Tag: scuba diving & snorkeling
All the articles with the tag "scuba diving & snorkeling".
Diving with seal bombs
There were about ten bright boats anchored just outside of the marine preserve, about a mile from where we were. They are there for the same reason we were - the squid run. Lisa, Mani, and I went for …
Diving Islas Coronados with the sea lions
Photos of diving Islas Coronados with the sea lions Adam and I headed out with Waterhorse to visit the Coronado Islands just off Tijuana's coast. The ride back was a bit rough, but overall it was a re…
New photos
I finally got around to posting some photos from a few weeks back: Photos of tide pooling at Point Loma Photos of diving La Jolla Shores (Jan 3rd & 14th)
Diving the Elly and Ellen Oil Rigs
Photos of Diving the Elly and Ellen Oil Rigs On Saturday I headed out on the Sea Bass to dive some oil rigs just off the coast of LA. The first dive was on the Elly oil rig. Visibility was a solid 50 …
Gorgonians on the old Ingraham Street Bridge
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 …
OMS Slipstream fin modifications
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 s…
Avalon and Two Harbors
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 ove…
Divebums Calendar
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 fr…
Scripps Canyon dive
Photos of diving Scripps Canyon There was some epic visibility last week that I just caught the end of on Saturday, during a Scripps Canyon dive. The shallows were quite nice, but a little bit of a de…
Diving San Clemente Island
Photos of diving San Clemente Island Adam and I headed out with a charter group on the Horizon for a one day one night diving trip to San Clemente. We used Horizon Charters for the trip and had a pret…