Welcome to the Grand Valley Scuba Divers Web site!
Grand Valley Scuba Divers is a SCUBA club established in 1967 in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area to promote safe SCUBA diving practices and to create a group of experienced dive buddies so that we could all be more active.
Using the advantage of numbers we have been able to arrange a yearly schedule of dives including Great Lakes shipwreck charter dives. We use our over 40 years of knowledge to book charters where we can choose where the boat goes because we are not just one or two divers on the boat, we book the whole boat not just a seat on the boat. Forty years of diving gives us the knowledge of who to call and where the good wrecks are.
We also have a full schedule of social activities to keep the whole family involved. These include a spring banquet to kick off the season, a June picnic and dive, a steak fry on Lake Michigan in September a Christmas party and every other year an out of the country warm and salty dive trip in February.
We are actively seeking new members to increase our ranks. We ask that all prospective members dive with us three times after applying and pay an initiation fee after being accepted. All members agree to dive by a set of agreed upon safe diving practices
To inquire about membership contact me by e-mail at ross@grandvalleyscubadivers.com . Download an applicaton and bring it to a meeting
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 8 PM in Northeast Grand Rapids.
We are not in any way affiilated with Grand Valley State University, it is just that when we were formed lots of things in the area were being named "Grand Valley" something
We are also not affiliated with any one dive shop, we gratefully patronize all dive shops. It is our belief that we should all support the local shops. Without them our sport could not be practiced, we would have no way to get air to fill our tanks. If we buy equipment on the internet who will service it. If our shop goes under because we buy on the net or out of catalogs and our shop goes under then where do we go for air and where do you get your equipment serviced?
Using the advantage of numbers we have been able to arrange a yearly schedule of dives including Great Lakes shipwreck charter dives. We use our over 40 years of knowledge to book charters where we can choose where the boat goes because we are not just one or two divers on the boat, we book the whole boat not just a seat on the boat. Forty years of diving gives us the knowledge of who to call and where the good wrecks are.
We also have a full schedule of social activities to keep the whole family involved. These include a spring banquet to kick off the season, a June picnic and dive, a steak fry on Lake Michigan in September a Christmas party and every other year an out of the country warm and salty dive trip in February.
We are actively seeking new members to increase our ranks. We ask that all prospective members dive with us three times after applying and pay an initiation fee after being accepted. All members agree to dive by a set of agreed upon safe diving practices
To inquire about membership contact me by e-mail at ross@grandvalleyscubadivers.com . Download an applicaton and bring it to a meeting
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 8 PM in Northeast Grand Rapids.
We are not in any way affiilated with Grand Valley State University, it is just that when we were formed lots of things in the area were being named "Grand Valley" something
We are also not affiliated with any one dive shop, we gratefully patronize all dive shops. It is our belief that we should all support the local shops. Without them our sport could not be practiced, we would have no way to get air to fill our tanks. If we buy equipment on the internet who will service it. If our shop goes under because we buy on the net or out of catalogs and our shop goes under then where do we go for air and where do you get your equipment serviced?
Ice dive 2004
Tobermorey Canada 2005
Morehead City North Carolina 2004
Morehead City North Carolina 2004
2010 Schedule
January
1st Sea Hunt New Years day dive
5th Meeting Karen host
23rd Pool Night at Grandville Middle School 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
23rd Gary on his cruise
February
2rd Northern meeting Burr is host
14th Ice dive location White Lake
20th Pool Night at Grandville Middle School 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
27th Ford Seahorses show in Ann Arbor
March
2nd Meeting Larry host
6th Ice/Local dive location open
13th “Sea Hunt” Video party at Willie’s
April
6th Meeting Jack is host
10th Banquet at Jack's in Spring Lake
18th Local dive location open
May
4th Nominations meeting John is host
1-2 Gilboa trip, Rob ya gotta do this one !!
22-23 Torch Lake, Intermediate Lake, Lake Charlevoix,
June
1st Elections meeting, Keith Host
27th Dive and Picnic at Half Moon Lake
July
6th Meeting Ross is host
2-3-4 Dive Mackinaw or other UP site
24th 25th Dive the wrecks at Port Sanilac
August
3rd Meeting Jim H is host
8th Tubing Outing
22nd dive the Comanche from John’s boat
September
7th Meeting Roger is host
11th Triathlon
19th Steak Fry
18th Dive the Ironsides
25th 26th Possible trip to Port Sanilac
October
5th Meeting Willie is host
9th Charlevoix dive the Keuka
November
2nd Meeting Mike P is host
December
7nd Meeting Gary is host
4th Christmas Party
14th Planning meeting at Larry’s
January
1st Sea Hunt New Years day dive
5th Meeting Karen host
23rd Pool Night at Grandville Middle School 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
23rd Gary on his cruise
February
2rd Northern meeting Burr is host
14th Ice dive location White Lake
20th Pool Night at Grandville Middle School 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
27th Ford Seahorses show in Ann Arbor
March
2nd Meeting Larry host
6th Ice/Local dive location open
13th “Sea Hunt” Video party at Willie’s
April
6th Meeting Jack is host
10th Banquet at Jack's in Spring Lake
18th Local dive location open
May
4th Nominations meeting John is host
1-2 Gilboa trip, Rob ya gotta do this one !!
22-23 Torch Lake, Intermediate Lake, Lake Charlevoix,
June
1st Elections meeting, Keith Host
27th Dive and Picnic at Half Moon Lake
July
6th Meeting Ross is host
2-3-4 Dive Mackinaw or other UP site
24th 25th Dive the wrecks at Port Sanilac
August
3rd Meeting Jim H is host
8th Tubing Outing
22nd dive the Comanche from John’s boat
September
7th Meeting Roger is host
11th Triathlon
19th Steak Fry
18th Dive the Ironsides
25th 26th Possible trip to Port Sanilac
October
5th Meeting Willie is host
9th Charlevoix dive the Keuka
November
2nd Meeting Mike P is host
December
7nd Meeting Gary is host
4th Christmas Party
14th Planning meeting at Larry’s
Link to American Dive Zone
http://www.americandivezone.com/
Link to Great Lakes Dive Locker
http://www.gldl.com/
Link to Mobys Dive shop home page
http://www.mobysdive.com/cms/news.php
Link to West Michigan Dive Travel
www.westmichigandivecenter.com
Link to Advance Scuba and Paintball
www.advancescuba.com
http://www.americandivezone.com/
Link to Great Lakes Dive Locker
http://www.gldl.com/
Link to Mobys Dive shop home page
http://www.mobysdive.com/cms/news.php
Link to West Michigan Dive Travel
www.westmichigandivecenter.com
Link to Advance Scuba and Paintball
www.advancescuba.com
LINKS TO OTHER SITES