Wrinkles June 2008 Dive & BBQ - Laguna Beach, CA

[headhunter]

When: Saturday, June 14th
Where: Orange County, Gather at Laguna Sea Sports in Laguna Beach

Hosam from Laguna Sea Sports has been nice enough to offer us a place to gather at Laguna Sea Sports for our BBQ, while Heisler Park is still under construction. He has chairs and tables that we can use. He will even let us use his propane BBQ. (I'll bring a bottle of propane, so we don't use his.)

We did this for our October 2007 and February 2008 Wrinkles event and it worked out very well for us!!

Anytime you get a chance to visit Laguna Sea Sports, please ask for Hosam and thank him for letting The Dive Matrix use his place to gather for our Laguna Beach events.

For a complete list of all of the Wrinkles dives for the 2008 calendar year, see this thread:

http://www.divematrix.com/showthread.php?t=2321


What is the Wrinkles Dive?

This is a monthly gathering of all divers and non-divers in SoCal who can make it. It's a lot of fun involving diving, eating, socializing and sometimes even camping!

It all started when our SoCal member, Wrinkles, mentioned to a group that she dove with that it would be really fun to be able to get together at least once a month. Pasley, took off with the idea and announced the first "Wrinkles Dive". The rest is history!

It's open to everyone of all skill levels from "I'm not certified yet" to "Do we really have to dive the Andrea Doria again?"

We've found this to be a great way to meet our fellow divers locally and many new dive buddies have been found though these "dive soirees".


Info on Laguna Beach:

Map of area

Dive Sites

Laguna Beach Cam


Loose Schedule of events:

7:00AM - Early Birds arrive and lay claim to a spot (put out tarps and shade thingies)
8:00AM - First Dive
11:00AM - Second Dive
12:00AM - Lunch
2:00PM - Third Dive
5:00PM - Fourth Dive
6:30PM - Night Dive (Sunset, bring your lights, extra batteries and warm clothes)
8:30PM - Dinner and more socializing at:

Gina's Pizza
610 N. Coast Highway
(949) 497.4421
www.ginaspizza.com

"This is clearly the best pizza at the beach" - Orange County Register

"Gina's is a family-run pizza business and the product is excellent" - L.A. Magazine



Items needed:

• EZup
• BBQ grill accessories (charcoal - Match Light, tongs, etc..)
  
  • Charcoal - headhunter bringing a propane bottle for the Laguna Sea Sports BBQ
  • Tongs and Spatula Ted S
• Utensils
  
  • plates - headhunter
  • napkins - headhunter
  • forks - headhunter
  • knives - headhunter
  • trash bags - headhunter
• Condiments:
  
  • ketchup - ShakaZulu
  • mayo - ShakaZulu
  • mustard - ShakaZulu
  • pickles
  • lettuce - Rickster
  • tomatoes - Rickster
  • onions - Rickster
• Side Dishes
  1. Fruit Salad - bluesbro1982
  2. Potato Salad - Rickster's guests
  3. ?
• Fruit
• Bananas - Rickster's guests
• Oranges - Rickster's guests
• Chips
• Dessert
  1. ?
  2. ?
  3. ?
• Hamburgers - nannymouse
• Hamburger Buns - nannymouse
• Hot dogs - nannymouse
• Hot dog Buns - nannymouse
• Water

Air/Nitrox/Trimix Fills:

Laguna Sea Sports
925 N Coast Highway
Laguna Beach CA 92651
(949) 494-6965


Tide Predictions:

Coming soon!


2008 Wrinkles Dive Schedule:

Wrinkles dives will take place every 2nd Saturday of the month and we will occasionally have both a Saturday and Sunday included for an entire weekend of fun.

