Southern California Shore Dives

Mention the term “muck diving” and most scuba divers in the know will immediately begin waxing about far off destinations with exotic names – places like Lembeh Straits, Anilao Philippines, [...]

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. [...]

New marine protected areas (MPAs) will go into effect Jan. 1, 2012 from Point Conception in Santa Barbara County to the U.S./Mexico border. Last week, the state Office of Administrative [...]

Words and Photos by Mike Bartick. For me, photography has been a never-ending learning curve. It’s a sometimes frustrating and always challenging craft that hooked me when I picked up [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]