So by now you should have received your trip packet, along with your every cool trip shirt that will not be missed no matter where you are traveling from! I just couldn’t sit still at my desk today, so I decided to start packing!  Just the fun stuff for our activity nights, etc. You may [...]

What a Whirlwind Week! Can’t believe it’s Friday Pirates! A week ago I was meeting four of our recipients and cooking on the patio of Mammoth Lake Scuba, who graciously hosted our training and held a fundraiser for us. Meet Beth Rossin-Dietert, she won the underwater pirate run, and a new go-pro! Thank you Ryan [...]

April Training Blitz Armed with a new curriculum and a vendetta to break down barriers, the Dive Pirates Foundation went on tour… netting 3 new chapters, lots of new Classified Dive Instructors, and new pirate crew who can now offer diving to those with disabilities in their communities. Boulder Colorado……………………April 5-6    Ocean First Divers, Denver Divers San [...]

Dive Pirate Keith “Kase” Clark sent me the following picture and note… made my day that he is surrounded by some very cool people who want to go diving!   …A new dive shop just opened here in Wabasso Florida (between Vero Beach and Sebastian) Saturday [Liquid Addiction Dive & Surf]. It is owned and [...]

Dive News Network did a great story on our Northern California DPF Chapter, if you didn’t see it on Facebook, here is a link to the story… Also, at the bottom you can share it on Facebook, so all you pirates in California, share it and let’s see how many pirates we can get in [...]

In the spotlight… wanted you to get to know our recipients who are preparing for the trip this June. Corporal Travis Sigmon (US Army retired) is in North Carolina, but he was originally trained by Ed Ceisla with Woods and Water Outdoor Sports in Brandon, Florida. He was on foot patrol when another soldier stepped [...]

If you are thinking about coming on the next pirate dive trip, we need to know now! We have to turn in numbers Friday click here or go to our website at www.divepirates.org and register for the trip online. If you are waiting on a passport, you can enter in XXXXXXXXXX and our registration form [...]

For those of you who have attended, the Dive Pirates Ball is a celebration of the past trips’ recipients and their accomplishments, and a chance to pay if forward to the next swabbies training to be part of the crew. Our new recruits patiently put up with us as we interview them while on the [...]

In one week I will be joining hundreds of pirates as they all converge on the port of Houston, banding together to share the splendor of scuba diving with people of ALL abilities… especially our men and women injured while in the armed services. 75 silent items and 11 live auction items from our generous [...]

Fox 26 in Houston created a PSA for the Dive Pirates Ball in hopes of letting more people know about us and hopefully want to join in the fun. THANK YOU FOX 26! We just received a new table sponsor yesterday! Ronald and Patricia Ivy. They join these other great sponsors for this year’s event, [...]