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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/
Official home page for MBNMS. Information on research, education and for visitors, including kayaking and diving. |
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Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary - http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/
Official site of CINMS. Information, maps, photos on the Channel Islands. |
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Truth Aquatics - http://www.truthaquatics.com
Dive charters from Santa Barbara. Operates three liveaboard dive boats - Truth, Conception and Vision - doing overnight trips to the Channel Islands. Schedules on-line. |
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Sport Chalet - http://www.sportchalet.com/
A general sporting goods and dive store chain in Southern California. Gear, rentals, classes, local charters. Online sales of dive gear. |
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Marine Weather - NWS Los Angeles Area - http://www.nwsla.noaa.gov/marine.html
National Weather Service's site collecting coastal and offshore marine forecasts, buoy reports, tide tables, and swell and wave models for Los Angeles Area and Southern California coast. |
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Aqua Safaris Scuba Center - http://www.aquasafaris.com/
A Santa Cruz dive shop with in store and online equipment sales, instruction and exotic dive travel. |
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Metridium Fields - http://www.metridium.com
Underwater photos, video clips and trip reports from around the world but with a focus on Monterey. |
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Scubaboard - http://www.scubaboard.com/
A general diving forum. |
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Wallin's Dive Center - http://www.wallins.com/
A dive store in San Carlos. Classes, travel, on-line book catalog. |
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Any Water Sports - http://www.anywater.com/
A dive store in San Jose. Class schedules, activities, travel, gear, rentals. |
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Scuba Fusion - http://www.scubafusion.com
A PADI dive center in San Mateo that provides instruction, sales, rentals and service. |
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Blue Water Aquatics - http://www.bluewater-aquatics.com
A PADI dive center in Sunnyvale with class schedules, course descriptions, and list of diver friendly motels in Monterey. |
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Great White Shark Encounter - http://www.incredible-adventures.com/shark_encounter.html
Meet the Great White and Pacific Blue shark in the safety of unique diving cage near the Farallon Islands, off San Francisco. |
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SanDiegoDiving.com - http://www.sandiegodiving.com/
Promoting education about and conservation of the marine environment through exposure by diving. |
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Hollywood Divers - http://hollywoodivers.com
A full service and technical dive shop near Universal Studios in Hollywood. |
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Diver Dan's Wet Pleasure - http://www.diverdans.com/
A dive store in Santa Clara. Classes, travel, seminars, equipment. |
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Diver Dans - http://www.cadive.com/
A PADI dive center in Santa Clara. The site describes trips and offers online class registration. |
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Shark Diver - http://www.sharkdiver.com
Offers cage diving with sharks, off the coast of California and Mexico. |
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The Great Escape - http://www.diveboat.com/
Boat trips to sites off local islands, Begg Rock, oil rigs, deep reef, kelp forest, and wreck dives. Includes dive site map, schedule and directions to dock. |
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Divebums - http://www.divebums.com/
San Diego scuba diving information: Fish photo ID guide, dive site guide and maps, and current conditions reports. |
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Aquarius Dive Shop - http://www.aquariusdivers.com/
A PADI 5-Star training facility in Monterey. Rentals, guided tours, and travel. |
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Horizon Charters - http://www.horizoncharters.com
Live-Aboard and single day dive trips to US and Mexican waters aboard the Horizon and Ocean Odyssey departing from San Diego. Many trips to San Clemente Island. Schedules on-line. |
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Anacapa Dive Center - http://anacapadivecenter.com/
Details of swimming lessons, scuba lessons and equipment rental, boat charters, and directions to the shop. |
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Eco Dive Center - http://www.ecodivecenter.com
A PADI Scuba diving shop in Culver City. The site has course descriptions, trip schedules, prices, and photo galleries. |
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LAdiving.org - http://www.ladiving.org
Provides a forum, underwater photographs, a creature identification guide, and a list of dive boats and dive sites. |
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Scubapost - http://scubapost.net
Forums, galleries, a field guide and dive sites. |
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Peace Dive Boat - http://peaceboat.com
A dive boat located in Ventura. Offers dive trips to the Channel Islands and equipment rentals. Includes photographs, boat details, and online schedule of boat trips. |
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Saint Brendan Corporation - http://www.saintbrendan.com
Publisher of California Diving News and sponsor of the Scuba Show in Long Beach. Includes trial subscription, conference registration and diving books. |
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Monterey Bay Dive Company - http://www.mbdcscuba.com/
provides equipment sales, service, rentals, airfills, SCUBA lessons, and underwater tours. Located on Cannery Row, one block from the Breakwater and San Carlos Beach. |
