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Yesterday, got to try out our new JW Fishers SAR-1 UW metal detector on a look-see of the Rockland (Maine) Town Docks now that the summer traffic is over. It was extreme low visibility (less than 5ft) so a good test for it. Not too heavy, it was also not too long and unwieldy to drag through the...

We gathered to kick off the first Annual Aqua-Nut Underwater Pumpkin Carving event at South End Beach in Rockland, Maine. It was an absolutely beautiful weather day in late October with awesome water conditions. Carving underwater took some getting used to. Note to self: pumpkins float! Trying...

Wondering if anybody in the Oregon diving community knew about the research vessel Hero which was located at Newport, OR from 2000-2003. The story goes that the ship fouled both bow anchors to submarine cables on the bottom of Yaquina Bay some time during those years and cut them loose...

This morning I was in about 15 fsw down in the muck of a Maine coastal community harbor doing a circular search pattern for a mooring. Viz was zilch, I could only see the glass of my mask and dingy pea soup beyond. So the search was mostly by feel. One hand on the spool I was using to reel out...

Will be in the Falklands this month, anyone know of possible dives offered out of Port Stanley?

The other day I used a couple of lift bags to move a boat mooring out to deeper water at a lake in Maine. Did not have to bring the mooring granite pads (two of them) to the surface, just needed to get them buoyant enough to move about 15 feet farther out from the dock. All in about 20 feet of...

I had an interesting occurrence this morning as I cleaned the bottom of a 34 foot sailboat at the local town dock. The cleaning went fine, but when I swam in to the boat ramp to exit, I noticed lots of Skeleton Shrimp all over me and my gear. And I mean A LOT! There must have been thousands of...

Noticed a lot of Dead Man's Rope in the water the last few weeks in a new season of diving, practically an entire forest of them. Chorda filum is the proper name, someone also said they were known as Sea Laces? Are they just a spring thing? Don't seem to encounter them in summer or fall diving...

Off New Harbor, Maine yesterday down about 70fsw we came upon these tubes sticking up out of the bottom. What do you think?

Our community's local high school cancelled their regular winter sports seasons this year and the building's AD (Athletic Director) wants to try and offer some things to keep the kids active (but in an individual or socially distanced way, of course!) He approached me about the idea of having...

I dove yesterday afternoon at Lake Megunticook and found wedged between rocks (and a nearby tire) this pretty heavy and powerful magnet on a rope. My dive buddy said that they were fishing magnets used by people who throw them in to see what they might attract and haul in. Huh. Anyone else heard...

This season, I notice my tank checker gauge is consistently reading the tank pressure at about 400psi more than my SPG. It will read tank at 3000psi but then I attach the SPG and it will read 2600psi, not sure why the discrepancy? Is it time for a new tank checker? Can I fiddle with the current...

Wishing all the best for Wreck Diving Magazine. Guess it has suspended publication for the time being. Hope it survives and comes back!

We took some high school Marine Studies students out to test run our new FIFISH V6 ROV off Northport, Maine and while we were operating it, encountered a school of Menhaden (or pogies) swarming near the surface. Caught video of them from the boat and and at the same time from the ROV's camera...

Had a great dive yesterday at Rachel Carson Salt Pond in New Harbor, Maine. Caught this Northern Red Anemone living large.

On our dive today in Maine off Ash Point in the Muscle Ridge Channel, we encountered typical Irish Moss (Chondrus crispsus) but some of it had a brilliant blue tinge to their tips. Had not seen that before, especially in such profusion. Does anyone have info about that? Is it some sort of...

I find I have enough regulator set-ups that I need some sort of rack to keep them on. I already have/use the variety of plastic hangers pictured below but I was wondering if anybody had some other idea that they have found or built that might work better?

Saw a beautiful Moon Snail chugging along the bottom on my dive today. Friendly guy, he paused for photos. I'd like to think he maybe even smiled?

Setting up my new Father's Day GoPro 8 black. Plan to carry it on a floaty handle with PolarPro filters. What would be the go-to settings for most diving between 15'-40'? 1080p at 60fps? Standard, Activity, or Cinematic? Worth shooting in 4k or would that finish off the battery and fill the card...

The high school I teach at is having their Class of 2020 graduation ceremony today (modified etc). They missed out on a lot of the regular, traditional type senior year stuff so just want to wish them (and all other graduates this year) a hearty congratulations!