Everything you need to know about the Bluegrass Dive Club’s 2026 Derby Party is right here for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby.
Continue reading “Club 2026 Derby Party”April 2026 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
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In this month’s edition:
- Trumpet Fish
- Travel Medical Kits
- Basking Sharks
- Safety & Science Corner: Food Safety & Food Poisoning on Dive Trips & Tropical Destinations
This Month’s Meeting Program: Upcoming Trip Video Cozumel & Playa Del Carmen
Continue reading “April 2026 Undercurrents newsletter is now published & Club Meeting reminder for 4/9/2026”March 2026 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
Link to your March 2026 Undercurrents newsletter
In this month’s edition:
- 3 New Club Dive Trips announced
- Dive Accident & Travel Insurance Update
- Safety & Science Corner: Insensible Heat Loss & Hypothermia
This Month’s Meeting Program: Upcoming Trip Video Cayman Brac and Turks & Caicos II
Continue reading “March 2026 Undercurrents newsletter is now published & Club Meeting reminder for 3/10/2026”Registration is OPEN!!
Best Diving in the Cayman Islands
At Cayman Brac Beach Resort you will experience the warmest Caymanian hospitality alongside world-class scuba diving sites located just minutes from the resort. Each room features pool and beach views with the dock just steps away to gear up quickly each morning.
Your Club has approved 3 dive trips. The Cayman Brac trip is now open for registration. The 2 Mexico trips will be available for registration soon. Hold these dates.
- 1 – 8 August 2026
Cayman Brac Beach Resort
Diving with Reef Divers
Valet diving. - 24 – 31 October 2026
Iberostar Waves, Cozumel, Mexico
Diving with Dressel Divers
All inclusive resort. - 31 October – 7 November 2026
Iberostar Waves Paraiso del Mar, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Diving with Dressel Divers
All inclusive resort.
February 2026 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
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In this month’s edition:
- Tales of Winter Woes
- Dive Accident & Travel Insurance Update
- 2026 Dive Tradeshow Calendar
This Month’s Meeting Program: Dive Fitness and Physiology with Doc McGrady
Continue reading “February 2026 Undercurrents newsletter is now published & Club Meeting reminder for 2/10/2026”January 2026 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
Link to your January 2026 Undercurrents newsletter
In this month’s edition:
- Introductions from New 2026 Officers
- Dive Accident & Travel Insurance
- A Short Story About One Of Earth’s Oldest Animals – Starfish
This Month’s Meeting Program: Primer On Hyperbaric Medicine with Doc McGrady
Continue reading “January 2026 Undercurrents newsletter is now published & Club Meeting reminder for 1/13/2026”December 2025 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
Link to your December 2025 Undercurrents newsletter
In this month’s edition:
- Club Christmas Party Invite 12/20/2025
- Pictures of past trips to Roatan, including diving on The Airplane that club members were aboard when it crashed on takeoff in 1990
- Safety Bite – Ice Diving
- Outgoing 2025 & Incoming 2026 Club Officers
Our much anticipated return to Bonaire Club Dive Trip is now
CANCELLED
We regret to share that the Club’s planned and pre-announced trip to the Chogogo Dive & Beach Resort is now officially cancelled. You may still book this trip as individuals, and we will provide you with the following information.
Continue reading “CANCELLED – Chogogo, Bonaire Club Dive Trip 28 Feb to 7 Mar 2026”Congratulations to the Club! We have stepped into a new chapter for the Bluegrass Dive Club. A record attendance of 40 people attended our meeting on 11/11/2025 at Roosters Restaurant, Bar & Grill. 31 people in person and 9 via ZOOM.
There were 6 new recently joined members who attended their very first club meeting.
We are excited that our new officers and their experience and roots in the dive community will make for more engaging programming for the club. Put more FUN into the dry land part of what we do. If the excitement at the meeting was any indication, then 2026 is going to be a great year.
Beginning in 2026 your Club Officers are:
- President – Kathryn Bowers
- Vice President – Walter “Butch” Mellott
- Secretary – David Carr
- Treasurer – Dan Miller
- Trip Director – Priscilla Mellott
- Safety Information Director – Dr. Bill “Doc” McGrady
- Newsletter Editor – Scott Newby
- Webmaster – Alex Fassas
No Regular Meeting in December 2025.
Club Christmas Party in lieu of our Regular Meeting.
Continue reading “BGDC 2025 Club Christmas Party” November 2025 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
Link to your November 2025 Undercurrents newsletter
In this month’s edition:
- New Club dive trip to Chogogo Dive & Beach Resort in Bonaire, 28 Feb to 7 Mar 2026
- Pictures of our Dive Club logo around the world
- Safety Bite – How To Deal with Panic While Scuba Diving
- 2026 Club Officers Nomination slate
- Florida Keys Travel Diving Guide
Next Club Meeting is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
This is an in-person club meeting. Zoom will be available for those joining us from afar. Social time begins at 7:00PM EDT and the meeting begins at 7:30PM EDT.
Program: Photo slideshow of John Boyd’s Roatan trip in August 2025
Meetings are In-Person on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Roosters Restaurant at 2640 Richmond Rd. in Lexington, Kentucky.
Continue reading “October 2025 Club Meeting reminder for 10/14/2025”
Michael Steven Cobb, 59, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
Full obituary and arrangements can be found here: https://www.bettsandwestfuneralhome.com/obituaries/michel-cobb
September 2025 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
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In this month’s edition:
- Pictures from Club Pig Roast & Charlie Denham’s 90th Birthday Party
- Safety Bite – Buddy Check
- Announce Liveaboard Trip August 2026
Registration is OPEN!!
Turks & Caicos is a wild frontier where the Atlantic Oceans meets the Caribbean Sea.
The Turks & Caicos liveaboard offers guests a week of diving beautiful sheer wall ledges decorated with massive orange elephant-ear sponges, purple gorgonians and crimson rope sponges. Divers enjoy frequent visits from nurse and reef sharks, turtles and eagle rays as they cruise by in search of prey or forage.
August 2025 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
Link to your August 2025 Undercurrents newsletter
In this month’s edition:
- Pictures from Caymans trip
- Safety Bite – That Small Strap On The Top Of Your BC
- Announce Liveaboard Trip August 2026
- Club Pig Roast 8/23/2025 details
July 2025 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
Link to your July 2025 Undercurrents newsletter
In this month’s edition:
- Trip Planning Suggestions
- Safety Bite – Contaminated Air In Your Tank
Next Club Meeting is Tuesday, July 8, 2025
This is an in-person club meeting. Zoom will be available for those joining us from afar. Social time begins at 7:00PM EDT and the meeting begins at 7:30PM EDT.
Program: TBD
Meetings are In-Person on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Roosters Restaurant at 2640 Richmond Rd. in Lexington, Kentucky.
Check out the Club upcoming calendar online at Club Calendar | Bluegrass Dive Club.
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