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It's difficult to stop divers from diving Breakwater, especially on an open water class weekend. -Adrian

News this morning says Macabee is closed because of a sewage leak from El Torrito Restaurant. -Adrian

Why does it matter how long she takes? For some people gearing up is part of getting into the right headspace for diving. For me, unloading my gear from my truck, doing my predive on my breather, making sure my Cuda is sealed properly and ready to go, donning my undergarment, condom cath...

Commercial abalone fishing in SoCal was closed in the 90's as a result of the population collapse and has never reopened. There are still arguments as to why it collapsed - kelp reduction, overfishing, and abalone wasting disease are the three most cited reasons. -Adrian

From the California Sportfishing Regulations: "e) Special Gear Provisions: The use of SCUBA gear or surface-supplied air to take abalone is prohibited. Abalone may not be taken or possessed aboard any boat, vessel, or floating device in the water containing SCUBA or surface-supplied air...

1. It's "Monterey Bay". "Monterrey" is in Mexico. 2. Abalone diving is illegal in Monterey Bay. It's only legal north of San Francisco to the Oregon border. 3. No matter WHERE you're diving for abalone in California it's a breath hold activity. Using a tank for it is illegal. I'm not...

I understand why an operator might want to perform those checks, but I'm one of those divers who checks my own gear, and once it's checked no-one touches it but me unless I request it. I'm not interested in having anyone "adjust" my gear once it's in the state I want and expect it to be in. If...

We may not ever be best friends, but if you ever make it back to Monterey I'll take you out to North Monastery and show you the best diving the area has to offer, then buy the first round, at least. And I would do the same for you if you ever needed saving or CPR. My condolences to the diver's...

I worked it out roughly a couple of years ago. When I put on my gear and splash (including my breather and DPV) I'm wearing and carrying $23,000 in gear. -Adrian

None of the scenarios you described are what you proposed for Monterey. You specifically said the USCG could "cut some guys loose to watch the waterfront on high traffic days". THAT is the ludicrous part, and it is in none of the east coast scenarios your described. I'm married to a female US...

They're the Coast Guard, not lifeguards. And "cutting some guys" loose to treat them as lifeguards would probably require an act of Congress since standing on the waterfront watching for divers in distress isn't in their mission. The USCG has also seen a 10% reduction in funding each year for...

I asked Tom (the then-captain of the Truk Aggressor) about their hot tub temperature in 2004. He replied that corporate policy was to keep the water temp at 99 degrees - just warm enough that it registered as warmer than the human body. "Just in case". -Adrian

17 years ago I had 4-part hemiarthroplasty in my right humerus. For the non orthopedic surgeons in the room that means the humeral head and shaft on the right side were rebuilt from the elbow up to the shoulder joint with a prosthesis that gave me back mobility in my right arm. In doing so all...

I've seen the flood current move through Les Davis pretty rapidly, but that's rare. I suspect she won't be far from where she was last seen. The body Kirby found at Lobster Shop if I recall correctly was someone lost during a dive on the site. He was found (I think) a year later in roughly the...

In the Puget Sound in the summertime I would consider this good visibility, not very poor. I've had many days at Les Davis with less than 1 foot of visibility while diving. -Adrian

You own the map, or you own the NoHoch system? I *LOVE* English! :)

I was standing in the Narragansett Dive Shop in 2007 when the phone rang and Charlie Walpole answered it only to have the anonymous person on the other end offer him $10,000 for a "Nazi skull from the U-Boat". To his credit Charlie simply hung up. It's a difficult situation. I understand the...

Neon - it's the new dil. -Adrian

Sounds like the dump valve to me. Water wicks in strange ways into drysuits. You may feel the cold of it in your forearm even though the leak is up near your shoulder. Testing the valve would be my first approach. -Adrian

I don't support drilling in the Arctic and I think it's s necessary evil anywhere else given our dependence on hydrocarbons. My ONLY point is that making a direct causative link between oil drilling and the Santa Barbara spill is logically flawed and designed to inflame public opinion based on...