Hi from Northern California!

[kelpmermaid]

Pink? Red? Green? I knew it sounded familiar, but it took a while to register. Too cute!

 

[Hal Iotis]

at Anacapa and Santa Cruz. Now I freedive for reds on the North Coast. Much more sportin'! Good for your scuba skills as well, although it perpetuates my reluctance to ditch the snorkel! Too bad about the Southern California abalone populations. When I was a kid there was a huge mound of shells at a processing plant in Goleta. Commercial divers used to come in with their Radons filled to the gunwales with reds and whites. White abalone are now nearly extinct, and the withering syndrome has really harmed the other species. I haven't dove SoCal for a while, are the abalone making a comeback now that the fisheries are shutdown?

 

[Tavi]

Hi, and Welcome to the boards! :wave:

Welcome back to our underwater world too!

I can't imagine staying dry for two years.

 

[kelpmermaid]

Not so that one would notice. The few I have seen are big pinks.

 

[large_diver]

Welcome from Boston, Hal.....where it is 93F one week, and snows the next......

Glad to have you here.

 

[gemma]

Glad to have you on board, and wellcome again to this wonderfull diving world
Best regards from Spain


:sunny:

Gemma
www.josepclotas.com

 

[lovetodive2]

Welcome to the board. You'll find nothing but lots of great people
always willing to help you out. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.