Marine LifeMarine Life IdentificationSharks & Rays Diving With Blue Sharks Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) are among the easiest sharks to identify. With their thin, sleek bodies -- metallic blue on…Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 29, 2015
EditorialsOpinions I’m Certain In this issue longtime contributor Bruce Watkins shares his experience of living a diver's dream of swimming with a humpback…Marty SnydermanApril 2, 2015
EditorialsOpinions Cold Water? Lucky Us! A couple of days ago I was talking to a couple of my diving buddies at a local club meeting,…Marty SnydermanFebruary 24, 2015
EditorialsOpinions Dream It, Do It A blue whale, the largest creature to have ever lived, appears on the edge of visibility and then comes into…Marty SnydermanApril 3, 2014
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
OpinionsSpecials Making Sense of MPAs: A Guide to California’s Marine Protection Areas The world's oceans are under siege. That's not exactly news, especially for divers. Overfishing, pollution, coastal development, habitat destruction, climate…Marty SnydermanJuly 24, 2012
Marine LifeOpinions Exploring a Not-So-Barren Landscape: The Sand Biome Some divers swim over patches of sand in California as if they are trying to escape from something. The faster…Marty SnydermanMay 30, 2012
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification Squid Invasion! There's an invasion brewing. They are lurking offshore, waiting for the right time to come closer. And when the time…Ken KurtisDecember 9, 2008