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• Regional: North America: United States: California: Recreation and Sports: Outdoors  (25)

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   - Official site of CINMS. Information, maps, photos on the Channel Islands.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary   - Official home page for MBNMS. Information on research, education and for visitors, including kayaking and diving.

Abreojos Diving Adventures - SCUBA diving club based in Monterey. Diving related travel, instruction, photos and video.

Absolute Adventures - Offers cage diving with sharks, off the coast of California and Mexico.

Adventure, Depth & Technology - Wings Stocks technical diving instruction, charters, and diving servicesin Monterey Bay. Deep, mixed gas, and rebreather technologies are a specialty.

Alacosta Divers - A San Francisco East Bay SCUBA diving club based with meetings in Orinda.

Aloha Dive - SCUBA diving instruction, equipment sales, rental and repair, on-site pool, children's programs, technical and rebreather training.

Anacapa Dive Center - Details of swimming lessons, scuba lessons and equipment rental, boat charters, and directions to the shop.

Anderson's Scuba Diving - A full service dive shop in Pacifica, offering classes, an indoor heated pool, sales, rentals, repairs, airfills and service.

Andrea's Aquatics - PADI scuba diving school based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Anthony Wiley's Scuba Locker - A dive shop in Riverside. The web page details classes and organized trips.

Any Water Sports - A dive store in San Jose. Class schedules, activities, travel, gear, rentals.

Aqua Adventures Unlimited - Offers PADI courses group, semi-private and private in Burbank. Boat charters, sales and equipment service. Nitrox fills available.

Aqua Safaris Scuba Center - A Santa Cruz dive shop with in store and online equipment sales, instruction and exotic dive travel.

Aquarius Dive Shop - A PADI 5-Star training facility in Monterey. Rentals, guided tours, and travel.

Bamboo Reef - A dive store with locations in San Francisco and Monterey. Classes, trip schedules.

Bay Area Scuba Diving - A PADI, SDI, and TDI dive shop in Burlingame that provides certifications, air fills, rentals, repairs, and equipment sales.

Blue Water Aquatics - A PADI dive center in Sunnyvale with class schedules, course descriptions, and list of diver friendly motels in Monterey.

Bottom Scratcher Diving Charters - Single and multi-day dive boat trips to the channel islands. Schedule on-line.

Bubble Blower's Scuba Site - A small underwater photo gallery, a good assortment of Monterey and SF Bay Area dive links, and assorted other diving links.

Calboatdiving - Reservations, rental gear, and dive packages for the Spectre, Peace, and Explorer dive boats in Ventura.

Caldivers - A group of instructors that formed a dive club that offers a calendar of trips to Monterey and an online forum.

Captain Aqua's Scuba Diving Centers - Retail dive centers offering equipment sales, classes, repairs, rentals and dive travel.

Cee Ray - Boat charter company operating from Long Beach provides details of vessels, accommodation and tours. Includes photographs and calendar.

Central YMCA San Jose - SCUBA diving program with dives in Monterey Bay.

Classic Scuba - Private PADI dive instruction by Greg Deskin. The site has course descriptions and photos.

Cove Diver's Homepage - A small collection of dive stories and reports. [PDF]

Cypress Charters - The Cypress Sea dive boat in Monterey. Schedules on-line.

Dive Captain Ron - NAUI/PADI instructor of beginning and advanced certification classes in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Novato.

Dive Central - Monterey California Dive Charters on the "Escapade" which visits all the premier sites of Monterey and Carmel.

Dive Connection, Inc. - Charter company provides details of boats, equipment, and weather conditions. Includes online reservations and map.

The Dive Shack - A Full Service PADI SCUBA Shop in El Cajon.

Divebums - San Diego scuba diving information: Fish photo ID guide, dive site guide and maps, and current conditions reports.

Diver Dans - A PADI dive center in Santa Clara. The site describes trips and offers online class registration.

Diver Dan's Wet Pleasure - A dive store in Santa Clara. Classes, travel, seminars, equipment.

Diver.net - Provides a forum, underwater photographs and videos, stories, dive boat comparison, and weather links.

DiveTickets - Online dive boat schedules, tickets, and reservations.

Diving Beyond Adventures - Travel organization in Sausalito. Includes a biography of the trip leaders, expeditions, and adventure stories.

Diving Singles Club - Silicon Valley area club for singles (unmarried) who love to SCUBA dive.

Dolphin Dive Center - Dive store in Arcadia. Class schedules, charters, travel.

Dolphin Divers of Sacramento - Sacramento based dive club, since 1981.

Eco Dive Center - A PADI Scuba diving shop in Culver City. The site has course descriptions, trip schedules, prices, and photo galleries.

