Portland Sea Searchers is an active Portland, Oregon dive club to this day.
The Sea Searchers of Portland were formed by diving instructor Pete George in 1963. For the first three years (63 – 65) the club met at Mr. Carol Godat’s dive shop on NE Union Avenue Portland Oregon. Godat’s shop closed in 1965 and all of the records about the first three years of the club were lost. After Godat’s shop closed Pete George opened Hollywood Sea and Ski which became the new home of the Sea Searchers. When Hollywood Sea and Ski closed the club members decided they would be an independent club without an affiliation to any one dive shop. The Sea Searchers first independent meetings were held in then club president Bob Albecht’s newly remodeled basement.
Today the club meets at Don McCoy’s Veterinary hospital on Lombard in North Portland. Don joined the Sea Searchers in 1971 and has held every office in the club at least once. Other long time members include Louie Szabo who was one of the original members and Ken Lyttle who joined the club in 1968. Seven of the members shown on the club’s rolls for 1975 are still on the club’s rolls today. The Sea Searchers is a family club with many of today’s members being children and grand children of early members.