Lake Phoenix: Diving, BBQ and more Diving

Lake Phoenix is a great place to dive – See Site for Details: https://lakephoenixva.com/

Greetings divers and non-divers! Let the Dive Season Begin!!!!

Are you ready to dive or just hang with people that have a passion for diving? Getting ready for a trip - like Moorehead City? Want to dust off gear? Join your Washington Area Scuba Club friends & family at Lake Phoenix, Rawlings Virginia on 28-29 Aug. This is a family friendly diver/non-diver 2+ day event. On Friday, I will be setting up and conducting courses in the afternoon. You can come as early as Friday or anytime during the weekend - whatever works best for your schedule. We will kick-off Saturday morning with a light breakfast, safety briefing and park orientation followed by diving, a light lunch and more diving. If you plan to camp, we will also have a club dinner and some campfire shenanigans. If you are camping and require electricity, reserve early via Lake Phoenix Website as outlets are limited. I will have electricity for general charging of devices and camp lights.

I plan to arrive Friday to set-up and conduct a few classes. If you plan to arrive Friday to camp only and will be arriving after hours, FILL OUT THEIR ONLINE LATE ARRIVAL REQUEST prior to day of. Put in notes that WASC Group Organizer is covering camping fees. I plan to depart by 4 p.m. Sunday (subject to change).

Depending on interest, there will be one or two guided dives for those not familiar with the quarry, and a scheduled Saturday night dive as well.

Quar-a-bbean Water temp is a tropical 80 Degrees at surface, 76 at 10 feet, 72 at 25 feet and 53 on the bottom as of 24 June (per website). I anticipate much higher temps Late Aug.

Cost: I will use my punch cards to cover groups cost (Camping/Visitors/Entry/Air). You will reimburse me at end of event based on what you chose to do for the day(s). See online prices and figure around 10% savings depending on group size. I will contact each of you to get your intentions for the weekend. Also, I will need to know if you are bringing tanks or will need me to rent one for you.

$40 Event Fee will be added to your final bill. This will go towards fees paid by the organizer to support the logistics and various charges to support this event - pavilion rental (if available), golf cart to shuttle tanks, ice for coolers and breakfast/lunch items for Saturday/Sunday. Add $15 if you plan to join us for dinner Saturday night - Very Plentiful Dinner Menu TBD.

On Friday night, we will grill (BYO Grub). Bring snacks and other foods/beverages as you wish.

Need Gear – Park has Gear Rental - see online link and make reservation ahead of time or support and check with your local area Dive shops.

LEGAL: Online Park Waiver and Mandatory Video needs to be completed/watched by everyone (Diver and Non-Divers) prior to our trip - NLT 25 Aug. Takes 10 minutes and your good for the season! I will poll everyone a few days out to make sure this is complete to avoid delays and charges day of arrival.

Everyone: Scuba/Visitor Park Waivers: https://lakephoenixva.com/waivers/

If interested in this event, please RSVP/acknowledge at your earliest convenience so I can start locking in reservations and building our Dive Club Manifest - Everyone in our group needs to be on manifest to receive savings. You can pay me by Check, Pay Pal, Venmo or Cash on last day based on what you signed up for - Again, not on my manifest, not part of this event unless you are doing a course with another shop and want to hang with the cool kids in the evening.

COVID - we will follow all Park/Local/State Covid guidelines. Contact me directly if you have specific questions.

Finally, please do not RSVP if you do not intend to show or in the least, update the RSVP if you decide you cannot make it NLT 24 Aug. Food shopping occurs the night before based on RSVPs so please, please, please update your RSVP if anything changes.

Contact me if you have any questions.

See you Soon!

Best Regards,
Mike!