Roatan, Honduras

By billrini

Feb

26

MSNBC is running a nice little story on dive travel to Roatan. It profiles the two big players down there (Anthony’s Key Resort and Paradise Island) but there are several other quality dive/resort operations that you may want to check out (in no particular order):

Coco View Resort

Bay Islands Beach Resort

Inn of Last Resort

Big fish tanks right bait for cities

By billrini

Feb

26

As a huge fan of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Aqaurium of the Pacific in Long Beach, I found this to be an very interesting look into the large aquariums around the US.

Diving Santa Barbara Island

By billrini

Feb

25

Santa Barbara Island is my favorite of all of the local islands for diving. The sea lion rookery on the island always holds the most playful and enthusiastic sea lion pups who simply can’t wait to play. As soon as the boat pulls into the cove they come rushing for the water and swim right out to the boat barking as they wait for the divers to enter the water.

Check out some photos of our inpatient sea lion friends and enjoy this video of their underwater antics.

BusinessWeek On Halcyon

By billrini

Feb

17

BusinessWeek is running a short little profile on dive equipment company Halcyon and the DIR (Do It Right) diving philosophy. Just scratches the surface and I wish the reporter could have given it more space but then again, it’s not every day that a diving equipment manufacturer graces the pages of BusinessWeek.

California Sea Lions Called To Service

By billrini

Feb

12

Reuters is reporting that two California sea lions named Alex and Zachary have been called into duty to protect US warships near Bahrain. Alex and Zachary have been trained to locate divers or swimmers who approach too near to US ships and to attach some sort of clamping device to them so that military personnel can then capture them.

What to do in Cozumel

By billrini

Feb

7

DocV over at ScubaDiving.com has put together his master list of things to do in Cozumel. A great read for food and entertainment recommnedations.

Whale Rescue Team

By billrini

Feb

6

On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of hearing Peter Wallerstein of the Whale Rescue Team give a presentation at the Ocean Adventures club meeting about his organization. His team helps rescue marine mammals and birds that for whatever reason become stranded in local waters. His account of a rescue of a newborn whale calf and it’s mother, both trapped in fishing nets off of Rancho Palos Verdes was quite amazing. His team has also been featured in several local rescues of beached whales in Marina del Rey.

A wonderful cause and an inspiring speaker. Worth checking out their website.