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Conservation
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The Arizona ECO Divers
next monthly Salt River cleanup dive will take place on
Sunday October
17th.
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A special thanks goes out to
to all those who helped out with the 2003 ECO Dive underwater cleanups.
Your cleanup efforts yielded amazing results and we collected
13,898 aluminum cans and removed lots of other
litter. Please click
here to see the numeric results of everyone's hard work. Thanks
for a great 2003!!
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| The Cleanup date:
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Saturday March 27th, 2004
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| The Cleanup Site Area Location: |
Pebble Beach Rec. Area
The entrance is located on the north side of the Bush highway, just west of
the Blue Point Bridge. Click the map for larger
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| Time: |
7:30 am |
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Focus of the Cleanup: |
This is the kickoff cleanup of 2004. We will meet at the Pebble
Beach Recreation area and work on the cleanup site of last years big event.
There is still a lot of litter to be removed from this area. Divers and non-divers
are welcome to help.
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Attention Divers: |
On our
last dive at the Pebble Beach was in November and we encountered the following
conditions:
- Water temperature at 15 feet was 74 degrees
- Visibility was ok due to the lack of the flow rate in the river.
Visibility was about 5-8 feet
- There is still a tremendous amount of litter to be removed from this
sites
The current water temperature will be colder than
noted above. We will provide a more accurate reading of the water
temp sometime in February.
Please note the low visibility diving conditions of this site. Good
buoyancy control is important, but you can still end up with a no
visibility condition, so please be prepared. This is a great
way to become comfortable in low visibility conditions in an area with
other experienced divers. If you have any questions please call to
Jay or Kim discuss them.
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| What
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- Bring a buddy if at all possible
- Dive equipment (mask, fins, snorkel, B.C., etc)
- Hood to cover your head and ears
- 3mm gloves to use during the cleanup
- Sunscreen and a hat
- Exposure suit. Wet suit recommended, some people dive 6mm others
dive with 3mm. I recommend not using your dry suits to avoid any
potential punctures or tears due to cans or fishing hook
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If you would like to participate in the this cleanup,
please email us or call us with your contact information so we can provide
you with appropriate directions to the site or additional information that
might be needed.
• Main Category • Annual Events • Eco Dive Monthly Cleanup Site • 2003 Eco Dive Cleanup Totals • Eco Dive Cleanup Archives • Coral Reef Conservation • Marine Science Scholarship - Essay Contest • Waterway Cleanup Events •
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This Month's Scuba Factoid |
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The first successful diving
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