When San Diego divers think of local shark diving, they can immediately name many species seen on a regular basis – Horn shark (Heterodontus francisci), Leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata), Angel Shark (Squatina californica) etc. While these are regularly encountered and magnificent to see, for the most part they are a smaller species which the average [...]
Another dive day is complete, and you can’t wait to see the pictures you’ve taken. You even shot in RAW format this time, since it seems everyone says you should. But what happens next? In this article, I will walk you through a simple image-editing progression in Photoshop, starting with the Camera RAW dialog box, [...]
Do you like the challenge of shooting wide angle photos in California? I love a challenge, and often times everyday life doesn’t throw enough of them at us. Real challenges, like swimming through a stiff current and trying to remain silent enough to not scare away timid creatures, or rolling overboard to chase a Mola-mola [...]
Albert Falco, a French scuba diving veteran and champion of underwater conservation, passed away on April 21, 2012 at age 84 after a long illness. He was one of the longest-serving diving companions of Jacques Cousteau, Chief Diver, and later Captain of the RV Calypso. Albert lived in France and was passionate about preserving aquatic ecosystems. Albert enjoyed creating and sharing short films for [...]
Miflex High Pressure Scuba Diving Hoses, imported by XS Scuba, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif. and manufactured by Miflex 2, of Villasanta, Italy; have been voluntarily recalled. These hoses were sold at scuba diving retailers and online between May 2009 and April 2012. They were sold as individual replacement gauge hoses and as cascade hoses. According [...]
In early September 2010, 17 year-old Rebecca Ziegler and her parents were on tenterhooks, waiting to hear if Rebecca had been chosen as one of 8 lucky high school students from California to have been selected as a ‘citizen scientists’ to accompany Scott Cassell in a submarine to the ocean bottom around Catalina Island. This [...]
With one of the more unique names in the world for a dive shop, Subsurface Progression serves California’s north Coast divers with equipment rentals (including Kayaks), dive gear repair, and probably most importantly – some of the best advice on how to safely dive the north coast. Founded in 1977 and located in Fort Bragg, [...]
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 [...]
