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Kevin McMurray, author of Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria and Dark Descent: Diving and the Deadly Allure of The Empress of Ireland will be the featured speaker at the annual California Wreck Diver's banquet Saturday March 5th. If you are interested you can purchase...

I just got back from Truk (the locals call it Chuuk). I spent a week of diving there. I wanted to do deep wrecks and go some of the places where others don't dive. Also there is a wreck there, the San Francisco Maru. You hit the deck at 165 and there are tanks on the main deck and trucks in...

So the Pt. Lobos had no takers. I'm going to be at Pebble Beach, so I'm thinking of beach diving the wrecks there if the sea lays down enough. Otherwise I'll head up to the bay and dive the protected beaches. Saturday morning I'm on the Monterey Express for two dives. Anyone who wants...

I'm going to be at Pebble Beach on Friday 20th -- I don't golf, I dive. Anyone want to buddy up and try to get a reservation for Pt. Lobos for the morning? I am an experienced cold water diver from So Cal. Jerry

I'm going to Cancun next week. Recommendations about dive operators? Who would you stay away from? Jerry

I was out this last weekend doing digital video. I did two dives with basically the same set up and the videos came out very different. The camera -- Sony VX1000 / Amphibico VH1000 / Amphibico 135 battery w/ 2 50 watt halogen lights. Dive No. 1: 150', vis 20', video came out great (well...

I am curious about the use of filters when there is little or no ambient light. Does it make a difference if the lighting is HID or Halogen? Should filters be used at all? Will it matter if the filming is macro or wide? Thanks, Jerry

Does anyone know anything about shipwrecks in Morro Bay area or the Nippon Maru? Are there charter boats that will take you out to the wrecks? Jerry

We are going to Moorea on vacation this August and will be staying at the Pearl Resort. The resort hosts the Moorea Blue Diving Center. Any advice or suggestions? Is there any technical diving available on Moorea? Thanks, Jerry