My SCUBA adventure to Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico with my sons Phillip and Geoffrey and Phil’s wife and daughter was a great trip. An unfortunate stumble walking up an incline in soft sand caused me to torque my left knee and ankle and I decided (wisely) to stay dry for the last day of diving. I took […]
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Anacapa Island and a “Giant Kelpfish”
posted by afreelancewriter
My dive buddy, Phil Wilson, snapped this picture of a “Giant Kelpfish” I spotted on September 19, 2015, while we were diving off Anacapa Island. The fish was shy and we saw it for less than a minute, if that long. Time for only the one picture. I’m guessing this one measured about twelve inches, […]
Anacapa Island SCUBA dive
posted by afreelancewriter
My first SCUBA dive experiences in the waters off Southern California were, for me anyway, not much fun. I went for my very first two certification dives at the SCUBA park on Catalina Island. Had it not been for equipment malfunctions I might have done my next two there to finish up the cert. I won’t go […]
A Most Remarkable Experience
posted by afreelancewriter
Have you ever felt like jumping into an aquarium? Well, we didn’t actually jump in. We climbed down a steel ladder. Geoffrey and Phillip, my two sons, and I are certified, card-carrying SCUBA divers. Between the three of us, we’ve dived in Alaska, California, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Thailand. But this was going to be […]
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