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A heads up. Seal’s Water Sports in Santa Rosa has several thin light weight stainless steel Freedom Plates for sale. A couple Xtra smalls, a few smalls, and a few mediums (standard). Sorry, no larges. If interested call them at (707) 542-3100 and talk to Zeke or Jennifer. These plates are set up...

Anybody care to give it a go? THU SE winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 21 to 23 ft at 18 seconds. Rain.

I have a couple friends who are certified divers but have not been in the water for a long time. Both of them recently have expressed interest in starting back up. One guy got certified about 4 years ago and dived once since then in Hawaii using rental gear. He has his own gear which I...

With the world moving away from fossil fuels, what do you think the future of quick and easy worldwide plane travel will look like in the next 5 or 10 or even 20 years? I have no statistics to back up this claim, but I think the majority of divers world wide fly somewhere warm to go diving. The...

Just FYI. Seal’s Water Sports in Santa Rosa, CA has a full Freedom Plate rig for sale. It’s a size small (14” - 5’3” to 5’7”) 10 GA (1/8”) beautiful polished stainless with an Oxycheq 30# Mach 5 wing (new version with pinch flat proof bladder) It also comes with a wedge and a rail bracket. Hog...

Hello Urchin Divers, The dive is on for Sunday! December 10th, 2023 at Stillwater Cove, Sonoma County. Yay! 😃 Conditions for Sunday: SUN
 winds 5 to 10 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell 5 to 7 ft. The swell looks to be about maximum for an advanced level beach dive. No rain and very little...

I noticed many empty slots in the Scubapro reg numbering system. Why are there no regs for these numbers? MK 4 Mk 6 MK 8 MK 9 MK12 MK13 MK14 MK 16 MK18 MK 22 MK 23 MK 24

Our scheduled Sunday November 19th dive has been cancelled: SUN NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. Mixed swell NW 4 to 6 ft at 16 seconds and S 2 to 4 ft at 12 seconds. The south swell is what’s killing this dive. It puts it over the safety threshold for...

The next urchin removal dive is coming up this Sunday, November 19th, 2023 Mark your calendar. Location: Stillwater Cove, Sonoma County. Meet time 9:00 AM at the picnic tables. If you’re a first timer you will need to fill out a waiver form. Some things you will need: A valid CA fishing...

Hey Urchin Divers, Just putting out the memo, our next Purple Urchin Removal Dive will be this coming Sunday, Nobember 12th, at Stillwater Cove, Sonoma County. Meet time is 9:00 AM. Depending on how many people we get, I want to try something different. I want to send a team over to the right...

Hi urchin divers! Pete was kind enough to give us (the PURP team) our own forum to discuss anything related to our purple urchin removal efforts in Northern California to help restore the dwindling kelp forests. Here we can feel free to discuss at length anything related to our work, the finer...

I have two steel 72’s I’m selling. Tank 1. 1967 Dacor (PST) 3/4” neck w/ decent valve. Valve has HP port on right side. Last hydro 9/22 Inside is immaculate. Tank was originally vinyl coated. It was stripped, sand blasted and painted with cold galvanizing compound, then hydroed. Needs vis...

The purple urchin removal dive is on for tomorrow at Stillwater Cove in Sonoma County, CA. The conditions forecast looks stellar! SUN N winds 5 to 10 knots. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 10 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. This might be the last great day we have for a...

Somebody turned in a pair if old IDI power fins Frog Foot model to my LDS and they gave them to me. They’re a solid rubber heavy black fin with the same straps/locks as a jet. They are a few inches longer than a jet and they have no vents. Kind of a cool looking fin. The rubber seems a bit...

I have four Aluminum Freedom Plates for sale. They are all different sizes. I’m asking $150 plus shipping CONUS only. Listed by serial number: ALL SOLD All of these plates have welded on stand off brackets. Nothing gets bolted on anymore so no more dissimilar metals. They are configured to be...

….for urchin removal dives anyway off the beach. Yesterday (Sunday 10/15/2023) we did another purple urchin removal dive at Stillwater Cove in Sonoma County. Forget about the location though, it’s not about the location but more about large seas, breaking waves, shore surge and my gear choices...

My dive shop was telling me about Scubapro’s aggregate sales quotas every month. I knew there was a quota system but I didn’t realize how harsh their policies are; if a shop falls short they pull their dealership status and they can’t buy anything including parts. Then, if the shop wants to...

Seal’s Watersports Dive Shop has asked me if I could do an urchin collection dive on October 8th at Stillwater Cove, and I said sure no problem. That date would be good to give people blown out by the weather for this weekends Caspar urchin crushing dive a chance to help out and get in the...

The next Purple Urchin Removal Dive will be on Sunday, October 15th, 2023. Location: Stillwater Cove Regional Park in Sonoma County. Time: 9:00 AM. Meet at the picnic tables on site. Parking is free at the turnout on the highway above the cove, or there is day use parking across the highway in...

Next Purple Urchin Removal Dive: Sunday, September 17, 2023 Location: Stillwater Cove in Sonoma County. Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am for unloading, set up, gearing up and briefing. Diving after that at your own pace. Meet at the picnic tables on site. There are restrooms and picnic tables/barbecues at...