Bad Boys Dive Center  
LAWRENCEBURG, TENNESSEE

Check this page often as we will be adding several trips in the next few months. Is there a location you would like to travel to ? E-Mail us and let's talk.

2007 Dive Trips 

Pensacola, Florida

November 2007

Plans are to leave on Thursday. Dive the Big "O" the aircraft carrier on Friday and Saturday and return home on Sunday. Give me a yell if you want to go..

Martha's Quarry, Nashville, TN

August 25th & 26th, 2007

Bad Boys is proud to be one of nine dive shops sponsoring the 2007 Scavenger hunt @ Martha's. This is your opportunity to enjoy some great Quarry diving and hopefully win some great prizes. Give me a call if your interested, will be taking several divers up....

Panama City Beach, Florida

July 14th - 22nd, 2007   ( The shipwreck Trip)

We will be diving with the Dive Locker Boat out of Panama City, Florida. I have chartered the boat for our group . Divers already booked are. Jack, Andy Brumit, Lynn Burns, Blair Witch, Chris Inman, Cody Inman, Jeff Stanford, Blake Grooms, Nathan Neese, Clarence Potts, Andy and Christal Beck. Still have few slots open, contact me for cost and details. We will be diving some of the best wrecks the Gulf has to offer.   

Wow!  We got to Panama City Beach on Saturday and had four wonderful days of relaxation on the beach before starting our diving. The guys at Dive Locker treated us great and their new boat the "Fintastic" was perfect for our group. We made dives on shipwrecks and barges and bridge spans. The night dives on Saturday were awesome. Sorry you missed this one, maybe next time.

Martha's Quarry, Nashville, TN

June 16th & 17th, 2007

Will be making dives on Saturday and Sunday.  Great trip to practice your skills , we will be checking off several OW students. Come on one or both days myself and staff divers will be spending the night. E-Mail or call me if you are interested in going.

2006 Dive Trips 

Panama City Beach, Florida

July 16th - 23rd, 2006   ( The shipwreck Trip)

We will be diving aboard the Dive Boat "Splash" out of Panama City, Florida. I have chartered the boat for our group . Divers already booked are. Jack, Andy Brumit, Lynn Burns, Drexel Johnson, Chris & Megan Inman, Jeff Stanford, Blake Grooms, Skip & Melita and Will Massey. Still have two slots open, contact me for cost and details. We will be diving some of the best wrecks the Gulf has to offer.   

Vortex & Morrison Springs    Prospectively the third weekend of March, 2006

This trip will be leaving on Thursday evening and returning Sunday evening so to give divers two days of diving. If interested please contact Jack for further details. Also we will journeying to Destin Saturday night for seafood.

2005 Dive Trips 

Key West & Key Largo    October, 2005

There was one great day of diving before being run out of the water by Rita. Divers that endured this wonderful trip were Jack, Andy, Roy And Kim, Tonya, Jay, Jeremy, Samantha, Skip and Melita, Tad and Kendra, and Chris. The rest of the trip was spent trying to obtain early flights home and watching the rain. We can't forget all the wonderful hours spent watching the weather channel.

Madison Rock Quarry       August, 2005

Had several students last two months and enjoyed the great accommodations of Rock Divers in Madison, Alabama. Spent night and had some great laughs and food....

Morehead City, North Carolina

July 9th - 17th, 2005   ( The shipwreck Trip)

Wonderful wreck dives the water temp was in the low 80's and visibility was 80 - 100 feet on every dive. Divers on the trip were Jack, Andy, Roy, Kim, Lynn, Chris Inman. Great trip water conditions nothing like we found couple of years ago in Nags Head..........

Panama City, Florida (Cancelled due to Hurricane)

July 9th - 17th, 2005   ( The shipwreck Trip)

We will be diving aboard the Tropical Sun out of Panama City, Florida. I have chartered the boat for our group . Divers already booked are. Jack, Andy Brumit, Lynn Burns, Chris Inman, Baby Bear, Roy & Kim Hodge, Clarence Potts, Jeff Stanford, Blair Witch Haddox, Blake Grooms. Still have three slots open, contact me for cost and details. We will be diving the best wrecks the Gulf has to offer.   

