Openwater Habitat

You know shore diving must be good when we bch dive Saturday & Sunday! Crescent bay was like Laguna Lake, calm, with an occasional ankle slapper. Congratulations to Nimmi Kapoor for completing her O/W Certification! The conditions spoiled her for a beach dive. We noticed a larger abundance of Sheepshead which seems some of the first results of the new Marine Life Protection Area. Water still at 68 degrees & spotty 20ft U/W vis. Surf only 0-1 ft with a increase from the North west starting tomorrow but overall flat for south facing beaches all week & weekend. A little marine layer increase Thursday into Friday but look out! Santa Ana to warm us back up for another diving weekend. R U Ready 2 Dive? Join the Hydromax Dive Team & earn your Salt!

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 Diving Catalina Island right now is the best it’s been in over 3 years! We had 71 degree water &  u/w visibility of at least 80ft! We are not exaggerating, truly unbelievable & very surreal. It made Catalina Island like a new completely different place underwater. At Starlight cove you could see from the sailboat wreck all the way to the Kelp bed clear & distinct! Even usually mundane spots like Eel cove were electric with life as the conditions were spectacular! We saw many lobsters, a few morays, giant kelpfish, even 5 or 6 bat ray’s that seemed to be having a session in the sand. To top it all off only 13 divers on the boat!

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Awesome voyage to Catalina this past Sunday aboard the mighty Sundiver. The smooth crossing, warm clear water & awesome food made the trip Epic! This charter featured the “Scuba Chef” Trevor Cook!  “From the swim step to the galley” is one of his monikers & he stood by his word getting in the water, bringing back fresh Calico bass, preparing it then serving it up! Also Chicken Molle, fresh guacamole, salsa & tortilla’s. Breakfast was more typical but less greasy than most galley’s fare with scrambled eggs, hash brown & thick bacon. West end water was up to 70 degrees & around 40ft. blue water vis.  Eating & diving we got in three dives all on the west end.

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Here at the shop we have our own Hydromax Dive Team & we have been diving our brains out this past winter. All that pressure must help with some cool thinking! Designed, prototyped & developed by divers, super light Carbon Fiber Backplates & single mounting bars with a combined weight of less than 1 lb! This system helps beat the airline restrictions allowing your total b.c. to weigh less than 4lbs but yet no loss in support & rigidity of a heavier back plate & harness system.  Available now,  hurry before we run out & have to have more made.

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Why its cool: Can be used for Open Circuit or Closed, capable of up to 5 gases including helium, the bright easy to read organic LED back lit numbers & letters speak for themselves. Comes with or without fisher connect cable port for monitoring up to three sensors. Can be used as additional/ backup or stand alone Dive computer with the capability to have ppo2 monitoring. Cutting edge technology for the technically minded diver.

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We are currently stocking rebreather carbon dioxide absorbent;  Sofnolime Sodium hydroxide in both 4-8 mesh & 8-12 mesh. We are your one stop pro shop for all rebreather support.

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