Close

Member Login

Logging In
Invalid username or password.
Incorrect Login. Please try again.

not a member? sign-up now!

Signing up could earn you gear and it helps to keep offensive content off of our site.

Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contests 2009

by Brooke Morton
image-125-Pumpkin 0
Pumpkin
Amy Slate

Check out the underwater pumpkin carving contests scheduled for 2009. Most ask that you bring your own pumpkin, dive knife as well as extra weight. The photo at left is from Amy Slate's Amoray Dive Resort, which has organized underwater carving contests for the past 12 years.

ARKANSAS
DAN
October 11, time TBD
Held at the Indian Creek Campground
Beaver Lake, Arkansas
888-565-3483

CALIFORNIA
Ocean Enterprises
October 31, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
La Jolla Shores
San Diego, California
858-565-6054

COLORADO

A-1 Scuba and Travel Center and the Downtown Aquarium
October 31
Held at the Downtown Aquarium
700 Water Street
Denver, Colorado
303-789-2450
FLORIDA
Amy Slate's Amoray Dive Resort
October 25 aboard the 8:30 am boat
800-4AMORAY, aka 800-426-6729
104250 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, Florida

Caloosa Dive Club
October 25 at 10 am
Held "somewhere near Ft. Myers Beach," call for details
info@diveclub.org
Cape Coral, Florida

HAWAII
Shaka Divers
October 25, time TBD
Held at Makena Landing
800-250-1234
Maui, Hawaii

ILLINOIS
Scuba Emporium
October 18, 2 p.m.
Haigh Quarry
Kankakee, Illinois
708-226-1614

OHIO
October 31, 10:30 am orientation
901 S. Main Street
Gibsonburg, Ohio
419-637-3483
PENNSYLVANIA
York Divers
October 25, arrive at noon
Held at the BSC Quarry
717-846-0400
York, Pennsylvania
For a chance to win a hat from Bottom Crawlers, post your pumpkin photos on sportdiver.com. Log in (or create a profile if you're new to our community), then upload images of your carved pumpkin and be sure to tag the photo with the word "pumpkin." Deadline is November 30, 2009.
Know of additional upcoming pumpkin carving events? enter them in the comments section below.