KSC by the numbers

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 link to “Honey we found our vacation.”

Wolferberger: Beach Party Bonaire

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

We Didn’t Start the Fire

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


Lucky Lucky Lionfish

Lucky lucky lionfish
Come and swim with me

Lucky lucky lionfish
It was meant to be

Lucky lucky lionfish
Have no fear

Lucky lucky lionfish
Daddy is not here

Lucky lucky lionfish
You don’t see a spear

Lucky lucky lionfish
No one will come near

Lucky lucky lionfish
You are safe this year

Lucky lucky lionfish
Daddy is not here in Belize

By: Abby Zanelli

Lionfish, Belize, Tarpon Fly Fishing, Kids and Fishing, Bone fish, Permit, Kids Sea Camp
Belize i a wonderful place to hunt for Lionfish.

Bonaire Thanksgiving 2018 Poetry

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Kids Sea Camp Palau 2018

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Bonaire summer of 2018 Poems

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Roatan Summer 2018 Kids Sea Camp Poems

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2018 Kids Sea Camp Poem

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

The Philippines poems

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


 

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