. I can't speak for the other two, but as I said, Torpedo Rays was a good place to take training from.

Hope this helps....

chris

[sknx]

Thanks for the info on scuba clubs in halifax, it really helped.

[scotto007]

2 local Halifax clubs:

http://www.torpedorays.com/seawolves/index.html

http://www.leatherbacks.ca/

[Hammy42]

We are usually looking for divers to join us. send me an e-mail and we can set up a dive.
Chris hammy42@ns.sympatico.ca

[ason_Meade]

Hey there DiverKim....if your still look for someone to go diving with you can look me up at

Jason_Meade@ns.sympatico.ca

Cheers.

[Jason_Meade]

Hey there Diverkim if your still looking for a dive buddy you can look me up at

Jason_Meade@ns.sympatico.ca

Cheer's.

[Bedford]

Hey Diverkim

I dive with Seawolves, Torpedo Ray's dive club. They run both charters and shore dives. They do a treasure hunt at the end of the summer with over a hundred divers that's a lot of fun. They have a buddy link on line and club members get discounts on refills, and charters.

[KAYAMAN]

we have our own local club that is hosted by Nautilus Aquatics & Hobbies on Quinpool

[Urchinhunter]

Here is a link to a dive club that I know of, it is about an hour from Halifax.
Hope it is what you were looking for......Sand & Sea Dive Shop Inc.
(902) 678-7234
sandandsea@sandandseadiveshop.ca

[shoredivr]

The Sand and Sea Dive Shop just closed their doors as per the website. No word on the club, though.