Elk Grove Diving Center - SSI dive training, SCUBA equipment, individual attention.

Elmesie Scuba - Dive training in Huntington Beach.

Frog Divers - Independent instructors teaching the YMCA SCUBA program for all levels of recreational diving in silicon valley.

Get Wet Scuba - A PADI dive shop in Palm Springs.

Gilroy Scuba - PADI dive training, equipment sales, and Monterey Bay guided tours.

Glenn's Aquarius II Dive Shop - Guided SCUBA and boat tours, gear, and PADI instruction on breakwater in Monterey.

Graf Diving - San Diego SCUBA, kayak, and snorkeling instruction/tours in English or German.

The Great Escape - 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.

Great White Adventures - Great white shark diving expeditions to the Farallon Islands from San Francisco or to Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico from San Diego.

Great White Shark Encounter - Meet the Great White and Pacific Blue shark in the safety of unique diving cage near the Farallon Islands, off San Francisco.

Gypsy Wind SCUBA Adventures - A SCUBA dive training and travel company based in Fullerton. A breif schedule of trips is included.

Harbor Dive Center - Sausalito scuba diving center offering retail sales, equipment service, rentals, and 5-Star PADI Certification classes.

Holk's San Diego Scuba Pages - UCSD scuba club, stores, sites, and grunion run prediction.

Hollywood Divers - A full service and technical dive shop near Universal Studios in Hollywood.

Horizon Charters - 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.

Islander Charters - The site describes scuba diving and fishing trips to the Channel Islands and the baja coast. A full schedule of trips is included.

Laguna Sea Sports - Laguna Beach California - Current dive conditions, dive sites, instruction, sales, rentals, repair within walking distance from Shaw's Cove.

Lois Ann Dive Charters - 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.

Los Angeles County Scuba Diving Resources - Index to current on-line diving resources for Los Angeles county and Southern California. Additional pages covering Northern, Central and Baja California.

Los Angeles County Underwater Instructor Association - Established in 1954. Provides basic and advanced training. ADP (advanced) starts Summers and UICC (Instructor)in winters.

Los Angeles Scuba Diving - PADI SCUBA instruction, course schedules, staff biographies

Manta Ray Dive Center - Full service dive shop in Monterey with guided dives.

Marin Dive Center - 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.

Marine Weather - NWS Los Angeles Area - 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.

Marissa Dive Charters - A San Diego Dive Boat. Includes pictures and information of the boat, the crew, dive sites, prices, and a schedule.

Mitchell Scuba College - NAUI Scuba Diving lessons in the San Francisco Bay Area plus information on dive sites from Mendocino to Monterey Bay.

Monterey Bay Dive Center - provides equipment sales, service, rentals, airfills, SCUBA lessons, and underwater tours. Located on Cannery Row, one block from the Breakwater and San Carlos Beach.

The Monterey Dive Center - A SDI center with classes, rentals, and tours. The site has many pictures of the facilities.

Monterey Express - Dive charter boat in Monterey. Day trips in Monterey and Carmel area. Schedule on-line.

Monterey Sea Conditions at a Glance - This site pulls together in one place the most useful pages for predicting Monterey sea conditions.

Northern California Scuba Diving - diving hints and dive site descriptions

Ocean Adventures Dive Company - Full service dive center located in Venice Beach.

Ocean Enterprises - SCUBA Diving, training, gear, vacations, and equipment in San Diego.

Ocean Explorers Society - San Diego based dive club affiliated with Ocean Enterprises; organizes local shore dives, boat dives, and other diving trips.

Ocean Safari Scuba - A NAUI dive center in San Gabriel. Pictures and an online schedule of dive trips and lessons. The staff is fluent in both English and Chinese.

Openwater Habitat Marine School - Orange County Dive Store, with equipment and supplies for all levels of divers, including rebreathers, and Enriched air Nitrox, and monthly dive trips.

Pacific Coast Divers - Non-commercial club for SCUBA divers who want to dive Southern California and the world at low cost.

Pacific Reef Scuba - A full-service scuba shop in Vacaville, with sales, rentals, and lessons.

Pacific Scuba Center - Full service dive shop located in Oxnard.

Peace Scuba - A dive boat and SSI dive center located in Ventura. Offers open water classes, boat charters, and equipment repairs and rental. Includes photographs, boat details, and online schedule of boat trips and classes.

Point Lobos State Reserve - Guide to diving in the Point Lobos State Reserve just south of Carmel. Rules and regulations, dive spots, reservations.

Poseidon's Divers - Provides NAUI dive instruction in San Diego. Includes a schedule of classes.

