April 2008: Ronni Gilligan's presentation was on her experiences diving the Empress Of Ireland in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence. She was the first women diver (and first civilian group) to dive on the wreck in the late 1960's. Read more online about Ronni Gilligan at http://www.aquawoman.org/PDFs/Ronni%20Gilligan.pdf.

March 2008: Bob Schrager's presentation was on North Sulawesi: Bali, Lembah Strait & Bunaken Marine Park. Diving in waters which have some of the highest levels of marine biodiversity in the world!

February 2008: Tony Vargas Tubbataha - Unexpected Paradise. Tony presented us with his slide show from the Phillipines. He gave us a detailed desciption of the different types of coral. Visit his web site for more pictures at www.Vargas-reef.com.

January 2008: Tim Nurse Diving in Tanganyika Africa. Tim gave a detailed description of his trip to Africa from start to finish. Visit his website for more information at http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diving_lake_tanganyika.php.

November 2007: Richard Ellis - Winner of the 2005 BTS Diver of the Year Award - Spoke to us in detail about the problems facing the Bluefin tuna.

October 2007: Mark Snyder the accomplished photographer, gave a presentation from a trip to Wakatobi, a quick lesson in lighting for photography, and gave quick tips for all entries into our photo contest. http://www.starknakedfish.com/

August 2007: Taffy Lee Williams is the founder and director of the New York Whale and Dolphin Action League, the NY project of Cetacean Society International.

July 2007: Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Director of the Dolphin Communication Project. Kathleen Dudzinski recently became Research-in-Residence with the Mystic Aquarium / Institute for Exploration (MA/IFE) in Mystic, CT.

September 2006: Edward P. Hayes III from Global Underwater Explorers spoke about his Brownstone Quarry and showed a video from Ginny Springs.

August 2006:  Suzanne Garrett of Oceana works for deep water coral protection as project manager for Oceana´s Stop Destructive Trawling campaign.

July 2006:  Rob Cowin of Conserve Our Ocean Legacy was supposed to speak. Unfortunately due to weather conditions our meeting had to be cancelled. We hope to reschedule Rob soon.

June 2006:  Hans Walters New York Aquarium shark researcher.

December 2005:  We held our annual Christmas Party in place our regular meeting.

November 2005:  Faisal Khalaf spoke on Diving the wrecks of Beirut, Lebanon.

October 2005:  Mason R. Logie Jr showed slides of 19th Century Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario and Seneca Lake.

September 2005:  Longtime club member Vreni Roduner showed slides of the chamber experiments Behind The Numbers: How Decompression Tables Were Developed.

August 2005:  Matt Sasso spoke on spearfishing.

July 2005:  Jason Heller, founder of DivePhotoGuide.com, spoke and showed pictures on Wakatobi, in Sulawesi, and on his experience in Thailand following the December 2005 Asian tsunami.

June 2005:  Denise Mattia spoke on encounters with underwater denizens and topside attractions from around the world. The meeting was preceded by a clambake dinner on Tino’s Patio.

May 2005:  Wayne Fisch spoke on the 2005 Northeast DIVE Challenge.

April 2005:  The club supplied pizza and we watched the spectacularly beautiful movie Coral Reef Adventure, originally made for IMAX theaters.

March 2005:  Delia Milliron spoke and showed us videos of Diving in Northern California.

February 2005:  We started the evening with a buffet dinner and continued with videos from BTS 2004 and Michael Prange's recent liveaboard trip in the Revillagigedo Archipelago.

January 2005:  We held no meeting this month as we celebrated our annual holiday party on January 8.

December 2004:  We had a great holiday-themed buffet and social hour.

November 2004:  Nic de Gersigny of SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) Expeditions spoke and showed a video on Diving South Africa.

October 2004:  Club members Bob Schrager and Gwyn Grant showed pictures from their recent trip to Peru and the Galapagos: "Incas and Boobies".

September 2004:  Our own Don Reynolds showed slides and a video from his recent trip to Dominica.

August 2004:  Glenn Butler spoke on the wreck of the Republic.

June 2004:  We enjoyed superb desserts while we watched the unaired Blue Planet documentary "Deep Trouble."

May 2004:  Peter Venoutsos showed us his pictures of Diving the Wrecks of Lake Ontario and the Upper Saint Lawrence River.

April 2004:  Bob Sherwood, a technical and recreational DIR instructor, spoke on the Doing It Right system.

March 2004:  Gregg Macaulay, PADI course director and TSSC director-at-large, told us how maintain and store our gear so that it will be ready for another season of diving.

Feb 2004:  Lewis Kohl, chairman of emergency medicine at Long Island College Hospital, spoke on Marine Envenomations and illustrated the talk with his own underwater photographs.

Jan 2004:  Club members Zeke Petryszyn and Michael Prange showed pictures and video of TSSC's 2003 dive trip to North Carolina.

Nov 2003:  Mike Emmerman spoke on The "Rules" of Diving - What to Believe, What Not to Believe.

Oct 2003:  Lada Simek continued his February presentation on selected topics in maritime history.

