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Upcoming Meetings
For the next few months we are encouraging everyone to practice social distancing and will be holding the general meeting lectures remotely. If you want to watch any of the lectures live, visit our registration page.

June 16, 2021, 6:30 pm.
Julie Ouimet - Exploring, diving, filming and working off the beaten path
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What is it like to work as an underwater camerawoman? What are the pros and cons of working off the beaten path? What does it take? Julie answers these questions and more.

Julie is a seasoned diver, videographer and filmmaker who has traveled the world with her partner Michel Lebreque. They are technical trimix divers, rebreather divers, accomplished dive training professionals and the owners of N2Pix & Limitless Dive Charter. Since 2014, they have devoted themselves to underwater imagery and exploration. She is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and an Associate Member of the Boston Sea Rovers. She and Michel have twice been bestowed the honor of carrying the Explorers flag, contributed to the creation of a MPA and received the Explorers Club Citation of Merit. Julie is a member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

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July 21, 2021, 6:30 pm.
Janna Nichols - Citizen Science for the Submerged (aka: We'll Make a Fish Geek Out of You Yet!)
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Janna Nichols (REEF's Citizen Science Project Manager) will show you how to monitor marine life and submit your data to the largest online marine life sightings database in the world, used by scientists, researchers, students, policy-makers, etc. Participating in REEF's Volunteer Fish Survey Project is easy, fun, and can be done anytime, anywhere, year-round.

Janna has been actively involved in the diving community since 2000, primarily in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest, where she lives. She has been a PADI scuba instructor, an AAUS scientific diver and a Dive Safety Officer. Many of her underwater photos of marine life have been published in guidebooks, textbooks, online resources, newspapers and scientific publications. In 2003, she received REEF's Volunteer of the Year award, in 2013 she received Dive News Network's Diver of the Year Award, and in 2015 she received the Golden Hamlet award (1000 surveys) from REEF.

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General Meetings are normally held the third Wednesday of each month. Until further notice, they will take place online via ZOOM. Register online for each meeting by visiting the registration page.

For more info about all our meetings, visit our Club Meetings Page

Upcoming General Meetings

For the next few months, we are holding our general meeting lectures online. If you want to attend any of them live (same time as the normal meeting times), sign up on our registration page, and we will send you the connection info a few days before the meeting

View our upcoming meeting schedule

View our previous speakers

Boston Sea Rovers 2022 Internship

The Sea Rovers are now accepting applications for the 2022 Internship! The deadline is June 30th!

If you know a graduating high school or current college student, the Sea Rovers internship is a fantastic opportunity.

Immediately following graduation or the spring semester, the Sea Rovers Intern will work with members of the Boston Sea Rovers and associates located throughout the United States to experience a wide variety of jobs and career choices. Based in part on the personal interests of the scholar, the Internship will provide advanced dive training courses and ample opportunities to dive and train with a variety of dive professionals from a broad cross-section of diving environments. Opportunities will include hands-on work with professional underwater photographers and filmmakers, educational specialists, marine engineers and scientists, equipment manufacturer’s representatives, and dive shop owners.

In addition to the unique time spent with some of our most distinguished members, the Sea Rover Intern will be outfitted with dive equipment (provided by Sea Rover Clinic corporate sponsors) for their use throughout the summer and will receive the necessary financial support to ensure travel and living expenses.

More info, and all the application material is at the Sea Rovers Internship page

NEADC Photo Challenge

The NEADC is holding a monthly photo challenge, open to all club members!

A selection of images will be shown in a brief slide show during our monthly General Meeting. Deadline for submissions is the Monday before the General Meeting. See you on Zoom!

Challenge #5: Camouflague

Share an underwater image that represents Camouflague.

The image must have been taken underwater by you.

A selection of images will be shown in a brief slide show during our May General Meeting. Deadline for submissions is June 14th. See you on Zoom!

Click here to submit an entry

Great Annual Fish Count

The Board of the New England Aquarium Dive Club has made the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 Great Annual Fish Count Event originally scheduled for Saturday, July 24, 2021 in order to keep all of our participants safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

We will be hosting a GAFC/REEF-themed event during our July Dive Club General Meeting on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 with special guest Janna Nichols from REEF Reef Environmental Education Foundation! Stay tuned to our website for details and registration information!

Save the Date for the 2022 Great Annual Fish Count to be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA.

Thank you to all of our participants and sponsors for your ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you at our event in 2022!

REEF Northeast US & Canada Critterwatchers Facebook Group

REEF Reef Environmental

Great Annual Fish Count Page

Sea Turtle links from the Januay Speaker

Roderic Mast, our guest speaker from February provided some links to his program, and organization:

Blue Habits:

https://www.bluehabits.org/

https://www.youtube.com/user/OceanicSociety

Tips from the September Speaker

Samantha Whitcraft, our guest speaker from September provided some links to her programs, and ways divers can help:

Aggressor Adventures’ Green the Fleet Program

Sea of Change Foundation’s Brochure, About Sea Of Change video (featuring Guy Harvey), and Leading through Conservation & Research Zoom presentation/video (Foundation overview)

Sea of Change Foundation’s Reef Rescue and Rapid Response Program flyer (printable pdf) – our grant program that empowers divers as first responders to acute reef damage

Our three Sustainable Choices PSAs with Force Blue:

• Choose Safe and Sustainable Sun Protection
• Refuse, Reduce, Re-Use Single Use Plastics
• Choose Sustainable Seafood

Should you wish to follow Sea of Change and/or share from their Facebook page, they post regularly at https://www.facebook.com/SeaOfChange

Don't Let Your Membership Lapse

Even while they were closed, the New England Aquarium was still caring for animals and maintaining the facilities and exhibits. They were still keeping a crew at work, and running virtual programs.

Now that they are open with limited visitors, it's more important than ever to maintain your membership so they can continue to keep up with these expenses.

Your dive club membership ($15 add on to the Aquarium membership) allows us to have speakers every month throughout the year (which we will continue to do online).

The Aquarium launched an online advocacy tool as a way that people can show their support for the Aquarium. The tool helps visitors submit a letter to their elected officials asking Congress to support emergency relief funding for non-profit aquariums, zoos, and museums across the country. It takes less than 30 seconds and costs nothing to participate.

More Resources for supporting the NEAq:

• Emergency Relief Petition
• Mission Forward Fund
• Facebook Live Virtual Visits

Support Your Local Dive Shop!

The local dive shops across New England continue to need your business! Many are now open reduced hours or open by appointment, and still offering classes virtually or equipment servicing.