It’s always great when you can start the new year with a dive, especially when it is with a good group of friends. Yesterday our GUE Seattle community got together for a New Years Day dive in the afternoon at Cove 2 in West Seattle instead of our normal weekly Wednesday Night Community Dive.

We had eight divers show up on New Years Day for our first dive of the year. Some people wanted to practice specific dive skills and others of us were just interested in being underwater for an hour, so we split into two groups of four. The four of us that were more interested in just enjoying being below the surface included two relatively new divers and two more experienced GUE divers which was a nice combination. We had one of the newer divers lead the dive to gain some experience and he did a great job of leading us through our pre-dive checks and down the buoy line. We had a nice calm, relaxing dive which was really any of us could hope for.

I’m hoping for many more dives like it in 2025. If you are a certified diver in the Seattle area, consider joining GUE Seattle for our Wednesday Night dive. Information can be found on the GUE Seattle website at https://gue-seattle.org/wednesday-night-dives/.