The above video isn’t the best quality (it is taken with my digital camera and dive light), but it does illustrate just how much life is on the old Ingraham Street Bridge. The site consists of rubble piles where they dumped the bridge structure just off shore near Mission Bay in 1985. The visibility wasn’t …
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Since moving to a dry suit I had to switch from my lovely Mares Superchannels to a fin with a much larger foot pocket – drysuit boots are much larger than wetsuit boots. After trying several without success, I settled on the OMS Slipstream fins. They are hard paddle style fins that are neutral in …
I popped into the newly opened Halcyon Tea in South Park yesterday evening. The shop is located just a couple doors up from what used to be Santos, and a short block from Grant’s Marketplace. They have done a nice job fixing the shop up and it looks great. Their tea selection is pretty good, …
Photos of diving Catalina Island Anna, Pete, Paul, and myself had a great time on Catalina Island last weekend. We started in Avalon, had a nice night in the Aurora Hotel, and then took a taxi van overland to Two Harbors. The ride was a bit crazy but provided great views of the island and …
Divebums is a local website that shows weekly photos taken by divers in Southern California (hopefully a great field ID section soon). Each year John puts out a fantastic calendar made up of photos from the local dive community. In fact, I’m looking at one on my office wall. This year, I was lucky enough …