My 23 year old son an I are newer divers who have been recently certified as AOW and night divers. We each have
40+ dives under different conditions. This last week we did our first night dive " by ourselves" from a location we are
familiar with at Malibu beach. We checked the local swell report and weather report. We knew the rain was coming
and the weather would be changing, however the waves were the same size as when we did our training. When we
dropped down to the reef at aprox. 25 ft. , we had 1 to 2 ft. Vis. We were also being slightly tossed around in surge.
We completed a 40 minute dive and made it to shore tired but with no problems. Some scuba friends said we should
have called the dive due to almost no visibility. Did we do something dangerous - or not?.
40+ dives under different conditions. This last week we did our first night dive " by ourselves" from a location we are
familiar with at Malibu beach. We checked the local swell report and weather report. We knew the rain was coming
and the weather would be changing, however the waves were the same size as when we did our training. When we
dropped down to the reef at aprox. 25 ft. , we had 1 to 2 ft. Vis. We were also being slightly tossed around in surge.
We completed a 40 minute dive and made it to shore tired but with no problems. Some scuba friends said we should
have called the dive due to almost no visibility. Did we do something dangerous - or not?.