Matz,
I've been working on Aquatics boats for 6 years and have worked the Safari Hunt for as many years. It is a fun event that brings 50-100 divers together to hunt for numbered tokens on the liberty ship, i think there is around 120 tokens, small orange painted steel plates and weights. Diver can find up to 3 tokens. Once back at the dock, the numbers are called in order, when your number is called you draw a prize randomly. The prizes range from a reg, BC, and a speargun to sea drops and everything in between. We cook up hot dogs and make an afternoon of it. The past two years were blown out but the prizes were still given out with everyone getting a chance to get a prize until they all ran out. We are due for a good weather for this event.
Here are a few tips,
-If you are chartering with AS get a spot near the back of the boat so you can be one of the first in the water when the horn blows.
-get to the bottom as soon a possible because 50-100 people on the wreck can stir things up a bit, bring a light.
-look everywhere, the guys put the tokens out in the open and tucked away deep in holes.
-It's easy to get lost on the wreck but with 10-20 boats anchored up it's always easy to find someones anchor line and make a safe ascent. Sometimes we have a jet ski out to tow divers back to their boats.
The water temp is usually in the mid to upper sixties so be prepared. Depth is max 50ft.
All in all it is a blast, seeing that many divers scramble underwater is pretty funny.
Let me know if you have any questions about it.
Pat
