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FORM 4
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
            or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

                                                                                                       
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person       2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person
    NELSON           S.             JAMES          CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. "CDIS"          to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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    (Last)        (First)          (Middle)    3. IRS or Social Security  4. Statement for      ---               ---
                                                  Number of Reporting        Month/Year          X  Officer (give    Other (specify
  3016 Amherst Street                             Person (voluntary)         August 2002        ---         title ---       below)
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                 (Street)                                                 5. If Amendment,
   Houston         Texas            77005                                    Date of Original
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  (City)           (State)           (Zip)                                                                  Vice Chairman

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                                               TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-  3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-     7. Nature
    (Instr. 3)                     action     tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship          of In-
                                   Date       Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:         direct
                                              (Instr. 8)                                End of Month        Direct        Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                               (Instr. 3 and 4)    (D) or        cial
                                   Day/       ------------------------------------                          Indirect      Owner-
                                   Year)      Code    V     Amount  (A) or   Price                          (I)           ship
                                                                    (D)                                     (Instr. 4)    (Instr. 4)
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   CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.    8/2/02       P     V     10,000  (A)       16.60         90,000             D            N/A
          COMMON STOCK
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
                                                (Print or Type Responses)

FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity Security and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Derivative Form of Indirect Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that the undersigned is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the owner of any equity securities covered by this statement. /s/ S. JAMES NELSON 8/7/02 ------------------------------- -------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.