Vlad Ilinsky

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Southern California Shark Stewards

  November Speaker 2019 Our speaker for November is Maria Korcsmaros of SoCal Shark Stewards. On May 29, 2016, a great white shark bit Maria while swimming at Big Corona beach in Corona del Mar, CA. Rather than be bitter from this experience, Maria has dedicated herself to learning as much as possible about sharks […]

Atlantis Dive Resorts Philippines

    Philippines Dive Trip in 2021    We have a whole group of divers who are planning to go to the Philippines in July of 2021.  Brent is going to tell us all about the charms, scenes, adventures, accommodations and diving at the two resorts they will be staying and diving at.   The […]

Photo/Video Share Night

September Speaker Bob Fulkerson, Fiji Trip Pictures and Video In August a group of our members traveled to Fiji for a 10 day diving trip. The reports from their adventures were glowing. The diving was great, the accommadations were superb, the food was delicious and the people were friendly and gracious. Bob will showcase the […]

The Under Sea Adventures of Sea Hunt with Mike Nelson

    As the early days of SCUBA diving opened up a new world, Sea Hunt portrayed diverse underwater adventures. Mike Nelson (played by Lloyd Bridges) is in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and although this does not play into most episodes, it supports his diving expertise through training in and work with the Coast Guard […]

United States Coast Guard

July Speaker USCG Monica Villegas We know her as fellow diver Monica, member of SharkBait Dive Club for over 15 years, member of the Board for much of that time and good friend to us all. Monica is also a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Coast Guard. Monica will give us some insights into […]

Dive Medicine, Physiology and Fitness

        June Speaker  Dr. Emi Latham, M.D.   Here’s a speaker you don’t want to miss.  Dr. Emi Latham, MD, is a board-certified emergency physician who specializes in undersea and hyperbaric medicine. Her expertise includes preventing and treating disease and injury in divers and other individuals working in altered atmospheric conditions. Within […]

Black Coral

Black Coral Black Coral tells the harrowing, amazing and occasionally amusing stories of the Black Coral divers of Maui in their own word. It recreates the beauty, addiction and danger of Harvesting the Hawaiian state gemstone. Right or wrong? Inspiring or insane? Destructive or sustainable? In the end, Black Coral does what few other documentaries […]

Fish Identification

Our guest speaker Dave Stewart, Volunteer Diver at the California Science Center, will present “Local Fish Identification”. Increase your fish ID IQ in 30 minutes!    

Sharkbait Dive Club to Grenada Trip

We will start off the year with a presentation of the Club trip to Grenada. We had 7 days of relaxation,fun, diving, eating and sightseeing. This trip was everything a dive vacation should be. We spent 7 days in an absolute idyllic location. The water and the beaches didn’t look real, they were so picture […]

The Under Sea Adventures of Sea Hunt with Mike Nelson

  As the early days of SCUBA diving opened up a new world, Sea Hunt portrayed diverse underwater adventures. Mike Nelson (played by Lloyd Bridges) is in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and although this does not play into most episodes, it supports his diving expertise through training in and work with the Coast Guard and […]

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