Amistad Boaters, please be aware...

There is a reason why there are buoys that mark off the area known as Scuba Cove, located by the cliffs by Diablo East. Although more typically used by regular swimmers, one of the reasons it was marked off is because scuba divers go there without needing to trail a dive flag. Now that the Del Rio Dive Club has actively been using that area, on more than one occasion we've surfaced to find a boat nearly upon us. We use dive flags anytime we dive outside of the cove, so please respect the markers and find other safe places to fish. Besides, we can tell you from experience there simply aren't many fish there worth throwing a hook for --- really there aren't.

We are well into our progress of re-establishing training areas in that cove for new divers and experienced divers alike to hone their skills. We've even marked the two sunken boats there. We're working on acquiring large hoola-hoops to suspend for buoyancy navigation practice and having a large platform built to keep divers off the silty bottom during skills practices.

This is also typically the first place we take visiting divers, which is happening with greater frequency now that the club website is active and connected to other major scuba websites. A number of other dive shops bring large classes of students here as well for training. It is our endeavor to raise the popularity and awareness of Amistad as a great place to scuba dive, just as it is well known as a great place to fish.

So, please spread the word that Scuba Cove is being used for its named purpose, almost every weekend and many times during the week, particularly at night (yes, we do like to night dive). Thanks a million!