Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens cited a Southern California man early Sunday morning for poaching dozens of lobsters inside a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Wardens observed Marbel A. Para, 30, of Romoland (Riverside County) and a companion scuba diving in the Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve after midnight on Jan. 15. This location, [...]
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) reminds sport fishing enthusiasts that they are required to return their 2011 Fishing Report and Restoration Cards by Jan. 31. Information collected from report cards provides DFG with data to monitor and manage California’s diverse recreational fisheries. Report cards are due for sturgeon, abalone, spiny lobster and north [...]
The Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup, presented by the Catalina Island Conservancy, is an annual dive event held at Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. The event was started in the 1970s by the local dive community in an effort to cleanup Avalon Harbor, and this event is the only time diving is permitted in the Harbor. Over [...]
Dive the Coast, Santa Cruz Chapter, is conducting test dives aboard the Silver Prince in Monterey, California, beginning January 21st, 2012, and continuing the third Saturday of every month throughout the year. The outings are open to all divers novice to advanced throughout the state. How much distance covered largely depends on how many divers [...]
Dive and fitness instructors alike can now become certified to teach fitness to divers. The Padi ScubaFit® course was developed by Gretchen M. Ashton, a certified fitness trainer and Stephen Mendel, a multi agency scuba instructor. The PADI ScubaFit® Diver Distinctive Specialty Course offers new opportunities for instructors and dive shop owners to improve the [...]
Scuba diving is obviously a gear-intensive sport–and that’s one thing many of us love about it! Some gear, like fin straps, we replace regularly without reservation. Other gear we hold onto for years, and in some cases for our entire diving career. We want to hear about your favorite gear! Tell us what it is, [...]
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