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Welcome! Side note: If you're looking to join a dive club or socialize, there's LIDA as well as the NYC Sea Gypsies which is one of the largest & most active clubs in the US. This latter club is the one I belong to...it has a good number of club dives & at least 4 different land-based events...

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It was in response to this: Side note: I was trying to not clutter up a long post with lots of quotes, but clearly I caused problems by just tagging people. Moving forward, I'll either include the quotes or won't put any tag. I'm sorry to you & any others I tagged for any confusion that I caused.

Oops, sorry about that. I didn't mean to include you there. Guess I was just thinking about you? :) (I was trying to not include a large number of quoted posts so thought I'd just tag people instead. Obviously, that backfired.)

I was on what should have been a "benign" dive in the Caribbean. No current. Easy dive with the supposedly best shop on the island--one which I had been diving with many times before. There was even a 2nd group off of the same boat at the same site which included my best friend doing her OW with...

@KenGordon But how many people even in your area know the things that could help shorten the time to be found if they are lost at sea? I'm all for diving in our local areas (I'm on the board of my local dive club in NYC), but we've had divers lost here too. Just because there are many...

We're not looking for first world services in third world countries nor are we looking to have countries pay for anything. As I noted in the thread above, "we're looking to create a group (or bolster an already established one) that could assist with water-related SAR, but more importantly help...

Perhaps, but the first step is to see who would be interested in actually working to help further this cause. Looking at something like this & saying it's a huge undertaking can make it seem overwhelming. Breaking it into pieces which can be accomplished & actually taking some responsibility for...

I met him originally as a fellow moderator & always appreciated his kind, thoughtful approach on Scubaboard. He was level-headed & truly cared about the divers (& mods) here. Late last year, he put up a post to his fellow mods asking for some suggestions re: the wonderful nonprofit scuba...

That's very kind of you. I can create the web site, set up hosting/social media, help with advertising, & write the content.* I was already going to do some of this for Cameron's nonprofit scuba group which helps Cree Nation kids so I have no problem transferring that energy to this venture...

I don't think the ideas clash at all. I want both...a group who can help supplement/reinforce local agencies who either don't have the knowledge or the money, and can assist divers as needed. I don't think it's realistic to believe that all these local agencies around the world (especially in...

I've seen some posts about SAR groups, but haven't yet seen a group which seems to help in the ways we've been talking about. I'm hoping someone can dig down into this to see if there is such a group. I don't think there is currently, but I hope I'm wrong. (Another idea though I think one which...

I absolutely agree with you! I was left at sea by a dive boat for an hour & a half as waves got bigger & bigger when a hurricane started to come in early. We saw the dive boat far in the distance looking for us at one point. We had big safety sausages & whistles, but the boat didn't see us &...

I wish local resources would have more training & would be able to help more, but I don't know that this is realistic either. Maybe some bigger island or huge dive mecca, sure. But many places that need this will never have that type of resources or money at hand. I think there's a real need...

I appreciate the thought, but using a different address is illegal & considered fraud if I don't have some tie to that location. I'm sure any company having to pay out up to $50K for SAR would thoroughly confirm my address. Yep, I get screwed by a lot of things living in NY. I also can't get...

@Christi Very cool. @Jayfarmlaw Yep, very different from what I have in NY. As you can see, I don't have search in my plans nor that $125 plan either.

The idea is an interesting one! I suspect it might be harder to set up than DAN since people more often identify with accidents & illness than with the need for SAR. But I would definitely get involved with this both from a set-up perspective as well as a customer perspective. I have the...

Not sure if anyone reached out to you or the right people saw your offer, but the person organizing the search is: Henry Schultz Salty Endeavors Scuba Center - Scuba Schools International Dive Center #809653 https://cozumelscuba.com (312) 757-6167 from USA | (987) 111-9138 in Mexico There have...