SCUBA DIVING FOR FUN
Promoting the sport of scuba diving

 
 
 

Have you ever wanted to just push the envelope and live a little. Then join us as we get our group together to get SCUBA CERTIFIED. 

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NOTE:
We are now referring everyone that wants to get their scuba license to Southwest Aqua Sports Be sure to tell them that Dr H sent you!

Southwest Aqua Sports (MAP)

Best Little Dive Shop in Texas

How To Clean A Fish

Rush Guide Service

 

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Registration FORM

CLASS INCLUDES:  
  • Classroom

  • Pool Sessions

  • Open Water manual, Logbook and all other forms

  • Wetsuit, Weight belt w/weights, BCD, Regulator and Tank

  • Four check-out dives at Balmorhea State Park

Mask, Snorkel, and fins must be purchased separately before the class begins.

CLASS DOES NOT INCLUDE: 

  • Transport to Balmorhea State Park

  • Lodging while at the park

  • Meals 

  • Fees to enter and Dive at the park ($7 to enter park, $5 to dive per day.)

(Maximum number in this class is 10 so pre-sign up as soon as possible.)

"Scuba Diving For Fun" is a group of divers who just love to dive and have fun located out of Lubbock Texas. 

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 LINKS

NOTE: ALL LINKS ARE LINKS THAT ARE FOUND ON THE INTERNET from doing a GOOGLE search. Scuba Diving For Fun is not responsible for info on those sites. If you know of a good link to add to our site, please contact us. Our goal is to have as much scuba information in one place so that we can to help those who are surfing the internet easily find some fun good links. Have fun surfing.

ORGANIZATIONS

Dive Rescue Intl

  • PADI
    The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is one of the biggest and most recognized dive certification agency in the world. 
  • SSI
    Scuba Schools International's 2000 authorized dealers and 225 Regional Centers can be found in 90 countries around the world. SSI's diver education system is very similar to PADI's system. Headquartered in Colorado, USA, SSI training facilities are in particular abundance in North America and South East Asia
  • NAUI
    Founded in 1959 in the USA, the National Association of Underwater Instructors is one of the biggest global certification agencies. NAUI's diver education system is quite similar to SSI and PADI. NAUI has also had a technical diving division since 1997. NAUI dive centers can be found primarily in North America.
  • YMCA
    YMCA Scuba is a division of the United States Young Men's Christian Association. Despite the name, courses are open to both men and women. The YMCA Scuba program is over 50 years old and has a very similar structure to fellow American agencies, PADI, SSI, and NAUI. YMCA centers are found almost exclusively in the USA.
  • BSAC
    The British Sub Aqua Club was formed in the United Kingdom and is still one of the most popular agencies there. It is also possible to find BSAC training facilities in other countries, particularly those that are frequented by British divers. Known for having very high standards of training, BSAC was always known for requiring extreme levels of training to achieve certification. In recent years BSAC has implemented courses that have bought it into line with other agencies training requirements.
  • CMAS
    Confederation Mondiale des Activiteuas Subaqtiques is the world's oldest scuba certification agency. Originally founded in Brussels, Belgium, CMAS is now headquartered in Rome, Italy. CMAS has quite a different rating system than other agencies that is based on star levels. CMAS can be found in many countries around the world but is primarily active in Europe.

DIVING CLUBS 

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CLEANING FISH - CLEANING BIG FISH

SOFTWARE

Alpha Scuba Log 3.8
SharkPoint DualPack (PocketPC & Windows), the scub 1.5.1.05

Scuba diving calculators
Sales Department (760) 208-1552 BONUS
Diving Log 4.0
 
Scuba Diving Calculators 7.7

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More Software

Abyss:
DECO:
DivePlan (Psion5):
Free Dive Table Software
Giant Stride
Instructors Assistant

KittyHawk Software:
LORAN and GPS Vault
M-Plan
Multilevel (Bohnert)
Palm Computing (Hancock)
Pentapus
Pilot Page (Wje's)
ProFile
RainbowGraphics
ReefNet
Scooba
Subtronic Systems
TAUSIM
Voyager
WXTide32

ZPLan

STORES

Joe Diver America Great Savings
Prairie Scuba Adventures

Tusa

Scuba
 Great info on how to fit a wet suit

Clip Art & Images
3-D Undersea Life
Deep Visions
Digital Images of Fish
Diving clip art
Icons & Bars (Scuba Mom)
Ocean Animals
Rogerl
Shark Clip Art
Sherilberry Fishl
Tropical Nights
Water Related Clipart (Jan)

