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I'm tardy in posting this dive report but pics are finally forthcoming! Back in February or March me and my BFF from MI started brainstorming that we wanted to go do something near a beach for our birthdays in April and May. We went back and forth between laying on a beach, snorkling and...

Well, it's summer so viz is still terrible, so none of my pictures turned out well, but I did get some video. My snorkle report is from late July (one video of a lobster, just because) and then from today. Lots of rays out today, the leopard sharks, and there were schools of tiny little fish...

Well, it's summer time in San Diego which means sandy, blown out viz, but I've been hopping in regularly to go for a snorkle (these pics are from last Sunday) and we found a couple good spots with leopard shark activity around the grassy stuff south of the Restaurant. Life spotted includes 3+...

Finally, my first dive in.... so long I can't even remember my last time hopping in! I had a fieldtrip up North to visit for New Year's and got the chance to get a dive in too :D The water felt like icecubes and I definitely saw 53ºF going on on my computer at my average 17fsw most of the...

I'm still bumming around town with nothing to do, so I thought to myself, you know, I haven't been to the tide pools in a couple years. I decided to go poke around the walls at Marine Room first before heading over and found the usual critters - Mmmm tasty sea grass. ugh mouth full...

Ok, so I had an ok-ish snorkle last weekend, but viz was still a bit sandy so I decided not to post. Also, the thick fog just made the lighting situation hard (read: blurry pics). But then today was pretty amazing from the second I stepped outside. When I got to the beach, the morning was...

So, I made the trek once again up North and hoped for some diving. I heard it had been a bit windy throughout the week but was settling down towards the weekend, so I was hopeful for a dive or two. We showed up at Monastery after fighting through some traffic and it looked a bit ankle-break-y...

I'd been reading intimidating reports like 48ºF bottom temps past the 15fsw (fifteen!! OMG) thermocline, and 5' or less viz lately, and it's been misting/sprinkling for days to boot. I really didn't think anything would come of today's dive plans but just like everything else in life, if you...

Why did the water temp drop to 62ºF? Last weekend it was a balmy 66ºF, and instead of that, today we got a teeth chattering 62ºF as a surface temp, all the way down to 17fsw. And of course, it was overcast today, which helped make the water all the more bone-chilling. Low tide was supposed...

After a loooong winter out of the water due to storm after storms after storm, we finally got in for a nice dive today. And the ocean gifted me with a sea turtle and horn sharks galore for my birthday - thanks Ocean! :) It's been miserably drizzly, rainy and just plain grey the whole past...

I'm seeing this no matter what page I'm on:

With SoCal being undiveable for the past 6 months, I was excited to head over to Florida despite the chilly (read: SoCal summer-like) forecast for Key Largo. Our small dive crew all met up in Miami last Thursday, and headed down to the Keys for the dives Friday afternoon, Saturday morning, and...

I just contacted my service-person from last year, and apparently there are no parts of life warranties any more? I bought them under the assumption I would have parts for life, when serviced every year, so I don't understand how that can just be removed. I didn't agree to not receiving parts...

For once, I'm in NorCal instead of SoCal on the forums! I finally got the opportunity to go diving with the friend who finally gave me the kick in the pants to get diving. I thought about it for 10 years, and had a back surgery in between, and even tried to talk it away by saying well I used...

Well, just off the bat all of my pictures were terrible. Not a single one is worth posting here. However, the video did turn out ok so that's what I'll be posting. Viz was milky at best, snotty and sandy at worst. I'm wondering if the hazy conditions are what brought out all the lobster...

Ok, so we've been having all sorts of excitement here the past few weeks. Hammerheads taking a gander at passing kayakers hunting for tuna and lifeguards shutting down whole beaches due to that. Maybe they forget we're in Great White territory, and that divers regularly see 7-gills and all...

Well, I didn't have the heart to post a dive report from my last dive all this week due to TSandM's passing. I never thought a person who I'd never met in real life would have such an effect, but here we are still vehemently sad the whole week later. I got an early lesson when I first started...

Well, today isn't a dive report. Buddy was out of the water this weekend, so I decided to take myself snorkeling because the water's always chilly and it's been 90ºF for a couple days. Leopard sharks seem to spook easily to sudden movements or bubbles in my experience, so maybe it was for the...

Well, I heard reports that the sharks were out, and even saw pictures (maybe I should have checked datestamps, huh?), but found none on my dive today. We suited up and hit the water by 7:30am, and kicked straight out from the entry point to scan the area for leopard sharks. Surf was almost...

Maybe 4ish months ago, chat stopped working with my version of java (8.something on a Mac). I downgraded to 7.something, and it worked again for the past month. Last night, 7.something wouldn't work with a warning displayed that I needed to upgrade where the chat box is supposed to be, so I...