http://www.davidfricks.com/blog Tales of Southern California Scuba Diving Thu, 28 May 2009 01:14:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/dive-gear/shaws-cove-and-a-new-48-watt-led-light/ http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/dive-gear/shaws-cove-and-a-new-48-watt-led-light/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:30:42 +0000 admin http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/?p=28 Yesterday I went for a dive with my friend Brooke at Shaw’s Cove in Laguna Beach. We had a great dive with pristine conditions. We even ran into a Moray eel just before we hit our turn around point. After the dive we stopped by Laguna Sea Sports to get some fills and take advantage [...]

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]]> http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/dive-logs/zippers-or-pockets/feed/ 5 http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/dive-gear/have-you-serviced-your-backup-light-lately/ http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/dive-gear/have-you-serviced-your-backup-light-lately/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:28:44 +0000 admin http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/?p=24 I learned an important lesson about servicing my backup lights several months ago on a night dive at Veteran’s Park (Redondo Beach).  We were out of the canyon and just screwing around to at between 20 and 30 feet when my buddy Mark’s primary went out.  I was almost giddy at the thought of finally [...]

]]> http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/dive-gear/have-you-serviced-your-backup-light-lately/feed/ 2 http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/random-notes/oil-rigs-and-stage-bottles-and-divemaster-certification-oh-my/ http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/random-notes/oil-rigs-and-stage-bottles-and-divemaster-certification-oh-my/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:09:59 +0000 admin http://www.davidfricks.com/blog/?p=22 Wow, so much has been going on, and I haven’t posted any of it. I’m finally picking up my Divemaster Certification through Ocean Adventures Dive Co.  So far we’ve only completed the knowledge reviews and watched a cheesy PADI video.  We take the written tests on Thursday and then spend two full days in the pool [...]

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