DEMA Show 2014 Wraps Up in Las Vegas
The Annual DEMA (Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) show in Las Vegas in coming a close this afternoon. California Diver has been attending the show for the past several days, …
Light & Motion Introduces New Sola Tech Laser 600: UW Laser Integrated Into A Powerful Spot Beam
Monterey’s Light & Motion has just announced the release of their Sola Tech Laser 600 Tech light, which offers divers the capability to both signal and share observations with state-of-the art laser technology. The …
Win A New Torid Pulse from H2Odyssey – Winner Announced Soon!
The annual DEMA (Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) dive show takes place this week in Las Vegas, with hundreds of manufacturers showing off their new gear and latest innovations for 2015. …
Light & Motion Releases New Sola 3,000 and 8,000-lumen Lights
Monterey, California based Light & Motion has just announced the release of two new lights – the Sola 8000 Pro and Sola 3000 Flood. The new Sola 8000 Pro The new …
New Self Contained Underwater Loudspeaker Aids Underwater Communication
After four years of development and testing, Allen Sherrod, the inventor of SCULS, is introducing his new Self Contained Underwater Loudspeaker. While handling underwater operations at Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida, Allen needed …
Trace Amounts of Radiation from Fukushima Detected Off California
Three and a half years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, trace amounts of radioactivity have been detected off the California coastline. The levels are extremely low and not considered …
Divers Alert Network (DAN) Now Offers Travel Insurance Plans For Divers
Divers Alert Network has recently introduced two new travel insurance plans to the scuba diving and travel communities. Based on DAN’s 30+ years of emergency travel assistance experience, these plans have …
Jill Heinerth and Renee Power Publish WOMEN UNDERWATER: A Book By Women, For Women
In 1979, Susan Bangasser and Jeanne Bear Sleeper published the first book to specifically reach women divers. In 1992, Ella Jean Morgan and Erin O’Neill published When Women Dive. They were way …
Follow California Diver At The Annual DEMA Dive Show In Las Vegas, Nov. 19-22
The annual DEMA (Diving Equipment And Marketing Association) dive show will be held in Las Vegas on November 19-22. The annual show features more than 1,300 booths by dive gear …
Dendronotus Iris: Tube-dwelling Anemone Predator
I shot this photo while on a trip in the Northern Channel Islands in mid-November 2013. The Dendronotus iris has a veracious appetite for tube-dwelling anemones. They range widely in …