13 years and 18 kids sea camps ago We arrived in Bonaire with two 5-year-olds.
As we molded them into young men, Margo, Tom, Woody, Josh, Patric, Tina, and many others created scuba divers. At 15 they survived Lars’ Rescue course and during a pandemic, tackled the currents around the Galápagos.
As our boat pulled away from this dock 13 years ago and we nervously watched our 5-year-olds feeding parrot fish off this dock with Tina, we didn’t know what an incredible gift Margo would give us year after year.
Soon our SASY divers will go off to college and again — we turn to Margo and ask, “what do you have planned for us?”
Patti S. Snyder (Hopkins) See story
Rockin song, diving in Bonaire at Kids Sea Camp
Wolfersberger family (Song by Trent):
Hopped off the plane at BIA(Bonaire International Airport)With my snorkel, mask, and fins
Welcome to the land of dive excess
Am I gonna fit in?
Jumped in the van, and here I am for the 2nd time
Look to my right and I see the Buddy Dive sign
This is all so crazy
The water’s so blue and wavy
My tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda homesick
Too much pressure and I’m nervous
That’s when the taxi man turned on the radio
And the yacht rock song was on
And the yacht rock song was on
And the yacht rock song was on
So I put my gear on, they’re playin’ my song
The flying fish fly away
I’m clearin’ my mask like yeah
Movin my fins like yeah Got my gear on, they’re playin’ my song
I know I’m gonna be OK
It’s just the Kids Sea Camp way
Yeah, there’s a party underwater today
Yeah, there’s a party underwater todayGet to the class on my first day
Everybody’s lookin at me now
Like who’s that crowd rockin’ loud
They gotta be from out of town
So hard with my friends not around meIt’s definitely not a beachfront party
Cause all I see are wet suits
I guess I never got the memo
My tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda homesick
Too much pressure and I’m nervous
That’s when the DJ dropped my favorite tune
And the yacht rock song was on
And the yacht rock song was on
And the yacht rock song was on
So I put my gear on, they’re playin’ my song
The flying fish fly away
I’m clearin’ my mask like yeah Movin my fins like yeah Got my gear on, they’re playin’ my song
I know I’m gonna be OKYeah, there’s a party underwater today
Yeah, there’s a party underwater today
Kids Sea Camp poetry and songs 2022
Firewalkers, Kava Root, Soft Corals, Shark School
South Pacific, Rocky Island, Bequa Lagoon
Uncle Frasier, Had a Mission, The Cathedral Expedition
Bubblemaker, Fiji Islands, First KSC
Buddy Dive, Bonaire, Shore Diving, Low on Air
Woody, The Milkshake King, At the Surface Interval
Himahooker, Wreck Dive, Donkey Farm and Ice Cream
Scuba Diving, Caribbean, Barracuda, Goodbye!
Chorus
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo since the year 2000!
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo out in Curacao!
Sea Explorers, Spider Boats, Dumaguete, Philippines
Pura Vida, World Class Diving, Dive with a smile
Oslob, Whale sharks, Pigmy Seahorses, Deep Dive
Giant Frogfish, Down in Cabilao
Shark Man, House Reef, Cayman Islands, Cobalt Coast
Stingray City, Master Seal, Kittiwake, Moray Eel
Turtles, Crystak Caves, Karaeoke, Hot Tub
Sunset Cruise, Payton's Place Diving in the Ocean!
Chorus
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo since the year 2000!
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo out in Curacao!
Volleyball, Bungalows, Horseback Riding, Playing Pool
Subway, Water Sprots, Bay Islands Roatan
Monkey Tour,Eco Tour, Zip Line
Bearded Toadfish, Sitting on the ocean Floor
Mark and Holly Night Dives, Fly Fishing Mafia
Eagle Rays, Wreck Dives, Seahorses Everywhere
Trunkfish, Spotted Drums, Diving with the family Master Diver
Peter, Navigation.
Chorus
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo since the year 2000!
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo out in Curacao!
The Mermaid, Margo, Diving in a strange Land
PADI, Photos, Lots of Conservation
PADI Diver Hall of Fame, Lots of Conversation
SCUBAPRO Deep Elite, KSC sure to repeat
Ole Tom, The man, Coral Resotoration
Diving with his family deep within the ocean
Ocean Wishes, Help save the fishes
KSC, Blown away! What Else would I have to say?
Chorus
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo since the year 2000!
We didn't start the fire, It was always Margo out in Curacao!
Reef Divers, Cayman Brac
Sister Island, Back again
Squid Squad, Flounder
Feeding rays, Pip hours
Ragnar spearing lionfish
Russian-warship wreck dive
Nassau-Groupers on the reef
Clearning station all around
Island Dream Crew is the best
Spanish Omelet Specialty test
Turtles-eating, Lobster feeding
Coral Sister has our Kids
Now they're Under Maritime Law
Kids Sea Camp is such a draw!
We love Kids Sea Camp nothing else to say.
We can take this any day
The Karenburg Family
Scuba Dive
We dive through our lives in the same routine
not adventuring or exploring anything
Then all at once, the wind unfurls
we dive into a separate world
A world of rhythm a home to fish
a place of peace for those who wish
and me a guest a mere spectator
who’ll just take pictures to look at later
I grab my reg, check my mask, it’s clean
And I cover my pasty white face with sunscreen
I dive into an ocean of coral and sea,
might see a nurse shark if I’m really lucky
But the dives weren’t the real thing that made this trip neat
It’s the divers, the staff, and the friends that I meet
Because I think that the dives would be a huge bore
Without friends to come with you to help you explore
By: Matthew Boney
2017 Poems from Kids Sea Camp Philippines
Here are the poems from the summer weeks of Kids Sea Camp in the Philippines in 2017. Kids Sea Camp hosts a poetry presentations every Friday night at the closing celebration.
Dive it off
By the Geall family
I wake up at 6, to make sure I don’t miss,
my dive boat mmm, my dive boat mmm.
They may think I’m crazy, well they ain’t wrong baby,
crazy for Kids Sea Camp mmm, crazy for Kids Sea Camp.
So I keep diving can’t stop, won’t stop diving.
It’s like I got the ocean in my mind, saying it’s gonna be alright, cause the fish are gonna
swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim,
and the turtles are gonna flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap.
Yeah I’m just gonna — dive, dive, dive, dive, dive
I’m diving on my own diving, on my own got my friends here,
so I not alone, so I’m not alone,
that’s what they don’t know, mmm, and that’s they know mmm
(Chorus) I dive it off, I dive it off, I dive it off, I dive it off
Hey, Hey, Hey just think while you’ve been getting down and out,
about the Lionfish and the dirty, dirty crown of thrones of this world
You could’ve been getting down to 40 feet.
My old friend brought her new dive gear she’s like “Oh My Gosh”
I’m just gonna dive to the fella over there with the really good hair,
won’t you come on over now and we can dive, dive, dive.
(Chorus) I dive it off, I dive it off, I dive it off, I dive it off
