Dive Clubs

About Dive Clubs
The Friends & Family Dive club is oriented toward divers with children and young members. The club is active out of the Fort Smith area.

The Mud Puppies club is a great source of information about Lake Norfork.

Westark Scuba Club is located in Mena, Arkansas and spends a lot of time on lake Ouachita.

If you would like to have your club listed on this site, or have us provide a link to its site, then drop me an e-mail with the info.

About Dive Clubs:

We, as divers, should feel priveledged to be able to experience the underwater world. Scuba diving grows in popularity each year, yet we still belong to a somewhat elite group. There are things we can do to help maintain our own interest and to get other divers interested and excited. Do you have a local dive club? If so, get involved with it. New members are always welcomed and appreciated. However, if there is no club in your area, why not get with some of your dive buddies and start one? Dive clubs can be lots of fun and provide an avenue for divers to stay involved year round. Regular club meetings can provide a social activity, through dinner and a meeting, and new learning experiences through interaction with divers of various experience levels, guest speakers, and slide shows. Clubs can schedule monthly dives (or more often) to the local water hole, and schedule periodic trips to farther destinations. Clubs can get involved with the community with activities such as clean-ups in or around dive sites. The whole idea of a club is to bring divers together and provide a forum to pursue common interests.

If you think you would be interested in getting a club started in your area, you must be willing to invest the time and effort to make it work. Find others divers that share your excitement about diving and the prospect of a club. Plan out the details carefully, and divide the work among your initial core group. And even though it will be a lot of work in the beginning, the rewards of a club will be great.

Check with your local dive shops to find out if there is a club in your area. If there is not, and you would like more information on starting one, let us know and we will point you in the right direction.

A dive club should be a useful resource to its members, providing them with social interaction, a source of continued education and dive buddies. Clubs provide a common focus for members who have common interests such as spearfishing, wreck diving, trips to tropical islands, or other such specialized interests. Clubs should pass along safety and environmental information and provide incintive for active participation in diving activities.

Please address questions and comments to the Scubabuff

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