One of the oldest non-profit scuba clubs in Alberta that continues to facilitate social events, organizes diving activities & assists other organizations in diving related activities since 1955.  The club slogan is Sport, Safety & Service.  The CSAC is very active in the spring & fall replacing & removing the diving marker buoys at Lake Minnewanka in Banff every year.  These buoys designate certain dive sites as well as remind boaters on the lake that certain areas are a "no boating area".  This project could not be done without the assistance of the Banff parks personnel & numerous volunteers.  As club members we also share in the responsibility of assisting the AUC as well as the CSAC in fundraising activities. The club also participates in many lake & river cleanups throughout the year.  Club members organize dives to local dive sites, dive/camping trips as well, so dust off your barbecue & let's get ready for a another great year of diving. 


Calgary Underwater Hockey Club Juniors
P.O. Box 40174 Highfield Postal Outlet
Calgary, AB, T2G 5G6
http://www.calgaryunderwater.ca
president@calgaryunderwater.ca

Club Info: Please use link to visit our website!


The Underwater Outlaws
Sean Ferguson
http://www3.telus.net/underwateroutlaws/
uoutlaw@telus.net

Club Info: Please use link to visit our website!


Scuba Divers Dinner Group
Tony Lamb
(403) 283-3368,                                                                                                                  
tonylamb@shaw.ca

ANNUAL EVENT: Bow River Snorkel on Saturday, July 19/09.  Registration: 9am-10am, Safety Briefing at 10 AM Sharp! Mass Start: 10:30 am.  Start Location: Bowness Park, main entrance is on the South side of the Bow River near the intersection of 88 st NW & 48 Ave NW.  Enter the Park, turn left at first intersection just past the concession bldg., follow the road further into park making a right leading straight to the river & then branching right again (East & down river).  Look for Dive Flag road signs marking the directions. End Location: Edworthy Park, exit point will be on North side of river, immediately after the pedestrian bridge.  Exit point has Angel's Cafe for food, drinks, etc., plenty of parking & washrooms.  Travel Time: approx 1.5 - 2 hour float. Registration Fee: $15 pp, Mandatory Gear: Wetsuits/Drysuits, plus Mask/Snorkel/Fins/Boots - be sure to contact your local favorite dive store for rentals in advance if needed!  Safety: Canoe/kayaks will accompany snorkelers in their journey down the Bow River.  Hazards: rocks & potentially river debris.  Buddy teams stay in main channel.  Do not get close to any Bridge Piling, Boats & Floats or right along the shoreline.  Fast water - do not try to stand up if uncomfortable - just float feet first on your back.  Beware of rabid ducks or protective gees.  Calgary Fire & Police are alerted to this Bow River Snorkel event.  Safety Team will monitor progress & provide assistance if needed. Please "Pre-Register" via phone or email to: Axel Kollewyn: 285-2340, axelk@telus.net or to: Tony Lamb: 283-3368, TonyLamb@shaw.ca

08 EVENT DEBRIEF: 12 Participants joined organizers for a fun float down the Bow River - weather was great!

Club Info: SDD Group meets on the 3rd Mondays every month at the Emerald Garden Restaurant on the corner of 9th Street and 16th Avenue NW in Calgary for dinner followed by slide/dvd/video presentation at 6:15 pm. The SDD focus is to provide a venue for diving related presentations, be a local contact group for both warm & cold water divers & to cultivate & sustain an interest in the sport of scuba diving.  The club hosts anywhere from 18 to 70 interested divers for the monthly dinner meetings.  Divers within our membership travel extensively & can usually come up with a member who has been to virtually any of the primary diving destinations throughout the world!      Cheers, Tony.

Thanks to the 2008 Sponsors for the Cold Lake U/W Rodeo Event: Scroll down to the Fort McMurray - Wet & Wild Diving Society section for more about this successful 2008 Dive Alberta event!

Divers - please remember to thank these businesses for their corporate support next time you stop in for a visit!  These events are fun for all divers to participate in but the prizes provided by supporting dive stores are especially appreciated & help add to the excitement of each event!  Please help show our gratitude for their generous support now & in the past by thanking them in person or by email!

Club News: Please use link above to visit our website!

Edmonton Pub Divers
Brian Nadwidny
nadwidny@gmail.com

Club Info: Usually meets once a month, especially during winter months for dive topics over beer/wings/etc, at 7:30 pm.  Send your email address to nadwidny@gmail.com to be added to our email member list for notification to Pub Diver Nites & local dives during the summer months! 

