Quick and Easy rEvo front mounted oxygen manual add valve (MAV)
May 7, 2010 – 2:33 pm | No Comment

I really like the rEvo, its sleek and clean design is well thought out, a pleasure to dive, and even easier to maintain. The one thing that bothers me is that the oxygen add valve. …

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Silcone Drysuit seals
June 10, 2010 – 3:34 pm | 2 Comments
Silcone Drysuit seals

Drysuits are necessary for Scuba diving here in Southern California; the water is cold, usually about 55 degrees. Drysuits however are not cheap, $2000 to $3000, and require annual maintenance to keep them in tip …

This is why we dive (VIDEO): Missle Tower Wreck San Diego, CA
May 10, 2010 – 4:11 am | One Comment
This is why we dive (VIDEO): Missle Tower Wreck San Diego, CA

If this video doesn’t show up, you can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkbHYFvo44U
This wreck/artificial reef was used as a missile tower test platform for submarine based warfare. They would load a missle into it, sink it underwater …

Quick and Easy rEvo front mounted oxygen manual add valve (MAV)
May 7, 2010 – 2:33 pm | No Comment
Quick and Easy rEvo front mounted oxygen manual add valve (MAV)

I really like the rEvo, its sleek and clean design is well thought out, a pleasure to dive, and even easier to maintain. The one thing that bothers me is that the oxygen add valve. …

Operation Fletcher Dive report, April 2010
May 4, 2010 – 1:10 pm | No Comment
Operation Fletcher Dive report, April 2010

On the weekend of April 30th, a group of 24 divers dove the a Fletcher Class WW2 Destroyer, USS Burns (tentative ID) off San Clemente Island in California. Over the course of the weekend, 50+ …

Vintage Underwater Images
September 4, 2008 – 12:55 pm | One Comment
Vintage Underwater Images

Check out that underwater housing that Bruce Mozert made back in the 1930s, which at the time was one of few in existance. For the next few decades he used it to take some amazing …

Bluespotted Jawfish [VIDEO]
August 14, 2008 – 11:27 am | No Comment
Bluespotted Jawfish [VIDEO]

Bluespotted Jawfish from rick colman on Vimeo.
The name of the species is Opistognathus Rosenblatti. There is a wikipedia article on jawfishies and here is as still photograph of this species, you can really see where …

Liquid Image’s underwater digital camera mask is now available
August 8, 2008 – 8:16 am | One Comment
Liquid Image’s underwater digital camera mask is now available

Introduced at the beginning of the year, this Liquid Image underwater mask with built-in digital camera is now available in Japan for approx $120. No idea if or when this might be coming to other …

Open Revolution: The $1500 Recreational Rebreather
July 24, 2008 – 6:19 pm | 2 Comments
Open Revolution: The $1500 Recreational Rebreather

I just saw this on Rebreather World and it’s called the Open Revolution rebreather. Typically, rebreathers range from $5,000 to as much as $20,000, it’s a niche market with boutique manufactures. However, the Open Revolution …

sQuba, the underwater car
July 24, 2008 – 10:54 am | One Comment
sQuba, the underwater car

It’s just a concept car, there is no plans to produce this vehicle. But this is pretty cool. The regulators are Scuba Pro G250s which means that they didn’t skimp on the details. Its  brainchild …

Scuba Diving Kitty
July 9, 2008 – 9:54 am | One Comment
Scuba Diving Kitty

It’s an ad for HowStuffWorks.com. The cat looks miserable but then again that’s how most cats look most of the time, so who knows. I’d really like to see how they got the cat into …