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Went to Bonaire for a week and I promised some of you a report. Last year we found ourselves in the position of having two free tickets on American we needed to book, and we picked Bonaire because it was supposed to have the best beach diving in the world. I don't know about best but if...

I'm interviewing some climate scientists for an interdisciplinary hire at one of the local universities and I've been following the field with greater than usual interest. The models for 2007 are not as bad as the 2005 season but anyone planning trips to southeast, gulf or carribean this year...

Warning lights of the sea By Pete Thomas, Times Staff Writer March 26, 2007 Photo Gallery Squid patrol Aboard the New Del Mar — A long night scouring a deep, dark ocean is proving uneventful — until the luminous red dots begin drifting across the sonar screen. Banter in the...

Two men caught in lobster traps Suspecting poaching in a marine reserve, game wardens set up a sting. By Louis Sahagun, Times Staff Writer March 20, 2007 The battleship-gray fishing boat roared past in the dead of night with its running lights off, catching the attention of game wardens...

Dove Shaw's yesterday (March 4 morning). It was already very warm when were gearing up at 10 AM. Asked a few exiting divers about conditions and they said "some kind of red tide - real bad viz". No surf to mention - we dropped in 15 ft. and initially had 15+ viz. Once we got on the other...

I am looking for a very specific sort of article or textbook, hopefully one that is readily available - but I'd rather have the right one than an easily located one. I am a physical science professor at a major research university and DIR-F provisional. I make over 100 dives per year...

I'm a SoCal DIR provisional. At home I dive a TLS-300 with 300 g polartech, and very nearly standard DIR rig otherwise. Steel HP 130 and building double HP100s. I'm likely to hit Key Largo in late March and I sometimes get to other warm water locations too. I know the FL cave divers are...

Greetings: One or two of us are planning to be in the Keys diving for 3 days at the end of March. In SoCal I dive drysuit, BP/W, steel tanks (130 or double 100s by then). I like wrecks, nitrox, and depths to 110. I'm DIR provisional. In places like Roatan I've tended to dive wet in the...

Just received this e-mail: To all concerned Divers, We are trying to sink a submarine that was donated by the US Navy. January 13, 2007, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunken Treasures Society of Los Angeles 335 North 3rd Street, Burbank, CA 91502 The USS Sailfish...

See who can be the first to solve the mystery of the ages. What is 1010011010? Jim

Hello Mid-Atlantic: This is LAJim from SoCal. I've been in MD for a few days and a couple of questions have come up. Over the weekend I visited a friend of many years who lives in the navy residence on Point Patience on the Pax River near Solomons MD. He told me about the S-49 sub sinking...

Just tried CoCo's web site and got a domain name expiration/renewal notice. http://www.cocoviewresort.com/ Jim

Judy and I will be at CoCo on Roatan for a week beginning May 27. First trip to Roatan - have researched it pretty well I think. A couple of questions: anyone else on the Board going to be on CoCo that week (or maybe someplace close like Fantasy Island)? Also anyone have any important and...

Glycerin and I will be diving Divers Cove Laguna this Sunday at 8 AM. Sandeaters also has this posted as an alternate for the same time. I know some of the Wrinkles divers are looking for a Laguna dive. This is the one. Jim

The first Reef Check California field training will occur Friday through Sunday this week. Classroom sessions were held earlier this month in LA and Santa Barbara and the 20 students from those sessions are going out on Explorer (Ventura) for in water training off of Anacapa and Sant Rosa...

Claudette, Josh and I completed the classroom component of Reef Check California training this weekend. We felt it was very valuable and are looking forward to the 3 days of training aboard Explorer at the end of the month. We are equipped and essentially ready to begin reef monitoring...

I'm on a flexible work schedule this week due to Spring Break. Looking at the swell model and the weather report, I'm thinking that Laguna might be OK on Thursday. My plan would be to entice the wife and child with a morning (or afternoon) of shopping in Laguna with me making a dive or two and...

We normally dive SoCal wearing 7 mm suits - with Hendersen 5/3 hooded vests added in February to get through the winter (54 F). We have trips coming up to CoCo View (late May) and Thailand (June), and we will probably hit the Sea of Cortez at some point. We also have 3 mm shorties that are...

he four foundation reports of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment were released yesterday. An LA Times article (published today) provides a very brief summary of some of the issues in the reports. The general scuba diving community will particularly note the implications of climate change for...

Pasley and I had lunch recenty and discovered we had the same B-day. He is however the older of the two by a year or so. Jim