Gas Mixing

EANx Mix Master
GAS Diving (UK)
Mixed Gas Standards (CMAS)
Mixer (For Palm's by Wittig)
Nitrox FAQ
Nitrox (Parker's)
Nitrox ReMix (Threk)
Nitrox (Scuba Central)
Nitrox Resource (Hamilton)
Nitrox toys
Tek Diving (Eric)
Trimix Blending (Guarro)
Trimix (CisAtlantic)
Trimix Calculator

Tables

Altitude Conversion Table
Dive Table Formats
HUGI Tables
Short Form Dive Table
Tables-Aquaholics

Cave

Cave Diving (Bentley)
Cave Diving
Cave Diving-Hogarthian Configuration

Careers

Marine Careers: http://marinecareers.net

Environmental and Research- 1998 "YEAR OF THE OCEAN"

Environmental Organization Web Directory
Nature Conservancy

Natural Resources Defence Council
National Wildlife Federation
World Wildlife Fund

Reef Environmental and Education Foundation (REEF)
Living Oceans Campaign
NOAA's Ocean Page
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Ocean Planet - Smithsonian ocean exhibit
Seaweb public education project
Oceanlink
America's 12 National Marine Sanctuaries

Technical Diving, Physics and Physiology

NITROX
more NITROX FAQ's, other links, and Tables
International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
 - see fizzyology
Gas Laws Charles, Boyle, Dalton, etc..

National Speological Society
Cave Divers

LIVE-ABOARDS


Peter Hughes Dancer Fleet

The Aggressor Fleet

Diving Magazines

 

Rodale's SCUBA DIVING e-magazine
Dive Training e-magazine
Caribean On-line Magazine
Skin-Diver e-magazine

Diving Medicine and Health

Divers Alert Network (DAN)

General Diving Sites and Other Link Networks

 

REEF's list of good links some VERY good stuff here including Fish ID.
Hyperlinks: more diving links kinda cool stuff
Still more links from aquaweb

Diving Weather Sites

 

The Weather Channel site
The USA Today Weather Channel site
The NOAA Weather site with water temperatures and data
The Tidal Changes site
The Navy site with global ocean surface water temperatures
Celsius to Fahrenheit Calculator

Dive Destinations - where many have gone and liked alot!

Belize | Ambergris Caye, Belize | Bonaire N.A. | Bonaire(2) | Cayman Isl. | Cayman Isl. (2) | Fiji Isl. (South Pacific) | Honduras (AKR) | Mexico (Costa Maya) | Mexico (Cozumel) | Palau (South Pacific) | Tahiti (South Pacific) | Texas Flower Gardens & Stetson Banks | Turks and Caicos Isl. | Venezuel - Los Roques | Caribean Destinations e-magazine
Local Dive Stores

Scuba Diving Lubbock, Texas

Prairie Scuba Adventures  (MAP)

Best Little Dive Shop in Texas

Southwest Aqua Sports (MAP)

How To Clean A Fish

Rush Guide Service

 

Amarillo Scuba

http://www.amarilloscuba.com/

Arlington

Club Name: Diving Rebels, Inc.
City/State: Arlington, TX
Contact: President: Cap Carter, (817) 446-6632
Contact: Vice President: Steve Sadler,  (817) 784-8890
Website: http://www.scubadallas.com/rebels/
Meetings: meet at 6:30 at the Bodacious Barbecue, 1206 E. Division, Arlington TX.
Comments:  The Diving Rebels Promote the sport of SCUBA diving in a safe and responsible manner. Programs and guest speakers are provided at regular meeting to improve member's knowledge of safe diving techniques and current concerns about the diving community in general. All diving members must have a nationally recognized certification as a SCUBA diver. Since the Club membership includes several instructors and divemasters as well as a high percentage of advanced open water divers, new divers have plenty of opportunity to dive with and learn more from experienced divers.
 

Austin

Club Name: The Aquatic Adventurers
City/State: Austin, TX
Contact:  Aquatic Adventures, (512) 219-1220
Meetings: The first Thursday every month.  Call Aquatic Adventures for club info and meeting time and location.
Comments:

Club Name: University Dive Club
City/State: Austin, TX
Contact: For info, call the club DiveLine at (512) 916-DIVE.
Website: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~scuba/index.html
Meetings: First Thursday of the month on campus (usually RLM 4.102.)
Comments:  We dive locally and usually plan a Caribbean trip at Spring Break and other semester breaks.
 
