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I noticed a lot of discussion on the BA Diving yahoo group about Sea Star Wasting Disease, but I realized I hadn't seen much about it on here. There's a UCSC website with information about the wasting disease, and you can help provide additional data if you notice it on your dives and record...

11 November 2012; Snorkeled at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery up in Golden River, CA (just downstream from Folsom). We went as part of an organized annual "Salmon Swim" with Pinnacles Dive Center in Novato and we got to experience what it feels like to be a salmon. Some years, they do a drift snorkel...

Can we make a sticky for current NorCal dive conditions? SoCal has one :eyebrow:. I know most people post individual threads for conditions, but it might be cool to have a central thread for North coast and central California updates.Today I dove twice at the breakwater (along the wall). Started...

*sigh* I lost a small transparent otterbox while diving South Monastery on Saturday (10/22). Inside, there's a small pen and a Volkswagen valet key :) I was running search pattern drills with a class in the sandy part of So. Monastery, fairly close to shore, and I think it came out of my BCD...

This past Saturday I was diving with my buddy team at San Carlos Beach and I believe we witnessed a near-miss/almost-incident. (I figured there's a better chance of someone here knowing what happened than if I posted in the A&I forum. Please advise if this should be moved over there.)...

A while back, there was a post in the Books and Media Reviews section about "The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival". I read the book, thoroughly enjoyed it, and recommend it to other divers looking for an easy-read; however, the reason I'm bringing it up in the Nor Cal...

I did my first tank dive at Fort Ross this past Saturday and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing different critters from what I typically see down in Monterey... lots of abalone sea urchins... also lots of bullwhip kelp instead of giant kelp. I came across this little guy in about 30-35 feet of water...

Did two shore dives this Saturday, by the breakwater with two buddies. On our first dive, we did a long surface swim out to the barge spot on the BAUE map. We took 3 compass bearings off the pump house at the far end of San Carlos Beach, the Restroom on the breakwater and the daymark at the end...

Hey all you DIYers, I (graduate student on modest income) have started building a tray and lighting arms for my point & shoot Ikelite underwater camera housing. I've machined my tray out of Delrin and I'm going to be securing some PVC piping to make some lighting arms... (I'll also soon be...

Not your typical DIY equipment post, but... :D Diving in Monterey can be chilly, but that cold can also be pretty invigorating. When you're out of the water and you don't want so much invigoration, dry clothes are pretty comfy. I decided to paint my own hoodie sweatshirt using a technique a...

My girlfriend pointed this story out to me today. I was wondering if any SB members were diving the breakwall with these orcas :) GMTsD4a2c_0

Got in two dives today at South Monastery. It was my first time diving Monastery and I did the dive with Fabs and an experienced friend who had TA'ed our OW diving class. We entered in the more-sheltered part of South Monastery with waves breaking about 1-2 feet tall. It made for an easy...

At the California Academy of Sciences, they had a movie playing: "Sanctuary in The Sea: A Gulf of The Farallones Experience" I thought it was a nice short-film about the Farallones and it would appeal to divers :) A very similar video by the same guy, Ron Elliot, can be found on Youtube...