Tag: ub88

  • Photo of the Week: Cyclosalpa affinis

    Photo of the Week: Cyclosalpa affinis

    DID YOU KNOW that the salp, while it looks like a jellyfish, is actually a tunicate, a member of the phylum Chordata, and is more closely related to vertebrates than it is to jellies?

  • A Second Dive on the UB-88 Submarine Wreck

    A Second Dive on the UB-88 Submarine Wreck

    In just shy of 200′ of water in San Pedro Bay is the wreck of the German submarine UB-88, the only u-boat shipwreck in California. I dove this wreck for the first time late last year and my post about it made waves, so to speak. Apparently I’m not the only one who’s into the…

  • No Wolf Eel Left Behind

    No Wolf Eel Left Behind

    On Saturday, I got up at the ungodly hour of 4-something-a.m. and made the pilgrimage up to Long Beach to catch a charter out to dive the UB-88 submarine wreck. Sometimes, I think I’m doing “leisure” wrong.

  • Diving the UB-88 Submarine Wreck

    Diving the UB-88 Submarine Wreck

    Part of the allure of technical wreck diving is getting the opportunity to experience bits of history that very few others, not even many other divers, get to experience. This is why when I received an invitation to go dive the UB-88, a German WWI U-boat off San Pedro, California, and the only U-boat wreck…