If you've already decided you'd like to join the Del Rio Dive Club you can download the necessary forms in the JOIN and CLUB INFO links.  You do not have to be a member to attend meetings.

To Be Announced.  We're trying to come up with some events as the season winds down.  The key to success will be participation!  However, we did pencil in a tropical dive trip for the week of 9 Jun 2009.  We're working the possible locations now (narrowed down to Grand Cayman, Cozumel and the Keys).

BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE NEXT FREE DISCOVER SCUBA EVENT!!!  Never tried SCUBA?  Curious enough to experience it in the comfort of a pool?  Contact us about the next Discover Scuba event!  The Ramada Inn of Del Rio allowed the Del Rio Dive Club to use their heated outdoor pool back on April 9th for Del Rio's first free Discover Scuba session and it was a smashing success!  Certified PADI Instructor Robert Wade conducted the event and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.  You can see just how easy and safe it is.  This PADI course is open to participants 10 years of age and older.  Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by and get the signature of a legal guardian.  This course can count toward your certification as an Open Water Diver!  Download the brochure here.  For more information or to reserve a slot (not required) call Amistad Outpost at 768-DIVE, Robert at 765-8774, Monica at 719-3058 or send an email to drdc@delriodiveclub.com.

One of the things we do in Del Rio Divers is organize various events ranging from group dives to clean-ups to training/awareness events.  Anyone planning on doing some diving is encouraged to leave a message on the FORUMS.  Check the meetings page for details on upcoming diving courses!

PADI Instructor:  Robert Wade, #234370.

Dive Classes:  Please check the forums for details on class costs, etc.  Special request one-on-one classes are available, though at a premium rate.

Dive Trips:  No more dive trips are scheduled this season, but we will be working up plans for next year's Caribbean trip (we're expecting the economy will improve regardless of who wins the election).

AMISTAD OUTPOST: SCUBA & MORE.  Owners, Lana and Tom Sutherland.  Stop by their dive shop at  3806 B Veterans Blvd, Del Rio, TX.  They are an Aqua Lung dealer, but carry other brands as well.  Rentals as well as retail equipment are available.  If you're signing up for a SCUBA class you can also purchase your student materials there, too.  Visit their website here!

AMISTAD SCUBA.  Owners, Baye & Mary Wilson.  Also a good resource, particularly for air fills, Amistad Scuba carries the Sport Diver line of gear.  Located diagonally across Highway 90 from Amistad Outpost.  Stop by and give 'em a shout or visit their website here!

TIDBITS ABOUT AMISTAD:  Many of you have heard of Indian Springs. located up the Devil's River.  But have you heard of Goodenough Springs?  Back in the early 1900s the locals relied on the springs, then located up the Rio Grande, to power a waterwheel that fed water up the bluff to the surrounding land.  Of course, in 1968 they built a dam and created the Amistad Reservoir, which placed the springs well underwater.  What you may also not be aware of is that the spring still flows and that a team of technical divers began a project that culminated in dives in 2003 and 2005.  This project is called GSEP, the Goodenough Springs Exploration Project.  Their website is located at www.goodenoughsprings.org.  They have some fascinating photographs and detailed explanation of the project and the dives.  Also formerly known as Hinojosa Springs, it now is submerged in an average of 150ft of water, well below the depth of recreational divers.  In fact, as the GSEP website makes quite clear, it is one of the most dangerous cave dives in the world.  There is currently a permanent bouy marking its location and the GSEP team did extensive work to lay the guide lines through the cave and a Grim Reaper sign at its entrance.  It should go without saying, you should not attempt this dive unless you are certified in Cave Diving AND have had extensive experience and proper equipment.  This would include decompression stops and use of tri-mix tanks.