No matter how carefully you may dive in saltwater, if you do it long and often enough you’ll likely have an eventual run in with a coral (or hydroid, sponge or similar cnidarian) that can inflict a painful envenomation. Sometimes these wounds can be long-lasting, as in 3-4 weeks or more, before significantly improving. Also, … Read more
Zacaton is the deepest of five ceynotes located on a large ranch, El Rancho Asufrosa, in northeastern Mexico. It was “discovered” by Jim Bowden and Ann Kristovich on a reconnaissance trip made at the end of two weeks of exploration and surveying in the Nacimiento Santa Clara, a cave system at the base of the … Read more
My dear mother will be 91 years old this year, the same age as my father when he died two years ago. She lives alone in the family home in England and still looks after herself, and complains that she cannot remember things quite as well as she used to. But she does remember the … Read more
By Jack Likins I thought I’d take a stab at trying to explain why divers die abalone diving. I’ve been abalone diving for over 50 years in both southern California and here on the north Coast. It can be a very dangerous sport if not done with proper training, conditioning and knowledge of the ocean. … Read more
I get all sorts of input from readers and I welcome it. Sometimes it’s to tell me about some great new dive site, to tout a particular dive operator, or simply to grind an ax or two after some youthful divemaster tried to perform an unappreciated rescue on them because they dared to place their … Read more
