John Chatterton’s name first came into the public consciousness as one of the main subjects of Robert Kurson’s bestselling book Shadow Divers. Kurson’s book, although non-fiction, reads like a novel: Chatterton and his diving buddies discover an unknown World War II German submarine (later identified as U-869) off the coast of New Jersey, kicking off [...]
Question: I often go to Fort Bragg with a group of friends to get abalone. On the first day we all make our dives, and then in the evening we have abalone and a fish fry. The abalone is all sliced, pounded and breaded. Some always remains uncooked or cooked and not eaten. We go diving again the [...]
The 2012 Dive and Travel Expo is coming to Northern California May 12-13, 2012. This 1st annual diving event focuses on scuba diving and the scuba diving industry. This year’s event will host 50+ free seminars on everything from underwater photography to first aid with the Divers Alert Network (DAN). Visitors will be able to [...]
On Friday, March 23, Kevin Lee’s expertise in underwater photography of Opisthobranchs (nudibranchs) was recognized by Chapman University. Six of his images, from the countries of Kenya, Philippines, South Korea, Antarctica and United States are now on permanent display in the Leatherby Library at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Kevin Lee has traveled to all [...]
This year, Naval Special Warfare celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first two SEAL Teams. SEALs take their name from the environments in which they are trained to operate: SEa, Air and Land. Among their other skills, they are highly trained divers who continue to take on the toughest of missions, under extreme circumstances and [...]
Divers along the 1000 miles of California coastline are gearing up for the largest mass scuba dive in the history of diving. Test dives are being done to gauge dive distance, depth and air, all of which will be formulated for diving longer distances during Dive the Coast scheduled for June 2013. Dive teams will [...]
Once again, it’s the time of the year when we as a diving community band together for the benefit of our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. That’s right—Chamber Day 2012 is upon us. The date this year is Wednesday, May 2. (In case you’re a new diver or just not familiar with it, Chamber Day is a [...]
