Ok. here is the lowdown..
(same info will be copied to the first post for easy reference)
More info here>
http://www.oceanwatch.org/
We will be meeting at Pompano Pier at 8:00 or so.
222 N Pompano Beach Blvd Pompano Beach, FL 33062-5100
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?a...h+BLVD&csz=pompano+beach,+fl&country=us&new=1
The clean up starts at 9:00 A.M., but you want to get there early enough to set up gear and register.
Once you arrive at the pier, drop off your gear. You will be given a parking pass, and park your vehicle in the lot across the street. Somebody from OceanWatch will show you where to park. Register, and also get a pair of scissors to borrow. You probably won't need a knife, as most of what you will be cutting is fishing line, miles of it!
Be ready at 9:00 for instructions on cleaning. Basically what happens is we enter the water, swim out to the end of the pier and start collecting garbage. We will have surface support who will drop down 5 gal buckets with holes in them. We fill the buckets and the surface support lifts, and dumps them. Working in a team or alone is fine. I have done both.
For those that have never done a reef clean up: Bring gloves. Along with the miles of fishing line there are lots and lots of hooks, some rusty. You will also find hundreds of sinkers, fishing line, knives, fishing poles, cans, bottles, fishing line, batteries, coolers, chairs, fishing line and anything that was thrown or dropped off the pier. (one guy found a gun a couple years ago!).
The dive is shallow, and one tank should be suffice, but bringing an extra tank just in case is not a bad idea. No need to add additional weight to compensate for the shallowness, just pick up some sinkers!
Last year water was supplied after the dive, and I believe that the same is true this year.
After the dive, there is an
after clean up party at John U. Lloyd State park, exact location to be announced, probably on Saturday. The price of admission to the
After dive party is $5.00, and the entrance fee to the park is waived.The beach is still being worked on, and thus closed, so I do not know if we can dive off the beach or not.
The
After After Dive Party is at my house. I will hand out directions to those that want to come on Saturday. If you need directions before that, PM me or email me at scuba_jenny AT scubaboard.com
Sunday
Boat dive on the IBIS.
http://www.divefortlauderdale.com/
Neal has suggested "The Miss Dania Beach,"
http://www.wavesf.com/wave-online-issues/W4/W4_38.php, followed by a reef dive.
Anybody wanting to do the boat dive, please sign up directly with Neal at 954-922-8134 Toll Free 877-277-3481.
