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Date: 9/3/2025
Subject: The Aqua Tooter (September 2025). Aqua Tutus Diving Club's Newsletter
From: Oliver Edwards


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The Aqua Tooter

September 2025
 
Announcements and Club News
 
 
 
Greetings from the President
 
 
Jim Driggers monthly newsletter is here.
Mike Bloom presents showcase of 
Philippines macro video 
 
Mike Bloom presented a tour-de-force of underwater macro video from a variety of dive sites in the Philippines at the August club meeting. In-person attendees were treated to an excellent show with stunning color, resolution, and accompanying commentary. A number of club members also attended by zoom.
September General Meeting program 
 

Randall Spangler will be presenting his anticipated program on "Assessing Ocean Models for Dive Conditions". Randall is an expert at this - he frequently publishes local diving forecasts on online forums. If you've ever wondered how some club members predict "dive conditions are looking good..." this will be the program to see.
Board of Directors Meeting 
September 18
 
Want to have the club dive held at your favorite location? Interested in how the club is run? Want to contribute to club activities? Come attend the Board of Directors meeting via zoom. All current members are welcome to attend. See the event for details. 
 
Upcoming Dives
 
 
Want to dive more, Find Buddies?
Create your own dives on our site
 
Planning a dive? Want to find dive buddies? Create your own dives on our Events calendar and announce them in the Members dive forum. Read this news article to find out how or contact the webmaster (webmaster@aquatutus.org).
Available for club members only!
Not a member? It's cheap, Sign up here.
Carmel River club dive 
September 20
 
Our September club dive will be at Carmel River state beach. This location has a variety of excellent diving (with kelp!). Please register on the event if you're attending. See the (to be created) forum for up-to-date information.
 
Dive Reports
 
 
Good diving at Salt Point
Camping / Diving trip
 
Twelve tooters attended the annual Salt Point camping / diving trip with four diving. Highlights included a 1.5 hour dpv dive traveling well outside of Gerstle cove with thick schools of fish, metridia covered rocks, bull kelp covered reefs, and a wreck.
Member dives continue in August
 
Oliver dove North Monastery on his DPV visiting the sunken deep reef and venturing far North towards Carmel beach. 
 
Diving Related News
 
 
 
 
 

Comic Relief
 
 
Who knows what they're thinking ?
 
  
 
 
Sea Stars repel urchins
recent UCSC research
 
UC Santa Cruz students discovered the mere presence of sunflower sea stars keep kelp-hungry urchins at bay. See the UCSC article here.
Guidelines for save diving
around boats
 
 
To prevent injuries and death by propeller and vessel strikes, divers and boaters must be proactively aware of one another. Dan published guidelines in their article.
Exercise can increase
decompression risk
 
It's long been established that exercise (both before and after diving) can increase decompression risk. This can be problematic when shore diving! See Dan's article here.
 
Deep-Sea Animals discovered
 
Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an Argentine underwater gorge that plunges twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. Scientific American article here
 
Giant pacific octopus' filmed clashing underwater
 
The dramatic footage, captured off the coast of Gangwon Province in South Korean, shows one giant Pacific octopus firing a cloud of ink at another. Discover wildlife article here.
Canadian scientists found sea star killer
 
 
Scientists say they have found the cause behind the disease that turns vibrant, 24-armed sea stars into puddles of goo. CBC science article here.
 
Club Minutes
 
 
General Meeting minutes for August are at the link.
 
Board of Directors Meeting minutes for August are at the link.
 
 Aqua Tutus' minutes are stored as news articles (under the categories "General Minutes", "BOD minutes" or for older minutes, under "Officer Reports") on our website, aquatutus.org.
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