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Glenn's Aquarius II Dive Shop - http://www.aquarius2.com/
Guided SCUBA and boat tours, gear, and PADI instruction on breakwater in Monterey. |
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Scuba Schools of America - http://www.scubaschoolsofamerica.com/
SSI/ANDI training from open water to instructor, rebreather, and trimix in Montclair. Includes a calendar of classes and local dive trips. |
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Diver.net - http://diver.net
Provides a forum, underwater photographs and videos, stories, dive boat comparison, and weather links. |
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Shark Diving International - http://www.seesharks.com/
Shark Diving Adventures to all the world's premiere destinations. |
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Scubahaus - http://scubahaus.com
A SSI dive shop in Santa Monica. The web site provides directions to the store, online shopping, and information about dive lessons. |
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Scuba Diving in San Diego - http://www.heff.net/scuba/
Includes a plethora of information pertaining to scuba diving in and around San Diego. |
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Ocean Adventures Dive Company - http://www.oceanadventuresdiveco.com
Full service dive center located in Venice Beach. |
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Islander Charters - http://www.islander-charters.com
The site describes scuba diving and fishing trips to the Channel Islands and the baja coast. A full schedule of trips is included. |
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Ocean Enterprises - http://www.oceanenterprises.com
SCUBA Diving, training, gear, vacations, and equipment in San Diego. |
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Great White Adventures - http://www.greatwhiteadventures.com
Great white shark diving expeditions to the Farallon Islands from San Francisco or to Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico from San Diego. |
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Marissa Dive Charters - http://www.marissadivecharters.com
A San Diego Dive Boat. Includes pictures and information of the boat, the crew, dive sites, prices, and a schedule. |
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Sea Divers - http://www.seadivers.org/
A club for experienced divers presents annual dive trip schedule, log books, and membership details. |
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Underwater Schools of America - http://www.usascuba.com/
SCUBA instruction in Oceanside since 1964. NASDS affiliated dive store and ANDI Safe Air / Nitrox Facility. |
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Lois Ann Dive Charters - http://www.loisann.com/
San Diego Mission Bay San Diego dive boat, 28' with Nitrox. Dive trips to the kelp beds, wreck alley including the Yukon, and the Coranado Islands. |
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Malibu Divers - http://www.malibudivers.com
A PADI dive store in Malubu. The web site describes classes, local and foreign trips, and has a photo gallery. |
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Vaqueros Del Mar Divers - http://vdmdiveclub.org
One of San Francisco Bay area's oldest dive clubs. Diver training, boat trips, underwater photography and special events. |
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Mitchell Scuba College - http://www.mitchellscuba.com
NAUI Scuba Diving lessons in the San Francisco Bay Area plus information on dive sites from Mendocino to Monterey Bay. |
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The San Jose Flipper Dippers - http://sjflipperdippers.com
The site includes a brief description of the club and officers and copies of the monthly newsletters. |
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Cage Diver - http://www.cagediver.com
Describes shark dive expeditions to the Farallon Islands, Isla Guadalupe, the Bahamas, and South Africa. |
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Harbor Dive Center - http://www.harbordive.com
Sausalito scuba diving center offering retail sales, equipment service, rentals, and 5-Star PADI Certification classes. |
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Sunfish Dive Boat - http://www.socaldive.com/
Berthed in Oxnard, the Sunfish provides charters to the Channel Islands. Pictures of the boat and a schedule of dive trips. |
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Abreojos Diving Adventures - http://www.abreojos.com
SCUBA diving club based in Monterey. Diving related travel, instruction, photos and video. |
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Calboatdiving - http://calboatdiving.com/
Reservations, rental gear, and dive packages for the Spectre, Peace, and Explorer dive boats in Ventura. |
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Scuba World - http://www.scubaworldsacto.com
Sacramento scuba equipment dealer. Mares, xcel wetsuits, Dive rite, Nitrox, and all levels of training. |
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Pacific Scuba Center - http://www.pacificscuba.com/
Full service dive shop located in Oxnard. |
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Bamboo Reef - http://www.bambooreef.com/
A dive store with locations in San Francisco and Monterey. Classes, trip schedules. |
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Raptor - Dive Charters - http://www.raptordive.com/
46' dive boat berthed in Ventura Harbor |
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Dive Connection, Inc. - http://www.gottadive.com/
Charter company provides details of boats, equipment, and weather conditions. Includes online reservations and map. |
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Gilroy Scuba - http://www.gilroyscuba.com
PADI dive training, equipment sales, and Monterey Bay guided tours. |
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Sanctuary Dive Boat - http://www.sanctuarycharters.com
With a 6-diver-max, Sanctuary makes relaxed, unhurried visits to all the pristine sites of Monterey, Carmel and the Big Sur coast. All rental gear is available on request. |
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Adventure, Depth & Technology - http://www.advdepthtech.com
