Recent Club News

SunCoast Reef Rovers is proud to partner with the following organizations and kick off the start of our local Venice area 2020 clean-up efforts. Urban Forest Coastal Cleanup – Joint community clean-up event Partners include: City of VeniceSunCoast Reef Rovers (Venice Dive Club)Venice Urban ForestThe Recycling PartnershipSeeking volunteers – Please help spread the word – Read More

https://www.yoursun.com/venice/news/reef-rovers-recognized/article_c14be25e-d339-11e9-8758-97660bf62b06.html Credit to the Venice Sun news and Greg Giles for the great write up about us!  VENICE — About 20 tons. That’s the estimated weight of discarded fishing gear, crab pots, tires, even the proverbial kitchen sink pulled up by volunteers of the Suncoast Reef Rovers Diving Club since they began beach and underwater Read More

We were featured recently on ABC 7 local news regarding our recent North Jetty underwater cleanup. Special thanks to club officer and member James Fenn for the video.   https://www.mysuncoast.com/2019/07/22/video-volunteer-group-venice-remove-pounds-trash-north-jetty/ An excerpt of the article: Divers removed 947 pounds of trash including rope, cast nets, crab traps, a manhole cover and fishing tackle. “Divers are Read More

Special thanks to Ernesto Lasso de la Vega for creating and making this awesome video of the Suncoast Reef Rovers North & South jetty last underwater cleanups of the year!   Venice Jeti 2018 from Ernesto Lasso de la Vega on Vimeo.

The Suncoast Reef Rovers have been selected as an award winner for the 30th Annual Keep Sarasota County Beautiful Volunteer Awards Recognition Dinner. This event provides an opportunity to recognize notable efforts throughout the county that promote environmental stewardship and innovation through education and action, and to say thank you to our volunteers. CONGRATULATIONS ! Read More

Great article created by John Ryan – A record-setting cleanup was hosted by the Suncoast Reef Rovers on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Higel Marine Park in Venice. This event was unlike anything before, because the marine debris they brought out was huge and totaled 8,700 pounds! The most astounding hoist were done with giant Read More

The Suncoast Reef Rovers hit the waters this morning helping clean out and clean up the Bays of Venice. The Suncoast Reef Rovers 2nd excursion took place at Roberts Bay in Venice Saturday morning; picking up trash and discarded items from the water’s floor. “We are a very civic minded, environmentally friendly group, so we’ve been Read More