Looking For A Unique Dive Site? Try Diving A Missile Silo
With 2015 just hours away, you may be starting – or finalizing – your list of adventures for the coming year. This may or may not include some new diving …
Return of the Giant Sea Bass, King of the Kelp Forest
Back in April 2011, my friend and I were diving off Casino Point on Santa Catalina Island in chilly waters when we looked up and saw four large black fish. …
Keep Your Dry Stuff Dry with H2Odyssey’s GoBag
Dive gear distributor H2Odyssey, based in Vista, California, has recently introduced a new line of dry bags to help keep your electronics (and other items) safe in, around, and below the water. The …
Canadian Warship To Be Sunk In January in British Columbia
After serving as a Canadian warship for more than 35 years, the HMCS Annapolis is heading to her final resting place – at the bottom of the sea. The HMCS …
Ocean Reef Introduces New, Improved Products for 2015 (Video)
The story of OCEAN REEF begins as many of the other “founding” dive companies does – with someone who developed a passion for diving, and who wanted to improve the sport …
New Mexico: “Graffiti” Written In Blue Hole’s Algae Blamed on State Police
New Mexico’s Blue Hole is a favorite dive training site for many in the southwestern United States. The cold water spring was formed more than 10,000 years ago and offers …
New Fish Species Discovered at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench – 26,000 feet deep
A new record has been set by a fish living at the deepest place on earth – at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Two University of Hawaii researchers, Jeff Drazen …
California prison program turns convicted felons into certified commercial divers
There are many programs available to become a certified diver, but this one takes place behind a barbed wire fence. California has more than 115,000 prisoners locked up in state …
Nature Is Speaking: Videos Bring A Different Approach To Environmental Awareness
Nature doesn’t need people; people need nature. That’s the message of the provocative new ad campaign Nature is Speaking that Conservation International (CI) recently unveiled at SXSW Eco in Austin, Texas. The new series of videos has …
Gray Whale Spotted By Two Scuba Divers Off Washington’s Redondo Beach
On Wednesday morning, two scuba divers spotted something almost unbelievable while diving off South Puget Sound’s Redondo Beach: a gray whale. Their experience was captured on a GoPro camera, and …