https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/staying-safe-around-california-aqueduct-canals-what-to-do-if-someone-falls-in monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/d9a0b150-190a-4a49-a9f5-8842e36989dc/CA-Aqueduct-by-DWR.webp Blog - Staying Safe Around California Aqueduct Canals: What to Do If Someone Falls In - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/af27e3f4-5130-414a-b88a-ddd5126d04f3/PXL_20260312_143053128.MP.jpg Blog - Staying Safe Around California Aqueduct Canals: What to Do If Someone Falls In Aqueduct canals are engineered to move water efficiently, not to provide safe access for recreation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/a3dd1eea-bf52-4f15-bdeb-f782d0944bdb/PXL_20260312_143342498.MP.jpg Blog - Staying Safe Around California Aqueduct Canals: What to Do If Someone Falls In - Many canals have metal ladders mounted along the walls, often spaced about every 1,000 feet. Reaching one of these ladders can allow someone to climb out safely. Encourage them to: Stay calm Float with the current Move gradually toward the canal wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/d43b1b85-109d-47be-9ae2-2755b696e04d/PXL_20260312_143110493.jpg Blog - Staying Safe Around California Aqueduct Canals: What to Do If Someone Falls In - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/2025-wrap-a-big-thank-you monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/2144f993-b5b5-4920-a7b1-0cb0fbbc3c55/PXL_20251014_182500437.jpg Blog - 2025 Wrap - A Big Thank You - If you’ve been around boats much, maybe you’ve heard that B.O.A.T. stands for “bust out another $$thousand”. There’s too much truth to this joke, unfortunately. Boats are subject to a lot of wear and tear, especially work boats used in harsh conditions. And our boat, built in 1978, is no exception. It’s a terrific workhorse, but it needed major repairs this year. This included a complete engine rebuild. Which we did at a fraction of the cost you might expect. How? We pulled the engine our ourselves, dismantled it, shipped it to be remanufactured in Wyoming, and then reassembled and re-installed it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/3ec25ef2-a408-4cdd-b108-ab5a74251bbd/PXL_20251117_174938923.jpg Blog - 2025 Wrap - A Big Thank You - This might seem excessive, but whether we’re spending your money, or our own, we stretch it as far as possible. And our members are as tenacious on land as they are on the water. We did have to call in a few favors from friends for engine lifts, warehousing, forklifts, and so on, but we got it done. During this process, we also discovered that our outdrive (the boat’s transmission) had some major issues, and so we replaced that as well. Other significant repair costs this year included rebuilding/replacing the boat trailer brakes, an important safety consideration. And we needed to replace tires on both the van and boat. Oh yeah, the van need some engine repairs, too… Bust out another $thousand, indeed! https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/how-it-all-works monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/73101744-950b-431d-99a5-ba81f7c7427d/contact.png Blog - How it all works - What to Expect Our recovery searches generally start with a request from a friend or family member. We will contact whoever reached out as soon as possible. We’re sensitive to the needs of the family and friends who find themselves in tragic situations like this and move as quickly as possible to see how we might help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/c6f84e69-9a42-4149-818e-80053eb0400d/Scott+Megan+on+boat+on+lake2.jpg Blog - How it all works - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/1743533982657-WUFITRNPSWH1N7ZAEVBB/PXL_20241228_213419451.jpg Blog - How it all works - While we’re on the water or at the shoreline engaged in a search, we might not be readily available. We have to stay pretty focused on our task: the boat pilot needs to stay on a tight track, the sonar operator needs to closely watch the underwater imagery, and check any interesting anomalies, and others on the boat are engaged in setting up buoys, watching for other boat traffic or obstructions, and doing line management. It’s a pretty busy team effort. People tease us about not taking breaks, and there’s some truth to that. Unless we’re reviewing our sonar data, we’re not going to find anyone if we’re not searching. So, as much as possible, we like to keep at it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/3e51e48d-fd51-49f5-bcd8-b41f05d158b3/PEM_0338.jpg Blog - How it all works - When we find a compelling target on sonar, we will generally contact law enforcement first. First responders are responsible for maintaining a chain of custody for any human remains. Because we understand this process quite well, law enforcement is often comfortable with us making the recovery and handing it off to a Sheriff Coroner, and taking our data and contact information for their reports. Sometimes, they prefer to make the actual recovery themselves for a variety of reasons, and we respect that. We have, in the past, been consulted on situations that turned into criminal cases, and are sensitive to the need for accurate records and proper procedure. