EditorialsOpinions Dive Gear: Time for Spring Cleaning By the time this issue of California Diving News reaches your dive center, we'll be well into springtime, a time…Marty SnydermanApril 24, 2013
EditorialsOpinions An Invitation to Share As an underwater photographer, I'm always pleased to see my photos appear in print, but I'm even delighted to share…Marty SnydermanFebruary 26, 2013
EditorialsOpinions Looking Back, Moving Ahead Ask anyone who's been diving for decades and you'll undoubtedly hear a common chorus -- diving has changed a lot.…Marty SnydermanJanuary 29, 2013
EditorialsOpinions Last-Minute Gift Idea is One That Lasts The holidays are fast approaching and it looks like I might end up on the "naughty" list again -- the…Marty SnydermanDecember 11, 2012
EditorialsOpinions Good, Better, Best Few places on earth are as inviting as a California kelp forest in autumn. When diving conditions are favorable, as…Marty SnydermanSeptember 6, 2012
EditorialsOpinions A Rolling Stone "A rolling stone gathers no moss." This proverb has been around since the 1st century B.C. and as is often…Marty SnydermanJuly 31, 2012
EditorialsOpinions Welcome to the Second Golden Age of Diving I attended the 43rd San Diego Underwater Photographic Society (SDUPS) Film Festival recently. Held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,…Marty SnydermanJune 8, 2012
EditorialsOpinions The Spice of the California Diving Experience Mention California diving and the first thoughts of divers around the world are likely to be about our kelp forests.…Marty SnydermanMay 8, 2012
EditorialsOpinions The Value of a Dive Mentor Kim, my wife and usual dive buddy, has been laid up lately from a severe back injury. Upsetting as it…Dale & Kim ShecklerJanuary 25, 2012
EditorialsOpinions Tell the Preservation Success Stories While I think we should always be presented with the bad news so that we can act to reverse the…Dale & Kim ShecklerNovember 9, 2011