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The San Jose Flipper Dippers
Celebrating 45 Years !
A Skin & Scuba Diving Club - For All The Right Reasons
Now that you have your SCUBA certification, who are you going to dive with?
If you haven't been in the water for a while, how do you get back in?
We've got the answer the answer!
Established in 1964, the San Jose Flipper Dippers dive club is one of the oldest skin and SCUBA diving Clubs in the Bay Area. We have over 100 members and have dives and other activities scheduled almost every weekend during the year.
You can always find someone to dive with!
Scuba dives, free diving, charter boat dives, abalone diving, spear fishing, photography, lobster dives . . . just to name a few.
GENERAL MEETINGS
Divers and non-divers alike are welcome to all Club meetings!
Our General Meetings are held at the Santa Maria Hall of the Knights of Columbus, 2211 Shamrock Drive, Campbell, which is off S. Bascom Avenue near Camden Avenue. Map/Directions
The Club's General Meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
The meetings start at 7:30 PM.
Club dues are $40 per year. Recognized certification card and a 3-dive initiation is required before being voted into the club. See Membership Requirements
A monthly newsletter is sent to all prospective and regular members. See the latest, and past issues, here: Club NewslettersNewsletters
The Purpose of the Club today remains as it was when originally founded:
To promote active participation in diving for safety, education and pleasure.
To encourage the conservation of all marine life by obeying all Federal and State game laws and urging others to do likewise.
To take an active interest in and to stimulate legislature favorable to, and promoting, the sport of "Skin and Scuba Diving."
To promote safety on the beaches as well as in the water.
To encourage good sportsmanship and cooperation in our club - and with other diving clubs - and to extend the universal fraternal courtesy to all fishermen and women, boaters and swimmers.
To volunteer services and facilities of the club to civil authorities whenever needed.
To carry on extensive research concerning underwater safety, new diving equipment and to promote an information service and training to all entering into the sport of skin and Scuba diving.
The Club offers its members a wide variety of skin and Scuba diving activities and other social, sport, recreational and community service projects in which participation is both enjoyable and rewarding.
Activities of the San Jose Flipper Dippers include:
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Weekend Dives
Night Diving
Underwater Photography
Family Picnics
Mid-Week Dives
Beach Clean-Ups
Weekend Camp-Out Dives
Safety Education
Spear Fishing Competition
Movies and Slide Shows Discount Boat Dives
Free Diving Competition
Abalone Dives
First Aid Training
Trophy Program
CPR Training
Snow Ski Trips
Guest Speakers
Advanced Diver Program
Lobster Dives
Raffles
Special Events and much, much, more!
National and local associations in which the San Jose Flipper Dippers have been recognized for their valuable asset to diving and local communities include:
CenCal (Central California Council of Diving Clubs) CenCal
USOA (Underwater Society of America) USOA
DAN (Divers Alert Network) DAN
NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) NAUI
PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) PADI
Scuba Educators International (SEI) SEI
YMCA Scuba YMCA Scuba NOTICE: YMCA of the USA discontinued the scuba certification program on December 31, 2008. The lifetime scuba certification will remain valid and the YMCA will assist those with fulfillment of a lost certification card.
Come join us at our monthly meetings and dives!
Need more info? Contact: clubinfo@SJFlipperDippers.com
The San Jose Flipper Dippers 