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/7-mythsnbspabout-underwater-recovery-setting-the-record-straight monthly 0.5 2025-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/6f147a5b-cab4-4e50-bc00-20d80f0b3e7c/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Blog - 7 Myths And 1 Truth About The Search and Recovery of Drowning Victims - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/8ae1177f-48c6-4066-a4d0-cbb97131d4c4/Untitled+design+%282%29.png Blog - 7 Myths And 1 Truth About The Search and Recovery of Drowning Victims - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/your-sonar-is-a-toy monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/32031103-1a89-4267-adde-912f8c534f48/spotlight.jpg Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - Here’s one. If you’re a fan of detective shows, maybe you’ve heard of the “streetlight effect”. The "streetlight effect," also known as the "drunkard's search principle," means you only look where the light is shining, right under the streetlamp. It’s too hard to look anywhere else. That’s an apt analogy for how side scan sonar works! It’s sending sound waves down at about a 10 degree angle from the water’s surface, measuring the reflection or return, and translating that into an image, for visual consumption by a human brain. That’s the streetlamp! It’s lighting up stuff along the sides of the boat as it cruises along. And… you can’t see anything else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/97e98813-3e62-4d8f-91b2-b472a82d0aea/bridge.png Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - But maybe you’ve seen some of the demo screens. They’re really quite impressive. In this example, you can see a lot of detail on this submerged bridge. Amazing, right? Look a little closer, though, and you’ll see that the depth is less than 20 feet. And that’s a huge bridge. It’s right under the streetlamp, so it’s not really surprising that you’d see the bridge in vivid resolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/abe9b989-d47f-4d3f-9949-61e45881ca38/transom.jpg Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - The side scan signal goes out at an angle of around 10 degrees below the water to the left and the right. That means there’s some area right under the boat that the sonar can’t see, and the sweet spot where the image is best is farther away the deeper the water gets. So if you’re in 10 or 12 feet deep water, you’ll see the bottom pretty clearly. The streetlamp is right next to you. If I were to represent this as a stick figure walking along trying to find someone, they’d look like this: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/ebec839d-f19c-404a-bc89-da919f5c2cd9/street_view.jpg Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - I would almost certainly find the person I was looking for. They’re right under the streetlamp! Or they’re not there. But what happens if I’m in deeper water? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/47d2d9f2-cb08-42a9-b970-b45a46eba589/skyscraper.jpg Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - That’s more like me being atop a building and looking down at that same angle. It looks like this: Now I’ve got a problem! Anything I see is really far away, and I probably can’t tell one person from another, even if I can make out buildings and trucks. A person would be really tiny. And what about all the stuff on the street below me? It’s completely invisible! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/0ef7691a-7e1b-4ca0-be6d-c395825993dc/edgetech.jpg Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - This unit is heavy, since it has to sink, and needs to stay down as the boat pulls it along, and that generally also requires a power winch to raise and lower the unit to keep it at a steady altitude above the bottom of the lake or bay. There’s also some management of all that machinery as the boat moves along flying the towfish, sort of like an upside-down kite. These more industrial units are connected to computers that record the sonar data so we can review it any time. It’s sometimes the case that we don’t find our person until we’re reviewing the search on a big screen later. That data includes a GPS location and time stamp so we can go back to the precise location and investigate anything that looks promising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/a5f66169-8ae6-47c3-ad28-e8b2c603ea6b/sonar_software.jpg Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - The software included as part of these systems also includes tools to measure items we might see so we can verify the size of possible search targets. Recording and measurement are not a part of consumer level units, and require more training, experience, and ongoing practice to use properly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/c0c4a0a6-da42-4c5c-97d3-4af07eb9ac75/lake_search.png Blog - Your Sonar is a Toy - With the navigation tool, we can separate the roles of navigating the boat to cover the entire area methodically, and managing the sonar apparatus to get the best possible view of the bottom and look for promising search targets. It requires a team effort with coordinated tools. A well executed search with a solid point-last-seen generally results in a recovery. But it takes the right tools and constant practice. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/side-scan-sonar-searches monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/117cbe4c-358d-44c8-9c87-d6a1c724cf15/PXL_20231112_181830359.jpg Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - When people see us working, they often ask what the industrial-looking winch mounted on our boat is all about. This is part of an overall system that includes a sonar towfish, long cables, and a computer system. The sonar towfish is a device that looks a bit like a torpedo, and it’s attached to a computer system via a long cable that transmits data about the seafloor or lake bottom we’re searching. This sonar data generates an image of the bottom beneath the boat by sending soundwaves to the side (hence “side scan”), and analyzing the echo. It’s a bit like shining a flashlight across the floor in a misty room - we don’t get super clear images, but we do get a good sense of what’s on the bottom: rocks, logs, trees, and hopefully, our search target, generally a drowning victim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/97c7245e-dbef-4130-ae45-669617452b9d/PXL_20230722_185026471.jpg Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - The overall system can be a bit of a mess, but when we have it installed and working, it’s a very effective tool Towfish sonar is mostly used in industrial settings, to make maps of the seafloor. It’s great for finding ships, examining piers and bridge structures, and getting a better understanding of the underwater terrain. Our systems are generally older systems that some agency upgraded. In concept, this sytem is similar to a feature found on some modern fishfinders. There are big differences, however. A fishfinder side-scan relies on sending sonar signals from the transom of the boat, so it’s great in really shallow water, or looking at schools of fish. At depth, it’s useless. A towfish system is needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/0dd2860b-6841-4d55-81b4-e4fbe4a985e1/Bethany+Boat.jpg Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - Make it stand out Image of sunken small boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/07d00439-ec67-45b4-b4e3-eb946293790d/Screenshot+2025-07-21+at+3.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - When we’re searching underwater with a sonar system, we use a methodical process that we call “mowing the lawn”. Like the description, we’re towing the sonar back and forth in an expanding pattern across the most likely area searching for our target. This process ensures complete coverage Sonar data can look different, depending on the angle of the sound waves, and there’s always the dead zone you can see in the image above, so we try to make sure we double-cover the entire area. The map shown here is an aerial view of one search pattern, where the white line is the track of the boat, and the pink area is the sonar coverage on the left of the boat, blue on the right side of the boat. The sonar imagery can extend 50-75 feet on either side of the boat with good coverage for small objects, so we can cover a very large area in a small amount of time. In this particular search, we found our target shortly after starting, and did an additional scan at an angle to make sure we saw it clearly from an alternate angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/aab6c221-145c-43df-801f-3859b3d37a09/Screenshot+2025-07-21+at+3.57.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - Because this is a specialized process, we created custom tablet software tools to guide us through search navigation. Boats are subject to movement from wind and current, so “mowing the lawn” can be tough. We need complete coverage, without gaps, and with good sonar images. Choppy water, lots of underwater debris, changing depths… Sometimes we need multiple passes to be sure. In this map, we searched a pier in the San Francisco Bay, and some of the challenges were “seeing” under the pier and dealing with a significant tidal current. Our tablet software, together with the software included as a part of the sonar system, ensures that we’ve covered things thoroughly: either we find our victim, or feel pretty certain they’re not in our search area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/7a3d8495-21c1-4e30-95b5-a93745cbba23/Screenshot+2025-07-26+at+8.49.16%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - In this search, you can see the tight overlapping nature of the sonar coverage. You can also get a sense of the amount of territory we covered in an hour or two. Another unspoken advantage of this type of search is that it reserves diver hand searches until the very end, if at all. Diving always carries some dangers, and some of our sonar searches are in water well over 200 feet deep - too deep for dive operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/9c86c6bd-c66a-4e89-ab8e-320df50e1955/Body+on+scan Blog - Side scan SONAR searches - When we locate our victim, the image is often stark. The victim stands out from the lake bottom, and we’re able to confirm with measuring tools. Our recording software captures GPS locations so we can navigate back to the exact location and place a marker to make a recovery. Our search has narrowed to a new point-last-seen that is only a few feet from the victim. Our divers will be able to make a recovery with a minimum of time spent underwater. