Welcome to Patowmack Divers
Patowmack Divers is a social group of people with a common interest: SCUBA DIVING!! Our members are male and female, from 20s to mid 70s. Our diving experience ranges from recently certified to retired instructors from warm water photographers, to deep wreck technical divers, and cave divers.
Patowmack Divers arranges several dive trips per year to locations off Virginia and Maryland seashores, Outer Banks, NC, and other great dive sites in the United States, the Caribbean, and beyond. Group purchasing power allows us to enjoy discounts on charters, rentals, and accommodations. We are also active in preservation, research, and environmental protection. We take full advantage of the aquatic expertise in the DC metro area for speakers at our meetings, including such diverse topics as Underwater Archeology, Reef Ecology, Treasure Hunting Expeditions, and Aquarium setup and operations.
We also have an annual Pasta Pigout to enjoy fresh pasta, good sauce, good wine, and good conversation.
Where We Dive
The short answer is anywhere. Club dive trips can be two divers or a dozen. Our recent dive trips include local quarries, West Palm Beach, Cozumel, Puerto Rico, Belize, St. Vincent, Palau, Sidapan, the Philipines, and Indonesia.
2025 Meetings
Monday, December 1, 2025
Our December meeting will be our annual Holiday Party on the first Monday, December 1; this gala event is open to club members in good standing and their guests.
This meeting is in-person only at Mylo's Restaurant. For this meeting, we will not have a Zoom space operating. We will cover club business at ~7:30 PM (or sometime after folks eat).
After club business, we will have a Yankee Swap style Secret Santa gift exchange. Hilarity will ensue!
Monday, November 3, 2025
Our November meeting will be on the first Monday, November 3, as usual.
Those who wish to join in person can do so at Mylo's Restaurant. As we have done before, we will have a Zoom space operating for joining virtually. We will cover club business (including the annual election of club officers) at ~7:30 PM (or sometime after folks eat).
After club business, we will have a presentation from Liz Clough about her tip to Raja Ampat.
Monday, October 6, 2025
Our October meeting will be on the first Monday, October 6, as usual.
Those who wish to join in person can do so at Mylo's Restaurant. As we have done before, we will have a Zoom space operating for joining virtually. We will cover club business at ~7:30 PM (or sometime after folks eat).
After club business, we will have a presentation from Gloria Freund about her trip to the arctic.
Monday, September 8, 2025
Our September meeting will be on the second Monday, September 8 because of the Labor Day holiday.
Those who wish to join in person can do so at Mylo's Restaurant. As we have done before, we will have a Zoom space operating for joining virtually. We will cover club business at ~7:30 PM (or sometime after folks eat).
After club business, we will watch some dive videos.
Monday, August 7, 2025
At 8:30 PM, we will have the chance to enjoy a special presentation from David Walter, P.E., PMP, Director of Marine Operations at University of Delaware.
"Come take a virtual dive in the research submersible ALVIN with David Walter, former lead mechanic and pilot. We'll talk about the history of deep submergence, upgrades to Alvin over the decades, and see some of the more interesting sites in the benthic zone of the oceans around the globe."
Monday, July 7, 2025
After club business, we will watch another selection of splendiferous dive-related videos from Barny Dillarstone https://www.youtube.com/@barnydillarstone (unless someone prepared something that I’ve forgotten about 😊).
Monday, June 2, 2025
After club business, we will watch another selection of delightful dive-related videos.
Monday, May 5, 2025
After club business, we will watch a selection of videos.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Jim will show video from his trips to the Sea of Cortez and Socorro.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Eric will show pictures from a recent trip to Peru. Unfortunately, he didn't get to go diving.
Monday, February 6, 2025
After club business Bruce will talk about his recent trip to Cuba. While Bruce did not go diving, several club members are interested in a Cuban dive trip.
Monday, January 6, 2025
Because of the bad snow in the DC area, this meeting will be Zoom only. Liz's friend Elizabeth will talk about supporting scuba divers with disabilities. Divers with challenges need special help and Elizabeth is a volunteer with several groups based in Portland, OR that work with these divers to help them enjoy our sport safely.
Meetings
Patowmack Divers meets the first Monday of the month, unless it's a federal holiday, in which case we will select a meeting date to work with club members and Mylo's.
We are now holding hybrid meetings giving divers the option of joining us in person at Mylo's Grill (6238 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, VA 22101) or on Zoom We a social half hour starting at 7:00 pm. This is a chance to talk, order drinks and food, etc. The meeting starts with club business at 7:30. Our meetings usually end between 9:00 and 9:30 pm.
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