i am wondering if any older folks here did business with Laguna Sea Sports during the mid to late '80s here.
are they still around? they sold spear fishing gear including custom guns they made.
they also did a lot of group outfitting to Baja back then.
i met a bunch of them in 1986 or so at PSFO they were diving on Isla Lorenzo daily from their camp. they drove in for a 3 week stint.Bajamatic - 7-6-2010 at 05:14 PM
still there.Ken Bondy - 7-6-2010 at 05:36 PM
They're still there Mike on PCH in Laguna. Good shop.dean miller - 7-6-2010 at 05:37 PM
Lagun Sea Sports has been sold several times and has an interesting history.
In the 1980s it was owned by Al & Sally Santmeyer, Al passed away and Sally ran the business for a while. The guns were out of San Diego and
made probably by Harry Rescigno -- Who has also passed away
It was sold to a Canadian Gordon ??? who almost destroyed the business
Several years ago It was sold to an Egyptian who's name escapes me but also owns a number of OC dive shops.
It is not the shop you remember ... Do you recall Tom Wolfe's second novel "You can't go home again?" --- You can't!
sdm
laguna sea sports history
marv sherrill - 7-8-2010 at 05:16 PM
In the eighties I had a student whose Dad worked there for many years- last name of Merker - maybe a co-owner or a founder- one of his employees was
Clive Cussler - author of many novels about the sea - in one of his earlier books - maybe Raise the Titanic - he named one of the villians
Merker...maybe they didn't get along so well - anyway - just a little bit of triviaDENNIS - 7-8-2010 at 05:42 PM
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Originally posted by dean miller
... Do you recall Tom Wolfe's second novel "You can't go home again?" --- You can't!
