Dive Club Meeting 10/16/2025: Adaptive Diving

Name: Dive Club Meeting 10/16/2025: Adaptive Diving
Start: 2025-10-16T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-16T21:00:00-07:00
Location: The Hopyard American Alehouse & Grill

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Hopyard American Alehouse & Grill | Pleasanton, CA

🐠 October Dive Club Meeting – Adaptive Diving with Seth Tufvesson, October 16th
💬 "Empowering Every Diver – Stories from Beneath the Surface"
Join us for an unforgettable evening with one of the most dynamic voices in diving.
📅 When: Thursday, October 16th
📍 Where: The Hopyard Alehouse Banquet Room, 3015 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588
🍽 Meet & Eat: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Food, drinks, and good company)
🎤 Featured Speaker – Seth Tufvesson: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
🗣 Socialize & Dive Talk: 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
🎙️ About the Speaker: Seth Tufvesson
Seth Tufvesson is a PADI Course Director, certified Hyperbaric Technologist, and commercial diver with more than 5,000 logged dives over a 23-year career. He dives professionally for the U.S. Navy, works in hospital hyperbaric chambers, trains future instructors and divemasters, and brings his dive stories to life on his YouTube channel. Oh, and he’s also a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, trained as a forward air controller and drone pilot. 🇺🇸🤿
But what makes Seth truly stand out is his mission to open the underwater world to everyone. As a certified instructor with the Handicapped Scuba Association (HSA), Seth teaches PADI Adaptive Diving, a specialized diving curriculum that empowers individuals with physical and mental challenges to experience scuba diving.
Through inspiring stories, Seth will share:
What adaptive diving really means
The training professionals and buddies receive to support adaptive divers
Incredible, real-world transformations he's witnessed
Why inclusive diving matters more than ever
🌊 What You’ll Learn:
For Divers: How you can become an Adaptive Support Diver, helping others experience the water safely.
For Pros: Adaptive techniques and insights to help you teach and support all divers with confidence.
For Everyone: Eye-opening stories of human strength, freedom, and transformation through scuba diving.
Whether you’re a recreational diver, an aspiring pro, or just love good dive stories—this is a meeting you won’t want to miss.
🎉 BONUS: Come with your questions—Seth will leave time for an interactive Q&A!
See you there,
Tri-Valley Dive Club
📧 [email protected]