2026 Annual Dive & Dine

Activity

Mendocino, CA

08/20/26 12:00 pm – 08/23/26 11:00 am

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Join us for the 2026 Annual Dive & Dine on the north coast in Mendocino. This year we have the group site at Van Damme State Park.

Overnight parking is now full!
You can still attend, but if you plan to camp, please contact Ric Miller at the “Contact Organizer” link above before signing up!

Join us at Dive & Dine in Van Damme State Park

How to join the fun:
Signup Online to attend
Signup Online to help out at the campsite.

Schedule

Check-in on Thursday after noon: Tell the Gate that you are with Marin Scuba Club and member Charles Dollwet who reserved the group site.
Around 5pm appetizers & dinner
Evening campfires camaraderie
Friday: Charles Dollwet is planning a kayak trip
Saturday: Scuba diving is the activity for divers
Saturday Afternoon: Hikes are on the agenda
Saturday Night: Join us for culinary miracles & favorite dish to share
Numerous opportunities for scuba, snorkel, kayaking, hiking, more…

For more information, questions, comments, please contact:

Ric Miller
Marin Scuba Club
Social Activities Coordinator
Click on “Contact Organizer” at top of post!

Scuba Dive Plan from Ken Carter:

We’ll probably do between 2 and 3 dives: two at Van Damme State Park (1 day, 1 night) and 1 at Portuguese Beach in Mendocino.

Van Damme is flat and about 6m/20′. We do about 100m surface swim, drop down, wander around for an hour or so. There is a reef further out and we are going to try out dive kayaks to get out that far.

Mendocino is my favorite dive north of Point Lobos. We wade out from the beach to a natural tunnel through the living rock. It’s about a 50m surface swim through the tunnel. Very pretty. We dive the wall under the sea cliffs. It starts in about 10m/30′ and gradually drops to 20m/60′.