Hi Valerie. Just saw your post. I don’t look on here as much as I would like to. I’d be happy to buddy with you in the middle around Laguna beach. But I only dive every 2-4 weeks these days. My recommendation would be to join a couple of the Facebook clubs (free) who dive regularly and just meet up and make a bunch of new friends. If you only want to dive in San Diego I would join both Power Scuba and the So Cal Divers club. If you don’t mind driving to Laguna Beach I dive mostly with NBTT (no beach too tough).