 

Coppell

Club Name: Reef Riders Dive Club
City/State: Coppell, TX
Contact: President: Jack Hall, (972) 258-7987
Contact: Vice President: DeAnn Wessing, (972)  494-0551
Website: http://www.scubadallas.com/reefriders/
Meetings:  The first Tuesday of each month at The Club House Grill located in Coppell, Texas at the corner of Denton Tap and Sandy Lake Road.  It is approximately 3 miles north of LBJ Freeway from the Beltline exit.
Comments: The Reef Riders Dive Club was created in October 1993 in order to provide an educational, recreational, and self-improving organization to members and their families. There is a major emphasis on safety and education as well as fun. We are a diverse group of individuals with varying degrees of SCUBA abilities. We even have members who aren't certified divers, but have an interest in the sport.  We meet at  Most members come early for dinner and great conversation. The meetings are lots of fun, filled with information, activities, door prizes and much more.

Dallas

Club Name: Dallas Underwater Photographic Society
City/State: Dallas, TX
Contact: President: Barry Guimbellot, (214) 361-0757
Contact: Vice President: Margaret Bryant, (972) 335-4974
Website: http://www.scubadallas.com/DUPS/
Meetings: 6:00 on each 3rd Sunday every month at  the Midway Point located in the shopping center on the corner Southwest of Midway and 635.
Comments: If you have an interest in photography, this is the club for you! The club consists of all levels of underwater photographers. Our members are good to share their knowledge. We hope to see you at our next meeting.

Club Name: DFW Scuba Club
City/State: Dallas, TX
Contact: DFW Scuba, (817) 332-1506
Meetings: 4th Tuesday every month at Espinosa's Mexican Restaurant, 3314 Harwood (at Hwy. 121), Bedford, TX, (March to November).
Comments: Our club was founded in 1992 to promote diving and fellowship through club dive trips, club meetings and socials, and dive training.

Club Name: FINZ Dive Club
City/State: Addison, TX
Contact: Vice President: Matt Rider, (972) 407-7093
Website: http://www.scubadallas.com/clubs.htm#4th Wednesday
Meetings: 7:00 on the last Wednesday of each month.  Meeting location varies, call or e-mail for info.

Club Name: Scubadillo Dive Club
City/State: Dallas, TX
Contact:  Vice President: Marc Thompson, (972) 517-0277
E-Mail: thompson@iadfw.net
Website: http://www.scubadallas.com/scubadillo/index.html
Meetings: 7:30 at the Midway Point on the Southwest corner of Midway and 635.
Comments:  Welcome to the Scubadillo Dive Club!   We are celebrating 13 years of "going down" as divers. Our mission statement goes something like this: We are dedicated to promoting safety and education in diving.  The Scubadillos are one of the largest and most active dive clubs in the state. Over 100 active members attend monthly meetings. The club is known for it's quality guest speakers and fun filled monthly outings. There are all levels of divers to meet and share information with. You do not need a dive buddy.

Houston

Club Name: Houston Underwater Club
City/State: Houston, TX
Contact: Unavailable at this time
E-mail: Unavailable at this time
Phone: Unavailable at this time
Website:  Unavailable at this time

  Midland/Odessa

Club Name: Dust Devil Divers
City/State: Midland/Odessa, TX
Contact: President: Briley Mitchell,  (915) 570-8761
Contact: Secretary: Roger Clark, (915) 689-6688
Meetings: 7:00 pm on the last Tuesday of each month.  Meeting location varies, call for more information or meeting location.
Comments:  The club is very active with monthly trips around the Southwest and to Mexico.

San Antonio

Club Name: Tropical Divers - "The Dive Club"
City/State: San Antonio, TX
Contact:  Skip Brandivik, Shop Manager  (210) 490-3483
Meetings:  Meets once a month at Tropical Divers, 12241 San Pedro, Suite 120, San Antonio.  Call for meeting dates and times.

Waco

Club Name: Bottom Time Dive Club
City/State: Waco, TX
Contact: President: Phil Landers
Contact: VP: Jeanne Fehler
Website: http://www.scubadallas.com/BTDC/
Comments: Welcome to the Bottom Time Dive Club in Waco, Texas. BTDC exists to provide diving and diving related social and educational opportunities for its members. The club has an active membership nearing 100, from junior open water divers to Master Scuba Instructors, with ages ranging from 12 to 68 years. Membership is open to divers of all levels of experience, as well as interested non-divers.  We meet at Poppa Rollo's Pizza Parlor located at 703 North Valley Mills Drive in the West Bank Party Room, Waco TX.

Scuba Diving For Fun is a diving club made up of just fun people who love to go scuba diving without all the politics and are located in Lubbock Texas. 

 

 
 
 

806-792-4164       Lubbock, Texas

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