I’m not embarrassed to admit I was severely overweight for my first 40-plus dives as an open water diver. Even the best low-fat diet wouldn’t have helped me. I needed to shed more than ten pounds of lead weight. During those first dives I discovered the aerobic side to diving — kicking constantly and struggling to stay off the bottom,Read more »...

Lionfish can reduce a flourishing coral reef to a wasteland in a matter of weeks. Native fish, unfamiliar with the new arrival, do not know to avoid it, and the predator gorges to the point of obesity. The Lionfish sits at the top of the food chain, unthreatened by any other creature. They breed rapidly, and are extremely resilient andRead more »...

September 8-10th are the dates for the club’s annual Leo Carrillo Camp/Dive trip. This a great, local getaway weekend that offers our members the chance to chill and enjoy some of the best things that the California Coastal Region has to offer. Just 28 miles north of Santa Monica, Leo Carrillo State Beach sits 1.5 miles of beautiful state beach.Read more »...

Thanks to club members Scott Weber, Rex Theobald, and Gary Nugent, renewing your Barnacle Busters membership just became a whole lot easier! We now offer an online renewal option for our members. Before your membership expires, you will receive an email from us letting you know its time to renew. Within that email will be a summary of the contactRead more »...

As part of Buck’s monthly PADI certification classes, there will be a contingent of new divers (and instructors) heading over to dive Casino Point this weekend. If you’d like to join them, make a reservation on the Catalina Express and then email Buck letting him know you plan to join. If there are any last minute schedule changes, he’ll emailRead more »...

This month we’ll be back in Silver Lake for our monthly club meeting. The date is Wednesday, August 16th and we’ll be gathering at Casita del Campo. Join us to see what’s new and reconnect with the membership. Also this evening we plan to screen the first half of the Netflix documentary “Chasing Coral” about the decline in healthy marineRead more »...

We need to give everyone a “heads up” about a date change in the works. The Cee Ray has changed our October dive boat date from Sunday, October 22nd to Saturday, October 21st.  Our members typically prefer to dive on Saturday so that they can have Sundays free.  The date change should be good news to most of you! IfRead more »...

The fireworks started the moment we stepped aboard: eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, hot coffee and friendly greetings. This was the Barnacle Busters’ fifth Independence Day dive trip to Catalina aboard the Cee Ray. Ten club members set up their gear and settled in for the two hour trip to the island. In addition to our group, the guest list includedRead more »...

I case you hadn’t heard, we’ve had a couple of cancellations on our Thanksgiving Indonesia Dive Trip. That means an opportunity for two lucky divers! This itinerary is crafted to take advantage of all the different types of underwater exploration that the remote Coral Triangle has to offer. We’ll be visiting three different islands with distinctly different types of dives; includingRead more »...

It’s certainly NOT a night of your parents’ bingo…and that’s a good thing! Hamburger Mary’s Legendary Bingo featured a very full house on Sunday the 25th. Club members and a surprising number of single women celebrating birthdays with their gal pals made sure that the house was rocking and ready to roll for the evening’s festivities. Bingo-Boy was not ableRead more »...