Pinnacles Dive Center’s annual scuba camp in Novato was another success this year, and the kids “love scuba!”  This camp is designed to create a gateway for kids who want …

Registration for the 2014 Monterey Shootout is now open, with categories for all levels of photographers. Great prizes will be rewarded to the winners of the different categories. New underwater photographers are …

LED dive lights have changed the way we see everything underwater and have been a huge benefit to underwater photographers and videographers in particular. There have been so many advances …

As I pull an 8 mm wetsuit over my knees and shoulders, my stomach grumbles with anxiety. The deckhand helps me strap five-pound weights to my ankles as we drop …

Only 1 week left to enter the 2014 SEA International Underwater Photo & Video Competition. The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society is now accepting entries for the 49th Annual International …

The narrow road leading down to our dive site seems magically quaint, as it winds out of the trees by the guard shack and down to the sea.  Beyond the …

Although the International Court of Justice has ruled against them, whalers in Japan are continuing in their pursuit of whales as a part of a “research campaign”. Their recent trip is the first …

Freediving is a sport many take very seriously, and there are training courses (like this one, taught by free diving instructor Mark Lozano) where people can learn the techniques needed …

Working passionately for many years, a Los Angeles based group of scuba divers known as the Hardcore Dive Team is conducting current research dives for California Ships to Reefs (CSTR) in Santa …

Whether you’re new to Monterey diving or not, Ballbuster is one of the area’s more unique dive sites always worth exploring. Ballbuster, named after the large 50-pound lead weights (balls) …