04/04/09 Meet & Greet Planning Thread with Survey for Site

[Jim Ernst]

Eh-hem .... No hijacking this thread.

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When the cats away the boys will play

FINE....... Hijack over, Sorry Boss!

 

[Brewski]

 

[Ouvea]

I think the Breakwater would be the best place, even if tends to be crowded. It has ample space to setup a gather area and plenty of parking. In addition, there are restroom facilities and is close to a dive shop if any equipment/air fills are needed.

As a back up location, consider the southern end of Monastery Beach. It has a sizeable parking area and restrooms. The beach is large enough that a sizeable gathering is unlikely to over crowd the area. The southern part of Monastery is usually fairly calm.

Coral Street is often too rough to dive and doesn't have much parking since it's on the street. The parking at the point is often taken by tourists.

imho
Claude

 

[Jim Ernst]

I think the Breakwater would be the best place, even if tends to be crowded. It has ample space to setup a gather area and plenty of parking. In addition, there are restroom facilities and is close to a dive shop if any equipment/air fills are needed.

As a back up location, consider the southern end of Monastery Beach. It has a sizeable parking area and restrooms. The beach is large enough that a sizeable gathering is unlikely to over crowd the area. The southern part of Monastery is usually fairly calm.

Coral Street is often too rough to dive and doesn't have much parking since it's on the street. The parking at the point is often taken by tourists.

imho
Claude

Good points and probably the best ideas!

 

[dannobee]

Well, if it's too rough to dive Coral Street, South Monastery will be blown out.

We've had two Meet & Greets at Coral Street and didn't have problems with parking or otherwise. Well, Fred did show up at the first one. :shocked2:

I'll probably meet everyone at Breakwater and decide where to dive, but I won't be diving Breakwater. If it's flat, I'll head down south, either to Monastery or Garrapata State Park. If it's really flat, I'll head down to McWay falls in Julia Pfeiffer SP.

I think the Breakwater would be the best place, even if tends to be crowded. It has ample space to setup a gather area and plenty of parking. In addition, there are restroom facilities and is close to a dive shop if any equipment/air fills are needed.

As a back up location, consider the southern end of Monastery Beach. It has a sizeable parking area and restrooms. The beach is large enough that a sizeable gathering is unlikely to over crowd the area. The southern part of Monastery is usually fairly calm.

Coral Street is often too rough to dive and doesn't have much parking since it's on the street. The parking at the point is often taken by tourists.

imho
Claude

 

[sarita75]

Sounds awesome Danno. And so people are clear (since I know we have a number of people coming) - where you dive is up to you. I will be diving BW although those falls are beautiful.

 

[bbianchi]

Alright Danno, why the falls if its flat... I give.

I will certainly meet a BW and then go from there. However can I make a suggestion?

I know that lots of people have to come from far away lands to there... but 9/9:30 at BW on the weekend will almost certainly guarantee you upper lot parking. Would there be an interest in making the meetup time earlier? If not I may still plan on getting there early and harassing people I know .

 

[ryssyr]

i'm going to get there early. I'd like a good spot, so I plan on being there at 8.

 

[Jim Ernst]

i'm going to get there early. I'd like a good spot, so I plan on being there at 8.

Myself, Brewski,and a few others will have our travel trailers in the parking lot on Friday night, so no parking problem there, and If anyone needs they can drop their gear off with us in the morning and then park.

 

[ryssyr]

Cool! its been a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to getting back out there.