Sept 2003:  Ted Beck and club members Pete Riekstins and Bob Schrager presented slides and video from their adventures in Bali and Komodo on board the Komodo Dancer. .

Aug 2003:  Peter Venoutsos presented a photo essay on Searching for Seals.

July 2003:  Michael Lombardi of Applied Subsea Technologies spoke on Diving Extreme Environments.

June 2003:  Glenn Butler spoke on The Great Nitrox/Space Connection. Nitrox played a pivotal role in preparations for the repair of the Hubbell Space Telescope, as it made possible the extended underwater spacewalk simulations required to practice for that groundbreaking event.

April 2003:  Dr. Erik Larsen, medical director for the STAT flight medivac service at Westchester Medical Center, spoke to us on marine life injuries - avoidance and treatment.

March 2003:  Dr. Bill Hamilton, current chairman of the board of Divers Alert Network, gave an overview of DAN's many faces and how it helps divers, and how divers can help DAN.

February 2003:  Lada Simek spoke on some topics in maritime history.

January 2003:  Gregg Macaulay, PADI course director and TSSC director-at-large, told us how maintain and store our gear so that it will be ready for another season of diving.

November 2002:  John Atkin, president of Save the Sound, spoke on issues in preserving and improving the environment of Long Island Sound.

October 2002:  Bob Bak, our education and safety director, shared his adventures in Truk and Yap.

August 2002:  Robert Waters, excutive director of the Beczak Environmental Educational Center in Yonkers, NY, presents leads us on an exploration of the Hudson River.

July 2002:  Bob Schrager presents photos from his recent trip to Cocos Island.

June 2002:  Social event. No speaker.

May 2002:  Captain Mike of Captain Mike's Diving present "The Search for the Hussar in Hell's Gate."

April 2002:  Social event. No speaker.

March 2002:  David Millhouser regaled us with his tales of the "shipwrecks of Cape Ann."

February 2002:  Barry Lippman showed his slides teaching us how to "dive with new eyes."

January 2002:  Gary Szabo, captain of the NJ-based charter dive vessel Seeker when he's at home, spoke on things a little farther afield and warmer as he showed slides of diving Truk Lagoon.

November 2001:  Dr. Joseph Rachlin, Dean of Natural and Social Sciences at Lehman College, spoke on the estuarine system of the Laguna Madre.

October 2001:  Club members Michael Prange, Pete Riekstins, Zeke Petryszyn, and Lada Simek presented photos and video from club trips to North Carolina and the Delaware River.

September 2001:  Kevin McMurray spoke on diving the Andrea Doria, a topic he has written about in his book Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria.

July 2001:  Mason Logie, Jr. spoke on diving the cruisers USS Houston and HMAS Perth, both of which sank in 1942 in the Sundra Straits off Java.

June 2001:  Peter Venoutsos showed slides of diving the wrecks of Lake Ontario and the upper Saint Lawrence River.

April 2001:  Club member Jack Dully showed slides & told stories from TSSC's trip to North Carolina in 1999.

March 2001:  Bernie Chowdhury talked about his recently published, critically acclaimed book, The Last Dive, and the lessons that all divers can draw from the tragic events in that book.

January 2001:  Club members Zeke Petryszyn showed slides of the club's recent trip to La Paz, Baja California.

November 2000:  Club members Peter Riekstins and Bob Schrager showed slides of their recent trip to Beautiful Borneo.

October 2000:  Club member Lada Simek showed us a video on scuba cylinder manufacture, and gave a hands-on demonstration of how a VIP (visual inspection) is done - and what is usually missed! Following this, we enjoyed our Halloween Party!

September 2000:  Heeth Grantham and Gerard Sullivan, creators of the diving web site Uglyfish.com , spoke on Scuba and the Internet

August 2000:  Dr. Bill Hamilton spoke on on Nitrox in Recreational Diving

July 2000:  Renowned Northeast photographer Dave Millhauser shared slides and stories of the critters of Cape Ann

June 2000:  Club members Dave Lindsay & Lada Simek presented slides of their recent trip to the Turks and Caicos

April 2000:  Barbara Kroos spoke on Drugs and Diving

March 2000:  Jenny Colon of the Puerto Rico Department of Tourism will give a slide and video presentation on Diving in Puerto Rico

February 2000:  Club members Michael Prange and Momo Nishio showed slides and a video of Diving in Southeast Asia.

January 2000:  Peter Sattler of the Interstate Sanitation Commission gave us a Historical Perspective on Water Quality in and around Long Island Sound.

November 1999:  Following club elections we held a tag sale/flea market of club members' diving and photographic gear.

October 1999:  Club members Michael Prange, Bob Schrager, Pete Reikstens, and Zeke Petryszyn showed slides and a video of TSSC's August trip to North Carolina.

September 1999:  George Safirowski of Lifeguard Systems gave an excellent presentation on buoyancy control.

August 1999:  Joe Fiorentino spoke about his underwater excavations of the HMS Feversham, in the waters of Nova Scotia, Canada.

