Resources
Local Communities
Bamboo reef freedivers
Public Group
Join the best San Francisco free dive group for all of your training, depth, and spearfishing fun. We offer weekly training sessions, monthly spear and free dive events, and trips all over the world. This is also a great place to meet new free divers and make life-long underwater friends.
Monterey county dive reports
Public Group
This group is for dive reports, conditions reports, lost gear and alerts of events open to the entire Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur diving community. Reports and events from Sonoma and Mendocino are welcome as well. Other posts will be deleted. No soliciting of boats, shops, training, trips or other commercial endeavors.
Public Group
I'm Niko, a queer trans person, a life long LGBTQ activist, avid diver, and ocean lover. I’m starting this group with the hope to build more queer, and particularly trans community around diving, with a focus on local diving and training. This is a new endeavor and will grow based on the interests of the group. All experience levels welcome. Find us on Instagram & Facebook.
Checking Conditions
Recommended Reading
A Diver's Guide to Monterey County
by Bruce Watkins
The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival by Steven R. Palumbi & Carolyn Sotka
Coastal Fish Identification: California to Alaska by Paul Humann & Ned Deloach
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
by Paul Greenberg
The Sea Foragers Guide to California Coast
by Kirk Lombard
Certainly More Than You Want to Know About The Fishes Of The Pacific Coast by Milton Love
Other Helpful Links
Diving in Monterey Starter Pack
(by Nick Ta - Download from Google Drive)
(diving guides and maps)
Resources for Freediving in Monterey (by Eric Keener)