Wetsuit Pants Cuffs Inside or Out?
How do you wear your wetsuit pant cuffs—inside or out of your booties? This is an important seal for wetsuit warmth. Once water seeps into the wetsuit and is warmed, you don’t want it to leak out—cold water will leak in to replace it, chilling you.
If your wetsuit is the type with a smooth “skin-in” (no fabric lining) and seals at the ankles, definitely wear your cuffs inside your booties. The seal integrity with be maintained and the booties will help hold it tight.
Ordinary type wetsuit cuffs (fabric lining), on the other hand, can be worn either on the inside or outside of the booties. Most experienced divers, however, prefer to wear these type cuffs outside the booties. This configuration is a bit more streamlined, holds bootie zippers in place, and prevents cold water from entering the booties. Also, if you are a beach diver, it keeps sand out of your boots.
Sharks Invade Monterey Bay
Pacific Grove currently seems to be suffering from an infestation of leopard sharks. The gentle and photogenic sharks have been sighted in large numbers at Eric’s Pinnacle, Lover’s Cove and McAbee Beach. Several sharks have been reported at one time and they may be as large as four feet.
President signs The National Marine Sanctuaries
Amendments Act of 2000.
The National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000, which reauthorizes the National Marine Sanctuaries Act for five years, was signed into law by President Clinton. The President thus reaffirmed this nation’s commitment to ocean conservation. In addition to strengthening and extending the sanctuary program, the Act provides the following:
•Authorizes $32 million in fiscal year 2001, with levels increasing by $2 million a year through fiscal year 2005. It also authorizes $6 million a year in fiscal years 2001 through 2005 to provide the facilities needed to manage these special places.
•Allows for greater protection of the coral reefs off the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, one of few remaining major coral reefs complexes affected little by human development. These remote islands are home to approximately 70 percent of America’s coral reefs, and endangered monk seals and sea turtles.
•Establishes the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarships to recognize outstanding scholarship, particularly by women and minorities, in the fields of oceanography, marine biology, and maritime archeology. The scholarships are named in memory of Dr. Nancy Foster, a 23-year NOAA employee who as director of NOAA’s ocean service worked to expand and strengthen marine sanctuaries.