3Rs Beach Diving Workshops - August 12, 19, and more
Rocks, Reefs and Rips program (3Rs) is a half-day course designed to familiarize divers with popular beach dive sites and improve their beach diving skills.
Sessions will take place Aug. 12 at Point Dume (Los Angeles County); Aug. 19 at La Jolla Cove (San Diego County); Sept. 9 at Old Marineland (Los Angeles County); Sept. 16 at Hospital Point (San Diego County); Oct. 14 at White Point (Los Angeles County).
Instructors will demonstrate and supervise proper surf entry and exit procedures, explain unique aspects of the dive site, and discuss dive condition assessment techniques. Participants are then led on a snorkeling tour of the dive site. (Participants are to wear full wetsuit, mask, fins, snorkel, and a weight belt with half of the normal weight they use for diving. Tanks and regulators are not allowed.)
For each of the events, registration and briefing is at 8 a.m. A donation is suggested. The San Diego 3Rs are staged by the San Diego Council of Divers, San Diego Lifeguards, and various area dive clubs. For information on the San Diego workshops, contact John Gibbins at (619) 584-0278 or Steve Haynes at (619) 222-7866 or on the web at www.egroups.com/group/rocks-rips-reefs. For last minute changes in the San Diego schedule and/or locations, call (619) 221-8824.
The Los Angeles and Orange County workshops are organized and conducted by the L.A. County Underwater Instructors Association in cooperation with the Greater Los Angeles Council of Divers (GLACD). For more info, visit the GLACD web site at www.glacd.org or call (310) 379-5681.
The Pacific Coast Underwater Photographic Competition (PCUPC 2000) will be held in San Diego, California on August 11-13, 2000. Each contestant has up to sixteen hours to capture images on a single 36-exposure roll of Kodak Ektachrome E100VS slide film, videotape, or on a 27-exposure single use camera. The limits on time and film make PCUPC different from many other photographic contests. Because all competitors will be shooting in roughly similar locations and under similar ocean conditions, photographic technique, pre-dive planning, and the ability to make every shot count will be crucial.
Divisions include Novice, Amateur and Advanced. Categories include Marine Life, The Diver, and Macro. Contest format and awards has five components. Awards will be given for: Division Competition - Best of Show, Best of Category, and first, second and third in each division/category; Humor Competition; Team Competition; Video Competition; Single Use Camera.
For information and registration forms, contact San Diego Underwater Photographic Society-PCUPC 3094 Nile Street San Diego, CA USA 92104, (619) 584-0278, e-mail kerg@cts.com, or visit www.personal.isat.com/sdups/pcupc.htm on the web.
The 6th annual Monterey Shootout will be held August 18-20, in the beautiful Monterey Bay. This year's event will include both an Underwater Photo competition as well as an Underwater Video competition. Multiple seminars will be presented on a variety of topics including underwater shooting techniques (both video and still), as well as a "What do I do with all that raw footage?" video editing seminar, presented by Digital Origin.
As this year's Presenting Sponsor, Light & Motion will be handing out over $10,000 in prizes including a Mystery Prize that will be revealed at the event. Awards to the top finishers in all categories will be provided by notable sponsors, including: Light & Motion, Sea & Sea, Backscatter, Kodak, Otter Bay Wetsuits, Adobe, Optiquatics, Digital Origin, Ikelite, DEPP, Lowepro, Ed Cooper Photo Boat, Ultra Light, Friends of the Otter, Cypress Charters, Silver Prince, Monterey Express, Cetacea, Subal, and Otter Box.
For further information contact: Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo at 831-645-1082 or visit the Monterey Shootout website at www.theshootout.org
The International Coastal Cleanup is an annual, global project coordinated by the Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) and supported by an international network of environmental and civic organizations, government agencies, industries, and individuals. Each year, volunteers gather at coastal locations around the world and pick up trash. This year's cleanup will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2000. Underwater cleanups will be held at various locations along the California coastline. For information on underwater cleanup sites in Los Angeles County call Heal the Bay at 1-800-Heal-Bay or visit their website at www.healthebay.org. For other areas, visit the website for the Center for Marine Conservation (www.cmc-oceans.org).
The 3rd Annual Cabrillo Chocolate Lobster Dive will occur on Saturday, September 23, 2000. Both certified scuba divers and skin divers will be able to descend into the waters off Cabrillo Beach located at San Pedro in search of a rare species of lobster (the 8-inch chocolate variety) known to appear only once a year - this year on September 23.
The event is limited to 500 participants who will be eligible to win dozens of valuable and exciting prizes provided by dive equipment manufacturers, travel providers, and other sponsors, while keeping their bag limit (2) of recovered lobster. A total of over $30,000 in prizes will be awarded. Proceeds from the event benefit Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Spring Outdoor Classroom, teaching 36,000 children annually about the marine environment.
Entry forms can be obtained by calling (310) 548-7562 ext. 9039, or fax (310) 548-2649, or through Southern California dive shops and dive clubs. Pre-registration by September 8 is $25 and includes free parking. Entrants who register after September 8 pay $28 plus $6.50 for parking. For further information, explore the web site www.cabrilloaq.org.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation Parks but is dependent upon donations. The aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen White Drive, San Pedro, CA 90731.
The Historical Diving Society USA is hosting a rally in Santa Barbara on September 30 at Santa Barbara City College. The rally will include a full weekend of activities including social events, demos, and lectures especially for divers.
For more information and to purchase tickets, contact The Historical Diving Society at (805) 692-0072.
September 30: Opening of lobster season. Make your boat reservations now!
November 10, 11, 12: Catalina Photo Shoot-out. Call 310-510-2350.
