The Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup is an annual dive event held at Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. The event was started in the 1970’s by the local dive community in an effort to cleanup Avalon Harbor, and this event is the only time diving is permitted in the Harbor. Over the years, this event has grown to become one of the most popular dive events in Southern California.

In years' past we have had over 500 divers who had a great time retrieving trash and lost items from the harbor as well as celebrating the event. There are numerous parties around town on both Friday and Saturday nights as divers revel in the warm friendly atmosphere of Catalina Island. Several dive clubs also have made this event one of their premier social events of the year.

The proceeds of the Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup benefit the Catalina Conservancy Divers Given Fund for Ocean Conservation established in the name of Dr. Robert Given and the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. Catalina Conservancy Divers is a support group of the Catalina Island Conservancy. The Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber is a life support recompressions chamber on Catalina that serves thousands of divers who frequent the Catalina waters.

DIVE LOCATIONS: There are three locations from which divers can enter Avalon Harbor for the dive. Divers must enter and exit the water from their assigned location. Upon exiting the water, all diversmust check in with their dive master for their entry location, and get their wristband punched, in order to pick up their T-Shirt and goodie bag at Wrigley Stage(NO EXCEPTIONS)!

* On-site registration is available on the morning of the event in Avalon, but online pre-registration is highly encouraged, as event may fill up. (For on-site registration, arrive very early and report to the Wrigley Stage by 7:30 a.m.) Participation cannot be guaranteed for unregistered late arrivals. For questions regarding registration or the cleanup- itself, please send an e-mail to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To be eligible to dive in the Avalon Underwater Cleanupyou must be a trained SCUBA diver certified by one of the following nationally recognized agencies:

Approximately 10 days prior to the event, all registered divers will receive a confirmation package regarding the event, including dive location assignment, t-shirt size, waiver forms, luggage tags (for delivering equipment to a designated dive location), and other dive event materials.

On the day of the event, all divers must check-in at their assigned dive locations and present the following:

· SCUBA Certification Card

· Completed and executed Waiver/Release Form

· Completed and executed Safe Diving Practices Form

AWARDS & RAFFLE: Awards for unique items found during the Cleanup will be given at the Awards Ceremony to be held at Wrigley Stage, beginning at 1 PM. During the Awards Ceremony, raffle tickets will be drawn to give away prizes donated by the event sponsors. Without the kind and generous support of the various sponsors, this event would not be possible. We urge you to visit theSPONSORS page of this web site and support these sponsors.