OCdiving Deb
Contributor
puffer wants to get out and dive, but needs some encouragement and especially needs friends who dive! I offer the following:
For Laguna Beach shore dives, a group of divers of all experience levels meets each Saturday morning at Laguna Hills Mall parking lot near King's Fish House at 7:30 AM. There, they determine the appropriate dive site for the expected conditions and carpool down together at 7:45 AM. If you have a buddy, great, but if not, there are some who are single and also need buddies. Very flexible group. For more info, see www.southcoastdivers.com and maybe I will see you out there. It is the group with whom I thought I'd be diving this morning!
Also, check out some of the local dive clubs! There are many, so let us know a geographic area and we can help you with club meeting locations, etc. SoCal encompasses a huge area, so let us know which county that you expect to dive most frequently, and also where you are most likely to attend a meeting on a weekday evening... either close to home or the office are the most convenient ways to get started.
Of course, there are also the dive boats and Catalina Island to consider, but you really need a dive buddy to venture that direction without risking a waste of time and money... so let's get started with the beach dives and clubs first!
Hope to see you out there soon puffer!
kelphelper
For Laguna Beach shore dives, a group of divers of all experience levels meets each Saturday morning at Laguna Hills Mall parking lot near King's Fish House at 7:30 AM. There, they determine the appropriate dive site for the expected conditions and carpool down together at 7:45 AM. If you have a buddy, great, but if not, there are some who are single and also need buddies. Very flexible group. For more info, see www.southcoastdivers.com and maybe I will see you out there. It is the group with whom I thought I'd be diving this morning!
Also, check out some of the local dive clubs! There are many, so let us know a geographic area and we can help you with club meeting locations, etc. SoCal encompasses a huge area, so let us know which county that you expect to dive most frequently, and also where you are most likely to attend a meeting on a weekday evening... either close to home or the office are the most convenient ways to get started.
Of course, there are also the dive boats and Catalina Island to consider, but you really need a dive buddy to venture that direction without risking a waste of time and money... so let's get started with the beach dives and clubs first!
Hope to see you out there soon puffer!
kelphelper