San Diego Underwater Easter Egg Hunt—April 15
Once again the Easter Bunny has been seen scuba diving near the underwater canyon at La Jolla Shores. He always likes to get a head start for the Annual San Diego Dive Club Underwater Easter Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast.
All divers and their families are invited to participate in the Easter Egg Hunt and share a great breakfast of pancakes, sausage or bacon and topped off and hot coffee, cocoa and juice. Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Easter Egg hunt will take place near the submarine canyon at La Jolla Shores. The briefing for this event will take place at 9 a.m. with all divers expected to hit the water by 9:30 a.m. Prizes will be given to the buddy teams that find the most eggs.
While the divers head down to the water, the younger attendees will be treated to a Children’s Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. at nearby Kellogg Park.
To participate in the dive, you must be a certified diver, have signed a release and be accompanied by a dive buddy. Depending on the ocean conditions, this dive is normally an easy to intermediate dive. For more information, e-mail sddiver@cox.net or call Richard at 619-544-8616.

Catalina Chamber Day and Evening — May 3
Registration is now underway for the 18th annual Chamber Day events to be held on Wednesday, May 3. Chamber Day is a fund-raiser for our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, and is the largest single-day scuba charity event in the United States.
The Catalina Chamber is dedicated strictly to the treatment of diving accidents on a 24/7/365 basis. Although it is hoped you’ll never need it, having the Chamber available gives divers a vital safety net in the event something should go wrong with your dive. Although there is a grant from L.A. County, and the Chamber gets income from some outside activities, Chamber Day provides a significant portion (close to 50 percent) of the Chamber’s annual budget.
The great thing about this event is that ALL the money raised goes to the Chamber. No administrative fees are deducted from the proceeds, the local Southern California boats (12 of them) donate their time and services, the manufacturers donate gear for raffle prizes (roughly $30,000 worth), the Aquarium of the Pacific donates their facility for the evening event, hundreds of volunteers donate their time, and you (hopefully) donate your money. Last year we raised over $90,000 and this year we’re hoping to do even better. The event has many facets and there are multiple ways for you to get involved.
The main event is Chamber Day, a full day of diving (two dives) at Catalina plus a walking tour of the Chamber at the Isthmus. Cost for this is $85 (plus $30 for food and air fills) which gets you the diving, the tour, a t-shirt, and five raffle tickets.
For those who can’t take a day off but would still like to participate, we have the Flying Dutchman, a mythical boat but a big part of Chamber Day as it’s the perfect place for those who can’t do the event. Those who choose to “dive” the Dutchman get a special limited-edition t-shirt (available ONLY to those who sign up for the Dutchman) as well as raffle tickets.
There’s also the Chamber Challenge, where the diving community is “challenged” to raise extra funds for our Chamber, through specific donations (usually $100, but also $500 and $1000), which then hopefully challenge your friends to match your generosity.
Chamber Evening is the cap to everything and is co-sponsored by the Aquarium of the Pacific. It features full access to the Aquarium, a sit-down dinner in the Great Hall (underneath the life-sized model of a Blue Whale), some awards, a separate raffle, and the presentation of the final check to Karl Huggins, Director of the Chamber.
Full information on this great event can be found of the web at www.chamberday.org. You can even sign up via the web and our secure server, or by calling the coordinating store at 310-652-4990.