Our February club dive will the annual Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup! You can choose to dive a couple of different sites, including at Casino Point or Green Pier.
Catalina Divers Supply and the Avalon Rotary Club Foundation are proud to host this annual event. This is the only time scuba diving is allowed in Avalon Bay, with 500+ expected volunteer divers collecting trash and debris. Awards ceremony follows on Wrigley Stage with prizes & giveaways.
Proceeds benefit the USC Hyperbaric Chamber and the Avalon Rotary Club Foundation.
Schedule of Events (tentative)
7:00-8:45 AMCheck-in for Pre-registered Divers (Dive Locations)7:00-8:45 AMDay-of Registration (Wrigley Stage)9:00 AMDive Master/Diver Orientations (Dive Locations)9:30-11:00 AMDivers in Water (Dive Locations)11:00 AMAll Divers Out of Water (MANDATORY)1:00 PMDoor Prize Drawing (Wrigley Stage)1:00-3:00 PMAward Ceremony (Wrigley Stage)
The Catalina Divers Supply and the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber invite you to participate in this monumental and worthy event.
The Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup has grown into one of the major dive events in Southern California. This annual endeavor to clean Avalon’s spectacular harbor attracts 600 participants from across California and neighboring states. Following the Cleanup Dive the Awards Ceremony is highlighted with raffle!
Proceeds from the event benefit the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, a life support recompression facility on Catalina that serves as a safety net to the thousands of divers who frequent the nearby waters. Proceeds will also fund improvements of the Avalon Underwater Dive Park directed by the Catalina Divers Supply.