Legendary surfers and their team partners will take the plunge beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 for the 16th annual UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard Invitational at Scripps Pier. The good-natured surfing contest will be accompanied by live music from The Professors, and a Polynesian dance presentation by Heali’li’s Polynesian Revue at 11:15 a.m. The luau buffet begins at 11:30 a.m. following the blowing of a conch shell on the beach. The tropical buffet by Waters Catering is also accompanied by live music and traditional dancing. Silent and live auctions, opportunity drawings and sales of souvenirs all help raise funds for the UCSD Cancer Center. The Rell Sunn “Queen of Makaha” Award, established to honor the memory of “the First Lady of Surfing,” will be presented at 1:15 p.m. to David Easter, M.D. Tickets to the Luau are $150, with $115 tax deductible, To purchase tickets, visit www.long boardluau.org/tickets or call (858) 822-0023. The Longboard Invitational is free to the public. Pfizer La Jolla is the title sponsor of this year’s event.