San Jose Flipper Dippers - A Skin & Scuba Diving Club - For All The Right Reasons

 



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2012 Club Officers
President
Bob Prinz

Vice President
Howard Timoney

Secretary
Mike Chalup

Treasurer
Larry Ankuda

Sergeant-at-Arms
Jim Rezowalli


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Flipper Dippers Home Page

This Month's Activities

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Membership Requirements

Star Achievement Program & Requirements

2012 Calendar of Events

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NEW! Professional Services


Need more information on our Club? e-mail: clubinfo @ SJFlipperDippers .com


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The San Jose Flipper Dippers

Celebrating 47 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 San Francisco 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


See What's Scheduled for This Month:


This Month's Activities

A monthly newsletter is sent to all prospective and regular members. See the latest, and past issues, here: Club Newsletters Newsletters


SPECIAL NOTICES


Fish and Game Commission Votes to Close Abalone Fishery in Sonoma County

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) today took emergency action to close the abalone fishery along part of the northern California coast. Specifically, the Commission voted 3-0 to close the fishery in the entirety of Sonoma County. This action was taken in the wake of confirmed reports of dead red abalone and other invertebrates on beaches and inside coves along the coast in these areas.

DFG Website News

SOS for SUDS
Thanks to all for your donations for SUDS!
(Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba)


SUDS Web Site

Over 400 pounds of dive gear was collected for our disabled vets! See the September Newsletter for a listing of the items that were donated.



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Benefits and Fun of the Social Aspect of Diving


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


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