I am a long time diver - basic certification in June of 1971. I live in Northern California (Sonoma County) and I have done a lot of abalone diving. I usually go on a lobster boat in the Channel Islands for the season opener and did very well this year. I have also dived warm waters around the world and had other adventures (drove to Cancun in 1976 before there were tourists there). There remain a few places I want to go to dive and I will try to get to them in the next few years. I am always interested in meeting people who want to dive Northern California - and I am happy to have found this web-site. That's all.