HSU Dive Club
Scuba diving, beach beautification, community outreach, ocean awareness, etc.
About the Club
Mission Statement
As an organized club under Humboldt State University, our members are dedicated to ocean environments, both off our California coast and worldwide. Our mission includes doing what we can to help other state and national organizations, such as Reef Check, study and preserve the California coastline, focusing on our relatively unstudied North Coast. Keeping students involved in the scientific diving community and providing experiences that benefit them, as well as our coastline, is essential to our mission.
Our members are also involved in volunteer beach and underwater clean-up efforts here on the North Coast. Coastal conservation, community and diving awareness, as well as public education are all necessary in promoting safe and sustainable coastlines and central to our mission.
Every member is either NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) SCUBA certified or on their way to getting their certification. Certifications of our members span from the beginning NAUI Scuba Diver, Master Diver and Dive Master, to Rescue Divers and Dive Instructors. Many also have photographic and AAUS Scientific Diver certifications, as well as Reef Check Scientific Diver certifications.
The AAUS (American Academy of Underwater Sciences) provides standards for scientific diving certification and operation of scientific diving programs. A consensual guideline, this is currently the “Standard” of the scientific diving community. These standards are widely used throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. They represent the consensus of the scientific diving community and state-of-the-art technologies.
Reef Check gives volunteers worldwide a unique experience in taking an active role in conserving the world’s reefs. The EcoAction program allows individuals the rare opportunity to join teams of scientists and work first-hand to combat the crises affecting our reefs today. Reef Check California aims to build a network of informed and involved citizens who support the sustainable use and conservation of our nearshore marine resources. To accomplish this, volunteers are trained to carry out surveys of nearshore reefs providing data on the status of key indicator species.
Organized Club fundraisers help us accomplish our mission. The proceeds go directly to benefit the club; to pay for fundraising events, to organize and get students to ReefCheck survey sites, and pay for necessary dive surveying equipment. Additionally, twenty-percent of our fundraising goes directly to the HSU Scuba Diving Program, which is dedicated to providing broad-based support of sub-aquatic research, education, and recreational activities in three academic areas of emphasis. As a club, we would like to help the HSU Dive Program in the form of diving and surveying equipment, and funds to help keep the program alive. Many of our members feel the HSU Dive Program has changed their lives, opened new career doors, and is central to our local diving community.
We would like to thank you for taking the time to learn and become involved in the HSU Scuba Club and for any and all efforts toward our mission. :D
Membership Qualifications
Love of the ocean! You don’t have to be certified to join our club :D
How to Join
Either email or show up to a meeting!