Madison Rock Quarry       May, 2005

Classes are about to start contact the shop for your input on when you would like to dive in May.

2004 Dive Trips 

Key West & Key Largo    October, 2004

WOW! We had the greatest time ever diving in Key Largo and Key West. The Grove was awesome you got to dive this wreck! Reefs are definitely better in Largo vs. Key West. Dive shops very friendly. Divers making trip were Jack, Andy Brumit, Blake Grooms, Stacy Faulkner, Roy & Kim Hodge, Skip & Melita Massey, Jay Moore, Chris Inman, Brad Elliot.  Lots of diving tales to be told hope to return in fall of 2005. Gives us a call if you might be interested.

Key West & Key Largo    September 3rd - 12th, 2004

Well this didn't happen thanks to Hurricane Frances

New Date - October 15 - 24, 2004 Same schedule    Will leave on Friday late afternoon of 3rd and will spend first few days diving in Key Largo and then journey to Key West for more dives. We will return on Sunday the 12th. Let me know of any interest you may have in this trip, will be nine day trip...... Divers already booked, Jack, Burns, Brumit, Hodge, Grooms, Green, Faulkner.

Madison Rock Quarry   August 7th & 8th, 2004

Will be going down to Rock Divers for three dives on Saturday and two on Sunday. Will be doing OW check-offs, feel free to come along and join us......

Madison Rock Quarry   July 24th & 25th , 2004

Will be going down to Rock Divers for three dives on Saturday and two on Sunday. Will be doing OW check-offs, feel free to come along and join us......Students doing check-off dives are, Brad Elliott, Bommer Harris, Skip Massey, Malita Massey, Will Massey, Brittany Moore, Kim Hodge, Sandy Johnston, Mike Deale.

Madison Rock Quarry   July 10th & 11th , 2004

Will be going down to Rock Divers for three dives on Saturday and two on Sunday. Will be doing OW check-offs, feel free to come along and join us......

Destin/Ft. Walton Beach   June 13 - 20, 2004

Ok folks here we go! We will be diving the shipwrecks and other dive sites off the coast of Destin  and Ft. Walton Beach. We will be leaving on Sunday, June 13th and Returning on Sunday, June 20th. Some divers will be coming down on Wednesday. Will be diving with the crew of the "Sea Cobra", these folks work with Scuba Tech and know how to treat ya'll. Will be making two dives on Thursday, three dives on Friday with the third dive being a night dive. Will be making two off-shore deep dives on Saturday. Have fifteen spots booked and have a spot open.

Will be staying at the Island Echoes Condos in Ft. Walton. For booking info call Michael at 1-888-909-6807 ext 7408, they have limited number of units still available.

Already booked for trip, The Grinnell's, Hodges, Potts, Andy Brumit, Burns, Tad & Kendra Methvins, Drexel Johnson's family, Jeremy Johnson, sister and Mindy, Gina and Blair Witch Haddix, Tonia Hill and family, Jacob Vance, Blake Grooms and Baby Bear from the far east (Pulaski).

Great trip if spouse and/or kids or others would like to go and hang out on the beach or ride out on dive trip..............

Wow! What a trip. We got to Ft. Walton on Sunday and welcomed a Tropical Depression ashore. It rained for the next 48 hours and then on Tuesday evening the sun appeared and the rest of the week was perfect. The folks at Scuba-Tech really know how to treat divers, dive shop staff and boat staff were great. We made a total of seven dives and they just keep getting better each dive. Top star fish awards went to Blair and Tonia who fought the sea demons and won! Also to Blake who learned the fun of spear fishing, great job. Mrs. Kendra did a great job entertaining and demonstrating her scuba skills. This was the largest group we have ever taken a total of 38 folks made the journey. Look out Keys here we come.

Madison Rock Quarry   May 22nd & 23rd , 2004

Will be going down to Rock Divers for three dives on Saturday and two on Sunday. Will be doing OW check-offs feel free to come along and join us......

