The Great Outdoors Adventures Travel

04/10/2026

04/08/2026

Happy Wanderlust Wednesday! Fiji, 300 islands of pure paradise! 😎✈️ , , ,

04/06/2026

Happy Motivation Monday! 😎♥️ ,

03/28/2026

The Great Outdoors, "SOCORRO ISLANDS WHALE SHARK & MANTA RAY CITIZEN SCIENCE DIVE EXPEDITION, Quino Del Mar Liveaboard, Baja California Sur, Mexico! A Bucket List Adventure and Magical Experience of a Lifetime! Coming up May 24th - June 2nd, 2027!

Discover & Explore the Marine Life Wonders of the Socorro Islands, aka “The Galapagos of Mexico” ….Plus, Participate in a Citizen Science Expedition to Help Research Whale Sharks and Manta Rays Aboard the New Quino Del Mar Liveaboard, Baja California, Mexico!

Here's a great video of this amazing trip to the Socorro Islands, aka, the "Archipielago de Revillagigedo", aboard the new Quino Del Mar Liveaboard, at Mexico Liveaboards! https://youtu.be/ToTQ0FdGtcA?si=S10ffHiWD-hzCFtn

Space is limited but still available on the Quino Del Mar. Reservations are first come first served. Come join us for a magical adventure and a spectacular week aboard the new Quino Del Mar Liveaboard, at the Socorro Islands, aka Revillagigedo, Baja Mexico! 😊

For more information and to RSVP for this special event, go to the Great Outdoors Adventures Group at https://www.meetup.com/great-outdoors-adventures-travel/events/310768708

Visit the majestic islands of Socorro, San Benedicto, and Roca Partida in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo. These islands are 250 miles from San Jose del Ca...

03/28/2026

***ANNOUNCING NEW SPECIAL EVENT***SCUBA DIVING SKILLS UPDATE TRAINING COURSE, May 8th, 2026- May 9th, 2026!

Update Your Scuba Skills and Come Join Us Discovering & Exploring Our World’s Oceans and Seas Through the Amazing Adventures of Scuba Diving!

“Discovering the amazing adventures of scuba diving is a wonderful sport where diver’s find everything from heart-pumping and thrilling marine life encounters, to mysterious caves, canyons, sunken shipwrecks and colorful coral reefs full of life!”

If you are already a licensed scuba diver but haven’t been scuba diving for a while, maybe over a year, and you’d like to get back in the water diving again, then a scuba skills update course is just what you need before taking that next scuba diving adventure!

We will be working with the professional folks at the new Arizona Dive Center, (fka Scuba Professionals of Arizona), and their experienced dive master instructors for this Scuba Skills Update Training course.

The Scuba Skills Update training is a short course beginning on Friday, May 8th, with a classroom review, followed by a pool session to review the basic scuba skills on Saturday, May 9th.

For more information and to RSVP for this special event, go to The Great Outdoors Adventures Group at

**Update Your Scuba Skills and Come Join Us Discovering & Exploring Our World’s Oceans and Seas Through the Amazing Adventures of Scuba Diving!** “Discovering the amazing

03/28/2026

***ANNOUNCING NEW SPECIAL EVENT***OPEN WATER SCUBA DIVING TRAINING & CERTIFICATION, May 2nd, 2026- May 17th, 2026!

Discover & Explore our World’s Oceans and Seas and Experience the Amazing Adventures of Scuba Diving!

“Discovering the amazing adventures of scuba diving is a wonderful sport where you will find everything from heart-pumping and thrilling marine life encounters, to mysterious caves and sunken shipwrecks and beautiful, vibrant coral reefs offering tranquility and relaxation!”

So, if you’re ready for new and exciting outdoors adventures with amazing international travel around the world, then come join us on one of our upcoming diving adventures by learning how to scuba dive!

We will be working with the professional folks at the new Arizona Dive Center, (fka Scuba Professionals of Arizona), and their experienced dive master instructors to complete your Open Water Scuba Diving Training & Certification.

The Open Water scuba diving training will start on Saturday, May 2nd, which will begin with eLearning/classroom, snorkeling skills review, followed by pool skills and certification at Lake Pleasant to finish the course by Sunday, May 17th.

