OCEAN COVE CAMPGROUND | JUNE 23 – 25, 2017
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ITINERARY
Friday, June 23. Drive time can take more than 9 hours. Please plan your carpool drive for an arrival time before 9 PM to make camp at a respectable hour and enjoy part of the campfire! Keep in mind there will be no cell reception at the campground. There is limited parking inside the campsite, however we were granted special permission to park a few overflow vehicles off-site.
Details
This is a members only dive trip! We are carpooling up to Jenner, CA North of San Francisco to dive for red abalone, rock scallops and urchin, spear rockfish, lingcod, and cabezon. A large group campsite has been reserved for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Members are responsible for bringing their own food, drinks, camping and dive gear for the weekend, as well as all necessary licences, and abalone report cards. Abalone divers must have their own floats, gauges, and irons *ABSOLUTELY NO SHARING* as these are the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations. Please refer to the posted links and PDF for further information and to sign up for this event. There will be a briefing at 6:30 immediately before our 5/18 general meeting.
Saturday, June 24
7A Breakfast & dive brief
8A Dive
12-2P Lunch Prep “Abalone and fish fry!”
2-5 Abalone pound, hike, dive
7-10 Dinner & campfire
Sunday, June 25
7A Breakfast, break camp, dive, drive home
CAMP ESSENTIALS
- Waterproof tent, stakes, tarp, fly
- Sleeping bag rated to 40 F
- Sleeping pad & pillow
- Flashlight/lantern/headlamp
- First aid kit
- Warm Clothes
- Rain jacket, windbreaker
- Camp chair
- Filet knife & sharpener
- Meat mallet (for abalone)
- Filet bags
- Camp Kitchen
- Cooler
- Food, beverages
- Mess Kit
- Mosquito Repellent
- Hat, Sunglasses, UV protection
- Toiletries and quarters for showers
DIVE ESSENTIALS
- Mask, fins, snorkel
- 7mm wetsuit
- Weightbelt (weighted for 7mm)
- Cold water neoprene gloves
- Cold water neoprene fin socks
- 60-75cm speargun (90cm max)
- Abalone dive float/Banks Board
- Bicycle pump (for inner tube)
- Dive Light (extra batteries)
- Wetsuit lube
- Anti-nausea medicine (rough surge)
- Towel
- Dive knife
- Stringer
- 7 inch abalone gauge & iron
- Float line
- CA Fishing License, Abalone Report Card, Gov’t ID
- Tie wraps, scissors, sharpie, waterproof container ( i.e. nalgene, pelican case)
ADDITIONAL GEAR REQ
- Folding tables
- Lanterns
- Camp Kitchen
- Chef knife
- Cooking/serving utensils
- Cast Iron pan, skillet, pot
- Aluminum foil
- Propane, charcoal
- Camp stove, grill
- Paper towels
- Plates, bowls, utensils, cups
- Butane lighter
- Plastic dish washing tubs
- Dish detergent, bleach
- Dish towels
- Ziploc bags
- Seasonings, spices, oil
- Trash bags
BEFORE YOU DRIVE UP…
- Study the 2017 Abalone Reg’s and the RCG Complex for rockfish, lingcod and cabezon.
- Attend the Pre-Brief on May 18 before and after the General Meeting at 6:30pm