Scuba diving with California Sea Lions at Monterey Bay. A Scuba Diver’s Paradise April in Monterey Bay is beautiful – high 50’s with sun and scuba diver energy around. The parking lot near San Carlos Beach is filled with nothing but scuba divers and tag-along ocean enthusiasts. Scuba tanks lay behind cars as divers don …
The fourth month of the year, the fourth local dive of the year. The April Horsetooth Dive 41-42 degree water and 45 degrees topside with low clouds off in the distance. Another great day for a dive in Colorado and a little bit warmer than last month. The bottom of the lake offered about 6-10 foot …
Hurricane Matthew is approaching and supposed to hit us tomorrow. The truck in front of us swerves over to the side of the road, just off Bonaire’s Bachelor Beach, near Lighthouse Point. “Fins” shouted as our dive buddies pile out of the truck to take a closer look. We run to the edge of the …
Eight-five degrees topside. Seventy four degrees below the surface. I hang in the water at fifty-five feet and watch a Lionfish become ensnared in the teeth of a Moray Eel, whose length is approximately five foot. These numbers add up to be an interesting battle between two predators and something the experts claim should never …
Safety stops. We all have to take them. We spend our obligatory 3 minutes at 15 feet for recreational diving and whether you are drift diving, fighting for your depth against the swells and jellyfish, or shore diving and watching your PSI diminish, there’s always something great to see. Shore diving in low or no …
There he is. The “camera guy”. It seems there is one on every boat. You can recognize him as he’ll be the one geared up like he’s going to battle, his camera bouncing around inside the rinse bucket as the boat sweeps divers off to the next site. Then later, the camera will be strapped …
Restoring coral is something that seems to be gaining a bit of popularity among the SCUBA diving communities. I first read about coral restoration as a form of voluntourism in the Florida Keys. Ironically, I read this article on my way to Bonaire for a dive vacation. Imagine my surprise when I had landed smack …
