Dive Team Events

31st ANNUAL AVALON UNDERWATER CLEANUP

WHERE: Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island
DATE: February 25th, 2012


Roddenberry Dive Team will be teaming up with Power Scuba for the Avalon Underwater Cleanup event.



About the Annual Avalon Underwater Cleanup event:

The Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup is an annual dive event held at Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island on the Saturday following President’s Day in February. The event was started in the 1970’s by the local dive community in an effort to cleanup Avalon Harbor, and this event is the only time diving is permitted in the Harbor. Over the years, this event has grown to become one of the most publicized and popular dive events in Southern California. Many think it’s the largest dive event in the world.

Besides offering divers the opportunity to dive in Avalon Harbor, the event brings together a large number of people who share common interests – diving and Catalina Island. Last year we had over 500 divers who had a great time retrieving trash and lost items from the harbor as well as celebrating the event. There are numerous parties around town on both Friday and Saturday nights as divers revel in the warm friendly atmosphere of Catalina Island. Several dive clubs also have made this event one of their premier social events of the year.



Schedule:

Friday, February 24, 2012

Arrive on Catalina Express Ferry
Check-in to Hotel 
7:00(ish) Beer & Wine Mixer in the Meeting Room at the Seaport Village Inn. There will be a video presentation about the underwater critters commonly found in the waters around Catalina by Dr. Bill Bushing. (Please BYOB)


Saturday, February 25, 2012

7:30am - 9:00am Check-in at Dive Locations (we will be at Step Beach)
9:00am Mandatory Safety Briefing
9:30am - 11:00am Cleanup Dive
1:00pm Awards Ceremony at Wrigley Stage



Registration:

To register for the Avalon Harbor Cleanup, go to the Catalina Island Conservancy website by February 18, 2012. Request Step Beach as your entry point and put in Roddenberry Dive Team or Power Scuba as your Group Name. Event packets are typically mailed to your home. Diver fee is $40 per person. Non-diver fee is $20 per person.



Hotel:

You'll need to get a hotel. Plan to go over on Friday and stay until Sunday. Most of the hotels will require that 2-day stay for this particular weekend. Do it now before the good ones get booked up as demand will be high. Atwater, Seaport Village Inn, Catalina Island Inn, Hermosa, etc. Any web search of Catalina hotels will turn up the major players. (Power Scuba members are staying at the Seaport Village Inn. If you do too, try to get a room in the front.)



Diving:

You will need to bring your own gear and tanks. However, you can rent tanks from local dive shops, but contact them soon as demand will be high! You will need to pick up your tank prior to the dive.



Liability Release:

Please CLICK HERE to download the Roddenberry Dive Team Liability Release. Once complete, please either fax (888) 763-7533 or (818) 487-9440 or email to diveteam@roddenberry.com



Additional Resources:

Power Scuba's Website:
http://www.meetup.com/Scuba-Diving-San-Diego/

Catalina Island Conservancy's Event Page:
http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/index.php?s=join&p=catalina_conservancy_divers

Catalina Island Conservancy Website:
http://www.catalinaconservancy.org