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/wide-area-manual-searches monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/8e94f571-f0ed-4e9b-a5fb-384bb4562620/PXL_20241228_213419451.jpg Blog - Wide Area Hand Searches Once we’ve decided where to start, the first step is to create a stationary platform on the water. We need a reliable fixed location to put a team on in a lake, bay, or estuary, so we can create a reliable record of what areas have been searched by divers. The search team will operate from a boat at anchor, with tenders, backup divers and profilers working from the boat, while the diver searches underwater. The search area is recorded, so we know what has been searched and what areas remain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/b12bb305-f7f6-4319-a876-d47198c89c33/image+%284%29.jpg Blog - Wide Area Hand Searches - Hurricane Anchoring Next, hurricane anchoring requires at least 3 anchor lines to establish a fixed platform. This technique gets its name from its use to secure boats in hurricanes. The wind and/or current direction will determine where we place our leading anchors. A third anchor will add additional security for moments when the wind might go slack, or (in our case) when a diver is pulling hard on the tender line in another direction. The overall layout looks something like this. Sometimes we use a second boat to set anchors; while it’s possible with a single boat, a long anchor line (optimally 7x the depth) helps with stability, and using a second boat is helpful for managing the long lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/c4df50d3-3983-4414-8fb3-213ed354ef12/Screenshot+2025-04-28+at+3.40.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Wide Area Hand Searches - Once our platform is secured, we can deploy a team in nearly the same manner as we would from a dock or shoreline. We’re usually limited to arc-pattern deployments because of the limited boat size, but this isn’t really a problem in doing extended searches, as you’ll see below. When we’ve cleared an area without finding our target, what do we do? Because we have a stable platform and we’ve been keeping records, we can shift the boat to a new location and search there. With foresight and long enough anchor lines, we can do this once or twice by simply adjusting the length of the anchor line. Eventually, though, we’ll need to move the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/e5a55b5d-6605-4292-9607-10be26fdcfff/Screenshot+2025-04-28+at+3.41.34%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Wide Area Hand Searches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/best-practices-in-recovery monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/65d209c0-da47-47d4-bcf4-4ac3fbbd0ec5/PXL_20250326_024839787.MP.jpg Blog - Best Practices in Recovery - The best approach to this problem is to work as a team, in a process called “tender directed diving”. In this scenario, The diver does a thorough search using their hands to feel through the dark waters, but they’re directed by a person at the surface, the “tender”, who makes sure they’re covering the target search area thoroughly, and at an appropriate pace. We affectionately refer to our diver as “the dope on a rope”, because they’re attached to a rope and a harness, and following the instructions of the tender. The diver’s job, then, is to keep that line taut, move at the direction of the tender at an appropriate pace, and thoroughly search for their target as they move. The tight connection between the tender and the diver enables us to know exactly where the diver is searching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/cf8cdec0-88ed-4ed8-a2b1-f64aad7bfbaa/Screenshot+2025-03-31+at+1.25.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Best Practices in Recovery - A typical search profile might look like this. This is an arc pattern, where the diver searches in a windshield-wiper shaped pattern, and the tender stays in place, directing their movements. The purple dot represents the tender, while the shaded area is the area our diver has searched. The green dot represents where they started, while the red dot is where this diver finished. A couple of other numbered dots on this diagram represent notations that our profiler has recorded. Arc searches are one of our staples. And the profile is so important, we developed our own software to keep accurate records. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/1743533484289-ZVUD79SIFX3BPGPWQJOZ/Screenshot+2025-03-31+at+1.26.13%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Best Practices in Recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/1743533485225-4NKDX9O63MAXB4XI4AM6/Screenshot+2025-04-01+at+10.31.05%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Best Practices in Recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/ceb1347f-2607-4021-b453-d060e78e87af/Screenshot+2025-03-31+at+1.28.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Best Practices in Recovery - Another type of tender-directed search we frequently use is sometimes called a “dock walk”. This sort of search creates rectangular search areas that are sometimes more efficient. In this search, a tender walks along a dock or shoreline tracking the speed and direction of the diver. The signalling process works the same way, with the tender directing the diver’s movements: stop, turn around, make the line taut, surface here, and so on. A dock walk creates a pattern like this. