Vlad Ilinsky

Posts by Vlad Ilinsky

Conservation and Exploration of the Mexican Cenotes

                      David Watson is a local Global Underwater Explorers instructor in Orange County.  He has been diving since 2005 and has logged over 2000 dives.  An avid cave diver and tech diver, David is involved in exploration and conservation projects both locally and internationally.  David’s love for the caves of […]

SCUBAPRO Dive Equipment

SCUBAPRO first appeared in the scuba diving world in the early 1960’s. It was guided by two men, Gustav Dalla Valle and Dick Bonin. They brought to the market many innovations for diving that are still being used today. The 1964 catalog featured everything the diver could want, including regulators, recompression chambers, and submarines. In 1965 the […]

Exploring the Twilight Zone: Scientific Diving in the Mesophotic Zone

“It is a middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge…It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.” (1959 Twilight Zone film) Indeed this is how it feels to study mesophotic coral reef ecosystems (MCEs) or […]

Fitness and Diving

    July Speaker Casey Connell Casey Connnell PADI Course Director Fitness and Diving, what you need to know Casey is our beloved and generous sponsor and owner of SEAS the Day SCUBA in Brea. Casey Connell discovered scuba diving in 1968 and embraced it wholeheartedly — so much so that he retired from technology […]

Technical Diving-Global Underwater Explorers (GUE)

    Karim Hamza is our featured speaker in May. He will be talking abut Technical Diving as taught by Global Underwater Explorers (GUE). Co-owner of Hollywoodivers, Karim Hamza started diving in 1999 off Catalina island. Over the years Karim became a NAUI, PADI, SDI, TDI, NAUITEC, PADI TECREC, HSA, and GUE instructor. He is […]

Reef Check

April Speaker Katie Kozma, Reef Check  Katie is the California Training Coordinator for Reef Check Foundation, a non-profit organization based out of Marina Del Rey, CA. Katie received her Bachelor of Science in Biology, with an emphasis in Marine Biology, from San Diego State University. While completing her undergraduate studies, she earned her AAUS scientific […]

Southern California Restoration Project

  Capt. Nancy L. Caruso: Marine Biologist Special Trips Naturalist Captain Nancy L Caruso Founder: Get Inspired! Nancy is a Virginia native with a B.S in Marine Biology with an emphasis in aquaculture and chemistry. Early in her career, Nancy worked in the aquaculture industry and for a local public aquarium. Wanting to do more […]

Side Mount and Technical Diving

              February Speaker    Casey Connell Technical Diving  Casey Connell PADI Course Director  Casey Connell discovered scuba diving in 1968 and embraced it wholeheartedly — so much so that he retired from technology in 2002 and became a full-time instructor! “I fell in love with being underwater. It’s my passion […]

Southern California Abalone Restoration

  Capt. Nancy L. Caruso: Marine Biologist Special Trips Naturalist Captain Nancy L Caruso Founder: Get Inspired! Nancy is a Virginia native with a B.S in Marine Biology with an emphasis in aquaculture and chemistry. Early in her career, Nancy worked in the aquaculture industry and for a local public aquarium. Wanting to do more […]

Sharkbait Dive Club Cozumel Dive Trip Presentation

                Our members will be back from their trip to Cozumel, Mexico and will recap in words, pictures and video some of the happenings, good and bad, we encountered there. Our last trip to Cozumel had great diving, good food, great company and loads of fun. Join us […]

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