Next Meeting: PUB DIVE on Wed, June 10th, 2009, at 6 PM at TWIN LAKES.  During the winter meetings are usually held at 7:30 PM at Boston Pizza Lounge - Westmount Location (13120 Groat Road) Edmonton - All are welcome! Please rsvp to nadwidny@gmail.com

09 NEWS: Pub Divers went to Kootenay Lake in March joining an UASBC (Underwater Archeological Society of BC) trip to survey & document some of the wrecks in Kootenay. Easter Trip to PORT HARDY with Mamro was enjoyed by a small group of Pub Diver members: visibility was awesome! www.mamro.com

08 NEWS: TRIP REPORT: TECH TRIP TO CENTRAL BC COAST: Several experienced divers from Edmonton’s Pub Diver’s group enjoyed a Technical Wreck diving trip to BC’s Central Coast on the liveaboard  the MAMRO .  It included deep & shallow wrecks, walls & muck dives.  One highlight of the trip was the "Transpac", a wreck that sank prop-first and came to rest on a shelf at approx 300 feet.  The wreck points straight up the wall, with the bow starting at about 110 feet.   It’s a very exciting wreck to dive, as it’s not often one gets to see a large fishing vessel pinned vertically to a wall.   We also made numerous stops along the way, looking for Ghost Bears, admiring many waterfalls, had a dip in the Hot Springs and toured the abandoned Cannery at Butedale.                                                                

07 NEWS: This year, club instructors volunteered to assist the U of A Scuba Club & Edmonton's Wing Divers to host a "Discover Scuba" event for a local chapter of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Six adults & their "little brothers" participated in Scona Pool to "try scuba".  Our thanks to "Northwest Scuba" of Edmonton for generously providing all scuba /snorkeling gear & to Wing Divers for donating their pool time at Scona for this collaborative event.   Monthly pub nights were organized with lots of socializing happening.  The Pub Divers assisted during the "Annual JASPER AQUATHON" on May Long Weekend & ran the "Hoop de do" Event at Lake Edith.


Edmonton Underwater Hockey Association
Gilles & Connie 780-478-8447
http://edmontonunderwaterhockey.com


Northern Alberta Aquatic Rescue Society
Cliff Bergunde
#1,9808 - 47 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6E 5P3
(780) 450-1206
(780) 975-3888 (Emergency)
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/3310
naars-adm@shaw.ca


Octopushers Underwater Hockey Club
Gilles Benoiton: 780-474-8446
http://edmontonunderwaterhockey.com/


U of A Scuba Appreciation Club
http://www.uofascuba.com

Club Info: Please visit our website for listing of our many club activities & opportunities!


WING DIVERS
Tom & Cathy Davies
(780) 462-1551
tedavies@telusplanet.net

Featuring: Twin Lakes Dive Training Facility at Twin Lakes, near Winfield, Hwy 13 West, approx 1.5 hours SW from Edmonton. The Wing Divers Club hosts & helps maintain this facility for local divers/club members & instructors to enjoy.  Please contact AUC office to book your exclusive use of the Wing Diver's Trailer/Upper Deck for club events, courses, etc.  Volunteers always needed to assist working monthly bingos in Edmonton to help maintain this facility, please contact Tom Davies. Wing Divers also assist yearly in running the AUC's Jasper Aquathon & River Race event every May Long Weekend in Jasper.

HOST CLUB FOR ANNUAL EVENT: Twin Lakes Treasure Hunt & Lake Cleanup (usually held annually on the Saturday of the Father's Day Weekend).  JUNE 20th, 2009

Club Info: Usually Meets at Scona Pool but this will change if Scona Pool closes in the summer of 2009.
Yearly Memberships: Family: $125, Single: $100 (which includes weekly pool rental & membership in the AUC).  You're welcome to bring your dive gear to the pool or come out & just swim to stay fit for diving or bring the family to enjoy some pool games!

08 Event Debrief: June 14/08: 25 Registered Divers with over 50 in attendance.  Many thanks to 2008 Sponsors: The Dive Outfitters, Northwest Scuba, Ocean Sports & the AUC

07 Event Debrief: June 16/2007: 35 Participants, both divers & lake-side shore support volunteers.   Thank you to our Club volunteer Chefs': Linda & Gord Ross, Linda & Dave Pohl and Jeanie Hussey!  A wee bit of rain damped the shore clean-up but (of course) the divers didn't care! The sun came out in time for the prize presentations & evening BBQ. Thankfully the thunder boomers & lightning missed Twin Lakes so the event didn't have to be postponed or cancelled. We wouldn't want to be in/on/or getting out of water during a lighting storm!

Wing Diver Club acknowledges & thanks our 2007 Sponsors:  The AUC and Edmonton's Northwest Scuba Ventures Ltd,  6815 - 104 Street, Edmonton, 780-438-1218 for PROVIDING prizes & Oceanic Delta Scuba Regulator Set: 

Draw Prize Winner: Linda Wadsworth  - Congratulations!                                                                  

Plus: Project Aware, www.projectaware.org 
Plus the Winfield area business: Classic Embroidery for their donation of prizes for all the participants.

Club Info: Please use link to visit our website!

