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Any word on how ADP is going? How many people signed up? lascuba.com lacks detail. Thanks.

This was Sam back in 1970, as a member of the training staff for Los Angeles County 19 UICC in his "ice cream man" jacket.

Adios Sam.

So sorry to hear of this passing. Bev and Bob were the best. We'll never see their like again. RIP.

There are innovations being made in developing a market for purple urchins as well as methodologies being tested to create a more market-friendly product through aquaculture. A March 22nd article in the LA Times outlines one such project that utilizes and fattens "zombie" urchins collected from...

In this specific case, NMFS scientists made the call that due to the overpopulation of urchins off the peninsula, that smashing was the only practical method of removal as opposed to complete removal and compaction.

Sad news in the California diving community as we've learned of the passing of diving pioneer and first female dive instructor Dottie Frazier. Every time she did something in diving, she was doing a "first." First female to go through the LA County UICC program, first female dive shop...

The "Exploder."

Another shop with a long history in the dive community closes it's doors for good. Santa Monica’s Scuba Haus closes after 51 years

Jim Stewart, Scripps diver who led scientists into the deep blue sea, dies at 89 Pioneering waterman Jim Stewart's training methods at Scripps Institution of Oceanography saved lives and led to new discoveries. Jim Stewart, a courageous Scripps Institution of Oceanography diver-educator who...

Jim Stewart, Scripps diver who led scientists into the deep blue sea, dies at 89 Pioneering waterman Jim Stewart's training methods at Scripps Institution of Oceanography saved lives and led to new discoveries. Jim Stewart, a courageous Scripps Institution of Oceanography diver-educator who...

Jim Stewart, Scripps diver who led scientists into the deep blue sea, dies at 89 Pioneering waterman Jim Stewart's training methods at Scripps Institution of Oceanography saved lives and led to new discoveries. Jim Stewart, a courageous Scripps Institution of Oceanography diver-educator who...

Wrong. First off, ithe Wizard of Westwood was John "Wooden," not Wooten. Secondly, he was born in Hall Indiana and raised in Martinsville, not Goshen.

While I have the Love guide and really enjoy it, it can be a a bit long at over 600 pages and is physically just a big book. For a more concise read that is designed to go in the field, I really like: A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California by Valerie A. Kells, Luiz A...

I think the issue against your argument is that all abalone are the not same. You kind of answered your own question when you said that you have warm water species that end up north and die off in the winter. In California these days, there is relatively speaking, very little overlap between...

If you want to know why there are no abalone in the NE Atlantic, it is because of endemism. We think of the ocean as one big connected ecosystem but there are literally temperate barriers, with the poles and the equator being the most obvious, that prevent species from just freely moving from...

I spoke to Brittany Horton of the Animal Welfare Institute and they added Mikuni to their public list of restaurants that continue to serve shark fin soup in California despite the ban.They also contacted the restaurant management directly and as of now,, shark fin soup has been removed from the...

Just a quick on the fly report of what to look for and expect in Long Beach this weekend from California Fine Diving. Enjoy and see you out there. 2016 SCUBA Show Primer

Wanted! The Whereabouts of Sargassum horneri In 2003, an unexpected stowaway on a container ship found its way into the Port of Long Beach and was introduced into our nearshore ocean. If you have been strolling on the beach or have been diving along the rocky reefs in Southern California...