Dive Right in Scuba is hosting an underwater pumpkin carving contest and a costume contest October 27 at the Haigh Quarry in Kankakee, Illinois. Prizes include drysuit, dive computers, underwater cameras, classes, masks and drysuit undergarments. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share. The cost is a $20 entrance fee for the park, which does not include equipment and tanks. Pumpkins will be provided. Call 815-267-8400 to sign up.

The Bimini Road, sometimes called the Bimini Wall, is an underwater rock formation near North Bimini island in the Bahamas. Followers of New Age psychic Edgar Cayce swear that the uniquely formed underwater stone formations are actually a path leading to the lost Atlantis.

The Bimini Big Game Club hosts a 60-foot dive to the Bimini Vortex. Daily rates for groups with equipment are $150 per person, depending on the group size. The next boat trip out to the Vortex is at the end of October. For more information, go to www.biggameclubbimini.com

The mysterious Bimini Road is the site of the Vortex, a "section of energy" northeast of the island of Bimini in the Bahamas. Divers and travelers have reported that the Bimini Vortex area has a weird effect on electronics. Divers who encounter dolphins on the Bimini dive tell stories of how they approach quickly and make face-to-face contact with divers. Legend has it that the energy pod which is the Vortex actually comes from the lost city of Atlantis in the Bermuda Triangle.

The Bimini Big Game Club hosts a 60-foot dive to the Bimini Vortex. Daily rates for groups with equipment are $150 per person, depending on the group size. The next boat trip out to the vortex is at the end of October. For more information, go to www.biggameclubbimini.com

This Florida scuba diving business is hosting a Haunted Wreck Dive. Divers will visit the haunted Ancient Mariner wreck to do some underwater trick-or-treating, and prizes will be awarded for Best Underwater Halloween Costume. A second dive will be to a shallow reef for the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest. Prizes will be given out for the Scariest, Funniest and Most Original pumpkin carving.

Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. and the boat departs at 9:00 a.m. The event costs $55 and does not include the price of the pumpkin, so be sure to bring your own with a hole cut in the top and all seeds removed prior to departure. Pre-drawn designs on the pumpkin are grounds for disqualification.

To sign up, contact Force-E Pompano at 954-943-3483.

A scuba-diving starfish is one of the attractions at Georgia's Marietta Square "Scarecrows on the Square" art installation this month. Marietta's Sawyer Road Elementary School has participated in the contest ever since it started. This year, the school made a replica of their mascot, Sawyer the Starfish, diving into a treasure chest of jewels and books.

The piece's name? "Dive Into Reading."

Pura Vida Divers in Singer Island, Florida, is hosting its first underwater Halloween costume contest aboard Sirena October 26th and 27th. Wear your costume while diving for a chance to win a free boat pass. A finalist from each two-tank trip will be picked and his or her photo will be posted on Facebook. The finalist who receives the most "likes" on his or her photo will receive a free two-tank boat pass. Voting closes at midnight on October 30th, and the winner will be announced on Halloween.

All costumes must be worn underwater, be environmentally friendly and cannot impede diver safety. For more information or reservations, contact 561-840-8750 or [email protected].

Madison Scuba will be hosting its Halloween Pumpkin Carving Dive Saturday, October 26th, at John C. McKenna Park in Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin. Divers will meet at 1 p.m. at the dive site in Lake Mendota for a briefing. Prizes will be awarded for the best carved, most creative and worst carved pumpkins. Diving is free and divers can rent a full kit of equipment for $35. Hot beverages and snacks will be provided at a dive party after the contest.

Scuba John's Dive Shop's second annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest will take place at the Lake Murray Dam on Saturday, Oct. 26. It's a B.Y.O.P. event (bring your own pumpkin!), and divers and non-divers are all invited to attend. It will be held on the irmo side of the Lake Murray Dam at the SCE&G park in South Carolina. Divers are asked to bring their own gear or call ahead to rent gear from the dive shop. Prizes will be awarded for the best-carved pumpkin, and food and drinks will be provided.

For more information, contact John Baker at 803-287-3223 or e-mail [email protected]

Are you looking for some fun, Halloween-themed scuba diving activities? Check out these spooky and entertaining underwater pumpkin-carving contests and more from dive shops across the country who want to celebrate All Hallow's Eve with you!