HOST FOR ANNUAL EVENT: Cold Lake Underwater Rodeo, August 15th, 2009

The 2009 Underwater Dive Rodeo, hosted annually by the Fort McMurray Wet and Wild Diving Society, and Co-Hosted by the 4 Wing Divers from Cold Lake. 

2008 turned out to be a Great Success with 52 divers and 11 shore support. The weather was a scorcher, but most stayed cool in the water.  2008 events consisted of underwater checkers, spear gun target shoot, lost dive buddies, navigation poker rally, golf ball retrieval, and bouquets of fun. Diver’s experience ranged from newly certified to the numerous instructors found teaching dry suit, nitrox and navigation courses, as well as several Dive Masters assisting those in need. If there is one thing I can say about divers, is that we are such a diverse group of people! Nothing I enjoy more than to see young, Junior Divers, as well as Aged and Experienced Divers come out to enjoy our event.  We had prizes for everyone!! Many thanks to the following Dive Shops and Organizations for their generous Donations for our event:  Outdoor Essentials - Fort McMurray, Davco Diving - Wainwright, The Dive Outfitters - Edmonton, Ocean Sports - Edmonton, Northwest Scuba - Edmonton, Aqua Tek Scuba - Edmonton and the Alberta Underwater Council

Special Thank You's to Charles “Red” Ehrich, Bill “Grandpa” Lazenby & Ben’s “Sandbox”  Payette for setting up the course at the provincial park. These three work countless hours underwater to ensure we have a “Sand Box” to play in.  

As well, we can not have a successful event without Shore support. Thank you to Celine Payette, Debbie Parsons, and Kirk’s Wife for their help with food prep and pick up, timing our divers in and out of the water, and being so accessible when needed.  

Let us not forget Ron Cooper, Boyd Ash, Rob Duffy, Vincent Gauthier, and Daniel Gauthier for their assistance in set up and take down of the course. When small tasks need to be completed, you know you can always count on these guys! 

And last, but not least, a big Heart Filled Thank You to the Divers from all over Alberta, for coming out and participating in our Underwater Dive Rodeo. It’s you the Divers who make this day fun and exciting. I hope you had a wonderful time, and I look forward to seeing all of you again next year. Safe and Happy Diving!!

Sincerely;

Carmen Boisvert

Event Coordinator, Wet & Wild Diving Society of Fort McMurray

Divers - please remember to thank these businesses for their fabulous corporate support next time you stop in for a visit!  These events are fun for all divers to participate in but the prizes provided by supporting dive stores are especially appreciated & help add to the excitement of each event!  Please help show our gratitude for their generous support now & in the past by thanking them in person or by email!

Club Info: Meets every 3rd Sunday of the month during winter months. Members are starting to organize open water swims at a lake in our neighborhood, perhaps in conjunction with the Fort St. John Scuba Club.  New members welcome!

HOST OF ANNUAL EVENT: "Bear Grass Dive" & Lake Cleanup Event on Aug 22nd, 2009 at Waterton Lakes.  Come out & take part in some fun underwater games with our "scuba club" & enjoy diving on the "Gertrude" wreck (paddle wheeler) in Emerald Bay.  Registration: 9am-10am, Dive Safety Briefing: 10 AM Sharp, lots of prizes available to winning divers courtesy of Anderson Aquatics of Lethbridge & the AUC.  Don't forget to bring a compass/slate & goody bag for collecting trash for the lake clean-up!

Davco Diving Aquamaniacs

Club Info: Please use the link to visit our website for Scuba Club News & Activities!   Join us for some fun dives this summer!! Every Tuesday afternoon we meet at Clear Lake near Wainwright for some great diving & socializing.  Dive on our 12 foot diameter underwater pumpkin, sit on the world's only underwater pump jack or have a chat with "Boney" or with your dive buddy in our dive bell.

HOST OF ANNUAL EVENT: Annual Pumpkin Dive & Lake Cleanup, Sept 26th, 2009, at Clear Lake (near Wainwright). Co-hosted with Davco Aquamaniacs.  You must bring your own Pumpkin (but if it turns out to be a bad or late crop buy & bring any appropriate gourd/veggie/fruit) to carve underwater with a "diver's knife". Entry fee includes BBQ Lunch but don't forget to bring a compass/slate, extra weights & a goody bag for collecting garbage at the Lake Cleanup. Prizes provided by the AUC & local dive store: Davco Diving & local businesses.

08 EVENT: Annual Pumpkin Dive & Lake Clean-up, at Clear Lake (near Wainwright).  Co-hosted with Buffalo Divers, Wainwright.  Attended by nearly 50 divers & family this event had the highest attendance in 2008. Prizes provided by the AUC & local dive store: Davco Diving & local businesses.

Buffalo Divers -Canadian Forces, Wainwright
President Andrew Laschuk,  Phone: work: 842-1700