Bottom Time Dive Club

📌Don’t forget these events on Saturday (May 16th)!
☀️Pool Party at Aaron’s. RSVPs needed!
🤿 Golf ball hunt at Athen’s Scuba Park. POC: Norris

Sending a big “Thank You” out to Jennifer Opiela-Miksch for presenting tonight on Dominica! It was excellent! BTDC is so excited about our upcoming trip there in September! 🎉🇩🇲🤿❤️

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📣 Don’t forget there’s a meeting tonight! 🎉

MAY MEETING INFORMATION:

📆 DATE: Tuesday, May 12th
⏰ TIME: 6:00-8:30 PM
📍 LOCATION: Slow Rise Slice House
7608 Woodway Dr., Waco, Texas

🗣️Social hour from 6-7 pm, with a presentation to follow! Don’t forget to tell them you’re in the “party room” when ordering & remember to tip the wait staff.

Jennifer Opiela-Miksch is a retired dive shop owner, longtime scuba diver and instructor, underwater storyteller, and travel host with Dive with Walt & Jen. Through photography, video, and social media, she shares the beauty of the underwater world while inspiring others to explore and protect our oceans. Jennifer recently led a group adventure to Dominica, “The Nature Island of the Caribbean,” where she explored volcanic reefs, lush rainforests, waterfalls, and the vibrant culture surrounding Fort Young Hotel.

Join Jennifer as she shares stories, travel tips, diving highlights, and what makes Dominica one of the most unique dive destinations in the Caribbean.

MAY MEETING INFORMATION:

📆 DATE: Tuesday, May 12th
⏰ TIME: 6:00-8:30 PM
📍 LOCATION: Slow Rise Slice House
7608 Woodway Dr., Waco, Texas

🗣️Social hour from 6-7 pm, with a presentation to follow! Don’t forget to tell them you’re in the “party room” when ordering & remember to tip the wait staff.

Jennifer Opiela-Miksch is a retired dive shop owner, longtime scuba diver and instructor, underwater storyteller, and travel host with Dive with Walt & Jen. Through photography, video, and social media, she shares the beauty of the underwater world while inspiring others to explore and protect our oceans. Jennifer recently led a group adventure to Dominica, “The Nature Island of the Caribbean,” where she explored volcanic reefs, lush rainforests, waterfalls, and the vibrant culture surrounding Fort Young Hotel.

Join Jennifer as she shares stories, travel tips, diving highlights, and what makes Dominica one of the most unique dive destinations in the Caribbean.

The weather was amazing & Brazos Nights was a blast! 🎤🎶🎸

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Special thanks to Caden & Ashley for their wonderful presentations on demospongiaes & scarlet corals. Each presentation was very interesting & informative! We hope to hear back from them periodically as their research continues. 🪸🤿🐟

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APRIL MEETING INFORMATION:

📆 DATE: Tuesday, April 14th
⏰ TIME: 6:00-8:30 PM
📍 LOCATION: Slow Rise Slice House
7608 Woodway Dr., Waco, Texas

🗣️Social hour from 6-7 pm, with a presentation to follow! Don’t forget to tell them you’re in the “party room” when ordering & remember to tip the wait staff.

This month’s presentation is going be in two parts, centering around corals! Ashley Tejada will be presenting , “Abundance and Health Status for Starlet Corals in Roatàn, Honduras,” and Caden Helona will present on, “A Longitudinal Study of Macroorganism Associations and Health Status of Demospongiae Species in Roatán, Honduras.” BTDC loves diving in Roatán, so we are in for a real treat. Hope to see you there!🪸

Had a fun time at Main Event for a small but mighty group of divers. Ray was our big winner and Don got the lowest score prize. Members and non-members are always welcome to our events. Keep following us for more fun and shenanigans.

Aggieland Scuba really does throw great parties! Put this on your calendar to attend!🦞

Join us for a Crawfish Parking lot Party social!

It was a great meeting tonight with Rachael from the Florida Public Archaeology Network presenting! It was very interesting & we loved her enthusiasm! It was nice to see everyone & a big BTDC “welcome” to our new members!

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