Monday, June 16, 2008

  • O.C. scuba diving clubs and diving resources

     

    Orange County with miles and miles of beautiful coastline is home to some wonderful dive sites.  So it's no wonder that divers love Orange County diving.  There numerous dive clubs, dive shops and diving resources available to divers in Orange County, or those interested in visiting to do some diving here.  And don't forget that Santa Catalina Island, with some of the most beautiful diving in the world on a good day, can be accessed from boats leaving out of Orange County harbors.  Here is a list of some of the Orange County dive clubs and diving resources for more information.

    South Orange County Dive Club
    socdc.com

    Laguna Beach Scuba Diving, Orange County Scuba Diving, San Diego, Los Angeles, The Channel Islands and The World. Check out Orange County Surf Conditions and Marine / Weather Forecasts in our Ocean Conditions section. Join the SOCDC for a dive, boat dive trip, raftup or a facinating meeting, all are welcome! Established in 1989 and diving Southern California and the World ever since. Discounts with SCUBA retailers and dive shops in California including Sport Chalet, Laguna Sea Sports and Beach Cities Scuba. Discounts include: Free or low cost air fill cards, 10 percent or more off non-sale items, frequent boat trip discounts at SportTours.

    Laguna Sea Dwellers Dive Club
    LagunaSeaDwellers.com
    Laguna Sea Dwellers Dive Club
    P.O. Box 511, Laguna beach, CA 92652-0511

    Numerous new member freebies and discounts. Monthly meetings featuring dive related guest speakers who provide informative, educational and entertaining presentations about topics near and far. Monthly Newsletter, air Cards, ongoing availability of discounted air cards for $30, worth 10 fills at Laguna Sea Sports (fills normally $6 for a $30 savings), Monthly raffles at the dive club meetings, club events, BBQ's, day and night dives, baseball games, other social events. Monthly ixers the 1st Friday of the month at a different location each month. Buddy program, and email notifications of all club events and other dive-related activities.  Website to search for dive buddies and post messages on the message board. Diving excursions, boat trips to Catalina and local islands. Holiday parties, festivities, and photo contests.

    Beach Cities Scuba Center Dive Club
    Affiliated with Beach Cities Scuba Center
    BeachCitiesScuba.com/diveclub.php
    (949) 496-5891 Store Locations in Dana Point, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach

    The Beach Cities Dive Club offers divers who are looking to delve further into the sport a place to find information, activities, and friends to do it with. Meetings occur once a month where you can get info on all the latest diving events, pick-up discounted air fill cards, and make some new dive buddies.

    OCDiving.com, The Orange County Diving Resource
    OCDiving.com

    Informative online resource for issues important to scuba divers in Orange County including diving spots from the Northern Channel Islands down to Baja. Divers submit dive conditions and reports on a regular basis.

    Sea Sabres
    SeaSabres.com
    (909) 709-0959

    The Sea Sabres were started in 1953.  One of the oldest SCUBA diving clubs in the United States.

    Sea Ventures Dive Club
    SeaVenturesDiveClub.com
    Fullerton, CA

    Members receive numerous discounts.  Club sponsors dives, events, dive trips, offers advanced "designated divers" for new divers at club dives, participates in clean-ups, scuba events and shows.  Monthly newsletter.

    California Diving News
    saintbrendan.com
    Box 11231, Torrance, CA 90510
    (310) 792-2333

    Monthly California dive publication, "California Diving News," and annual "SCUBA Show" held in Long Beach.

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