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In addition to the home made snoots some people have reported, there are now a few commercial options for a lot more money obviously. I have Inon S2000 strobes. Inon has their own snoot set, then there is a Seahorn snoot set (both of these require aiming with the strobe itself it seems since...

On the way to Cozumel at Houston airport from Calif, I tried to adjust the local time on my near new D4i. I have had two dive trips with it; it is 6 months old. As I was adjusting the time, the computer locked up ie the buttons no longer responded and the computer went back to just a time...

We were returning on Tuesday at Lobos to the boat ramp when my buddy almost stepped on a large mature wolf eel almost right at the boat ramp. It was well out in the open. It is situated among the rocks just to the north of the ramp, on your left as you enter the water, a yard or two from where...

I am going to be down in Monterey this Friday. Going out on the Beachhopper Saturday but if anyone feels like joining up for a mid afternoon dive somewhere let me know.

The pop up flash on my E520 is not popping up like it used to. In fact, it is quite sticky. And I have discovered that if it does not pop up all the way, the flash is disabled - which can be a bit of a problem during a dive if I forgot to manually persuade it to extend all the way before...

Thought I would check with the friendly NorCal group before heading over to the equipment board. Anyone know where to find a replacement rubber grip with the finger loop for SS strap, Apollo Biofins in my case? Or a nifty substitute? I can find entire SS strap replacements but that seems...

I have had a PTE05 /520 set up with an Athena port for the 50mm Oly macro lens for a few months now. I have done a few dives and often have ended up with some drops of water inside. Just a few drops, not disastrous, but not normal either, and not condensation. After exhaustive testing in my...

On Sunday on KVIE channel 6 in the Sacramento area there will be a PBS special on squid at 8pm. Web site at Nature . Encountering Sea Monsters - Video: Humboldt Squid Makes Contact | PBS There seems to be too much mention of "Monsters" and "devils" in the promos suggesting a bit of...

Three of us are heading down from Davis on Friday morning. If anyone is interested in meeting us for a mid morning / early afternoon dive at maybe Lovers/otter/coral street or Lobos, let me know. We are also heading out on RecTec on Saturday and Jon has 2 spare seats and I am sure would...

Those of us around the Sacramento area may be interested in a show on KVIE 6 (PBS channel) on June 1 at 8pm. The title is "Under the Sea with Al Giddings"; it promises to show 30 years of underwater film making. Probably will show up on Bay Area PBS as well some time. I do not know of Al...

Went diving at Lobos on Friday 11th. Seas were flat, the sun was out and life was good. Vis was about 30 ft just outside Whalers cove. Not as many fish around as we have seen on other days. Saturday we went out on the Beachhopper. First dive was at Inner Pinnacles. Vis was about 20ft; water temp...

Just came across reference to an online article about the impact of sunscreen on coral reef health. It is published in the journal of the National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences NIEHS (one of the institutes of NIH) at Sunscreens Cause Coral Bleaching by Promoting Viral Infections...

I will be in Monterey on 16 to 18th. Diving on the Cypress Sea on Sunday 17th. But we (two other Davis divers) have reservations at Lobos on the 18th and my buddy Ted cannot make it. So there is an open spot for anyone who will be down there and would like to get in a dive at Lobos. Send me a...

The New Zealanders do not need a shark cage to photograph great whites, just a couple of very good friends. I came across this account and photo at Snap! Dangled by ankles to shoot shark - World - theage.com.au

This belongs more in the Accident board and the Thailand section where I will post as well but since I usually hang out at Monterey and go out on boats there I thought I might drop a short message about a recent experience (a week ago) on a boat out of Phuket in Thailand. We did 2 dives on the...

I am going on the White Manta on Nov 30 for 3 days/2 nights. I will be solo. Are there any scubaboarders going as well? It sounds as though conditions at HD/ HM are not too great. I believe that the White Manta was headed there. Does anyone have an opinion about these sites that is different...

Cap'n Phil did not want make everyone sick on Sunday on the Cypress Sea so we did not get around the point to Carmel. We did 3 dives in Monterey Bay and they turned out pretty well. The first dive, off the Aquarium, was a sort of grave yard for sunfish. There were many of them down at about 80ft...

We are thinking of heading down to Monterey on Friday. But given the way the wave forecasts are shaping up for Friday I am having second thoughts. Does anyone have an opinion about how things would be given the forecast?

I have not been on the board for a while, and then only an occasional visitor. Family things have kept me high and dry for a while, except for a trip to Desecheo Island PR in June. It was OK but not great. I will be at the Breakwater on Sunday 30th with a couple of buddies. If you spot a car...

I will be down at Monterey this weekend. Probably shore diving Saturday but looking for a boat dive Sunday since my buddies have to go home. Are there any Scubaboarders diving this weekend? It would be nice to say hello, especially if you are heading out on a boat. The swell forecast keeps on...