2018 Monterey Shootout

Staff · Issue 104, Sep/Oct 2018 · pp. 37–39

The Monterey Shootout is a four-day weekend of diving, educational seminars, celebration, and a chance to win over $30,000 in prizes, even with the simplest of underwater cameras. This year, 159 participants brought their friends and families to share the fun and see what amazing images can be made in a tight 36-hour window of diving. The ocean and weather cooperated by giving us small pockets of good visibility and a full on jellyfish invasion. Record numbers of photographers joined the Thursday, Friday, and Sunday seminars to dial-in their techniques and captured stunning images for the contest. Hanging out on the beach and boats with like- minded divers gives us cold-water enthusiasts a real sense of community. After two days of diving, over 200 people gathered back at the Backscatter mother ship for a night of celebration and drinks stiff enough to heat up the most waterlogged diver.…