Final Dive of 2025: Facing the Depths off California with Arena
Healthy Seas and arena close the year with a challenging cleanup off the coast of Los Angeles
A final mission to close a remarkable year
After joining forces in Croatia with open-water swimmer Andy Donaldson, meeting Olympic champion Gregorio Paltrinieri in Italy for an ocean education day, and exploring circularity with Leoni Becker in Germany, Healthy Seas and arena concluded 2025 on the U.S. West Coast.
This marked the final leg of a four-nation journey, showcasing the global reach of our partnership and our shared commitment to protecting Planet Water.
On November 1st, our team boarded the from Long Beach, California, for an underwater cleanup at the wreck of the Jenny Lynne, accompanied by volunteer divers from Ghost Diving USA and a representative from arena.
Diving into the Jenny Lynne
The Jenny Lynne wreck lies about two hours offshore and 140 feet deep. Once a fishing vessel, it has long been home to ghost nets posing serious risks to marine life, from rockfish to wolf eels.
The site is known for its tricky currents and unpredictable visibility — factors that often turn planned operations into real challenges.
That morning, the sea was ok but visibility at the bottom was extremely low — around five feet — making orientation and coordination difficult even for seasoned divers.
Small nets, big meaning
Despite these conditions, two ghost nets were successfully recovered, weighing approximately 10 kg in total. While modest in weight, the removal represents a real victory: each net retrieved means fewer risks of entanglement and microplastic pollution.
The divers brought to the surface material colonized by sponges, brittle stars, crabs, and shrimps — a vivid reminder of how quickly marine life reclaims abandoned fishing gear, transforming hazards into fragile ecosystems.
With this recovery, significant progress was made toward completing the long-term cleanup of the Jenny Lynne wreck and securing a safer environment for marine life.
When the ocean decides
The Jenny Lynne cleanup couldn’t be completed due to a remaining section of net trapped beneath the wreck, to be revisited in a future dive. Yet this mission perfectly illustrates how much our work depends on sea conditions, visibility, and diver endurance — and how lucky we are when nature allows us to recover larger quantities.
Every mission is a balance of preparation, teamwork, and respect for the elements — and even the smallest recovery contributes to restoring ocean health.
Together for cleaner seas
This California mission marks the final cleanup of 2025, closing a year of global action and education powered by our partnership with arena. From the Mediterranean to the Pacific, we’ve shown that collaboration between sports and environmental action can make a real difference — one dive, one student, one net at a time.
