This past weekend, our new Cache Master, Steven Soulen, Installed the first Dive Cache in Texas. The Cache was placed in 288 Lake in a secret location. In order to find the cache, you can follow this link for the clues.
Like geocaching, the Dive Cache program is a way for individuals and groups to use their navigation skills to locate a secret “cache.” These containers have some token items and a list of people who have discovered the cache. The list of searchers is periodically posted to the main geocaching website, OpenCaching.com.
Looking for dive caches is a way for divers to practice their navigation skills and have fun doing it. According to Ann Keibler, President of Oceanic Ventures, “we saw that there were DiveCaches in a lot of other places in the United States but there were none in Texas. Steve Soulen volunteered to establish and maintain the first in a series of Dive Caches that we hope to place in our local training lakes. DEMA, the Diving Equipment & Manufacturing Association, the trade organization for the diving industry, has been promoting this program throughout the country but there were no Dive Caches established in Texas so we decided to step up and start the program ourselves.
This event even made the Dive Newswire!
Next time you are at the lake, try your navigation skills and find the cache. But remember, if you take something out of it, you have to put something back in it that still represents a prize to the next searcher.
