Please be thinking about other dive destinations to which you'd like the club to run trips this year. We can always use new trip ideas and new trip leaders!

Deadline for pictures for 2011 Scubanauts Photo Contest - December 31, 2011. The deadline to take pictures for submission for our annual Photography Contest for the 2011 year is December, 31, 2011. The actual deadline for submission is January 12th, 2012. You can review the rules for the photo contest in our Members' Interest section here.

Annual Scubanauts Christmas Party - Dec. 9th, 2011 Our 2011 club Christmas Party will be on December 10, 2010 and will start at 6:30pm. By popular demand it will again be at Clark's Fish Camp, who has done a great job of hosting us the past several years. Date: Friday, December 9 Location: Clark’s Fish Camp Ticket prices are as follows: $20 Members $27 Guests $15 Youth $5 extra for Joan’s cut Price includes appetizers, 13 entrée choices with 2 sides, beer, wine, dessert, doorprizes, and lots of holiday cheer! This year more menu selections have been added to please almost every palate. We will have our usual Gift exchange for those who want to participate. If you'd like to take part, bring a wrapped gift and get a gift/ ($10.00- $15.00 price range), If you haven’t already done so, sign up beginning at the October meeting. If you can’t make the meeting and are planning on attending, please Email Lynda and let her know.

Offshore Jacksonville - September 17, 2011 The Scubanauts will dive offshore Jacksonville September 17th. The trip is with Offshore Dive Charters from their boat docked at Morningstar Marina at 9954 Heckscher Drive. (It's a hundred yards or so away from the Sand Dollar restaurant; directly across the river from Mayport Marine. This will be a three-tank dive day. Dive plan for depths in the 75 to 100 foot range. The cost will be $100 per diver. The cost includes chips and drinks provided by the boat.A deposit of $50 will hold your spot with the balance due at the club meeting prior to the dive. See Nica for the cancellation policy. The boat is 46-foot Newton with a 16-foot beam. It's capable of 30 knots. Be at the dock by 6:30am. The boat will depart promptly at 7:00am sharp.

Offshore Jacksonville - August 13th, 2011 The Scubanauts will dive offshore Jacksonville August 13th. We're diving with Offshore Dive Charters from their boat docked at Morningstar Marina at 9954 Heckscher Drive. (It's a hundred yards or so away from the Sand Dollar restaurant; directly across the river from Mayport Marine. This will be a three-tank dive day. Plan for depths in the 75 to 100 foot range. The cost will be $100 per diver. The cost includes chips and drinks provided by the boat.A deposit of $50 will hold your spot with the balance due at the club meeting prior to the dive. See Nica for the cancellation policy. The boat is 46-foot Newton with a 16-foot beam. It's capable of 30 knots. Be at the dock by 6:30am. The boat will depart promptly at 7:00am sharp.

Roatan, June 11-18, 2011 The Scubanauts will dive Roatan June 11 through June 18, 2011. We have a dozen Scubanauts currently signed up. We've made club trips to this resort many times; always with great satisfaction. Many of our members have returned again and again. We are not booking any group airfare. You can use the CoCo View's travel agency (see their web site), or can instead opt to use your own frequent flier miles or book your own flights. The trip cost of $1,170 (plus airfare) does not include alcohol, departure taxes, gratuities, or any side trips. We will be staying at CoCo View Resort. The cost includes 7 nights, 8 days, all meals, two 2-tank boat dives a day, and unlimited shore diving any time day or night. Unlimited Nitrox is approximately $100 per week. Passports will be required. US dollars are accepted on the island. Bring small denominations. Some of the available, extra-cost, off-site activities include: dolphin encounters and shark dives, canopy tour, zip-lining through the trees, a Pico Bonito rain forest tour, a Copan tour - ancient Mayan ruins, a Roatan island tour, whitewater rafting, a Roatan Eco Tour, wildlife observation, history, island flight tour in a light floatplane, native cultures observation, deep sea & flats fishing, visiting botanical gardens, and a trip to an Iguana preserve.

Super Bowl Party - February 7th, 2010 Tailgating and football pool begins at 5:00 with kick-off at 6:00 p.m. Come join your fellow Scubanauts for a riotous night of fun, food and football! Bob Riddle’s house, directions at the meeting. Sign up or call Bob to RSVP so we can have enough wine, beer, mixers and main dish. Please bring a covered dish!

