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Date: 1/3/2026
Subject: The Aqua Tooter (January 2026). Aqua Tutus Diving Club's Newsletter
From: Aqua Tutus Dive Club


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The Aqua Tooter

January 2026
 
Announcements and Club News
 
 
 
Greetings from the President
 
 
 
Jim Driggers monthly newsletter is here.

Member's Night January 8th

 
Our next chance to show off your pixels is coming up soon! Please check in on our Club Event Forum Thread if you would like to present.
 
Aqua Tutus Diving Club Retreat
 
Have a vision for the club that you'd like to share? Thoughts on what we can do to make it even better and useful for you? Join us at our January 11th retreat in the Santa Cruz mountains. Details can be found on the event calendar here.
 
Upcoming Dives
 
 
Want to Dive More? 
 
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.
Photo & Video Dives 
January 11th & 12th
 
  Want to work on your macro? Erik is putting together a potential two days of diving focused on honing photo and video skills. Potential locations include the wharf and Breakwater. Please see the Event Calendar to register and the Members Dive Forum for details.
 
South Monastery January 24th
 
Our next club dive will be coming up in Carmel Bay. Please register in the Event Calendar if you are coming and watch the Club Dive Forum for updates.
 
Dive Reports
 
 
Challenging Conditions Can Provide Great Training!
 
While the ocean may not always cooperate to provide the smoothest entries and exits, these can be good times to practice your skills. Our Club divers at Lovers in December did just that, with a great Mola Mola sitting as a bonus. You can read more at the Dive Report here and check out Jim's video on our YouTube Channel.
 
Diving Related News
 
 
Abalone Harvest Banned Until 2036
 
The Fish and Game Commission voted to extend a ban on abalone harvesting in Northern California until 2036, citing continued decline in red abalone populations and ongoing environmental challenges — the longest extension since its initial 2018 closure.
 
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This Octopus’s Other Car Is a Shark
 
Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark's head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight arms.
  
 
Massimo Giorgetta's Award-Winning Macro Shot Shows a Transparent Salp Sheltering an Array of Microscopic Creatures
 
Albion Fisherman Lands 10.25-pound Canary Rockfish, Likely Setting State Record
 
Photographic Perfection
 
How to optimize your underwater photography gear for stand-out, professional-grade images.
 
Cencal Dive Council
 
 
 
 
Member Recommendations
 
 
Local Diver's Collection of Short Stories Just Released

Gil Zeimer is a member of Marin Scuba Club. His new book, Scuba Storyteller, contains 65 stories such as, “Warm Memories of Hypothermia”, “My First Time”, “Low Anxiety: Getting Narked in Belize’s Great Blue Hole”, “The Sun Also Burns”, “The Day I Rode a Manta Ray”, “Maui March Madness––Honeymooning With Humpbacks”, “Jaws at 50: This Shark Still Has Legs”, “My Dive Buddy Wears Diapers”, and much more.
 
Used Gear & Books Available
 
Alan T. will be bringing a selection of dive equipment, coffee table books and underwater photography manuals to our January 8th meeting. Everything will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so best to show up early! Need to be present to haul off that evening please.
 
Club Minutes
 
 
 Please use these links to find our most recent General Meeting 
and Board of Directors minutes.
 
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