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/point-last-seen monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/783fae99-8bf4-414a-96ae-c5aa453d2577/Screenshot+2025-01-05+at+11.22.12%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Point Last Seen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/faf287d1-4254-4dea-971e-b5fdbc0a41ed/IMG_5295.jpg Blog - The Point Last Seen - Obtaining an accurate PLS depends on the particular situation. Often, the best available information comes from a human witness. This is complicated by the trauma of witnessing a tragedy, along with a sort of “tunnel vision” that happens when an emergency is under way. Although difficult, the best approach with witnesses is to walk through the event on-scene, and ask about details that might help narrow down the search field. For example, we might ask an observer to place us at the exact location on the water of the event. We might also walk through mundane details, such as weather, time of day, who else was there, and so on, as this sometimes generates additional details. This can be a difficult balance, though, because sometimes people misremember if pressed too hard, especially if they’re trying to help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/4e912778-ca63-44c1-bc37-7328a5535824/IMG_2672.jpg Blog - The Point Last Seen - Even without a fishfinder GPS track, or location metadata from a phone, an electronic footprint can be helpful. In several situations, we’ve been able to work with local authorities who provided access to cell phone tower signalling information. Cell phones provide a location by “triangulating” on three towers. Unfortunately, on water, this information can be rather coarse, providing locations that are around a quarter mile, unless the phone is fairly close to towers. Together with surface debris, currents, and a knowledge of how boats and vehicles sink, or how humans drown, this information can also be vital in narrowing a search start. A few of the recoveries we’ve worked on over the past couple of years are illustrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/2115aa14-4510-4ec6-a4cf-e1ca844c5892/PXL_20240117_201348529.jpg Blog - The Point Last Seen - In another situation, a plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. GPS information provided by the US Coast Guard, who lowered a rescue swimmer on the crash site as first responders, allowed us to start a sonar search of the area. Currents in the area swept crash debris into a nearby cove and out into the ocean, including the remains of one of the victims. Although the impact of the crash made a recovery impossible, we were able to search for an onboard flight recorder and other victims using towed sonar. Rough conditions in the cove prevented additional searching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/cceab7d7-d9c8-45fb-b5cf-7c882ad87d96/PXL_20241228_225943730.jpg Blog - The Point Last Seen - Most recently, we’ve been helping with the recovery of two brothers who were duck hunting in an afterbay of Lake Oroville. We had a very specific location of a 911 call placed by one of the individuals before he attempted to rescue his brother from a capsized kayak. Unfortunately, the 911 call provided only a general location for where the brothers submerged. The kayak and other items were swept across the bay, around a half mile away. Unfortunately, the bay is filled with vegetation that grows over 6’ in height on the bottom. Like a drone flying over a thick forest, sonar scans are completely obscured by the thick layer of reeds/weeds. So hand searching was the only tool that can really work. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/tale-of-a-work-boat monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/d038723e-2655-402f-9c53-d42f0758bf99/MonArk+port.jpg Blog - Tale of a Work Boat Over the course of the year, we’ve spent countless hours on the grant-writing process attempting to find a grant to fund our work boat project. Unfortunately, California Recovery Divers fills an unusual niche in the non-profit space. We didn’t want a lot of money, we didn’t want to pay salaries or rent an office, or set up a food kitchen. We just needed an industrial-strength work vessel to supplement and replace our personal boats. We just don’t fit into the categories on grant makers’ lists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/dd1a74e8-cc95-4919-9c78-1898ae825703/PXL_20241123_203052768.jpg Blog - Tale of a Work Boat - Our tireless sonar ace, Scott Harrison, kept looking high and low for a work boat that might meet our needs and fit within our meager budget. To be fair, he may have had extra motivation because of ongoing significant wear-and-tear we’ve done to his personal vessel, but his search for a suitable work boat was as relentless as his sonar scans. In the process, he had the good fortune of meeting Rob, who has, himself, been involved in the sort of work we do. He gets it. Rob had exactly the sort of boat we were looking for, and he generously donated it. Around the same time, one of our own divers provided a donation that added enough to our coffers to pay some bills and do a little cosmetic rehab on the donated boat. After applying some paint and elbow-grease to secure some of our equipment, we have the work vessel we hoped to purchase with grants. I think the result looks pretty good, myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/ddeaffba-1f54-48aa-89ed-b1cb54a8711a/PXL_20241211_195621869.jpg Blog - Tale of a Work Boat - Because grants have proven elusive, we’re totally dependent on donors like Rob (and you) to fund our operations. The equipment we use is expensive, and primarily purchased by government agencies. Towfish-based sonar systems can cost nearly $100,000 new, and an ROV might be $35,000. With your donations, we’ve been able to buy and maintain older units that meet our purposes. We also have ongoing expenses for maintenance, storage, insurance, fuel, and so on - again, paid for by generous donations. We’re proud of the work we do. And we’re extremely grateful to our donors for helping us do this work. If you’re able, please consider helping us out. Even small donations help, especially if they’re a recurring monthly amount. