Channel Islands Dive Adventures Useful Scuba Links

Here are some excellent Scuba related links and probably one of the most detailed list you will find. We do update this list and welcome any contributions to it provided they are scuba related.

If you would like to find out more info on CIDA please go to our Home Page.

You can also check out all the awesome trips we offer at our Dive Calendar and Dive Vacations page.

Educational

• Channel Islands National Parks-National Park info about the Islands
• Channel Islands National Parks-How to travel to the parks
• Hammerhead Press-Educational DVDs, books & more
• Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
• Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber-Educational and classes
• Marine Biology-Educational and I.D.
• Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)-Educational -Non-diving trips to the Channel Islands
• Island Packers-Non diving trips to the Channel Islands
• Fish and Wildlife
• Ocean Earth
• Catalina Marine Society
• NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
• Pacific Marine Mammal Center
• Ocean Defender Alliance-Working on a debris-free sea
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch
•  Scuba Diving Glossary

Dive Accident and Travel Insurance

• DAN-Divers Alert Network-Educational, accident & gear insurance
• DiveAssure-Dive accident & travel insurance

Diving Medicine

• Diving Medicine for Scuba Divers, 5th Edition by Dr. Carl Edmonds

Wrecks

• Shipwrecks
• Airplane Wrecks
• Worldwide Shipwrecks
• Wikipedia List of Shipwrecks

Weather & Buoy Information

• 17ft.com
• National Hurricane Center
• Tide Tables
• Bouy Data & Water Temps.

Technical Diving Information

• Nitrox
• Trimix
• Rebreathers
• Deep Stops

Informational Articles

• Diving Physics
• Scuba Diving Explained
• PSI vs Cuft
• Buoyancy and Gas Laws
• Underwater Metal Detecting

Shore Diving Sites & More

• California Dive News Dive Sites

Dive Clubs

• Channel Islands Divers-Ventura County
• Antelope Valley Desert Divers-Palmdale/Lancaster
• Paradise Dive Club-Santa Barbara
• Whalers Dive Club-Sherman Oaks/San Fernando Valley
• Sole Searchers Dive Club-Pasadena
• California Wreck Divers-Redondo Beach Area

Dive Shops & Gear

• PCH Scuba-Agoura & Palmdale
• Deep Thought Wetsuits & Repairs-Oxnard
• SLO Ocean Currents-San Luis Obispo
• Pacific Scuba Repairs-Calabasas, regulator repair
• Professional Scuba Inspections-classes on tank inspections and more
• Ventura Dive and Sport-Ventura
• Wetsuit Wearhouse-Info and sales of all types of wetsuits
• Scuba Steve’s Diving Adventures-Palmdale
• Santa Barbara Aquatics-Santa Barbara

Dive Boats

• Channel Islands Expeditions-Oxnard
• Peace-Ventura
• Spectre-Ventura

Dive Agencies

• NAUI-recreational & technical
• PADI-recreational
• SSI-recreational
• LA County-recreational
• IANTD-technical
• TDI/SDI-technical
• HSA-disabled divers

Dive Magazines

• CDN-California Dive News
• Diver
• Dive Training
• Sport Diver
• California Diver

Photography & Equipment

• Ultralight Camera Solutions-Underwater and Cinemotgrapghy Camera Accessories
• Underwater Photography Guide-trips, tips, classes, how-to, and more
• Bluewater Photo-Equipment, trips, and classes
• Backscatter-Equipment, trips, and classes

Marine Charts & Mapping

• NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey
• NOAA’s Bathymetric & Fishing Maps