Field Notes9 min read
Field Notes: Ground-Truth Day With the Catalina Dive Co-op
Satellites and drones draw the canopy maps; divers make them honest. Field notes from a ground-truthing day with the Catalina Dive Co-op.
Tom Okafor ·
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5 articles
Field Notes9 min read
Field Notes: Storm Season on Catalina
A Pacific storm season tests Tidewright's Catalina restoration site. Field notes on survey dives between swells, storm-torn kelp, and which Holdfast lines held.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes8 min read
Counting Otters at Catalina: A Dawn Colony-Watch and What the Numbers Told Us
Sea otters are strangers at Catalina — so when one appeared over Tidewright's restoration block, we built a dawn count around him. What the survey found.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas8 min read
Kelp Forests of Catalina Island: A Coastal Atlas Guide
Catalina Island is southern California's kelp capital — Casino Point, Farnsworth Bank, warm-water giants and a century of marine science under the canopy.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas9 min read
Diving Casino Point: A Kelp Cathedral on Catalina
Everything you need to dive Casino Point Dive Park on Catalina Island — entry steps, kelp forest routes, garibaldi and giant sea bass, conditions, and getting there.
Tom Okafor ·