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/forensic-dentistry monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/navigate-smoothly-safety-tips-for-your-july-4th-boating-adventure monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/c0ef7d25-5e2d-4589-b5de-e21c8af2c345/Team+on+boat.jpg Blog - Navigate Smoothly: Safety Tips for Your July 4th Boating Adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/may-is-water-safety-month monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/baltimorebridge monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/cbbab8de-d247-4ce4-ac60-2f9d43944ba4/Susuin+Bay+Boat.jpg Blog - Recovery Diving in Baltimore - The proper sonar device for this application is a towed torpedo-like unit that “flies” a few feet above the bottom, and transmits image and other data along the cable to analytics software on the surface. In an area filled with bridge debris, this towfish can easily become entangled in the debris. We sometimes have a similar challenge in California reservoirs: they’re filled with live oak trees, which make great fish habitats, but can easily ensnare a towed sonar unit. And it can be quite a challenge to remove the unit once it’s snagged. The second serious problem is that the debris casts shadows and reflections that can make it nearly impossible to see what’s behind, or within, the tangled structure. It’s sort of like a flashlight shining through a smoky room: many objects make it extremely difficult to differentiate one from another, and one object can easily hide another. This image shows a small boat on the bottom of a bay. The Baltimore debris would be very complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/76369d2e-5cff-48ad-8deb-d8dd6a7f43f0/IMG_7450.jpg Blog - Recovery Diving in Baltimore - This is a terrific tool if you know where your recovery target is located, but it’s less useful to search large areas. One of the key tenets of good public safety diving is creating a reproducible search: you need to know what has been searched, as well as what hasn’t been searched. Because an ROV operates at depth, connected to a tether, you’re not exactly sure where it is, even with some newer electronics to assist. When searching for something small, like human remains, the sonar is also typically only useful for a limited distance from the ROV, and the images can be more difficult to interpret than those coming from towed sonar. In water like that in Baltimore harbor or most of our search areas, there’s also extremely limited visibility (maybe only a few inches), so the lights and camera aren’t much use. That’s why we really only use this tool to investigate or recover objects at known locations. Another difficulty with ROV use in the Baltimore situation is the tidal current. ROVs don’t work well with current. Even units with extra propulsion really behave like butterflies in the wind. Our tides in San Francisco Bay might be similar, and anywhere with tidal influence only has a few minutes of slack tide with no tidal current 4 times a day. This really isn’t enough time to mount a search. The unit here is our go-to instrument for retrieving objects from depths up to 100 meters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/da21fc29-56a8-4dcc-adba-9545c14117a4/IMG_5295.jpg Blog - Recovery Diving in Baltimore - Generally, divers conducting a hand search should also follow the rule of reproducibility. It’s pointless, and dangerous to conduct a search in a haphazard way. This means divers, using SCUBA or surface-supplied-air are generally attached to a tether that goes to the surface. A “tender” at the surface directs them in their search, to methodically cover a target area. This means keeping the tender at a fixed location and keeping complete records of where the diver has been, based on the tender’s location and the tether line’s length and direction. This can be complicated by bridge debris or any other obstructions. From a diver’s perspective, this is done without any visibility, feeling by hand, using a life support system to breathe. My understanding is that the two victims that have been recovered so far were recovered by divers from a vehicle that went into the water with the bridge collapse. My best guess is that the vehicle was located using sonar or other technology, and divers either lifted the vehicle with the victims in it, or removed the victims from the vehicle. We generally lift vehicles with the victim inside, using inflatable “lift bags”, but circumstances vary. