H20 Photo Pros Expands to Larger Facility
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
From Diverwire.com, written by Scott Jones, August 11, 2009 H2O Photo Pros Underwater Photo & Video, who of the most well-known underwater imaging companies in the country, has just announced it has relocated to a new, larger facility. The new underwater imaging superstore is located in Irvine, California. The new location is at [...]
Read more »Divers Alert Network Releases 2008 SCUBA Diving Accident and Fatality Report
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
From Examiner.com, written by Scott Jones, August 4, 2009 DURHAM, NC – The Divers Alert Network Annual SCUBA Diving Report is one of the most anticipated and trusted publications in the dive industry. Each year, divers count on it as a resource to educate themselves; the knowledge they gain, hopefully, makes them safer divers. [...]
Read more »Mandalay Bay’s Shark Dive at Las Vegas
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
From Examiner.com, written by Sue Richter, August 2, 2009 Las Vegas has many oxymorons…but scuba diving in sin city may take the cake. Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef Aquarium scuba program opened June 2009, to certified divers for a down under experience like no other. In the 1.3 million gallon salt-water aquarium you can [...]
Read more »Beluga whale saves drowning free diver at China aquarium
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
From Telegraph.co.uk, July 29, 2009 A drowning diver has told how she was saved by a whale that pushed her back to the surface when she suffered crippling cramps. Yang Yun thought she was going to die when her legs were paralysed by arctic temperatures during a free diving contest without any breathing [...]
Read more »Newport Beach – Body surfer dies after accident, fire officials say
Friday, July 24th, 2009
From OCRegister.com, written by KIMBERLY EDDS and ELYSSE JAMES, July 24, 2009 NEWPORT BEACH – A body surfer slammed into the rocks by strong currents and massive waves died after being pulled from the rough waters today, fire officials said. The man was pulled from the waves by lifeguards at the Wedge in [...]
Read more »La Jolla seals get another break
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
From SignOnSanDiego.com, written by Debbi Baker and Susan Shroder, July 23, 2009 SAN DIEGO – The seals in La Jolla won’t be dispersed by the sounds of barking dogs after a Superior Court judge on Thursday set aside his order to the city to remove the seals until a new hearing set for October. [...]
Read more »In California, A Rare Look At Humboldt Squid
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
From NPR.org, podcast from All Things Considered, July 17, 2009 It’s not often you get to see a giant sea creature up close and personal. But the arrival of swarms of giant Humboldt squid in southern California has given scuba divers a rare treat. Nigella Hillgarth, executive director of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps [...]
Read more »Judge orders removal of seals from La Jolla Children’s Pool
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
From SignOnSanDiego.com, written by Craig Gustafson, Friday, July 20, 2009 SAN DIEGO – The Children’s Pool beach in La Jolla will likely attract hundreds of activists, police and onlookers this week if the city follows through on a judge’s order to begin removing seals by Thursday morning. SAN DIEGO – The Children’s Pool [...]
Read more »Laguna Beach beach use curfew idea folds
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
From Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, written by Barbara Diamond, Friday, July 10, 2009 United opposition of divers and residents on Tuesday scuttled a proposal to close city beaches between 10 or 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. No one from the public spoke at the City Council meeting in favor of an agenda item [...]
Read more »Divers Deplore Marine Life Protection Act – Spear Fishers Gather in Santa Barbara
Monday, July 20th, 2009
From The Santa Barbara Independent, written by Todd Prodanovich, Sunday, July 19, 2009 Southern California’s free-diving community united on Thursday evening, July 16, for the Watermen’s Alliance Santa Barbara Social in order to discuss the future of the sport, especially the looming effects of the Marine Life Protection Act. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum [...]
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