Fort Wayne Dive Club

Did You Know?

When I first got certified, one thing I had to do was find a balance between diving and my other interests that competed for vacation time and available funds. One of those interests was an annual trip to Walt Disney World with friends and their kids. In fact, it was on one of those trips that spurred me on to get my c-card. But, more on that latter. I then found out that I can have my cake and eat it too! At WDW, in the living seas pavilion of EPCOT is a 200 foot in diameter donut shaped 6 million gallon aquarium. And, while the Caribbean themed coral heads are artificial, the aquarium plays host to 6,000 fish and mammals representing over 65 species of marine life including dolphins, sharks, rays, groupers , tarpon and sea turtles. A 3 hour experience, called Dive Quest, allows certified divers for a cost of $175(discounts are available) to spend about 40 minutes of bottom time exploring the aquarium in 77 degree water and 100 plus foot visibility. The experience is open to divers as young as 10 years old, however, a parent must accompany the younger ones on the dive. The aquarium has 60 floor to ceiling windows where guests can peer into the aquarium , which gives you the opportunity to interact with family, friends or just complete strangers. The pavilion also has a restaurant, the Coral Reef, where all diners have a view into the aquarium. Your 15 minutes of fame starts with camera flashes as the diners enjoy when the divers take the time to come up to the windows and say hi. I have had kids write me notes in crayon on their placemats and hold them up for me to see.

We hope everyone is enjoying the new year so far, and have the opportunity to seek warmer diving conditions. Its gotta be 82 and sunny somewhere!

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 7:00pm at Deep Blue Divers current, Dupont Road store location.

Hope you will join us!

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Saturday December 3, 2011

The dive club, along with some friends, gathered at Jay and Mary Lou irick's home as they once again hosted this years Christmas party. With no snow, ice, or winter storm warnings for the evening, I was wondering if I had the correct night marked on my calender! There was no shortage of food and drinks however, with Casa's providing the entrees and the members bringing the appetizers, sides and desserts. After eating, we all sat down for a short meeting then enjoyed a video of Octobers Cozumel trip , by Gwen Haque and Tom Lucas. A visit from Santa Jay brought us holiday cheer and a bag full of Dive club license plates and holders to spruce up our rides. 

01/13 

   

On Saturday December 3rd members of the Fort Wayne Dive Club presented Deep Blue Divers with a Samsung 46” HDTV for their training room to use for showing training videos, diving photos and diving videos.

This was the Fort Wayne Dive Club’s way of saying:

Congratulations for earning the recent PADI award for dive training excellence.

Thank you for raising the bar for dive shops and dive training in Fort Wayne area.

Thank you for organizing a variety of sell-out dive trips.

Thank you for allowing the Fort Wayne Dive Club use of the training room.

The Fort Wayne Dive Club congratulates Deep Blue Divers success and looks forward to a successful move in 2012 to expand the shop to better service the Fort Wayne diving community.