{"id":7206,"date":"2013-08-26T07:46:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=7206"},"modified":"2020-10-13T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T00:12:15","slug":"big-creek-a-big-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2013\/08\/26\/big-creek-a-big-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Creek a Big Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7206\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7206-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-7206-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7206-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>By Scott Gabara<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0295-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7208 alignright\" title=\"Summer Science Diving Class 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0295-copy.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0295-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0295-copy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a>Twelve days is not a lot of time to absorb everything you need to know to be a scientific diver, but we spend long days learning and coffee helps us get through. \u00a0During August we teach a two-week long intensive scientific diving course. \u00a0Students learn different rescue techniques, get exposed to boating and engines, assist with filling of our SCUBA cylinders, learn basic knot tying, and collect data about fish, algae and invertebrates. \u00a0During the second week of the class we camp and dive at the magical Big Creek Reserve in Big Sur. \u00a0The state marine reserve is some of the best diving I have done with large understory kelps that you navigate through like 6-foot tall trees out of Dr. Seuss. \u00a0The class learns important fish, algae and invertebrate species and completes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reefcheck.org\/rcca\/rcca_home.php\">Reef Check California<\/a> survey by the end of the course. \u00a0We had some great conditions and a great class, see <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/s-0PxrqW1sg\">this link<\/a> for a short video of one of the dives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7207\" style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0288-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7207\" title=\"Big Creek Beach Summer 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0288-copy.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0288-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/08\/img_0288-copy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Creek Beach Summer 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Scott Gabara Twelve days is not a lot of time to absorb everything you need to know to be a scientific diver, but we spend long days 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