LINKS FOR PLANNING UNIVERSITY SCUBA CLUB ACTIVITIES

Tim Kennedy completes the dive club activity planning process by providing these URL links to quickly supply a dive club officer the necessary background information to plan club activities for the upcoming year. These links provide information on: rules on promoting the dive club on campus, local area dive sites, local dive boats and the rental of boats, area diving events, diving in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas diving locations, other university dive and sailing clubs, suggested video and DVD movies with a strong diving theme for club entertainment, Texas public aquariums and parks, travel information for campus holidays and semester breaks, suggested guest speakers for monthly meetings. Armed with Tim's Proposed Fall Calendar and Links for Planning University Scuba Club Activities, the dive club officer has a very handy resource in planning the current semester's dive club activities!

Campus Promotion

http://129.116.71.123/Boothapp/detail.html - booth application

http://utdirect.utexas.edu/dsorg/

http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/events/stu_org_fair.html - Fall RSO Fair

http://www.40acresfest.com/ - Spring Fair

http://www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/me/reservations/ - Room Reservations

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/main.cfm?include=customPage&name=campus

- Around Campus – FREE promo in Daily Texan

Lake Travis Dive Sites

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/graphic/parks_graphic/mansfield_dam.htm

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/graphic/parks_graphic/tom_hughes.htm

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/graphic/parks_graphic/bob_wentz.htm

http://www.windypointpark.com/

For a low graphics version of Lake Travis parks:

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/ and choose park from bottom menu.

Lake Travis Dive Boats & Boat Rental

http://www.jff.net/austin/divers.htm

http://www.deepbluescuba.com/dbboatchar.htm

http://www.jff.net/austin/index.htm

Annual Lake Travis Underwater Clean-up

http://www.lcra.org/newsstory/2003_8_6_underwater_cleanup.html

http://static.lcra.org/docs/cleanup_flyer.pdf

http://www.cncaustin.com/map.asp

Canyon Lake

http://www1.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/canyon/RecParks.htm

http://www1.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/canyon/Copark.htm

http://www1.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/canyon/Nppark.htm

http://www.wildtexas.com/parks/canyon.htm

Lake Amistad

http://www.nps.gov/amis/

http://www.nps.gov/amis/dive_1.htm

http://www.amistadscubadivers.com/

http://www.drchamber.com/play/visitors/index.php

San Marcos River/Comal River

http://www.texasdiver.com/tdiver.pl?sites.san_marcos.river

http://www.texasdiver.com/tdiver.pl?trips.new_braunfels.comal_river_1

http://www.nbcham.org/River%20Rules.htm

Balmorhea State Park/San Solomon Springs

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/balmorhe/balmorhe.htm

http://www.toyahvale.com/Toyahvale%20Desert%20Oasis.htm

Gulf Of Mexico

http://www.frogmans.com

http://www.divesouthpadre.com

http://www.flowergarden.nos.noaa.gov/

http://www.gulf-diving.com/

Most Austin dive shops run trips to the Gulf oilrigs and/or Flower Gardens.

Some other Texas diving links to consider when planning a calendar…

http://www.atthereef.com/reefe.html

http://www.bluelagoonscuba.com/

http://www.familyscuba.com/valhalla/valhalla.html

http://www.continuing-ed.swt.edu/aquarena/diving.html

http://www.scubaadventurer.com/the-scuba-park.htm

http://www.clearspringsscubapark.com/

http://www.scubadiving.com/US/athens.shtml

http://www.chalkbluff.com/facilities.html

http://www.scubapointpk.com/

Consider combing a Scuba Club activity with another group…

http://scubaclub.tamu.edu/ Texas A&M Scuba Club

http://www.studentorgs.utexas.edu/utsc UT Sailing Club

Another suggestion for the colder months… reserve the Texas Union Theatre for an underwater movie night and show a diving-related video. DVDs must be licensed for public exhibition on campus, or, videos can be rented from your neighborhood store and shown at a club member’s house or apartment. Some movies with a strong diving theme…

The Deep http://us.imdb.com/Title?0075925

Underwater! http://us.imdb.com/Title?0048764

The Big Blue http://us.imdb.com/Title?0095250

Piranha! http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078087

Piranha II: The Spawning http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082910

Blue Water, White Death http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146496

Underwater Warrior http://us.imdb.com/Title?0052336

Shark's Treasure http://us.imdb.com/Title?0073695

The Frogmen http://us.imdb.com/Title?0043565

Also, for the colder months, consider a road trip to a major Aquarium in Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston or Dallas. Combine it with a campout at a nearby state park…

http://www.texasstateaquarium.org/

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/mustang/

http://www.moodygardens.com/aquarium_home.html

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/galvesto/

http://www.downtownaquarium.com

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/brazos/

http://www.dallas-zoo.org/aq/aq.asp?page=aq

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/cedarhil/

PLANNING SPRING BREAK AND SEMESTER BREAK TRIPS

Search for air/hotel packages to Cozumel, Jamaica and Cayman Islands at…

http://www.atusa.com/

http://www.funjet.com/