Posts in category Dive News & Events

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 …

Got Mussles? Lake Tahoe does, and officials are doing their best to get rid of them. First discovered on a beach in Emerald Bay in 2009, Asian Clams have multiplied …