The beaches may be closed during the pandemic, but a company in Vista has come up with an innovative way to convert full-face scuba and snorkeling masked into in demand personal protective equipment.

It combines an off-the-shelf, full-face scuba mask with a medical-grade filter. It works by attaching a filter commonly found in a hospital to the mask. Nurses and doctors are posting photos of ...

In a win-win for sea animals and humans, a scuba diving group is turning plastic water bottles that once polluted oceans into face masks for people to protect themselves against the coronavirus.

The full-face masks Ocean Reef are small enough to fit children and not easily available from other suppliers, he said. These donated masks are worth thousands of dollars.