For more information and to RSVP for this special event, go to The Great Outdoors Adventures Group at https://www.meetup.com/great-outdoors-adventures-travel/events/313973964

03/28/2026

Why not learn how to scuba dive this year and come travel with us to discover and explore our world's amazing oceans and seas!

Here's an updated list for 2026 of a few scuba dive shops located around the Phoenix, Arizona area, along with their latest pricing for a beginners Open Water Dive Training & Certification course. For information about their spring class schedule, you'll need to contact the dive shops directly for that information.

Please note, this is not a complete list of all the dive shops in the Phoenix area but just a few that we recommend. If you're thinking about becoming a scuba diver this year, and I hope you are, its a good place to get started finding the dive shop that's right for you! 😎🤿❤️

03/26/2026

Interested in becoming a licensed scuba diver this year? Learning how to scuba dive you get to discover and explore a whole another world, the underwater world! Scuba diving is the most amazing experience where you can encounter a wide variety of colorful fish and marine life species large and small. From wrecks, to walls, canyons and colorful coral reefs, there is just so much to discover and explore.

Plus you get to travel to many amazing places too! Our dive trips are all-inclusive which are a great value vacation. So why not get scuba certified this year and come join us on one of our amazing upcoming diving adventures! 😎🤿 ❤️

Here's a great clip from Scuba Professionals, aka now the Arizona Dive Center located in Sun City, AZ. This is my official scuba shop and Tina Lowe runs it now after Paul retired a few years ago.

http://scubaprofaz.com - Do you wan't to learn to SCUBA dive, get scuba certified or become an advanced scuba dive and see the wonders hiding below the surfa...

03/25/2026

The Great Outdoors, "WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE ADVENTURE" aboard the Regal Princess, March 1st - 8th, 2026! Our 2nd port of call at the beautiful island of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras!

On this day while at the port of Mahogany Bay, we did a two tank diving excursion with Anthony's Key Resort. We really enjoyed exploring the beautiful coral reef which looked very healthy and full of life. We saw lots of colorful fish: Creole Wrasse, Parrot Fish, Angel Fish and a Hawksbill Turtle too! Our dive computer stats: White Hole Wall Dive Site: Max depth-78 feet, 42 minutes and Green House Wall Dive Site: Max depth 81 feet, 41 minutes.

In all, we had a great day and a lot of fun diving Roatan with Anthony's Key Resort! I really wish we could've done more diving and exploring the Great Mesoamerican Barrier Reef while we were there. But I definitely think we need to return again for a dive trip adventure in the near future! 😎🤿🐢🐠🐟

03/25/2026

The Great Outdoors, "WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE ADVENTURE" aboard the Regal Princess, March 1st - 8th, 2026! Our 2nd port of call at the beautiful island of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras! Approximately 35 miles off the coast of Honduras, Roatan is the largest of the Bay Islands rich in natural beauty, rugged mountains, lush rainforest and pristine white sand beaches and crystal clear blue waters. Located along the Great Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Roatan offers world class diving & snorkeling with over 170 dive sites and a wide variety of marine life and corals. From reefs to wrecks, walls and sloping canyons, there is much to see and experience diving in Roatan, including shark and dolphin dives, and even whale shark encounters too off nearby Utila island!

On this day, after arriving at the port of Mahogany Bay, we took off for a two tank diving excursion with Anthony's Key Resort located at Sandy Bay on the other side of the island!😎

03/20/2026

The Great Outdoors, "WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE ADVENTURE" aboard the Regal Princess, March 1st - 8th, 2026, Cozumel, Mexico! The Rio Secreto Nature Reserve, an underground river system, 2nd largest in the world, and a mystical journey through the crystal-clear waterways and caverns of the famous Secret River, aka “Rio Secreto”! Once used by the ancient Mayans for spiritual ceremonies and rituals, it is a underground journey of discovery and exploration that is full of mystery, geologic wonder and intrigue as you wade through the narrow passage ways and deeper into the dark chambers and caverns of this immense underground river system! 😎🥾