Happy
Father's Day (what's left of it) to
those who qualify . . .
THANKS TO MARTY SNYDERMAN -
He was our guest speaker for this past
week's Zoom Seekers. (We were not able
to record Marty's talk so hopefully you
were able to Zoom in-person.) Next up on
Tuesday, July 13, is Bill Macdonald, who
will be talking about the evolution of
underwater film-making (including
video). Bill dove with Cousteau, has a
long career in the dive industry, and
just came back from Socorro with (so he
says) some good big animal stuff. Mark
it on your calendar.
SPEAKING OF SOCORRO -
We're going back next year, March 12-20
(actually flying down March 11). For
those who have been contemplating this,
the trip on the Nautilus
Under Sea is
almost full. I only have one 2-person
stateroom left and two spots in the
co-ed triple. Love to have you join us
but don't dawdle and end up on our
waiting list instead of the passenger
manifest. Give us a call (310/652-4990)
or shoot an e-mail for all the details
and pricing if you're even remotely
interested.
BUBBLE BARRIER FOR TRASH -
This sounds like a really great idea. We
know that fish don't like to swim
through bubbles. And that thought has
been put to use to clean trash from the
ocean with a barrier of bubbles that
essentially blocks the trash from
flowing seaward and diverts it to a
catch-basin. You can read more about
this novel idea here: BUBBLE
BARRIER FOR REDUCING OCEAN TRASH.
COUPLE OF CLASSES COMING UP -
One of my favs is this Wednesday (6/23)
evening and that's "Tables & Computers."
Best of all (for you) is that it's
FREE!!!!! It's a Zoom-based class
starting at 7PM and we'll go through the
basic physics of diving, launch into an
overview of dive tables, explain how
those led to dive computers, and
hopefully have you walk (swim??) away
with a better understanding of why your
computer tells you what it tells you.
Make sure you register (phone or e-mail)
if you plan to attend.
NAVIGATION TOO -
This coming Saturday (6/26), we're
offering our Navigation class at Vets
Park in Redondo. We do a dry session on
land (and you're welcome to do just that
part if you like) and then follow it up
with a single-tank dive (conditions
permitting). This one's a whopping $25.
But in all seriousness, there's plenty
of divers who can't navigate their way
out of a paper bag AND they don't
understand why their computers tells
them something, so IMHO, these are two
of the most useful classes we offer.
Please register for this one too if you
plan to attend.
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS!!! -
I'm sure you've heard about this by now
but how about that Cape Cod guy who got
swallowed by a Humpback Whale the other
week? Yikes!!!! (And no, he's not
changing his name to Jonah.) Definitely
a freaky occurrence and the good news is
that he came out relatively none the
worse for wear. It's also a good thing
he was on scuba or the outcome might
have been different because he says he
was in the whale's mouth for a good
30-40 seconds. He was the guest of Jimmy
Kimmel the other night and if you'd like
to see the interview, here it is: SWALLOWED
BY A WHALE.
SPEAKING OF HUMPBACKS -
Many thanks to Skip Abelson for
forwarding us a link to a story about a
super-group of whales - maybe as many as
90 - that were observed in Australia via
a drone flying overhead. Usually
Humpbacks may be 3,4,5 to a group, but
one this size has never before been seen
in Australia. On top of that, there's
some spectacular footage of the whales
bubble-net feeding. I saw this once in
Alaska and it's amazing to see. Here's
the ink to the video: SUPER-GROUP
OF WHALES.
HAPPY SUMMER!!! -
The summer solstice is Sunday night at
8:32PM, about an hour after I'm writing
this. So enjoy the last remnants of
spring, welcome to summer, and don't get
too depressed that the days are about to
start getting shorter.
And that'll do it for now. Have a great
week and let's go diving soon!!!
- Ken
