Diving clubs in California, USA

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  • Blue Water Ocean Sports. Contact: Dewey Ramos. 499 W. Bedford, #102, Fresno, CA 93711 
  • Shark Bait Dive Club. Meeting: 2nd Tue. of each month; 7:00 pm. Plaza Room, Brea Community Center, 695 E. Madison Way, Brea. Host Store is Sports Chalet Brea.
  • Burbank Dive Club. Meeting: 2nd Wed. of each month; 7:00 pm. Coral Cafe, 3321 Burbank Blvd., Burbank. Host Store is Sports Chalet Burbank
  • Inland Empire Dive Club. Meeting: 1st Tue. of each month; 6:30 pm.
  • Round Table Pizza, Indian Hill Blvd. / I-10, Claremont. Host Store is Sports Chalet Rancho Cucamonga.
  • South Orange County Dive Club. Meeting: 2nd Wed. of each month; 7:00 pm. Fuddruckers, 23635 El Toro Road, El Toro. Host Store is Sports Chalet Laguna Niguel.
  • Bay Area Bottom Timers. Fremont, California. Meeting on the second Wednesday each month at Daily's bar and grill. Ph. (510) 8959228 E-mail: divcreed@aol.com .We welcome all divers from novice to pro. Our goal as a club is to encourage divers to actively pursue the enjoyable sport of scuba diving.
  • Greater Orange County Dive Club. Meeting: 1st Thurs. of each month; 7:00 pm. Lamppost Pizza, 12797 Beach Blvd., Garden Grove.  Host Store is Sports Chalet Huntington Beach.
  • Two Deep Dive Club. Huntington Beach.  (714) 375 5471
  • B.E.N.T. Dive Club. Los Angeles and Orange County, Ca. Meeting at: 7:30pm, 2nd Wed. of each month. Cirivello's Sports Stop - Long Beach, Ca. Contact: Kevin Sullivan - e-mail: sully23@earthlink.net Web Address: www.bentdiveclub.com B.E.N.T. Dive Club (Beyond Environs of Normal Terrestrials) is dedicated to providing outstanding dive trips, both locally and abroad.

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  • West LA Dive Club. Meeting: 4th Tue. of each month; 7:30 pm. Mrs. Garcia's Restaurant, 13365 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066 (310)827-8993 URL: www.westladiveclub.org/
  • Hammerheads. Los Angeles. Tel: (562) 923-9401
  • Los Angeles Black U/W Explorers.  Los Angeles. URL: www.labue.org 
  • California Wreck Divers, Inc. Marina del Rey, California, Meeting on 3rd Wednesday, 8:00pm. at the Round Table Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd. in Lawndale. The best club site for information about Southern California wreck diving. Tel: (626) 309-5571 URL: www.cawreckdivers.org email:  uboat5005@msn.com
  • Lost Patrol Dive Club. Marina Del Rey. Contact: J. Pylkkanen (310) 306-3653.
  • Alacosta Divers Corporation is a non-profit scuba diving club founded in 1958. We dive regularly in Monterey and northern California. Our members cover the East Bay, including Oakland, Berkeley, Orinda, Walnut Creek, and beyond. We own 4 inflatable boats, which are used for diving. www.alacosta.org E-mail: membership@alacosta.org 
  • Monterey Bay Sea Otters Dive Club. Monterey. Contact: Ardelle Gilbert (831) 375-5760 E-mail: UnderdaC@aol.com  
  • Manta Ray Dive Team. Monterey. Tel: (831) 375-6268
  • Santa Clarita Valley Dive Club. Meeting: 2nd Wed. of each month; 7:30 pm. Vincenzo's, 24500 Lyons Avenue, Newhall. Host Store is Sports Chalet Santa Clarita.
  • High Tide Dive Crew, Northbridge, Tel: (818) 787-2643
  • Indigo West Divers. Oakland. Tel: (510) 733-0632 E-mail: members@xoom.com/indigowest  
  • Sole Searchers Dive Club. Meeting: 3rd Wed. of each month; 7:00 pm. Ranchero Mexican Restaurant, 2663 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena. Host Store is Sports Chalet La Canada.
  • Antelope Valley Desert Divers Dive Club. Meeting: 2nd Mon. of each month; 7:00 pm. Palmdale Cultural Center, 704 E. Palmdale Blvd., Palmdale. Host Store is Sports Chalet: Santa Clarita (Valencia)
  • Empire Scuba Dive Club.  www.empirescuba.com. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 6.30pm at 611 W. Redlands Blvd. Redlands 92373 Tel: 909-798-3483 The Dive Club is open to all divers from beginning through instructor, even non-divers. There is a general meeting once monthly, as well as a beach dive, a boat dive and other activities.  There are no annual dues.  Charging nominal fees for club activities, holding raffles, etc, generates operating expenses.   Benefits of membership are discounts on designated boat dives, discounts on merchandise, low cost special-interest classes, group dive trips, etc.   Other benefits are increased dive opportunities, continuing education,  &  sub clubs such as Underwater Photography Club, and the chance to socialize with other divers and enjoy great food! Annual events include a Cinco de Mayo Salsa cookoff, a June summer barbecue, and Ocean themed  Carnival in August, a Chili cookoff in November and our annual Christmas Party.
  • California Dive Buds, Inc. Ridgecrest, (760) 371-5844
  • RPD&T Dive Team. Rohnert Park. Contact: Ann Britcher (707) 584-2323 

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  • Dolphin Divers of Sacramento. Sacramento, California. Meeting 7:30 pm on the third Wednesday every month. Meeting:  Round Table Pizza at Madison Avenue &  Greenback Lane, Folsom. Contact: Tel- 916-987-1303 URL: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/9063/  email: JBMillard@aol.com. We are a Californian non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of safe sport diving and family activities. We organize social events and dive outings to various California locations.
  • Ocean Explorers Society. San Diego Contact: David Ambrose (858) 679-7817 URL: www.oceanexplorers.org  E-mail: stargazer1@cox.net 
  • San Diego County Dive Club. Meeting: 1st Wed. of each month; 7:00 pm. The Canyon Room, U.T.C Shopping Center, San Diego. Host Store is Sports Chalet Mission Valley, Point Loma & La Jolla.
  • Barbary Coast Divers. San Francisco, CA. Meets at 7:30 pm Meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Round Table Pizza on Geary at 16th Ave. We are a small active social diving club. Most members dive from kayaks and are active Abalone and spearfishing divers. Contact: Carol Reed,  (415) 333-8820, E-Mail: Lingking@aol.com 
  • Hammerheads, San Francisco, (925)551-8478
  • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro.Tel: (310) 833-1372
  • No Limits Dive and Snorkel Club. Everyone welcome young, old, single, families. If you love the water we want to meet you. We will meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Mountain Mikes Pizza 4131 S Shingle Rd, Shingle Springs Ca. You can contact us at nolimitsdsc@yahoo.com  for more info.
  • Blue Water Divers. 820 West El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Tel/ fax: 408-733-4369 www.bluewater-divers.com  E-mail: info@bluewater-divers.com
  • Channel Island Dive Club. Meeting: 3rd Wed. of each month; 7:00 pm. Acapulco's, on Victoria across from the Gov't Center, Ventura. Host Store is Sports Chalet Oxnard.
  • Amigos Del Mar Dive Club, Santa Clara, CA URL: www.amigosdelmar.org Our meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Round Table Pizza, 3050 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA.
  • Pacific Explorers Dive Club. Meeting: 2nd Wed. of each month; 6:30 pm. Denny's Restaurant, 8330 Topanga Canyon Blvd., West Hills.  Host Store is Sports Chalet West Hills.