Underwater games

[iwantkandee]

Hi,

I'm planning a club dive event that will be a mystery clue game.

Other events are:
pumpkin carving, poker run and Easter egg hunt.

I would love to hear some other ideas for group dives. I would like to have one different game planned each month.

Next I'm thinking a scavenger hunt would be fun. Has anyone participated in one before? I would love some ideas of what was on the hunt. I'm in the Pacific NW.

Thank you.

 

[divenutny]

One of the local quarries did a photo scavenger hunt requiring you to swim around the quarry and take photos. It was a timed event with point reduction penalties for taking too long. Points were given for reaching the station and finding fish/critters at each station. Along with total points, there were awards given on picture quality, most unique, etc.

 

[Paco]

You could set up a navigation course or scavenger hunt and even combine the two.

 

[ClayJar]

Well, if you decide to do some board, dice, or card games, that would be ISOSAD territory.

You can find some of our ISOSAD HowTo information in the Dork Divers forum. We're more table games than scavenger-hunt-style games, but if you want to occasionally go that way with your activities, we've play-tested quite a few (and considered the possibilities of others -- Monopoly is going to be... involved).

 

[jepuskar]

You could also play one of my all time favorite games... hide the safety sausage.

You hide alot of sausages..usually in a quarry or other diver friendly bottom....the divers find them..inflate them, some choose to do this orally. Whoever inflates the most sausages by the end of the set time limit wins.

 

[robertarak]

You could also play one of my all time favorite games... hide the safety sausage.

You hide alot of sausages..usually in a quarry or other diver friendly bottom....the divers find them..inflate them, some choose to do this orally. Whoever inflates the most sausages by the end of the set time limit wins.

ummmm.....nevermind

 

[Shaka Doug]

You could also play one of my all time favorite games... hide the safety sausage.

You hide alot of sausages..usually in a quarry or other diver friendly bottom....the divers find them..inflate them, some choose to do this orally. Whoever inflates the most sausages by the end of the set time limit wins.

This could be a title for a new thread!!



I just got home from diving and that's funny!!
Thank You for the chuckle. I might start a monthly event here on Maui myself. That's hilarious.

 

[jepuskar]

I have no idea what is soo funny abouy hiding the safety sausage. It is a really great game. With all the different makers of safety sausages they come in alot of different colors and sizes.

It is quite something to see them erect sticking out of the water from shore. You got a long yellow sausage to the left, a big red one to the right, and then there is always someone who brings a short sausage to the game and it barely breaks the water.

 

[iwantkandee]

Thanks for all of the ideas.

I'm working on a car rally. I need ideas for cryptic directions to the dive site as well as riddles to solve and weird things to collect along the way. Any ideas welcome. If any one knows of a web site that helps with this, I'd love to hear about it.

I'm trying to make a dive a month that is sponsored by a cert class. I have a search and recovery, navigation and photography. Anyone one have a fun night dive game?

I would love to hear more about how the monopoly game works out.

 

[LarryHinDC]

Not a competitive game, but lots of fun... moon walking.

This works best on a sandy bottom so there's nothing to damage or silt to stir up. Use double normal weight and no fins and do acrobatics on the bottom -- flips, hand stands, build pyramids. It's a great way to change your perspective.