Vortex Springs/Morrison Springs

February 19 - 22, 2004

Well winter has held us back long enough. We will journey to the springs on the evening of 19th and make three dives Friday, with one being a night dive. On Saturday we will make two dives and held for Destin, Florida for some pigging out seafood! On Sunday we will make one dive and then head back to Lawrenceburg. Divers committed to trip so far, Jack, Lynn Burns, Andy Brumit, Roy Hodge, Drexel Johnson, Tad & Kendra Methvin, Jay Moore, Blake Grooms, Jeremy Johnson, Brian Green, Pat Quillen, Gina & Blair Haddox. Still a few spots open call or e-mail me if you are interested.

So how can a group of 15 go to Vortex and not have a blast! Friday was warm but little cloudy but we did 3 great dives with the last being a night dive. On Saturday we woke to warmth and sunshine great conditions met some great folks from FSU Dive Program (they only had 80 divers there). Our lady divers keep up with the boys all weekend. Gina (Shore Mama) keep us fed and entertained during the trip. Some had birthday wishes sang, campfires, seafood in Destin, the swing, lots of sun and laughter. Join us on our next trip..........DIVE SAFE. P.S. Almost forgot I have some great footage of my macho firefighters if you're interested, you won't believe it (ain't that right Drex)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2003 Dive Trips 

Panama City, Florida

October 17 - 19, 2003   ( The shipwreck Trip)

We will be diving aboard the Tropical Sun out of Panama City, Florida. I have chartered the boat for our group only. Divers already booked are. Jack, Jay Moore, Tad Methvin, Kendra Methvin, Andy Brumit, Blake Grooms, Drexel Johnson, Baby Bear, Roy & Kim Hodge, Tonia Hill, Stacy Faulkner. Still have five slots open contact me for cost and details. We will be diving the best wrecks the Gulf has to offer.   

Well sometimes you win, sometimes you win! This trip was probably the best diving conditions we have ever had in Panama City Beach. Seas were less than one foot and the vis was as good as 50-60 feet on the wrecks. We made three dives on Friday with Chef Roy grilling burgers on the boat followed by a night dive. Saturday saw conditions almost identical to Friday with a total of six dives under our belts for the weekend we declared this trip GREAT ! Oh yeah, special thanks to Cindy & the  folks at Dixie Divers for leaving a party on Friday night so they could get our tanks refilled for Saturday . The fellowship was great and the guys and girls made it so enjoyable, sorry you couldn't go Paw-Paw!

Nags Head, North Carolina

Will be making a eight day trip this summer (July 12 - 20th). Will be diving the Outer Banks on WWII shipwrecks and submarines. Have obtained a eight bedroom condo south of Kitty Hawk that can sleep fifteen people, it has a game room complete with pool table,  private pool and other games, also has hot tub and scenic views of the ocean less than 500 feet from the condo. Already locked in are Jack & Deb Grinnell, Roy & Kim Hodge, Lynn & Kathy Burns, Clarence & Kim Potts, Pat & Christi Quillen, John & Melissa Bryant , Andy Brumit and Stacy Faulkner.  Check with Jack on prices and dive times.....

Well sometimes you win, sometimes you lose! This trip dealt us a bad blow. The diving conditions were horrible. No viz, and water temps of about 52-54. Soooo we had a great time each day with our wives. Next year Look-out Key Largo here we come again..........

Madison Rock Quarry

June 21, 2003

We will be diving at Madison on Saturday doing some student check-offs. Give us a call if you would like to tag alone with us!

 A great day of diving, making the trip were Jack, Roy & Kim Hodge, Tonia Hill, John Bryant, Clarence Potts, Doug Bolitho and Barbara our friends from Wayne County made the journey.  We had a ball. WE missed Lynn (Water Dog) who was in Nashville attending DAN classes. Sorry you had to work Brumit!  

2002 Dive Trips 

Vortex Springs/Morrison Springs

November  21 - 24, 2002

 Will be making dives on Friday and Saturday, plus a night dive on Saturday night. Will make a couple of dives on Sunday morning then return home that afternoon. E-Mail or call me if you are interested in going. Will be locking in reservations November 15th. Divers already signed up, Jack, Roy & Kim Hodge, Lynn Burns,  Jay & Darlene Dewberry, Pat & Adam Quillen. Also Vortex now operates "Vortex Speedway", Go-Cart Track, an excellent way to do your surface interval. Check them out at www.vortexspring.com out if you have any question about their activates.

