Posts in category Dive News & Events

Rancho Santa Margarita, California – January 23, 2018 – As the world’s largest scuba diver training organization, PADI® is committed to growing the scuba and freediving markets by both attracting …

The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, along with a gathering of volunteers, guests, and beach visitors, celebrated the release of another one of their formerly sick patients today. Tchotchke, a …

By a unanimous vote of the California Fish and Game Commission, the abalone fishery on California’s North Coast will be closed next year. The decision came as the Nature Conservancy and avid …

The 2017 abalone diving season on California’s north coast has come to a close. The final day of the season was October 31. Abalone divers are reminded to turn in …

On Sunday, October 8, the Northwest Diving History Association held their annual conference at the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The one-day event was attended by a number …

Wildlife officers have arrested four suspects on charges of harvesting abalone with a recreational fishing license then selling it on the black market for profit, the California Department of Fish …

The Randy Fry Memorial Dive Tournament was organized in 2009 in memory of Randy Fry. Randy was a tireless advocate for fishing rights and coastal access. Sadly, Randy’s life was …

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — According to data released Friday by the U.S. Geological Survey and partners, the three-year average of the total counts of southern sea otters was down from last …

As the popular recreational California Spiny Lobster fishing season prepares to open on Saturday, Sept. 30, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds divers and hoop netters of …

Otto, the southern sea otter that The Marine Mammal Center has been treating for domoic acid toxicosis, was successfully released last Friday in Morro Bay Harbor. The team from the …