Wings Stocks technical diving instruction, charters, and diving servicesin Monterey Bay. Deep, mixed gas, and rebreather technologies are a specialty. |
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http://www.caywind.com/ - http://www.caywind.com/
Boat charter company operating from Long Beach provides details of vessels, accommodation and tours. Includes photographs and calendar. |
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Scuba San Francisco - http://www.scubasanfrancisco.com/
Detailed descriptions of 33 California Scuba and Skin diving locations in Mendocino, Sonoma, and Monterey counties. |
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SeaStar Adventures - http://www.seastaradventures.com/
Provides Scuba and Snorkeling Instruction, Diving and Snorkel Tours in San Diego. Includes course and tour prices and instructor biographies. |
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Ocean Explorers Society - http://www.oceanexplorers.org/
San Diego based dive club affiliated with Ocean Enterprises; organizes local shore dives, boat dives, and other diving trips. |
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Dolphin Divers of Sacramento - http://www.dolphindivers.org/
Sacramento based dive club, since 1981. |
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Snorkel and Scuba - http://www.snorkelsandiegoscuba.com
Offers snorkel and scuba tours of La Jolla Cove and private scuba instruction and scuba classes. The site describes the offerings and has contact information. |
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The Dive Shack - http://www.gotodiveshack.com
A Full Service PADI SCUBA Shop in El Cajon. |
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Anderson's Scuba Diving - http://andersonscuba.com/
A full service dive shop in Pacifica, offering classes, an indoor heated pool, sales, rentals, repairs, airfills and service. |
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Team Shark - http://www.teamshark.com
California shark scuba diving and snorkeling adventures open to everyone using a floating shark cage. |
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San Diego Underwater Explorers - http://www.sdue.org/
DIR dive club for recreational and technical scuba diving. |
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Aloha Dive - http://www.dive-aloha.com/
SCUBA diving instruction, equipment sales, rental and repair, on-site pool, children's programs, technical and rebreather training. |
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Captain Aqua's Scuba Diving Centers - http://www.captainaqua.com
Retail dive centers offering equipment sales, classes, repairs, rentals and dive travel. |
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Elk Grove Diving Center - http://www.elkgrovedive.com
SSI dive training, SCUBA equipment, individual attention. |
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Scuba Center Temecula - http://www.scubatemecula.com
A full service sucba diving center; PADI courses, Equipment Sales, and Service. |
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Marin Dive Center - http://marindivecenter.com
in San Rafael; Scuba diving lessons, equipment sales, rentals, service, and air fills. Providing family friendly service for 30 years. Heated pool and state of the art classroom on site. |
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DiveTickets - http://www.divetickets.com
Online dive boat schedules, tickets, and reservations. |
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Pacific Coast Divers - http://www.pacificcoastdivers.com
Non-commercial club for SCUBA divers who want to dive Southern California and the world at low cost. |
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Openwater Habitat Marine School - http://www.diving.net/ohms.html
Orange County Dive Store, with equipment and supplies for all levels of divers, including rebreathers, and Enriched air Nitrox, and monthly dive trips. |
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Pacific Reef Scuba - http://www.pacificreef.com
A full-service scuba shop in Vacaville, with sales, rentals, and lessons. |
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Los Angeles Scuba Diving - http://www.lascubadiving.com
PADI SCUBA instruction, course schedules, staff biographies |
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USS Watersports - http://divewithuss.net
A dive center in Ukiah. The site describes classes they offer and provides directions to the shop. |
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Laguna Sea Sports - http://www.scuba-superstore.com/
Laguna Beach California - Current dive conditions, dive sites, instruction, sales, rentals, repair within walking distance from Shaw's Cove. |
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Get Wet Scuba - http://www.getwetscubadivers.com/
A PADI dive shop in Palm Springs. |
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South Orange County Dive Club - http://www.socdc.com/
Includes a photos, newsletters, and a schedule of monthly meetings, dives, and events. |
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Premier Scuba Diving - http://www.premierscubadiving.com
A group of Los Angeles based scuba instructors. The web site contains contact information. |
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Frog Divers - http://www.frogdivers.com
Independent instructors teaching the YMCA SCUBA program for all levels of recreational diving in silicon valley. |
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Scuba San Jose - http://www.scubasanjose.com
NAUI Scuba diving lessons, refresher courses, and Monterey Bay dive tours; San Jose bay area. |
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Bay Area Scuba Diving - http://www.bdcss.com/
A PADI, SDI, and TDI dive shop in Burlingame that provides certifications, air fills, rentals, repairs, and equipment sales. |
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Central YMCA San Jose - http://scuba.munchnet.com/
SCUBA diving program with dives in Monterey Bay. |
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San Diego Excellent Adventures - http://www.getwetsandiego.com/
The site offers SCUBA diving, snorkeling tours and PADI instruction with descriptions and prices. |