Those of us who have the pleasure of living 30 minutes or less from the ocean, understand the benefits gained from joining a local dive club. Endless dive buddies, boat access, regular dive expeditions, and in some cases access to cheap gear rental, are just a few of the positives that come from joining such a group.
As president of the Tasmanian University Dive Club located at the southern most point of Australia I have the pleasure of helping bring cheap scuba access to students and non-students alike from not only around our state but also globally as we see an increase in international students coming here to study marine science and conduct antarctic research. Given the cold temperate waters that surround our gorgeous state I am impressed that our member base has risen to almost 60 for this year, and we are looking to ramp it up much further as the warmer weather hits our shores putting us on track to be the largest and most active dive club in Tasmania!
We have recently launched our new website; www.tudc.org.au, where you can check out news about the club and what is going on in the local scuba world. A lot of our local dive sites will be added to the site shortly so if you are heading down our way make sure you contact us or shoot me an email, our guys will be overly excited to show Tassie’s diving hotspots to anyone! Many of the favourites are Bicheno’s marine reserve, Fortesque Bay’s giant kelp forests, the Troy D ship wreck, Maria Island and Reserche Bay. There are many more so check out our site regularly for updates.
2008 has seen us team up with our fellow local clubs, Leven, TSDC, Southern Divers, and Crabs to assist in Sea Urchin surveys, Shark tagging, Fur Seal research, and Spotted Hand fish research, all of which starts to come to fruition as the warmer water laps it way in.
Well there is our little club plug, jump on our website and take a look. If you are interested in coming down and diving temperate water shipwrecks, cathedral caves, or the giant kelp forests in the hope of glimpsing weedy sea dragons then make sure you contact us through our site (www.tudc.org.au) or hit me back on this post.
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