A Diving and Paddling Paradise: Van Damme State Park Californians can easily appreciate the pristine beauty of our beaches and coastal parks as they gear up for a dive.…Bruce WatkinsMay 11, 2019
The Farallons: Raw and Rugged, with Sharks At-A-Glance Skill Level: Anyone, even non-divers, may enjoy the surface cages. Advanced divers are only allowed in the submersible cage.…Bruce WatkinsJanuary 7, 2018
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve There are sites that are so fantastic that you would like to dive them every week. However, many of the…Bruce WatkinsApril 11, 2016
From Trash to Treasure at Glass Beach Did you ever think it would be fun to dive in a city dump? I, for one, never thought that…Bruce WatkinsAugust 3, 2015
Russian Gulch State Park Most Californians believe that the United States acquired the land that would eventually become California as a result of a…Bruce WatkinsApril 7, 2015
Mendocino County’s Buckhorn Cove Before the discovery of gold in 1848, San Francisco was a tiny town of about 300. By 1853 San Francisco…Bruce WatkinsJuly 9, 2014
Mendocino County’s Caspar Cove Divers from the San Francisco Bay Area or the Central Valley often drive to the Sonoma Coast and back in…Bruce WatkinsApril 9, 2014
Exciting Diving off the Farallon Islands Fewer than 30 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge are found four groups of small islands, islets and rocks…Bruce WatkinsJanuary 7, 2014
Sonoma County’s Fisk Mill Cove North Coast diving is all about catching dinner, particularly abalone. I can poetically describe the beauty of our northern reefs…Bruce WatkinsAugust 20, 2013
Mendocino’s Anchor Bay Mendocino County is home to an incredibly rugged and scenic coastline. Each year tourists come to marvel at sheer cliffs…Bruce WatkinsApril 16, 2013