A great  weekend of diving, the weather was a little cool, but thanks to my dive buddy Keith Methvin we had plenty of heat to keep us warm (propane that is ). Making the trip was Jack Grinnell, Pat and Adam Quillen, Roy and Kim Hodge, Stacy Faulkner, Lynn Burns, Jay and Darlene Dewberry. Ate at Sally's and on Saturday we journeyed to Destin to eat large quantities of Seafood.

Madison Rock Quarry

August 27th, 2002

We will be diving at Madison on Sunday doing some student check-offs. Give us a call if you would like to tag alone with us!

 A great day of diving, our friends from Wayne County made the journey. Bill Melson, Chris and Gena (Terminator) Garrard, Doug Bolitho and Christy Skelton. These folks are a trip! We had a ball. Also making the trip were Pat and Adam Quillen, Tonia Hill,  along with staff Rescue Diver Andy Brumit.  

Panama City, Florida

July 24 - July 28th, 2002

    Diving shipwrecks off the Florida Coast on the panhandle. Come join us on the "Sea Diver" as we hit some of the best wrecks and sites in the Gulf. Divers registered so far are; Jack, Lynn Burns, Roy Hodge, Pat Quillen, Adam Quillen, Andy Brumit, Stacy Faulkner, Leah Doss. Let us know there are still Three  openings on the Dive Boat. Will be a great way to spend the weekend !

Dive Schedule

Thursday 25th - 10am  -  2 Tank Dive inshore

  Friday 26th 3pm  -  3  Tank Dive (3rd dive night dive)

  Saturday 27th - 12 noon  -  3 Tank Dive offshore

    A great  weekend of diving, the weather was as good as it gets! We had almost flat seas all three days. Well now to the stuff you wanted to hear. Yes it is true that the elder of us fell getting on the boat injuring his ankle seriously (get details from Lynn). rumor has it that Brumit is opening a karaoke  bar. Dives included bridge spans and several wrecks. Night dive was perfect ! We dove with the folks from "Sea Diver" also the folks from Dixie Divers took care of our tank fills and shop needs, big thanks to Cindy and her staff. If you are diving in the Panama City area I highly recommend them.

Martha's Quarry, Nashville, TN

June 29th & 30th, 2002

Will be making dives on Saturday (night dive also) and Sunday.  Great trip to practice your skills , we will be checking off some AOW students. Come on one or both days myself and staff divers will be spending the night. E-Mail or call me if you are interested in going.

A good weekend of diving, 12 divers showed up, viz not the greatest but still great dive site for students As always Fred and his folks treated us great.  Night dive was perfect !

Madison Rock Quarry Madison, Ala

June 15th, 2002

We will be diving the Quarry in Madison Alabama. This is an excellent location to get ready for a summer full of dive adventures. The Quarry has many underwater attractions as well as great platforms to work on skills. We will be leaving the dive shop at 7:00am and returning around 5 or 6pm same date. Contact me if you are interested in going.

A good day of diving, just a little cool.

2001 Dive Trips 

Vortex Springs/Morrison Springs

March 23 - 25, 2001

 Will be making dives on Friday and Saturday, plus a night dive on Saturday night. Will make a couple of dives on Sunday then return home that afternoon. E-Mail me if you are interested in going

REPORT OF TRIP. WOW !!!!!!! We made two great days of diving at Vortex and ran into my friend Ruben Laural, Captain of the Prince of Tides.  Captain Ruben invited us on a three tank evening and night trip ten miles off the coast of Panama City.  Well, you know how the vote went, it was unanimous, so we loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly, I mean Panama.  The weather was great.  We made three dives. The boat crew cooked amberjack, lobster and polish sausages and served to the divers on the boat after the second dive.  Divers making the journey were Jack Grinnell, Lynn Burns, Andy Brumit, Roy Hodge, Brad Merritt, Caroline Bryant, Mark (Bubba) Stanford, Billy Melson, Stacy Faulkner and several other friends and family.  If you missed this trip, you missed a ton of fun.

Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary

May 5 - 12, 2001    TRIP FULL !

Journey with the members of the Bad Boys Dive Team as we travel on the 44 ft. sail boat, "Fair Go"  with Captain Cecil Merritt for a week long trip out into the Gulf of Mexico and dive the famous Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary. We will spend the week about 100 miles off the coast of Galveston, TX.  There are six slots open for this trip and is for experienced divers only. Call Jack for cost and details.

REPORT OF TRIP. Well I should say lack of trip ! You see while the boat was traveling the intercostals way to meet us, there was an accident involving our boat and a bridge that was not tall enough. This resulted in breaking the main mass completely off. Lots of sad divers ! Very sad boat owner.

Madison Rock Quarry

June 16th, 2001

We will be diving the Quarry in Madison Alabama. This is an excellent location to get ready for a summer full of dive adventures. The Quarry has many underwater attractions as well as great platforms to work on skills. We will be leaving the dive shop at 7:00am and returning around 8 or 9pm same date. Contact me if you are interested in going.

What a great trip ! Making the journey were student divers, Brant & Amy Harwell, Jeremy Berryhill and Jason Dunnivant. Other divers making the trip were Roy Hodge, Chris & Kevin Shannon, Brad Merritt, John Liddie, John & Caroline Bryant. Weather was great water still little COOL below the Thermal cline.

Martha's Quarry - East of Nashville, TN.

June 23rd, 2001

This Quarry is great diving simply because both buildings are still intact, one is four stories tall underwater and the other is three stories tall underwater. We will be spending the weekend and weather permitting will be camping at the Quarry. 

Well as usual Martha's was great ! Fred and the folks at Martha's are very friendly and eager to help. Making the trip were, Jack, Lynn Burns, Andy Brumit, Brad Merritt, Leah Doss, Stacy Faulkner, Jeremy (Kid Rock) Berryhill, Roy Hodge, Ben Methvin, Matt Fuller, Jon Liddie. These buildings are UNBELIEVABLE  !

Panama City, Florida

July 5 - 12, 2001

Will be diving with Captain Ruben Laural, Prince of Tides,  Dive dates are scheduled for at least three days if not four. Accommodations are booked at the Commodore Condos, in Panama City Beach, very close to St. Andrews State Park. Check out Prince of Tides Website, follow my link to their page. Contact me if you are interested by E-Mail or phone.

Well what a trip you missed. The weather was great although high seas keep us out of the water one day. We made several dives with the grand trip on Friday making two deep dives. After the two deep dives we cooked fresh seafood on the boat as well as steak and pork. After much eating and moaning we made a night dive at the Jetties at St. Andrews Bay. During off nights the gang raced Go-Carts and played Laser tag. Some of these guys and gals really get into Cart racing. Making the trip with me were my wife, Debbie and daughter Chelsea, Roy & Kim Hodge, Clarence & Kim Potts, Lynn & Cathy Burns, Lindsey, Landon, Andy & Christy Brumit, Savannah, Jacob. John & Melissa Bryant and Caroline, Luke Dunkin, James Earl (the Pearl) Flatt & Vicky and Tyler, Brad Merritt Family. The crew of "The Prince of Tides" did a GREAT job. Steve the Dive Master (Goat Farmer) entertained us and catered to our needs as well. If you are thinking of diving the Gulf Coast, you won't go wrong hooking up with these guys they really are the best. If you see any of this gang there are some FUNNY tales to be told !

Madison Rock Quarry

 August 4th , 2001

This Quarry is great diving because there are so many different structures to see, compliments of NASA.

We had a great day of diving. Our current AOW students practice their navigational skills under water and wreck dove on the houseboat Miss Alabama. Also had OW students doing two of their check-off dives during the day. Water temp. was great !

 Madison Rock Divers Quarry

August 25-26, 2001

Join us as we travel to Alabama to dive at the quarry south of Madison, Ala. This quarry is excellent inland diving and the folks are very friendly. We intend on spending the night and getting in a night dive also. Give us a call if you want to join us......