One of Monterey’s more popular sites is named not after the difficulty in diving it, but rather on what’s left on the rocky reef after fishermen visit it. This weekend, Silver Prince Charters is going to help make the place a bit more environmentally friendly. “Ballbuster” is a site visited by both charter boats and [...]
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 [...]
On the last day of 2011, I joined Captain Mike Minard aboard the Silver Prince dive boat in Monterey for a day of winter diving. With the sun up and air temperatures in the 60’s, it was some of the nicest diving weather that Monterey has to offer – at any time of year. The [...]
Diver, Beware. Every dive site has its lore. Some are famous for gorgeous underwater topography. Others for their noteworthy marine life. Still others are known for being great training spots. And then, there is Monastery Beach in Carmel, California. True—Monastery is well-known for its stunning underwater landscape, astride a subaquatic canyon that drops off thousands [...]
Dive The Coast, an organization which is planning a relay dive down the entire California coastline, completed two test dives on Saturday, October 15, in Monterey aboard the Silver Prince dive boat. Participants first completed one recreational dive (at “Ballbuster”), followed by a second dive to measure the distance a diver can go on one tank [...]
The Breakwater in Monterey is a well-known dive spot where many new divers complete their open water checkout dives – and for good reason. It’s well protected from ocean swells, making it possible to dive almost every day of the year. It’s gently sloping, sandy shoreline provides an easy entry and exit, and underwater, the slope [...]
Dive The Coast is organizing a relay dive down the entire California coastline, raising money for conservation organizations along the way. Volunteer coordinators in each of the fifteen coastal counties will organize its own relay divers. In order to keep the money local, each county will decide on a deserving organization to benefit from their [...]
Dive The Coast is organizing a relay dive down the entire 840-mile California coastline, raising money for conservation organizations along the way. Each of the fifteen coastal counties – from Mexico to the Oregon border – will organize its own relay divers, and to keep the money local, each county will decide on a deserving [...]