Shark Tooth Diving 2010 Trip One - Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-31, Venice, FL Pam is running more of her very popular shark tooth diving trips off of Venice, This first trip is 3 days of diving over Memorial Day Weekend. These trips are being made with Florida West Scuba. The trip is currently full, so if you're not booked you'll have to hope someone bows out. If you haven't seen the kind of artifacts Pam's dives produce, you're in for a treat! Here's an example picture from Florida Web Scuba's web site. Some of the teeth really ARE this big! Florida West Scuba is located at 509B Tamiami Trail, North Venice, FL. Their phone is 941-486-1400. The Scubanauts have the whole boat. The trip includes expert tips from retired Archeologist (and Captain) Steve Thacker. (You WILL find something to take home). The hotel rooms are booked starting Friday night. Since Monday is Memorial Day, we're diving Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Trip accommodations are at Best Western Ambassador Suites at 400 Commercial Court just outside of Venice, FL. This is right behind the Holiday Inn Express where we stayed last year. The room includes pool, cable, refrigerator, microwave, and coffee makers in suite and also comes with a complimentary breakfast. We have a late checkout at 1:00pm. Contact Pam Kurtz or one of your officers for more information

Pompano, Florida Dive Weekend Trip - July 3-4, 2010 We'll be diving Pompano, Florida 4th of July weekend. The trip can be tailored by those who only want to do part of the dives, so here is the scoop for each piece. There will be two hotel options: Best Western Deerfield Beach at 1050 E Newport Center Dr Deerfield Beach, FL, 33442. Cost is $88.85 Double occupancy/night. This hotel is newer than The Sands Harbor, but is approximately 5 miles from the boat docks and west of the imtercoastal. It also does have a more friendly cancelation policy than The Sands. Sands Harbor Hotel and Marina at 125 N Riverside Dr Pompano Beach, F,. 33062. Cost is $80.00 Double occupancy/night. The advantage to using this location is that it is very close to either docks that South Florida Diving uses as well as being walking distance to the beach for Fire Works. The hotel management is not giving us a ton of flexibility. So the best package we've negotiated only allows us to cancel a week from out first night stay. The hotel is aging which is another disadvantage of this location. The schedule will be: Friday PM · Arrive and check in. Saturday AM South Florida Diving (www.southfloridadiving.com) · 8AM 2 tank Dive ($55.00). One wreck dive; one drift dive. Saturday PM · 1PM 2 tank Dive ($55.00) One wreck dive; one drift dive. Saturday Night · 6PM 2 tank Dive ($55.00) One wreck dive; one drift dive. Sunday AM · 8AM 2 tank Dive ($55.00) One wreck dive; one drift dive. Sunday afternoon · Return to Jacksonville Rental tanks will be available at $8.00/per tank for air or $12.00/per tank for Nitrox or you can bring your own. Contact Tony Flaris at 210-4550 for further information

Offshore Jacksonville - July 25th, 2010 The Scubanauts will dive offshore Jacksonville July 25th. We're booking with Offshore Dive Charters from their boat docked at Morningstar Marina at 9954 Heckscher Drive. (It's a hundred yards or so away from the Sand Dollar restaurant; directly across the river from Mayport Marine. This will be a two-tank dive day. The cost will be $80 per diver. Plan for depths in the 75 to 89 foot range. The boat is 46-foot Newton with a 16-foot beam. It's capable of 30 knots. Be at the dock by 7:00am. The boat will depart promptly at 7:30am.

Scubanauts Beach-Side Party - August 28th, 2010 The Scubanauts have a beach-side deck party on Saturday, August 28th. It will be at Gordi and Dianne's condo on Crescent Beach south of St. Augustine. Contact any club officer for directions! The party is free and BYOB. Just bring some kind of food contribution. The club will pick up hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, etc. It will start at 2:30pm and as long as we like. Several .of our members are planning to bring fishing equipment and test the fishing off the beach next to the party deck. Come and have a great time! Come wet a line and enjoy the food and the company!

Offshore Jacksonville - September 18th, 2010 The Scubanauts will dive offshore Jacksonville on September 18th. We're again booking with Offshore Dive Charters from their boat docked at Morningstar Marina at 9954 Heckscher Drive. (It's a hundred yards or so away from the Sand Dollar restaurant; directly across the river from Mayport Marine. This will be a three -tank dive day. The cost will be $100 per diver. The boat is 46-foot Newton with a 16-foot beam. It's capable of 30 knots. Be at the dock by 6:30 am. The boat will depart promptly at 7:00am.