Posts in category Dive News & Events

It’s been five years since the tsunami hit the coast of Japan, yet the debris is still being carried by the Pacific currents and washing up on California beaches. Since …

On Saturday, April 16, Sport Chalet announced that they are closing their doors and began going-out-of-business sales at their 47 stores. They have also stopped all of their online sales, effective immediately. …

  The Monterey Bay Aquarium has updated their Seafood Watch recommendations, which recommends seafood is that is fished or farmed in ways that have less impact on the environment. At the top …

Scuba diving is an enjoyable activity for millions of divers, and many of the experiences we have underwater can only be described as magnificent, inspiring, and exhilarating. For one group of people—kids and adults …

The population explosion of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean is a serious threat to coral reefs, with potential long-term consequences …

Abalone season opened on April 1st along Sonoma and Mendocino counties. It also brought with it the dangerous reality of abalone diving. In Sonoma County, county lifeguards rescued four people …

Alone on a desert island in the middle of the night…I knew why he was there. He was there to murder me. When I was 11 years old, I played …

Zale Parry doesn’t celebrate her own birthday. She shares, “being ageless is wonderful.” What she does celebrate is diving! Zale is a Pisces; the constellation and astrological sign named the …

Southern California diver and underwater photographer Julie Lorenzen enjoys spending her time underwater with some of California and Mexico’s most beautiful sea life. Shooting with a Canon 70D, she sent …

Self-sufficiency is fairly easy to define: something along the lines of being able to provide for oneself without help from others; by relying on your own capabilities, judgment and resources. …