Diving

Free Diving (Well, maybe just snorkeling) Terranea Resort

Updated: 2009-10-19 07:37:05

Finally, I was able to get Brother Paul (aka Professional Debriefer Paul) into the water for more of a snorkel voyage than a free dive. I offered to provide a weight belt, but he declined. “You’re going to float like a cork,” I advised him. “That’s fine by me,” he said. Paul could barely fit into my old wet [...]

Operation Lobster Liberation, Part 2

Updated: 2009-10-17 07:56:05

Logged Dive #356 Palos Verdes, CA Secret Location: 32 35 30 20 79 61 72 64 73 20 53 6f 74 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 73 70 6f 74 2e Solo Diving/SoCal Buddy Diving In With: 2800 psi Out With: 400 psi Max depth: 60 feet Waves: Sort of choppy Visibility: 15 feet Water [...]

Operation Lobster Liberation In Palos Verdes, Part I

Updated: 2009-10-17 07:45:39

There were storms in Southern California earlier in the week; I think they at least put all the forest fires out. The weather has calmed down a bit, so the Divevets’ Island Diver charter went back out to our “secret lobster farm.” The boat left with the Captain, Rolando the beer concierge, and eight divers - [...]

Caribbean Scuba Diving

Updated: 2009-10-10 18:27:19

Caribbean Scuba Diving can be a relaxed resort dive from a quite beach or adiving adventure on the Belize Barrier Reef. Discover an exotic magnetism that lures divers from all over the world.

Is El Niño Behind California Great White Shark Sightings?

Updated: 2009-10-10 17:54:16

Thanks to Crazy Ivan for pointing this out to me - sort of an old post, but it’s worth posting here if you haven’t heard about this. *********************************** Originally posted by Martin Brody on August 3, 2009 - The entire original article may be found here. There’s been a lot of Great White Shark activity in Southern [...]

Oct 8, Best Dive Computer: Top Scuba Diving Computers At All Prices

Updated: 2009-10-08 15:21:39

The best dive computer varies according to your needs and/or budget. Here I give you my picks of the best scuba diving computers - from budget-entry level to midrange to top of the line...

Second Dive For Lobster Off The Island Diver With The Divevets

Updated: 2009-10-08 07:45:37

Having paid $65 for this lobster trip, I now had a lot of anxiety that I was going to come home with one really expensive bug. We chose this next site because there were no boats spotted here on Opening Night; this place was going to either really suck or maybe be pretty lucrative. Logged Dive [...]

Operation: Lobster Liberation Off Of Palos Verdes

Updated: 2009-10-08 07:35:21

This is my first lobster trip of the season on the Island Diver with the Divevets. Joining us on this trip was Donna the Biker - a recent transplant from Chicago (or is it Tennessee?) who has not been scared away by the bizarre antics of some in the group. This was Donna’s first lobster trip. I packed [...]

Man dies while lobster fishing off Catalina

Updated: 2009-10-05 01:18:36

Thank you Max Bottomtime for pointing this article out. This may have happened on the Bottom Scratcher as a lot of people have found my site yesterday searching for “Bottom+scratcher+dive+accident;” that is purely my speculation, though. _____ An amateur fisherman participating in the opening weekend of spiny lobster season drowned off the coast of Santa Catalina Island [...]

SAN DIEGO: Diver dies in scuba accident

Updated: 2009-10-04 18:19:24

A diver named Crazy Ivan sent this to me. This story sounds similar to the story that I was told on opening night, but with a different outcome. Forgive the author when he states “respirator” instead of “regulator.” SAN DIEGO - A scuba diver who somehow got separated from his underwater breathing equipment during an outing off the [...]

Online Scuba Gear Store

Updated: 2009-10-04 16:22:57

If you are looking for scuba gear, we have the store for you. Whether you are looking for a scuba BCD, scuba fins or a scuba regulator, you can find all your scuba diving gear needs here.

Second Dive Of Lobster Season, Dive N Surf Lobster Mobster And A Close Call Story

Updated: 2009-10-04 07:55:11

We moved the boat to a “better spot” next to some other boats, close to some shore divers. This opening night, there weren’t too so many people out. The break water is usually packed with boats and shore divers and so had been Palos Verdes, in the past. This year I would say, it was maybe half the [...]

First Dive Of Lobster Season

Updated: 2009-10-04 06:50:24

Ok, I guess I screwed up just a bit. I thought we were suppose to meet at 10:30 PM at the dock, the plan was to leave at that time. Having pissed off Instructor John, Instructor Ron and Jim, who hate to wait on anyone, I arrived at 10:30 and did the fastest sprint gear-up that I [...]

California Spiny Lobster Season Is Almost Here!

Updated: 2009-10-01 19:56:03

The air has that “it’s getting Winter time” feel and everyone knows what that means! It’s almost lobster season! This Saturday morning at midnight, every Tom, Dick and Harry with a SCUBA tank or hoop net will be in the water looking for what is left of the California Spiny lobster. The waiting for midnight, the two dives [...]

Sep 28, Best Place to Scuba Dive: Grand Cayman Island, Grand Cayman

Updated: 2009-09-28 20:52:30

One of the best places to scuba dive is Grand Cayman Island. The water is clear so you can see everything you've come to want to see on a scuba

Furlough Friday Dive At White Point

Updated: 2009-09-26 07:26:08

I think I’m back online, at least for now, and should be making prompter posts; I just spent the last day turning four old broken PCs into one old working one. With a day off with no pay, compliments of the stagnant crapola economy, I decided to head down to White Point for a long overdue [...]

Advanced Scuba Certification

Updated: 2009-09-24 16:58:38

An Advanced scuba Certification will give you the knowledge and skills to expand your diving experience. Here are some of the specialty courses offered in an Advanced Certification Course.