I’ve been delaying this post for several days, hoping that the source was somehow mistaken.

Last Tuesday, November 20th, Dan from the Divevets posted this message, on the message board:

“Saw this on Facebook: Barbara Soto – ‘Today I lost a wonderful niece. Shanon Wesserling. She could not take her living conditions anymore or her pain. Though she had many problems, she was a wonderful person. Giving, caring, always there to lend a helping hand to those who needed it. I will miss her terribly. God Bless you Shanon and now you are truly at peace. Love Aunt Barbie.’

“Shanon started diving with us 8 or 9 years ago. She had many problems, some we witnessed and many we did not. Goodbye Shanon, I hope you are in a better place.”

Shanon was a regular member of the Divevets and Pacific Wilderness Diving Club; I remember her from the early days of when I started diving.

The last few years were very hard for her; I guess harder than anyone could have imagined.

She will be missed, and I prefer to remember the happier Shanon from several years back.

These photos are from 2007.

R.I.P Shanon, a.k.a “Bite Me,” “Diving Smurf”

Rest In Peace
Cyber The Attack Dog
199? – December 5, 2009

Cyber the Life Guard

Cyber the Divemaster

Cyber the Rocker!

Rest In Peace, Our Eternal Friend!

To view this video on YouTube, click here.

It was a very sad day today for the regular divers here; we were informed that a long time icon in the diving area died yesterday.

Cyber The Attack Dog is no longer with us.

As for the diving, whether I can use the weather, the fact I had no air, or my mental state as an excuse, I stayed dry.

Most divers decided to dive off The Point; it was a little rough, but everyone made an expert entry, so I didn’t get any entertaining video.

That is okay by me!

I finally met Halibug and his dive buddy…

Never take a picture into the Sun on a cloudy day, otherwise it will look like this.

Nice meeting you guys – you are always welcome to debrief with us!

I sat in The Cove; TwinDuct and Professional Debriefer Paul joined me later.

The water was fairly flat outside the surf zone; divers reported that the water was warmer than the air and that the vis was as good as 20 feet.

Traditional debriefing continued.

There’s a set of storms coming into the area, so I have to see where we are on the lobster liberating and weekend dives – there might be a slight delay.