19 of our club members are very excited divers at the moment. Why? Because in a few days we are heading to the Bahamas for a week-long diving cruise with Blackbeards! This is just one of our many fabulous dive trips. For more information on upcoming trips and events, please visit our Calendar. To become a SWODA member, visit our Membership page.

Don't forget to attend our November 10th meeting at the Elephant & Castle in Galleria Mall, London where returnees from the trip will be showing off their pictures and sharing their stories. 

Join SWODA for their October meeting at the Elephant and Castle in Galleria Mall, London at 8:00pm on Monday, October 20. This meeting will re-cap our summer events and discuss those that are coming up.

We will also be holding executive elections next month, so this is a great time to show your interest if you would like to be a part of the exec. New members are always welcome!

Patrick Briscoe
SWODA President

Keep up-to-date by reading this month's edition of the SWODA Guidelines newsletter. This month's edition is a review of our trips over the summer along with updates for upcoming trips as well as other club information. You can view the newsletter here.

Come join us at our 2008 Season Opener held on Sunday, June 1 @ 11:00am in Sarnia, Ontario. This year the barbeque is on us! If you are not yet a member, please head on over to our Membership Dues page and sign up. For complete details about the event, please view our flyer here. Hope to see you there!

To make things a lot easier for both our members and our executive, SWODA has added an online storefront to our website. Through the storefront, you can purchase items from our great line of SWODA Wear clothing items (coming soon!) as well as pay for upcoming dive trips! All transactions are done securely through PayPal and most major credit cards are accepted. Check it out at www.swoda.ca/storefront.

Sharkwater is an international award-winning documentary that every scuba diver should watch and promote. For a review of this documentary, please see our May Newsletter here or visit http://sharkwater.com for more information. Below is a trailer of this amazing documentary.

Keep up-to-date by reading this month's edition of the SWODA Guidelines newsletter. This ten-pager is packed with information of upcoming events, dives, and other SCUBA-related content. You can view the newsletter here.

Also, last month's Spring edition can be found here. 

Keep up-to-date by reading this month's edition of the SWODA Guidelines newsletter. This ten-pager is packed with information of upcoming events, dives, and other SCUBA-related content. You can view the newsletter here.

Yes they are back! SWODA will be teaming up with Dive With Mar to rent out the pool at the downtown YMCA in London. This is a great opportunity to keep the cobwebs off your gear, test new toys, and maintain your underwater skills.

The dates for this month are January 23rd and 30th from 8pm-9:30pm (doors open at 7:30). Cost is $7 each or $15/family. This is a great price considering the cost of the pool, so take advantage!

On Sunday, January 6th, we had our annual New Year’s Dive in Sarnia. Freakish weather gave us a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius combined with wind and a bit of rain. Does that stop SWODites from enjoying some time under the water? I don’t think so! Even though some people were intimidated by the weather and couldn’t make it out, we did have divers in the water—and that’s what counts! A big shout goes out to a new SWODite, Mike, who hopped right in the water as if he were in Florida.

Visit the New Years Dive gallery here.