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Looking for any topside pictures of Mel Fisher's hunter vessel turned dive boat as it operated in Southern California.

I realize it's been 18+ years since, but I have been wanting to post something IRT to recovery work and the awesome collaboration between the LASD and our civilian team. Out of respect for the family and teams involved, we chose to keep our comments to one source at the time, or at least tried...

From Captain Timothy C Burke and crew of Great Escape Charters; "It is with the heaviest heart I announce to the Southern California diving community that Roger Hess, one of the founding pioneers in California Chartering SCUBA boat diving Industry and very good friend, has passed away this...

For nearly 15 years, thousands of divers who called the toll free and local business telephone lines for Great Escape Charters were usually greeted by the pleasant voice of Joy, the mother of Captain Tim. Joy had a unique skill with communicating over the phone, a skill she retained...

I saw you guys cruise by Goat Harbor where we were diving. Did you see the black sea bass?

A quick conditions update for you all for your upcoming AUG 29th trip to Catalina on the Great Escape; We were out on the GE this past SAT and SUN. The water is above temperate with the warmest of the weekend recorded SUN on the backside of the island... a nice 65. It was getting cooler...

If you email Captain Tim, he will let you know if such a thing was left behind and saved - particularly if it was in one of the bunk areas. < captaintim(at)diveboat.com >.

If Captain Tim has not yet responded to your tank and weights inquiry, let me know and I will make sure they are there for you.

Swiss Cheese Reef at San Clemente ISland.

Like Merxlin said, if you like sealions and their pups, then Santa Barbara Island (SBI) should definately be on your to-do list. That is especially true this time of year when the rookery is chocked full of those pups. Cameras are a must! You should have similar experiences in early Sept as...

Enzymes are the key. The longer you can soak your lycra skin in an enzyme rich solution, the more successful the "de-stinkification" will be. For years now, I use a product sometimes found in those 99 Cents stores called "Fabuloso". It does leave a very mildly subtle residual smell of either...

I'm going to miss Dan. but I envy him as well as I was tiold he's off to live in Hawai'i.

The setup has been returned to it's rightful owner. Thanks to all of you who tried to claim it as your own. Made for some funny stuff. The owner of the setup is rather embarrassed. He is not from Southern California. He asked I not divulge who he is in these forums. He lost it Memorial...

At Leo this morning. The setup hadn't been in the water long. Probably no more than a week. The camera and housing combination is unique and professional in scale. The lights were EO connexs. E-mail me and provide identifying descriptions of the housing and camera itself, as well as what...

As many of you already know, boats like the GE are pretty much sold out for exclusive weekend day only trips usually a year in advance. When the trip schedules come up for renewal/reloading for the next year, with very few exceptions previous customers have priority on the same weekends the...

Look into getting him some good dive planning software. I use DecoPlan available at the Halcyon website. It will provide him an extended basis to understand diving and dive profiling/planning. This will become even more a valuable tool should be become (or already is) NITROX or TriMix...

So, what you are saying is that there needs to be a "DIR For Dummies" book just to cater to the LCD factor? I'm sorry, but I thought that the first Fundy book covered that potential market. Lord knows it's been presented to some really thick headed dummies in the past with general success...

Not that I have ever seen nowadays, but I have heard about it from years past. F&G nowadays scope out the beaches and shores along the coast and the front side of Cat looking for divers catching bugs before 12:01 AM opening night. They then will put a diver into the water from a blacked out...

Down here in SoCal we have a very good reason to do more than our share of night dives. Lobster season... which starts in 15 days or so. If you ever get down this way in the next 6 months, seek out a night dive charter and be prepared to have a lot of fun!