The great annual Christmas tree dive - 2014 issue

[Storker]

Every year, sometime in November/December, my club tries to pull off an annual Christmas tree dive. We meet up at our training site, get into the water, swim around a decorated Christmas tree a few times and finish off by shooting some crap over (non-alcoholic) gløgg and gingerbread cookies. It's more than a little goofy and quite fun, and everybody has a good time. At the end of the day, the tree is taken up again and disposed off in an environmentally friendly manner.

The 2014 Christmas tree dive video/slideshow:

[video=youtube;YJmMW8xWjzA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmMW8xWjzA[/video]

 

[TMHeimer]

Our shop does one of those as well, though I've never participated (did the New Year's Day dive, wet, of course, though). If it's a wooden tree why would you have to dispose of it other than just leaving it in in the ocean?

 

[Storker]

The point of the "environmental-friendly diposal" was a little tounge-in-cheek, but not totally.

The tree is natural, the decorations aren't. We have to pull the tree up after the dive to recover the decorations anyway. So we throw the tree a suitable place on land rather than back in the sea on a trafficked site.

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[TMHeimer]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the artificial decorations. I was thinking of our "Pumpkin" dive when we just leave them there for a buffet for the fish.

 

[underwaterbuddy]

Very cool. Do you guys do diving events for any other holiday?

 

[Storker]

May 17. With an underwater parade.

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[ygthad]

Great Video Thanks for showing.. Looked like fun