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/2023lookback monthly 0.5 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/e2527a8d-856f-4c8f-b404-5339ec11db3e/PXL_20230722_185026471+%281%29.jpg Blog - A Look Back 2023 was a growing year for California Recovery Divers. On the business side of things, we finalized some much needed paperwork for our 501c3 status. We redesigned our website and added a facebook page. And we enlisted the help of another team member. We have purchased much needed equipment to expand our capabilities. By upgrading one towfish and adding another, we are now able to accommodate deeper searches when necessary. We also added an electric winch to assist with the backbreaking sonar cable management. But most importantly; we responded to more requests this year than in any other previous year. Our members spent more than 30 days out on the water searching lakes, rivers and the ocean for missing loved ones. Our team members this year have been successful in locating and recovering 5 family members who may otherwise have not been found and returned to their loved ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/3521322f-d210-41b4-9dec-0b4439b94ab4/PXL_20231020_180301880.jpg Blog - A Look Back The past year was not without its challenges. Because of the high cost of the specialized equipment that we use, most of our equipment has to be purchased 2nd hand or through auctions. This contributes to the frequency of equipment failures that are inevitable in the treacherous environment that they are used in. Towing a sonar unit or navigating an ROV in deep murky water with submerged trees and debris is a difficult and hazardous condition that we face in a lot of our searches. Unfortunately, it got the best of our ROV this year and required extensive repairs and caused some unfortunate delays. A couple of searches exceeded the advertised limitations of our equipment and we had to improvise and reconfigure to successfully search the areas we needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/271db7ef-3324-405e-975b-5328a9f30a41/PXL_20231027_032656195.MP.jpg Blog - A Look Back More than anything, the one thought I have for the year is gratitude. To our team for their unselfish dedication and time they all have committed to California Recovery Divers in the past year. And to their families, who are just as unselfish with their support and understanding. A thank you goes out to the Law Enforcement Community and First Responders who have helped us with critical information and assistance necessary for our searches to be successful. And a special thank you to all the generous donations received in the last year. Without your continued donations, no matter how small, we would not be able to continue helping the families who need it. And to anyone who has taken the time to read this, follow us on social media, or leave positive comments and emotional support for us and the families we try to help. https://www.californiarecoverydivers.com/blog/some-days-disappoint monthly 0.5 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/eefc6999-b5b7-4155-8f8e-d1847ee3169e/PXL_20231202_181434567.jpg Blog - Some Days Disappoint - Looking at the wave and weather forecast, our best shot was Saturday. We assembled a team of 6, with 2 boats, side scan sonar equipment, and dive gear. Unfortunately, Mother Nature can sometimes be a harsh taskmaster. The distance from the launch ramp to our target was about 10 miles, and the sea was rough, with increasing wind and rain. Since we wouldn’t be able to do a reasonable sonar search, we decided not to launch, but to see what things looked like from the cliffs above the search site. And ultimately, we had to end our efforts early that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/45aadc76-a85d-4a3e-a4a1-9b748d418549/PXL_20231205_191022303.MP.jpg Blog - Some Days Disappoint - So we changed our plan. Based on several other situations we’ve been involved with, where a body has surfaced in similar water temperature and similar depths, our estimate was 10-11 days for Pascal to surface. This happens when the body’s microbes produce enough metabolic gases to lift the body. The biggest variables are temperature, water depth, and body composition. So day 10 was our target, and we returned at low tide. Using binoculars, we hiked along the cliff tops, and along the beach, hoping for the best. We also brought drysuits and freedive gear to maximize our chances of recovery. No luck. As we were leaving, the landowner showed us some additional locations, to make sure we did as thorough job as possible. Nothing again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/f2e3e084-bb43-4ec7-8180-d667264ac1bc/IMG_3285.jpg.jpeg Blog - Some Days Disappoint - Day 11, back for our 4th day of searching. The surface was rough again, rougher than previous days. We scanned as much of the coastline from the surface as we possibly could, and descended to the water where possible. We also walked south as far as possible, looked at the ocean foam and rocks from as many angles as possible, and ended the day in frustration. Ended the search in disappointment. A good friend commented yesterday, “it’s a sad work you do”. I don’t think so. It’s a very sad situation for the families we serve. But to me, it’s a beautiful thing to be able to work with people who share a sense of commitment to helping others in profound need. My partners in California Recovery Divers are committed to helping people they’ve never met, and may never cross paths with in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64209387dcca76220241778e/a16f4021-da58-45d6-b31b-7b618aea961a/IMG_3296.jpg.jpeg Blog - Some Days Disappoint - A GoFundMe account has been established to help the family of Yaretzi Biorato-Navarette and Pascal Soriano. 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