January 12th, Saturday - San Diego County - La Jolla Shores
February 9th, Saturday - Orange County - Heisler Park
March 8th, Saturday - Catalina Island - Avalon Dive Park
April 12th and 13th, Saturday and Sunday - Los Angeles/Ventura County - Leo Carrillo
May 10th, Saturday - San Diego County - La Jolla Shores
June 14th, Saturday - Orange County - Heisler Park
July 12th, Saturday - Catalina Island - Avalon Dive Park
August 9th, Saturday - San Diego County - La Jolla Shores
September 13th and 14th, Saturday and Sunday - Los Angeles/Ventura County - Leo Carrillo
October 11th, Saturday - Orange County - Heisler Park
November 8th, Saturday - Catalina Island - Avalon Dive Park
December 13th, Saturday - Los Angeles - Palos Verdes/Redondo area - Veteran's Park


RSVP:

Please RSVP, so that we can get a headcount for food.

Please include the number of guests in your party and update you RSVP with any changes in the future.

I'll update this post as we have more info.

Christian

[Rickster]

I will bring the Tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.

This is alway a fun event. It has been awhile since I have done any diving in Laguna. I am really looking forward to this.

Rick

[ShakaZulu]

Ok, will see you guys there.....ketchup, mayo and mustard.

[bluesbro1982]

I'll bring a fruit salad type deal. If anyone is allergic to anything, let me know.

[nannymouse]

I will bring hamburgers and hotdogs. Will 2 dozen be enough? -N

[headhunter]

I will bring hamburgers and hotdogs. Will 2 dozen be enough? -N

We won't really know how many we'll need until later in the week when we see how many people are coming.

However, I would guess that 2 dozen will be more than enough. We always wind up with plenty of food and people take a lot of it home.

Also, there is a Von's just down the street. So, we can always easily get anything we need.

Thanks!

Christian

[nannymouse]

HBDiveGirl "Early dive at Deadmans? :-) "

nannymouse "How early??"

[HBDiveGirl]

HBDiveGirl "Early dive at Deadmans? :-) "

nannymouse "How early??"

0600 - 0630, catching the pushing tide before it tops out at 0830.

Scooters at dawn!

More parking at dawn!

[HBDiveGirl]

... taking up where optimistic midnight dreaming left off....

I'm about an hour away from Laguna.
Let's make it 0630 - 0700.

Last time the Wrinkles event was in Laguna, there were 6 or 7 teams that dived Deadman's early and then went to LSS for the SI.

CalmWaterCalmWaterCalmWater....

~~~
Claudette

[bluesbro1982]

... taking up where optimistic midnight dreaming left off....

I'm about an hour away from Laguna.
Let's make it 0630 - 0700.

Last time the Wrinkles event was in Laguna, there were 6 or 7 teams that dived Deadman's early and then went to LSS for the SI.

CalmWaterCalmWaterCalmWater....

~~~
Claudette

Anyone else going early that does not own a scooter? I'd like to do deadman's, but am not equipped with power-assist functionality :-)

[ShakaZulu]

I don't get up that early for anything....

[CompuDude]

Possibly. But 6:30? I'd have to leave at 5:30... means getting up at 4:30.

No thanks!

There's a decent chance I'll show up later, though.

[HBDiveGirl]

0525, Monday - Thursday: my alarm wakes the nearly-dead... groan...

0500 on a dive day: My eyes are open before the alarm and I'm running the list in my head to make sure all the gear is packed. Out the door in nuthin' flat.

Isn't it Saturday, yet??!!?

'Chica

[CompuDude]

0525, Monday - Thursday: my alarm wakes the nearly-dead... groan...

0500 on a dive day: My eyes are open before the alarm and I'm running the list in my head to make sure all the gear is packed. Out the door in nuthin' flat.

Isn't it Saturday, yet??!!?

'Chica

I'll get up that early for a boat... if I have to, but not a shore dive. Generally. I've made many exceptions.

Mon-Fri, however, my alarm goes off at 8am, and I drag myself out of bed at 8:30. Weekends are supposed to be for sleeping in, so 5am is just unconscionable! LOL

[LAJim]

I understand both points of view but will have the issue this Saturday decided by a teen in tow who is punctuality-impaired.

Jim