Holiday Social at George's House! Take a break from the holiday rush to meet with your fellow divers and have some Holiday Cheer. Please RSVP to George by December 7.
OWU runs over 3 days offering informative Workshops, Seminars & Vendor Exhibitors from all over the world. There are seminars on wreck diving, photography, videography, dive medicine and dive resorts. Also, the Saturday Night Film Festival is a way to see a cross section of the some of the dive world's best film makers and videographers. For more information, to purchase tickets for the show or register for workshops go to www.ourworldunderwater.com. Dive club members who are around Saturday evening…
Chicago Meetup has invited Atlantis Dive Club members to attend a special presentation by international film maker and videographer Leandro Blanco. Leandro has received over 50 international awards for his documentaries, and his music scores have been acclaimed by magazines like Billboard. He is also a honorary member of The Royal Photographic Society, for his photography in the video "Just Passing By Too". In 2002, for the first time in the history of the Antibes festival, the judges granted him…
The Ghost Ships Festival is Wisconsin's largest trade show devoted to Scuba Diving and Great Lakes Maritime History. Diver's who are fascinated by ship wrecks and the rich history that they reveal will want to visit this show. Exhibits, workshops, and presentations cover all aspects of Great Lakes maritime history and scuba diving. You can listen to and interact with leading dive industry professionals, extreme explorers, maritime historians and Great Lakes authors. We usually have members who attend this event…
Relay races, puzzle building, tricycle races and more all done on or underwater! Why?? Because of course, WE CAN! This is a day of fun and friendly competition (most of the time!). Meet and compete with other member clubs from the Illinois Council of Skin and Scuba Divers (ICSSD). This all takes place indoors in the friendly confines of the Elk Grove Pavilion Aquatic Center. Check-in will start at 11:00 a.m. and the events will start promptly at 12 noon.…
No, this doesn't involve ice diving! However, this early season dive may involve some extreme temperatures, depending upon the thermocline at Haigh and the weather up top on the day of the dive! Haigh Quarry opens at 7:00 a.m. so come as early if would like to take advantage of the clearer visibility before the scuba classes take to the water. Haigh is one of the midwest's better options for quarry diving and is very popular with dive shops who…
The annual Jim Haigh Memorial Dive at Haigh Quarry is both a great summer day out and a way to help disabled vets. This event helps to raise funds that go directly to SUDS, Soldiers Undergoing Disabled Scuba. This organization is dedicated to training and assisting our disabled veterans in the sport of scuba diving. It is well known that scuba diving provides both therapeutic and psychological benefits for disabled veterans. (See the SUDS web site for more information.) We…