Links & Useful Information
General Resources
Water & Weather Conditions
SD Lifeguard Conditions Report: 619-221-8824
SD County Beach Advisories & Closures Report: 619-338-2073
- SCCOS - Scripps Pier Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
- CDIP - Scripps Pier Coastal Data Information Program
- NOAA - La Jolla Tides/Weather/Water
- nowCOAST
- Buoy Data
- NOAA NWS – weather
- Magic Seaweed
- San Diego Beach Water Quality General Water advisory is issued with 0.2" of rain. Avoid water contact for 72 hrs after rain.
Maps
- La Jolla Shores Composite Map
- La Jolla & Scripps Canyon PVLAB Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Various maps of Scripps and La Jolla Canyons.
- Scripps Canyon Map
Web Cams
- Scripps Pier
- La Jolla Shores Hosted by La Jolla Shores Hotel
- La Jolla Shores Boat Launch Hosted by Big Water's Edge
- Marine Room
- Marine Room - Wide View
- La Jolla Cove Hosted by La Jolal Cove hotel
Other
- San Diego's Ocean - More Links San Diego's Ocean—link site by Peter Brueggeman
Dive Physicals
- Diving Medicine Services
To schedule an appointment, call 619-471-9210
Divers Alert Network
Emergency Services
Articles
Various articles (.pdf or online) that new divers may find useful.
- 7 Mistakes Divers Make
DAN article (.pdf)
7 Mistakes Divers Make: And How to Avoid Them - Asthma Older article, but recommendations still valid. Or see Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine article 2012 at thedivelab.dan.org/tag/asthma/
- Beach Diving: Safe Entries and Exits AlertDiver article http://www.alertdiver.com
- Buddy System
- Challenging the “Rules” of SCUBA Diving: Link to Dive Training article CHALLENGING THE “RULES” OF SCUBA DIVING: BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE
- Decompression
- Dive Fitness From AlertDiver summr 2012 (.pdf)
- Diving Couples
- Ear Equalization
DAN article Beat the Squeeze: Equalize Like a Pro (.pdf)
Or online at http://brasil.dan.org/smartguide/beat-the-squeeze. - Ear Squeeze
- Flying After Diving-Alert Diver article
Link to Alert Diver Article.
Alert Diver — Q2 Spring 2015 - Flying After Diving-DAN.org DAN Medical Frequently Asked Questions - Flying After Diving
- Health & Fitness
- More Than Darkness: Human Factors and the Night Diver Link to Dive Training article.
- Motion Sickness Link to Dive Training article HOW TO CONTROL SEASICKNESS.
- Move Aside, Mike Nelson by Dave Barry
- Save-A-Dive Kit
Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series
Learn about ocean science from leading researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This series is taped at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps and has been in production since 2001 with new episodes added monthly.
Watch at ucsd.tv/oceanscience/
Dive Computers & Decompresson Models
Decompression management by 43 models of dive computer: single square-wave exposures to between 15 and 50 metres’ depth
(Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Volume 44 No. 4 December 2014)
Hand Signs for Diving
Underwater Critters
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Marine Field ID
Books - Critter ID
- Daniel Gotshall - Pacific Coast Subtidal Marine Invertebrates (Great Book!)
- David Behrens - Pacific Coast Nudibranchs
- The Audubon Society - Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures
Books - Local Authors
- Judith Garfield
The San Diego - La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve, Vol. 1: La Jolla Cove
The San Diego - La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve, Vol. 2: La Jolla Shores and Canyon - The Amber Forest - Ronald H. McPeak, Dale A. Glantz, Carole R. Shaw -
Local underwater photographers created this. Have no idea if you could even find it anymore. Aqua Quest Publications, Inc., Jun 1, 1988
Instructor Recommended — Non-fiction
- Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who RIsked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
by Robert Kurson - Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
by Robert Kurson - Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
by Nick Pyenson