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Diving Conditions & Weather: Monterey, CA

Weather
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/index.php?zone=caz514&county=cac053&wfo=mtr&dgtl=1&lat=36.60028&lon=-121.89361

Buoy Readings   http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?$station=46042

Wave Model    http://nimbo.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/javaLinks/wrhqJava.html

Swell Model   http://www.garlic.com/%7Etriblet/swell/wamglance.html

Monterey 2 day Forecast    http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/marine/coastal/pz/pzz535.txt

Monterey 3-5 day Forecast    http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/afos/SFO/AFD/SFOAFDMTR

Channel Island Dive Conditions    http://channelislands.nos.noaa.gov/focus/kiosk.html

Live view of MacAbee Beach   http://www.lesjackson.com/mcabee.htm


Tides

Tide Table    http://www.santacruzwharf.com/surfcamtides.html#tides

National & International Weather and Tides    http://www.marineweather.com/

Tide Computation Software for Palm Handhelds     http://www.toolworks.com/bilofsky/tidetool.htm

Critters

A database of nearly every fish identified by science.    www.fishbase.org

An encyclopedia of whales, dolphins and porpoises    http://www.cetacea.org/

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - provides a wealth of information on the creatures and communities found within the national marine
sanctuary
http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/bio.html

The Fish Database by Milton Love - has a large database of information and photographs of fish found on the west coast.
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/index.html

The Slug Site - plenty of info and photos of west coast nudibranchs can be found on this Web site
http://slugsite.tierranet.com/

"Apex" Critters - photos and information to help fend off your non-diving friends when they start telling their "shark stories".
http://www.shark.ch/home.shtml

The Marine Mammal Center is a private, nonprofit organization based in Sausalito, California that rescues, rehabilitates and releases orphaned,
injured, or stranded marine mammals along a thousand mile stretch of California coastline, from Mendocino County to San Luis Obispo County,
including the entire San Francisco Bay Area. The center conducts research into marine mammal health and immunology, and provides educational
programs.   
http://www.tmmc.org/


General Interest

Marine Discovery YAHOO! Group  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Marine_Discovery/

Northern California Rainbow Divers  www.rainbowdivers.org

Scuba Schools International    www.ssiusa.com

Point Lobos State Reserve    http://pt-lobos.parks.state.ca.us/scuba/scuba.shtml

Monterey Bay Aquarium    http://www.mbayaq.org/

Divers Alert Network - offers 24 hour medical advice in diving emergencies, great books on scuba diving physiology and latest research, as well as
providing insurance for the scuba diver at large    
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/

The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary - provides a wealth of information about the Channel Islands http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/

Wallin's Dive Center   http://www.wallins.com

The Lone Oak Motel    http://www.loneoakmotel.com/

Monterey Hotel Guide    http://monterey.hotelguide.net
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