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I’m wondering what our three dogs do while we are at work. Our newest puppy has taken it upon herself to destroy things while we are away, much to the dismay of April and I. …

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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 …

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+ …

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 …

Closed Circuit Rebreather Course Review
June 20, 2008 – 1:53 pm | One Comment
Closed Circuit Rebreather Course Review

To whom it make concern, please consider me a “stroke” for this day forward.
About 7 years ago, I got into Tech Diving/Cave diving. I remember it vividly because my psycho-ex-wife tried to throw …

Divesigns – Custom waterproof stickers for your dive gear
May 15, 2008 – 12:54 pm | One Comment
Divesigns – Custom waterproof stickers for your dive gear

Divesigns, a UK company, has a line of stock and custom stickers for your dive gear. They range from MOD stickers, Rebreather specific decals and custom name decals. They also have a light visible sticker …

Hugh Bradner, UC’s inventor of wetsuit, dies
May 12, 2008 – 9:14 am | No Comment
Hugh Bradner, UC’s inventor of wetsuit, dies

Hugh Bradner, a UC physicist whose love of the ocean and curiosity about everything in it led him to revolutionize diving by inventing the neoprene wetsuit, died at his home in San Diego at the …

Mondex – The Frog Dog?
April 29, 2008 – 3:44 pm | 2 Comments
Mondex – The Frog Dog?

Poor Dog
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Traveling with a rebreather
April 24, 2008 – 12:39 pm | No Comment
Traveling with a rebreather

To divers, traveling on airlines with tons of scuba gear is almost always a pain. Add a rebreather and it can get even more complicated. You have weight issues, extra baggage fees and the fear …

Manta Bite scuba regulator mouthpiece
April 21, 2008 – 12:43 pm | No Comment
Manta Bite scuba regulator mouthpiece

I was poking around the interweb and I stumbled upon this SCUBA regulator mouth-piece: The Manta-Bite. Apparently, it’s designed to be placed in your mouth and then the “manta wings” create a water barrier.
This would …

Coming soon to a Iphone near you, a decompression program
April 17, 2008 – 12:21 pm | One Comment
Coming soon to a Iphone near you, a decompression program

I LOVE my iphone but I miss have a scuba diving decompression program on it. Having this I can plan my technical dives on the device that I always on me, my cell phone.
I used …