Posts in category Dive News & Events

The Avalon Underwater Cleanup is an annual dive event held at Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. The event was started in the 1970s by the local dive community in an …

Wednesday, May 1, is the date for Chamber Day 2013 — be sure to mark your calendar! The USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, located on the campus of the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center at …

Ever since he was a little boy, watching Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt, Richard Theiss has been fascinated by the ocean. He has spent over 12 years in the television commercial and …

Ocean explorers have used robots to inspect underwater pipelines, search for treasure, and even explore inside the wreck of the Titanic. Now Liquid Robotics, a company located in Sunnyvale, California, …

In the first bust of commercial fishermen for poaching abalone since the shell-residing mollusk was protected in Southern California 15 years ago, four men were caught with four abalone on …

Richie Kohler is an experienced technical wreck diver and shipwreck historian who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks since 1980. Together with John Chatterton, Kohler was one of the co-hosts …

On Sunday, hundreds of dead squid washed ashore on beaches near Aptos, and California Department of Fish and Game scientists are trying to find out why.  Squid were found on beaches …

An engineering school graduate in Australia has figured out another way to put a scuba tank to good use: powering his motorcycle. Dean Benstad’s motorcycle, called the 02 Pursuit, uses …

Conservation groups are celebrating today’s European Parliament vote to close loopholes in the European Union ban on shark finning – the culmination of six years of campaigning and debate.  Members …

Method, producer of environmentally-safe cleaning products, has just introduced the world’s first bottle made with ocean plastic. The bottles will contain dish and hand soap, and are available at Whole …