Premier Scuba Diving - A group of Los Angeles based scuba instructors. The web site contains contact information.

Raptor - Dive Charters - 46' dive boat berthed in Ventura Harbor

Redwood Empire Divers Dive Club - Sonoma County California Dive club. Monthly newsletter, pictures and stories of diving the North Coast of California including Abalone and Halibut dives.

Saint Brendan Corporation - Publisher of California Diving News and sponsor of the Scuba Show in Long Beach. Includes trial subscription, conference registration and diving books.

San Diego Underwater Explorers - DIR dive club for recreational and technical scuba diving.

San Francisco Reef Divers Sport Diving Club - 25 year old non-profit community sports club dedicated to the safe practice of SCUBA and free diving located in San Francisco.

San Francisco Scuba Schools - Offers a full range of PADI scuba diving training programs including combination home-study and on site-training classes.

Sanctuary Dive Boat - 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.

SanDiegoDiving.com - Promoting education about and conservation of the marine environment through exposure by diving.

Scuba Center Temecula - A full service sucba diving center; PADI courses, Equipment Sales, and Service.

Scuba Crossing - Private and semi private PADI scuba instruction by San Diego Instructor Jeff Moore.

Scuba Diving in San Diego - Includes a plethora of information pertaining to scuba diving in and around San Diego.

Scuba Dreamz - Victor Burciaga is a PADI instructor in Mission Hills.

Scuba Fusion - A PADI dive center in San Mateo that provides instruction, sales, rentals and service.

Scuba San Francisco - Detailed descriptions of 33 California Scuba and Skin diving locations in Mendocino, Sonoma, and Monterey counties.

Scuba San Jose - NAUI Scuba diving lessons, refresher courses, and Monterey Bay dive tours; San Jose bay area.

Scuba Schools of America - SSI/ANDI training from open water to instructor, rebreather, and trimix in Montclair. Includes a calendar of classes and local dive trips.

Scuba With Bill - This site has SCUBA news clips and advice on diving.

Scuba World - Sacramento scuba equipment dealer. Mares, xcel wetsuits, Dive rite, Nitrox, and all levels of training.

Scubaboard - A general diving forum.

SCUBAdive4Fun - Group and private PADI SCUBA diving lessons in Carlsbad

Scubapost - Forums, galleries, a field guide and dive sites.

Sea Divers - A club for experienced divers presents annual dive trip schedule, log books, and membership details.

Seaclypse Dive Adventures - Scuba and snorkel dive instruction, tours, and boat dives in San Diego.

SeaStar Adventures - Provides Scuba and Snorkeling Instruction, Diving and Snorkel Tours in San Diego. Includes course and tour prices and instructor biographies.

Shark Divers - Luxury Great White shark diving off the coast of California aboard a private yacht.

Shark Diving International - Shark Diving Adventures to all the world's premiere destinations.

Snorkel and Scuba - 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.

South Orange County Dive Club - Includes a photos, newsletters, and a schedule of monthly meetings, dives, and events.

Sport Chalet - A general sporting goods and dive store chain in Southern California. Gear, rentals, classes, local charters. Online sales of dive gear.

Stone Divers - Naui scuba instruction and guided dives In North San Diego county.

Sub-Surface Progression - Dive and surf shop in Fort Bragg, Mendocino County. Abalone diving equipment, surfboards, SCUBA, and kayak sales and rentals.

Subtidal - Monterey Bay Scuba Diving Information including a list of dive shops and a map of shore dive sites.

Sundiver Charters - Single and multi day dive trips to Catalina and the Southern Channel Islands, including San Clemente, Santa Barbara, and Farnsworth Banks. Schedule on-line.

Sunfish Dive Boat - Berthed in Oxnard, the Sunfish provides charters to the Channel Islands. Pictures of the boat and a schedule of dive trips.

Team Shark - California shark scuba diving and snorkeling adventures open to everyone using a floating shark cage.

Truth Aquatics - Dive charters from Santa Barbara. Operates three liveaboard dive boats - Truth, Conception and Vision - doing overnight trips to the Channel Islands. Schedules on-line.

Underwater Excursions - Scuba diving lessons, sales, and trips in Visalia.

Underwater photo gallery - Underwater photos, video clips and trip reports from around the world but with a focus on Monterey.

Underwater Schools of America - SCUBA instruction in Oceanside since 1964. NASDS affiliated dive store and ANDI Safe Air / Nitrox Facility.

Vaqueros Del Mar Divers - One of San Francisco Bay area's oldest dive clubs. Diver training, boat trips, underwater photography and special events.

Wallin's Dive Center - A dive store in San Carlos. Classes, travel, on-line book catalog.