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2020 Meetings

Wednesday, November 4

Ben Scheelk with the Ocean Foundation will talk and show pictures of their Sea Grass Grow program. The SeaGrass Grow campaign is a carbon offset program that allows people to purchase carbon offset credits that funds seagrass planting. Seagrass habitats are up to 45 times more effective than the most pristine Amazonian rainforest in their carbon uptake abilities and provide protection and shelter to ocean habitat. For every $1 invested in coastal restoration projects, $15 in net economic benefits is created. By utilizing this unique carbon offset program, The Ocean Foundation has been able to combat ocean acidification, a result of carbon produced climate change, as well as help restore ocean habitat, and support the local communities that depend on ocean health.

Photo Credit: Ben Scheelk, Ocean Foundation

Wednesday, October 7

Club business will start at 7:30, afterwards Marc will present "Life Aboard the Titanic” Once heralded as the grand, unsinkable ocean liner of the sea in 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed into legend after striking an iceberg and disappearing into oblivion, more than two miles on the ocean floor. Seventy-three years later, scientists discovered the dead wreck only to uncover a hidden ecosystem of sea life, from finless fish to wood-boring organisms. Board the RMS Titanic once again to discover the unique lifeforms that have inhabited the legendary ocean liner for more than century.

Wednesday, September 2 at Virtual Happy Hour at 7:00 pm, Virtual Meeting at 7:30 pm

Club business will start at 7:30 afterwards Mike will give us the scoop on diving at Lake Phoenix, which used to be called Lake Rawlings.

Wednesday, August 5 at Virtual Happy Hour at 7:00 pm, Virtual Meeting at 7:30 pm

Club business will start at 7:30 afterwards Jason Frohnmayer will present NOAA’s involvement with Marine Protected Areas.

Wednesday, July 1 at Virtual Happy Hour at 7:00 pm, Virtual Meeting at 7:30 pm

Sarah will present information to us about the Ocean Foundation’s SeaGrass Grow program. Next, we will watch some some diving videos produced by WK, a fellow diver that club members met on the trip to the Solomon’s last November.

Wednesday, June 6

Liz will present pictures from her recent dive trip to Turneffe Island in Belize. Gloria has some whale pictures from Tahiti.

Wednesday, May 6

Paul, Bruce B. and Ed will give a report and show pictures from their pre-stay-at-home/pre-social-distancing trip to the Blue Heron Bridge at Riviera Beach, Florida. We will have an update on the closure status of Phil Foster Park.

Wednesday, April 1 at 7:30 pm

This is a chance for members who cannot drive to our meeting to join us from home.

Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 pm

Bill and Nadine Beard from Bill Beard’s Costa Rica Scuba Diving & Adventure Travel Company will talk about sustainable diving and adventure tourism in Costa Rica. Bill was the first scuba diving instructor in the country, had the first professional dive shop and dive boat offering daily dive trips in the Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday, February 5 at 7:30 pm

Kris, Paul, and Sarah will show pictures from their live aboard dive trip to the Solomon Islands.

Wednesday, January 8 at 7:30 pm

Andrew will share his experiences diving with a rebreather. He will bring his current rebreather and show pictures.

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