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Practical Abalone Hunting
Northern California divers are indeed fortunate to have one of the ocean’s tastiest treats so close to home–the red abalone. These mollusks


Marine Life - Marine Life Identification
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California Moray Eels

Author  : Doug Klug
Date  : August 2010
Fearsome or fascinating? The California moray eel (Gymnothorax mordax) belongs to the family Muraenidae. It is often seen in its "classic" pose: 

Jewels of the Sea: California’s Most Photogenic Sea Shells

Author  : Bonnie Cardone
Date  : July 2010
In the early years of my diving career I collected shells (a long time ago). That stopped when I learned how to photograph them. This was much more rew 

Diving with Seahorses--Am I California Dreaming?

Author  : Scott Gietler
Date  : March 2010
After diving for 2½ hours underwater in the murky Mission Bay in San Diego, I am starting to have doubts that there are any seahorses here. All  

Lions Invade La Jolla Shores

Author  : Tracy Clark
Date  : February 2010
La Jolla Shores is well known to most San Diego divers. Many local divers received their scuba certification there, including myself. Some divers after 

Rockfish

Author  : Bruce Watkins
Date  : January 2010
The most common California reef fish, both by number of individual animals and number of species has got to be the rockfish (genus Sebastes). On every  

Giants on the Star - Black Sea Bass Inhabit The Star of Scotland Wreck

Author  : Patrick Smith
Date  : December 2009
The dive plan for the day was to have a black sea bass encounter, and the location chosen was the venerable wreck, Star of Scotland in Santa Monica Bay 

Simnia

Author  : Bruce Watkins
Date  : November 2009
Some of California's underwater critters are easy to find--they swim right up to you. Others are shy and reclusive and you have to hunt for them. Still 

Sevengill Shark

Author  : Michael Bear
Date  : October 2009
One of the first things we noticed upon reaching the bottom was absolutely no fish--anywhere. The lighting was also strange: a strange, yellowish-green 

Is That Lobster Smiling at Me? (plus hunting tips)

Author  : Dale Sheckler
Date  : September 2009
Do lobsters have lips? I'd swear they do for all too often I have seen them smiling at me. During the off-season they definitely look at me with that " 

Alien Creatures Of The Deep

Author  : Tracy Clark
Date  : September 2009
As we head out of San Diego's Mission Bay on a bright and sunny day, it's the ocean conditions that will determine the dive site today. If conditions a 

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