Looking For Bay Area Dive Groups

[cowbybill]

Hi Everyone,
I'm a beginner diver, I was certified in 2008 but due to injury have not been able to dive for the last 2 years. I'm going to take a refresher course before I get in the water again, but would I like to know is; Are there any Dive groups that beginners in them? From what I've seen all the dives are for intermediate and above skill levels and too be honest until I get back into the swing of things I want to stay on the more beginning side of diving. I did have a Dive buddy but she has moved out of state so I'm also without a dive buddy.
The dive shop where I was certified went out of business ( Nautilus Aquatics in Concord) So I'm taking my refresher at the sport chalet in Dublin.
If anyone know of any groups that have beginners in them, around the Bay Area, please let know, and thank you for any and all help!
Bill

[Chuck Tribolet]

There's a link to a list of dive clubs at:

http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/ba_diving/

All: if anything is out of date, e-mail or PM me.


Chuck

[GregSaiz]

You may also want to check out the the SF Diving Group on Meetup.com. They are holding a mixer in SF on the 11th. SF Diving happy hour - the June edition - The San Francisco Scuba Diving Group (San Francisco, CA) - Meetup

[caity]

I'm going to beat Peter C and Fish Eater to the punch.

Check out northcoastdivers.org. I was a total newbie, two months out of OW, when I started diving with one of the guys. They are all good divers who enjoy helping out new divers. They have monthly club dives, and there are many, like myself, who dive much more and are always looking for a buddy. They dive Monterey, Sonoma and Mendocino Coast mostly.

Super fun group of people as well! You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer group of divers. :-)

[fisheater]

I'm going to beat Peter C and Fish Eater to the punch.

Check out northcoastdivers.org. I was a total newbie, two months out of OW, when I started diving with one of the guys. They are all good divers who enjoy helping out new divers. They have monthly club dives, and there are many, like myself, who dive much more and are always looking for a buddy. They dive Monterey, Sonoma and Mendocino Coast mostly.

Super fun group of people as well! You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer group of divers. :-)

Yep. She beat me to it.


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[Peter_C]

I'm going to beat Peter C

How much has dive gear replacement cost you so far? The key is to get the right gear the first time, for less money. LOL Many of us went down the same path of replacing junk LDS gear.

North Coast divers has monthly dives scheduled. Those are always appropriate for beginner divers. July's dive is in Monterey. Otherwise most of them take place on the Sonoma or Mendocino coasts.

[cowbybill]

Thanks for the info! There are several groups I'm going to look into.

[Ben Prusinski]

Dive Club of Silicon Valley is good (DCOSV redirect) and Flipper Dippers have dives. I am also looking for regular dive buddies who want to dive Monterey/Carmel every weekend. Ping me if you are interested. Advanced Open Water dive and have done cold water dives here.