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Date: 10/3/2025
Subject: The Aqua Tooter (October 2025). Aqua Tutus Diving Club's Newsletter
From: Oliver Edwards


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The Aqua Tooter

October 2025
 
Announcements and Club News
 
 
 
Greetings from the President
 
 
 
Jim Driggers monthly newsletter is here.
Randall Spangler gives talk on predicting diving conditions 
 
Randall Spangler presented "Predicting Monterey dive conditions using wave models, buoy readings, webcams and other techniques".  The engaging and humorous talk included a practical analysis of conditions for the coming weekend based on actual data and forecasts, as well as putting theory into practice.  We appreciate Randall freely sharing his trove of experience with the club. See Randall's slides here.
October General Meeting program 
 
David McGuire a marine biologist, shark specialist and the founder of the shark conservation non-profit Shark Stewards will be lecturing on Sharks and the work of Shark Stewards. Aside from providing important information about sharks, David should have some great shark photography to show!
Board of Directors Meeting 
October 16
 
Want to have the club dive held at your favorite location? Interested in how the club is run? Want to give back to the club? 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.
North Monastery club dive 
October 4
 
October club dive will be North Monastery beach! The site offers good kelp, shallow dives above the close-to-shore reef as well as more advanced diving further out.  Please register on the event if you're attending. See the forum for up-to-date information.
 
Dive Reports
 
 
Tooters enjoyed excellent diving at Carmel River state beach
 
Four tooters (and a tooter to be) enjoyed excellent conditions with an easy entry at  Carmel River beach. Visibility opened up on the far side of the reef. They were treated to giant nudis, rockfish, cabazon and a ling as well as abundant kelp. News article here. 
Member dives in September
 
Oliver dove several Northern Ca offshore locations with Marc Shargel late September. The diving was from Marc's boat, often on steep pinnacles 1/2 to 1 1/2 miles from shore. There was lots of life - not so much visibility, and challenging weather. 
 
Jim and Debbie Driggers dove Bonaire for two weeks recording a Tooter worthy 20 (or 22?) dives.
 
Dennis Hocker dove Philippines for two weeks getting some great photos including a rare (can't remember which) species. See his News Article for details and photos.
 
Fritz Weiss dove San Diego with his family running into unexpectedly cold water.
 
Diving Related News
 
 
 
 
 

Comic Relief
 
Decompression theory explained
 
  
 
 
decompression theory
Shearwater essential Peregrine firmware update
 
To fix a bug. If you've a Peregrine dive computer you probably want to update your computer to the latest firmware (web download) now. Link here 
Shark Stewards reports hope for the high seas
 
Practicing at writing click bait titles :). (not too bad?)
 
They report 60 countries ratified the high seas treaty beginning an international cooperation to protect nearly half the global ocean. Newsletter here. 
Cencal Minutes
 
Many of us support Cencal with part of our Aqua Tutus dues. See what they're doing cencal bod 9-2025. 
 
Diver drifts from one continent to another!
 
Another in a series of click bait titles...with informative content
 
Undercurrent's informative newsletter includes an article about a lost diver drifting from Morocco (Africa) to Portugal (Europe), as well as other interesting articles. 
 
Mysterious barrels off LA could be linked to all those UFO sightings!!!
 
Well, not exactly, but we are finding more about what's in the barrels dumped in the ocean off of Los Angeles. Some contain caustic alkaline waste that stops most life from living nearby. 
Great images from Underwater awards Australia 2025
 
 
Winning image is of a leopard seal with its jaws wide open apparently trying to swallow the camera. Great selection of images here. 
A breakthrough for sea stars leads to a glimmer of hope
 
This one's actually not click bait.
 
Scientists have identified the bacteria that's killing sea stars (that's causing the urchin explosion that's eating all the kelp that's starving all the abalone). Succinct Reef Check article here. 
 
Club Minutes
 
 
September minutes were not posted by publication time. Should have them by the next tooter (or check in the News section of our site).
 
 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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