July 1999:  Club members Bob Schrager & Pete Riekstins showed slides and video of their recent trip to the large-pelagic Mecca, Cocos Island.

June 1999:  Our safety director Lada Simek cajoled club members into sharing their Tricks of the (Scuba) Trade, tips on how they make scuba diving and its associated tasks easier, cheaper, faster, or better. Afterward, club founder "Zig" Zigahn provided food & drink for a Beneath The Sea recruitment party.

May 1999:  Glenn Butler spoke on Nitrox and the Great Space Connection. Glenn has been involved in safer human performance in extreme environments for the last 30 years, including the development of operational nitrox techniques and oxygen safety standards for the NASA Hubbell repair mission, and study of medical uses of oxygen under hyperbaric conditions.

April 1999:  Louis Hernandez of Aquatic Trancension spoke and showed a video on diving in Cozumel.

March 1999:  Renowned author & Northeast wreck diver Robert Louis Stevenson III spoke about his vast deep-water diving experiences and how they relate to his passion for writing -- and autographed his novels!

February 1999:  Captain Steve Hardick presented Sharks of North Carolina. Steve has been filming these beautiful creatures off Cape Lookout for two years.

November 1998:  Our own members gave a terrific presentation of their diving- and club-related slides.

October 1998:  William Broad, Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for the New York Times, spoke and showed slides. He also autographed his book The Universe Below. William Broad is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for the New York Times. His book has received excellent reviews from Dr. Robert Ballard, Dr. Sylvia Earle, and others

August 1998:  Club members who went on the club's recent trip to the Turks & Caicos showed slides of the trip.

June 1998:  A panel of the Club's own experts, members who are experienced instructors, discussed safety while diving. Other members contributed their own stories of near-disasters and what they've learned from them.

May 1998:  Dan Berg, producer of the TV show Dive Wreck Valley, gave a video presentation.

April 1998:  Mike Hurley presented slides from around the world, accompanied by indigenous music.

March 1998:  A speaker from Save the Sound showed us slides of the Sound's underwater inhabitants.

February 1998:  We enjoyed a Social Hour this month.

January 1998:  Our very own Gus Barry and Jack Dully showed slides of TSSC's trip to North Carolina last summer.

November 1997:  This was the month of our Club Elections as we chose our directors and vice president for 1998.

October 1997:  Marine biologist Rosanne Mamo gave a slide presentation and talk on Caribbean Organisms.

September 1997:  This month we held a Tag Sale of members' diving and photographic gear.

August 1997:  Jeff Talamini talked about Lake George - Its History and Diving. Jeff has been diving and researching Lake George for seven years and told us about its history - battles and hotels - and the underwater sites and artifacts they have left for divers to explore.

July 1997:  A Double Feature! Two of our own members gave slide presentations. First, Jack Dully showed us slides of North Carolina Diving. Jack is one of our club's foremost underwater photographers. Our second feature was by Howie Forman on Cocos Island. Howie's expertise with underwater photography has won him awards and honors for his work; currently, a picture he took is being used in an ad by the Aggressor Fleet.

June 1997:  Gary Nilsen, president of The Institute for Marine Archæology , spoke on the value and techniques of underwater archeology, and showed slides of his recent excavation work in Eritrea.

May 1997:  Michael Emmerman spoke on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Deep Diving:  an Interesting Comparison. Michael is an independent hyperbaric and hypobaric researcher who has done extensive investigative research in the areas of diving safety, diving physiology and hypo/hyperbaric exposures.

April 1997:  Dave Millhouser, noted underwater photographer specializing in New England waters, gave a presentation on his trip to St. Paul's Island, Graveyard of the Gulf. St. Paul's Island is an uninhabited island in the gulf between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. 340 ships are reported to have met their demise on its rugged shores.

March 1997:  Kourosh Mahboubian of Mad Dog Expeditions gave a presentation on diving Bikini -- an area just opened up to divers.

February 1997:  The Cayman Islands - wouldn't it be nice to be there now! Warm water, great vis, and super wall diving! The Cayman Island Department of Tourism gave a presentation on their great diving. Plus, a lucky member at the meeting won a 4-day vacation in the Caymans!

January 1997:  North Carolina diving is a Northeast diver's dream - warm water, great visibility, tropical fish, turtles, barracudas, sharks, photo-perfect shipwrecks. We showed a promotional video from Olympus Divers, one of the several dive operations in the Morehead City/Beaufort area.

November 1996:  Following club elections we held a tag sale/flea market of club members' diving and photographic gear.

October 1996:  This month's speaker was Dr. Hillary Viders. She has spoken at Beneath the Sea and at Scuba Sports Club meetings previously. Her program was Ecotourism: Has This Become the Biggest Catch in the Sea? She signed copies of her book after her talk.

September 1996:  This month's speaker was Glenn Butler. Glenn has been involved in hyperbarics and designing rebreathers and his compa ny installs nitrox recharging stations in the US and Caribbean. Glenn's presentation was about pressure and how we as divers have a great deal in common with today's astronauts.