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2021 – Feb: Cold Water Gear Check

Posted on April 16, 2023 by dwmack

Today at Paw Paw Lake (Forest Beach) doing a cold water gear check out dive in prep for the New Years Eve dive. Warm surface temperature (above freezing :), chilly water (no ice yet), light wind and no boaters to more »

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2018 – September – Ecology Dive – Niles, Michigan

Posted on April 16, 2023 by dwmack

Ecology Dive – Riverview Park, Niles, Michigan On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the “2018 Ecology Dive” was held in Niles , Michigan at Riverview Park. This was the 3rd year in a row that the Michigan U/W Divers (MUD) club more »

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2021 – Cold Water Gear Checkout

Posted on April 16, 2023 by dwmack

Today at Paw Paw Lake (Forest Beach), Watervliet, MI, Sir Larry & I were getting in a cold water gear check out dive. Warm outside temperature (+35F), chilly water (no ice yet), light wind and no boaters to contend with. more »

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2022 – July 19 – Michigan U/W Diver Club Meeting Notes

Posted on July 16, 2022 by dwmack

The meeting was called to order by the club president Amy Ailes at 7:35 PM. Roll call identified 10 Muddies were in attendance of 32 paid up members which included the Club President, Treasurer, and MUD Club Site Editor. Financial more »

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2022 – How Current ARE YOU?

Posted on April 4, 2022 by dwmack

Currency Dive—It’s Not Just Another Dive   No, your scuba certification does not expire. However, this does vary largely according to the certifying agency for your course and that it’s always a good idea to refresh your skills when it comes to keeping more »

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2022 – Scuba Diver’s Safety Day

Posted on March 31, 2022 by dwmack

Let’s establish a “Scuba Divers Safety Day” but not to think of it as just a single day but as an opportunity to refresh our approach to safety-related topics for the upcoming year. Have there been any new procedures or more »

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2021 – High Noon River Dive – Marmont Launch Point – Niles Michigan

Posted on September 21, 2021 by dwmack

River Grubbing Is Back! For the first time since the high water and floods of 2019 & early 2020 especially, we are back to diving for bottles in the St. Joseph Rivers as it flows thru Riverfront Park in Niles, more »

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2021 – Greeting the New Year Underwater 2021

Posted on January 1, 2021 by dwmack

Left to right: Amy Ailes, Kevin Ailes, D.W. Mack, Mary Beth Thar, Sir Larry Steelman Continue reading →

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2020 – September – Newsletter

Posted on September 17, 2020 by dwmack

MUD Club The MUD Club meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 15, 2020 was CANCELLED Though Michigan continues to be in a “state of quarantine” limited local diving activities have been continuing thru all of August and into September as we write more »

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Welcome to the MUD Club Page

Posted on July 21, 2020 by dwmack

Interested in  Scuba Diving? Then you’ve come to the right place! Come join us every 3rd Tuesday (except December) for our Monthly MUD meeting. Looking for a dive? Check out our Calendar to see what’s on the schedule.

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2020 – June – Tankful Tuesday

Posted on July 21, 2020 by dwmack

Tankful Tuesday Dive – June 23- Little Paw Paw Lake – Coloma, MI. 18:30 hrs (6:30 PM for others) – We met at the Public Access / boat launch. To get there from I-94, Exit at 39 and head east more »

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2020 – Tankful Tuesday

Posted on June 30, 2020 by dwmack

Today’s dive was in Lake Michigan off the North Pier, Tiscornia Park, St, Joseph, Mi. This was the initial post of this dive: Tuesdays dive is slated to be on the North Pier off Tiscornia Beach “WEATHER PERMITTING” which mean more »

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