Dive SpotsUncategorized Enjoying the East End Pinnacles of Santa Rosa Island Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I saw that our dive boat had reached the backside of Santa Rosa, the…Dale & Kim ShecklerJanuary 25, 2020
Uncategorized A Retirement Retrospective This year marks my 35th as an underwater photographer and author. It has been an enjoyable and memorable career, and…Bruce WatkinsDecember 20, 2019
Dive SpotsUncategorized Mixing It Up at Santa Cruz’s Quail Rock It was a strange sensation. It was like one minute we were diving the far reaches of the Northern Channel…Dale & Kim ShecklerDecember 6, 2019
Dive SpotsUncategorized A NorCal Coastal Treasure: Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary By Jennifer Stock It was 1977 when avid diver, career scientist and intrepid explorer Dr. Robert Schmieder spotted Cordell Bank on a nautical…Mark YoungNovember 17, 2019
Dive SpotsUncategorized A New Discovery Off Carmel Bay’s Outer Pinnacle: Exploring the Horseshoe What makes a great dive site? Clear water? Varied topography? Lots of fish? Colorful invertebrates? While most great dive sites…Bruce WatkinsNovember 9, 2019
Dive SpotsUncategorized Crowd Control: Now’s a Great Time to Enjoy Catalina’s Cherry Cove When the crowds of summer have gone, divers can safely get into nooks, crannies and reefs of Isthmus Cove that…Dale & Kim ShecklerNovember 7, 2019
Dive SpotsUncategorized Two-for-One Fun at Anacapa: Goldfish Bowl Just the name Goldfish Bowl makes you think of a fun, cute dive site. And it is. But there is…Dale & Kim ShecklerOctober 8, 2019
Dive SpotsUncategorized Big Fun, No Matter How You Define It: Enjoying Aumentos Reef On a good day in Monterey many boat divers hope their captains head south to Carmel Bay. While Carmel does…Bruce WatkinsOctober 5, 2019
Uncategorized CA Diving Community Mourns Divers Lost in Boat Blaze Early on the morning of September 2, 2019 the Truth Aquatics live-aboard dive boat, Conception, caught fire while anchored off…Mark YoungOctober 5, 2019
Uncategorized The Flower Animals of California: All About Stony Corals Colonial cup coral, photo by D Sheckler It’s a fact stranger than fiction: there are underwater creatures commonly found in…Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 2, 2019