Received an email from Ben that he had Wednesday off and wanted to do something different. He’s been trying to get a group of us to dive California’s north coast, but most of his requests have fallen on deaf ears. Since I have always been interested in the rugged Sonoma coast, I thought that Wednesday [...]
The Hogarthian/DIR/UTD equipment philosophy has the SPG attached to the left hip D-ring. This promotes streamlined gear configuration and doesn’t clutter up the chest (workspace area). For new divers, this set-up requires work since the clipping and unclipping of the SPG has yet to become automatic. Instead of practicing, some divers choose to solve this [...]
Met up with Erik and Elissa to dive Pt. Lobos. Our initial plan was to do two dives, first one to Granite Point wall and the second dive passed Lone Metridium. The goal was to get the team familiar with the major navigational landmarks. After meeting Matt and Leah in the parking lot, we revised [...]
Steve recently posted a sidemount diving skills demo on YouTube. These are some but not all the skills that we learned and practiced during Steve’s Basic Sidemount class.
AG and I meet up to dive The Road at Pt. Lobos in Carmel. As we roll into Carmel, Monastery welcomes us with mirror flatness. We dove together on Tuesday, and visibility was at best 20′. Today, we hope for better conditions, receive it. At the Three Sisters, visibility is easily 40′ if not more. [...]
KMD posted a very nice short video on how to dump gas while riding a scooter. In his words: Some items to notice. * By thumbing the light the diver keeps it pointed forward into the view of her buddies and frees up a hand to manipulate dump valves * The divers movements are smooth [...]