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I can't verify details, but it appears the owners ? of Aqua Safaris dive shop in Santa Cruz were killed along with their two sons in in a light plane crash in Watsonville. Santa Cruz family of 4 dies in plane crash Even if the details are not correct, they were local divers. My condolences...

Down at Macabee today, heard similar reports from divers coming over from BW. Molas with eaten fins at BW.

Well, the Governer just signed the law that says diving is inherently hazardous, so so the state can't be sued... I have no comment on the decision making prior to that. Funny how multi sided these issues can be.

I've never done the driving, but I've never been asked by the driver for anything but gas. They do accommodate overnight before departure. Never done a day outing, I've always gone on multiday boats which are the larger. I prefer the Vision. They have three boats, the Truth , the Conception ( it...

Truth Aquatics,out of SB, Cannot say too many good things, had a fantastic time on every trip I've gone on. If I have a quibble, no nitrox fills onboard. Great food, unlimited diving as long as the gates open. great crews. I'll roll with Truth Aquatics till the wheels fall off.

No one is certain why they display this behavior. There is one idea that keeps coming around the scientific community is that it's a survival behavior to annoy and drive off sharks. a shark arrives among a community and one harbor seal will bite it's caudal fin repeatedly and then use it's...

Mark Stanley and Olivia Aqui teach at Bamboo Reef in San Francisco. Mark's son, Brian, works on the sales floor and teaches there as well. -Nomad

Pacifica man dies while scuba diving Anyone else have any information on this? Condolences to his family.

What makes Monterey, Carmel,. etc. world class is the sheer amount of life in our waters. Tropical destinations absolutely have their merits, and they have characteristics which lend themselves to excellent marketing via images.That being said, Coral reefs are oasis of life in what amounts to a...

What we observed is that they detached from the substrate and tumbled along the bottom like a tumbleweed. That has to be risky behavior. I'm trying to find a control area to study it further.

Surprised the hell out of me too. Consulted a couple biologists and they were a bit perplexed at the rate of movement. They move according to water movement, food supply and and to a lesser extent, water temperature according to the science type people. Currents change, anemones move. Go figure

Anenomes are not sessile, that is, they do move around. I tracked four tagged giant green sea anemones for a project recently and two moved as much as forty feet in a single twelve hour period (quite fast for an anemone) It's likely they've moved since you've been in the water. Nomad

Relevant, perhaps. Great white shark warning off California

Diver friendly. Huh. The Munras Lodge (Now a Vagabond Inn) no longer has gear cleaning facilities. There used to be a place on N. Fremont that's now a Comfort Inn (I think), not sure if they still have gear cleaning, they did about a year ago.Lone Oak Lodge still a has gear cleaning station as...

She's not procrastinating, she's diving. Nomad

Epiphany, this is is all sacred.

Have had nothing but good experiences with: Great Destinations - Skindiver.com -Nomad

Read that again. The disturbing part is that that statement is completely understandable.

Howdy, You have lots of options. you can join a local dive club, dive with shops who do "fun dives" organized through the shop, you can go to a meet and greet organized right here on SB, (I still need to get to one, my schedule always seems to conflict) or simply ask to join someone here, most...

All right, This is why you should always get a police report on stolen items. Find the SN. If it was ever hydro'ed, either the shop or the hydro facility keep those records, they have to. If it due for hydro, there are a limited number of places that do hydros. With a police report, it takes...