To view the Making of DiveBar Reef video click here. The DiveBar Reef has been featured in the Sun Sentinel and on the cover of the FL Bar News. In partnership with Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center (NSUOC), DiveBar has created DiveBar Reef! Located within the nearshore environment of Broward County, Florida, DiveBar Reef was created utilizing...Read More
One of our biggest achievements is DiveBar’s new partnership with Nova Southeastern Oceanographic Center’s National Coral Reef Institute to support coral research and restoration. Recently, we sponsored a coral nursery tank at Nova for researchers to study and grow coral. Once grown, that coral is outplanted in the ocean off Ft. Lauderdale beach to help...Read More
Besides our great strides in coral restoration, DiveBar partnered with Dr. Neil Hammerschlag and the University of Miami RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program to support shark research and conservation. In fact, you might have seen us recently on the cover of Florida Bar News and on the Florida Bar website where DiveBar’s support of RJD...Read More
DiveBar’s support of the Diveheart Foundation also was featured on the cover of Florida Bar News. Diveheart teaches disabled individuals to scuba dive in order to help them build confidence and independence despite their physical limitations. DiveBar funded a dive trip for two members of Diveheart — Jaun Carlos “JC” Gill, who was born a...Read More
DiveBar participated in a unique Relay for Life event in Lauderdale by the Sea. Instead of walking a track, participants took turns diving from 6am until midnight all in the name of raising funds for the American Cancer Society. Our team came in third place for highest fundraising out of the water teams. …Read More
DiveBar hosted a program for our members to become REEF certified volunteer fish surveyors. The divers had to study fish species and prove their identification skills during two dives and by passing a written test. REEF teaches divers to collect meaningful marine life data that will contribute to the preservation of ocean environments. The data is...Read More
On October 29, 2011, DiveBar members hit the pavement in support of Women in Distress at the annual SAFEWALK. Team DiveBar raised more than $1,000 to help families suffering from domestic violence. A big thanks to our team leaders Kerry Kelley and Jen Rosinski. PICTURED: (L to R) Sandy Miller, Katie Drozd, Bob Kelley, Kerry...Read More