Today we took the Cee Ray from Long Beach to Catalina where Suzette went on her first ocean dive! She did great!

With the profits from the sale of my house in San Leandro, I took my family and girlfriend to Maui Hawaii for a week. I didn't pay for everything, but I did rent us a condo for the week. After the week, everyone flew back while I stayed for a few more days and went diving.

I did a little internet research and it sounded like Mike Severn's Diving was the group to go out with. I did 3 days (6 dives) with them and I have to say they were really fun to be with. They are thoroughly professional, fun to hang out with, and extremely knowledgeable of the indigenous wildlife. They take time before each dive to really go over the animals and plants you will see on each dive. Of course after 3 days it gets a little repetitive. Read More...

Catalina Dive Park:  On our final dive, a wreck dive specialty certification, I got to take a few pictures.  The divers on this dive were our Dive Instructor David Espinosa, Wally, Alexis, and myself. Read More...

I completed my PADI Open Water class. For the final dives we took a boat to Catalina and did several dives along it's inland coast. Read More...