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EDUCATION
CONSERVATION
SOCIALIZATION
Our MISSION is to bring together diving enthusiasts to promote marine and dive
education, conservation and community.
Next General Meeting
Next General Meeting
Wednesday,
February 18th, 2026
Carl Foster: Diving in the Philippines
Carl Foster and Pat Hartowicz traveled to the Philippines last October with The Dive Shop for a week of boat diving at the Atlantis Dive Resort. They will share their experiences and show a video of the resort, the boats, and the underwater adventures. Some of the sea creature photos were entered in the photo contest. See more of the underwater wildlife in the video.
GENERAL MEETINGS - 3rd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
We are currently filling the program calendar. Contact programs@desertdolphins.org if you have an idea for, or could be, a presenter for one of our meetings.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Gil Zelmer
“Scuba Storyteller: How I Turned Four Decades of Dive Logs into a Book” By Gil Zeimer
“Scuba Storyteller: How I Turned Four Decades of Dive Logs into a Book” By Gil Zeimer
I’ve been diving for 40 years and publishing stories about it for more than 30. Along the way, I’ve amassed more than 300 scuba articles, blogs, and newsletters that have appeared in over 25 magazines and websites, with 65 of my favorites in my first book. This presentation will show you how to turn your dive log entries into stories––both for your personal blogs and for possible publication as articles or even as a book.
I’ll share my favorite story titles, such as “Warm Memories of Hypothermia”, “Waterlogged Proposals”, “Low Anxiety: Getting Narked in Belize’s Great Blue Hole”, “The Sun Also Burns”, “Maui March Madness––Honeymooning With Humpbacks”, “Jaws at 50: This Shark Still Has Legs”, and “My Dive Buddy Wears Diapers”––and how I got them published in various magazines and websites.
September 16, 2025
September 16, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 15, 2025
"What could possibly go wrong?" by Jack Douglas
What's the most important thing we should never take for granted?
A look at how little problems can escalate into big ones. We will 'dive' into some methods of personal risk assessment and how to increase your situational awareness.
Join the Meeting Virtually at this LINK Meeting ID: 825 1284 6447
Check your newsletter for the passcode or email DesertDolphins@desertdolphins.org
Watch the Recording
Watch the Recording
July 16, General Meeting of Totally Bitchin Divers trip with Scandi Divers in Puerto Galera, Philippians
Including a screen shot of the Thresher Shark that is mentioned at the end of the presentation.
June 18, 2025
REEF: Contributing to Conservation through Citizen Science
Kacey Carleton and Annette Felix provided fabulous resources obtained from a free REEF membership. They shared some of the programs REEF offers to help further research and conservation to become a citizen scientist. They also showed how to gain knowledge about dive sites before dive trips!
General Meeting May 21, 2025
Special Presentation by Tobi Reitmayr
The Tsunami 2004 - The Day the Sea rushed in": An account of the tsunami of the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 from a dive instructor in Thailand.
Watch Tobi's Presentation from the Desert Dolphins Meeting on May 21, 2025 on YouTube
The Desert Dolphins support these (and other) Organizations, check them out...
The heart of any organization is its purpose for existing. Promoting education is a major driving force in our club. Ocean education is important. Captain Jacques Cousteau said "that people protect what they love". While Captain Cousteau's comment was absolutely true, people have a difficult time loving things they do not know about. This is why our focus on education is incredibly important. The club engages in providing educational opportunities for students, community groups and club members.
In addition to educational outreach and internal presentations by club members, we actively provide financial support to conservation groups and businesses that engage in educational activities and projects aligned with our mission. Links to these activities and projects are provided above. Please take some time to virtually visit the programs we support. If you know of another resource, project or program worth our attention, let us know at education@desertdolphins.org
The Desert Dolphins Scuba Diving Club has a long tradition of providing ocean education presentations and activities in Tucson-area schools. Club members have presented and provided workshops in classrooms and during science night types of activities.
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