Bluewater Photo, located in Santa Monica, California and owned and operated by the Underwater Photography Guide owner Scott Gietler, has announced the winners of their 2011 Photo Shootout. The Shootout, which took place September 16-19, included an opportunity to participate on dive trips aboard several California’s Peace, Spectre, Sundiver, and Raptor charter boats. The competition required photographers [...]
Incessant barking penetrated the water, and I don’t mean a yap or two. We are talking ridiculously incessant, bordering-on-annoying barking. So incessant that if I closed my eyes, I could imagine that I was at the park listening to my youngest dog insist loudly on another Frisbee toss (he is incredibly persistent – he really, [...]
Earlier this year, Michael Bear, an AAUS (American Academy of Underwater Sciences) Science Diver who runs a San Diego website to track Sevengill sharks, linked his website with the Shark Observation Network, run by Jeffrey Gallant of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG) and the Shark Research Institute (SRI Canada). The [...]
At 6:15pm Saturday, Scott Cassell arrived safely at Cabrillo Aquarium Beach in San Pedro Harbor after covering 30 miles in a single day of diving. Using a computer controlled mixed gas rebreather, a DUI drysuit with an argon inflation system, 4th Element Halo 3D thermal protection, and dual Luminox dive watches, he completed the distance [...]
This weekend, veteran adventurer and diver Scott Cassell will attempt to push his mind and body to its limits in a record-breaking dive attempt. And while accomplishing this incredible dive may in fact be a world record, he’s putting his life on the line for an even greater cause: to help raise awareness around the state of [...]
On Saturday, September 17th, world renowned diver and environmental activist, Scott Cassell will face the biggest challenge of his life: completing a world-record breaking 30-mile dive in less than 24 hours from Catalina Island to Los Angeles. Cassell’s mission is far bigger than world record shattering. Armed with state of the art equipment including a computer controlled [...]
The Channel Islands National Park resides off the Southern California coast, ranging from the western tip of San Miguel Island to the east end of Anacapa. The park encompasses nearly 250,000 acres above and below, and is made up of four individual islands in the upper channel island chain – San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa [...]
