Posts in category Dive News & Events

Shore diving and boat diving in open water can be challenging and carry certain inherent risks; diving at night compounds these risks even more. Surfacing far away from the boat …

Born and raised in Southern California, Eric Pasley took a path of adventure that many dream about. After becoming a scuba instructor and teaching at Liburdi’s Scuba Center in Irvine …

Karl Wallin, founder of Wallin Dive Center in Redwood City, CA passed away on February 3. Karl founded Wallin Dive Center in 1967 in Redwood City with his wife Jill, …

Although probably best known for his classic true tale of fatal  father-and-son diving hubris, ‘The Last Dive‘ (Hardcover: 368 pages, Publisher: Harper; First Edition (October 3, 2000) ISBN-10: 0060194626), Bernie …

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 …