Local Dive Season Is Wrapping Up Take Advantage of Remaining Opportunity
We hope everyone is staying safe from our late-season Hurricane Nicole. The good news is that Saturday will be warm and sunny with a high of 85 degrees and we're looking forward to our FREE DIVE, FREE BBQ, FREE RAFFLE! More information is below.

Reef Report
Florida Keys Dive Center
Tavernier, Nov. 6


Six intrepid Active Divers steamed off to the reef with Capt. Jason of Florida Keys Dive Center in Tavernier, braving choppy seas for the end-of-season ADA charter- boat dive. Despite the looming tropical storm, visibility on the Davey Crocker and Davis Ledge dive sites was a decent 40 feet and the current was light. Both sites teemed with life including sponge-munching turtles, families of nurse sharks, schooling snappers, friendly rays, zig-zagging angelfish and shy green morays. Reports of moon jellyfish turned out to be unfounded, but all were glad to have worn wetsuits as water temperatures hovered at a cool 79 degrees. Equipment rental and check-in at Florida Keys Dive Center was smooth, the customer service was superior, and divers enjoyed browsing in the newly remodeled shop.

 -- Active Divers Member and Volunteer Jean Gruss
Dive images. Tavernier diving. Photos by ADA member Jean Gruss.

As Safety Officer and board member Daryl Johnson states "it pays to wear the red shirts" as the club is noted and mentioned on this video. Please see the attached posted to YouTube from one of our dives during this summer's international Little Cayman trip. Weather permitting, next year's trip to Cayman  Brac could include a day trip to dive Little Cayman again. 

End-of-Season BBQ, & Raffle on Saturday, November 12!

We wrap up our 2022 dive season at the Blue Heron Bridge dive site at Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach for our annual season opener event on Saturday, November 12. This site is world-famous, named the Best Shore Dive in the U.S. by Scuba Diving Magazine. There is so much to see here just a flat, easy walk from shore. Even though this is the Intracoastal Waterway and not the ocean, swift currents moving through daily ensure the marine life is always varied and abundant. Seas are normally calm and clear. We have seen goliath groupers, manatees, bait balls of silversides, huge yellow cushion starfish, 9-armed starfish, batfish, frogfish, octopus, eels, seahorses, numerous crabs and abundant schools of tropical fish including Atlantic spadefish.
The fun begins at 9:00 a.m. when divers meet at the covered pavilion next to the restrooms on the west side of the park for the free beach dive. At 12:00 noon we’ll fire up the grill for hamburgers, hot dogs, salads and all the fixin’s. Please bring a covered dish or snacks to share. The event will conclude with a raffle of fabulous dive-related prizes. Feel free to also bring used dive gear to buy, sell or swap!

All this is FREE to members, but you must RSVP to Amber at 561-301-2265 or email ambernlaureano@gmail.com. Non-members pay $10 for the BBQ. In order to get an accurate headcount for lunch, please RSVP no later than November 6. 

NEW MEMBER SPECIAL!!! Have friends or family members who would like to join the club? Bring them to the Beach Dive and BBQ on November 12. For just $10 they will get the dive, the BBQ, plus membership through the end of 2023!!! Sign up here for the new member special.

Thanks,

Rachel

International Trip Update Cayman Brac
 
Ready to book the upcoming trip with Valet Diving at Cayman Brac Beach Resort, Cayman Brac, August 26 to September 2, 2023. Trip was originally planned for Grand Cayman now moved to Cayman Brac for the same dates.
  • 17 Dives
  • Free Nitrox
  • All Meals
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Airport ground transfers (air fare NOT included)
  • and more...!!

The 2023 Cayman Brac trip is ready for booking. Click here for more information

International Trip Update Annual Dive Cruise 2023 Save The Date

The 2023 eighth annual Active Divers cruise is scheduled for December 9 to December 16, 2023. Please mark your calendar. More information to follow.

LAST DIVE OF THE SEASON Don't MISS IT

Saturday, November 12
 
Riviera Beach Free Shore Dive and BBQ at Blue Heron Bridge
Phil Foster Park
Check in at the park pavilion 9:00 a.m.
Contact Amber at 561-301-2265 to sign up. 
 

 

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