CMU Explorers Club - Scuba Diving

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With 100-150ft visibility, entering and descending into the ocean can speed up one's heart and cause such an exhilaration as one sees the bursting colors of red, orange, blue, violet, yellow reflected by coral walls and fish schools.

Scuba diving is one of the most exciting sports one can undertake. It provides the great opportunity to explore and experience the oceans, seas, lakes and see both marine and freshwater organisms in their natural habitat. For safety and information, a basic OW scuba certification is required.

Diving trips

Depending on budget, time and skill level, and interested divers, a dive trip can be planned locally (Lake Erie, Yough River, Summersville), out of state (Florida, NorthC, California), or at another country (Cozumel, St Maartens, Roatan, Fiji). These dive trips are always planned with budget in mind to compensate for the fact the scuba diving is a relatively expensive sport. We join other local dive clubs during their dive trips as well.

Diving Gear

The Explorers Club now owns scuba diving gear that it can lend to it's members. The complete dive gear (BCD, regulator/octopus/depth and pressure gauge, fins, masks and snorkel). Efforts are made to consistently upgrade the gear.

Benefits of CMU Explorers Scuba Divers

In addition to the general benefits members of CMU Explorers Club members enjoy, scuba divers have an additional perk:

Members who get their scuba certifications and go to dive trips will receive a additional daily reimbursements up to $20/day. Please inform the club of the details of your certification (where you will be taking your certification and the cost) and the dive trips (dive trips reports required)

Dive safely. Plan your dive, dive you plan.

From the Explorers Club Scuba Diving Chair and Founder...

Josephine Palencia (josephin@psc.edu)

I got certified in 1989 however it is only in the last 4 years (2005) that I've seriously resumed scuba diving again. I had some difficulty finding the dive shops, getting recertified and advancing as it seems to be the general idea that there are no diving spots in Pittsburgh. It was also not easy to find scuba diving buddies who would dive regularly or whom I could join to pursue the sport.

So I decided to start the Scuba Diving section of the CMU Explorers club in Jan 2008. One year later, the dive section now has scuba gear, has participated in close to a dozen dive trips both local, out of state, and out of the country.

We're excited to welcome new and old divers joining the club and welcome those who want to enter the sport.