Anyone can carve a pumpkin on the kitchen table. South Florida Beach Divers do it on the ocean floor surrounded by admiring fish. This is a fun event designed to bring out the creative streak in every diver. Every year, we see pumpkins that stagger the imagination.

Show up for the dive with a pumpkin ready for your design. You can clean out the guts first but pumpkins cannot have designs preprinted or precut. Everyone starts with a clean pumpkin. Buddy teams can share a pumpkin or each can enter separately. If you need a buddy, you are sure to find one among the participants. If you just want to photograph the crazy action beneath the waves, make sure your batteries are fresh so you won't miss anything.

Other equipment you will want to bring include a mesh bag to carry your pumpkin to and from the site and a 2 lb weight to keep your pumpkin from floating away as you carve. We will enter the surf off the beach and swim out to the rocks for pumpkin carving. Buddy teams can anchor themselves on the bottom, which is mostly sand for the first 100 yards out and in the areas around the rocks. Following the creative portion, buddies can explore the reef before returning for the judging and refreshments

Perry St has plenty of parking at $4/hr payable at MasterMeters. No restroom facilities are near but a freshwater shower will ensure a good rinse.