ScubaUVa

Happy Flag Day!! We are all Americans!

Congratulations to our newly certified members! A huge shout out to Chip and the Dive Connections staff for helping our members through the open water certification process.

Congratulations to four member of the UVa Scuba club that completed their Open Water certification at Lake Phoenix last weekend. (October 12-13) It was a blast and thank you all so much. ~~Chip & Joe

Fall is coming!! When the sun breaks through and lights up the mountains behind us, it takes our breath away. What a spectacular way to experience Charlottesville!!

Getting ready to go diving! WooHoo! ... and Wahoowa!

Club members taking their first breaths and learning to scuba dive! Fantastic time and thanks for joining us, Abby, Olivia, Niki, Brett and Brian (alum!)

DAN Announces Diver Safety Education Internship DAN is launching its new internship program aimed at certified divers currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs in education.

Diving in False Bay, S Africa last week, the water conditions were very challenging with high winds, surge, green water and poor visibility. We decided to go for it anyway and were greatly rewarded with dozens of curious sevengill sharks, including this one photographed by Kip Evans.

Read more about our dive there from the I Am Water Ocean Conservation Trust: http://iamwaterfoundation.org/blog/2014/12/06/false-bay-hope-spot-dive

Thanks to I Am Water, Scubapro, Light and Motion Dive, Sustainable Seas Trust & SEA Pledge, Shark Explorers and National Geographic Society for making this tour a reality!

Biofluorescent Marine Life: What It All Means New research about biofluorescence in marine life is popping up left and right, from fish communication to a coral 'sunscreen,' see what scientists are saying about the phenomenon.