abalone dives in dec.

[badsign]

I was just told that on the weekend of the 11-12 of dec, we will have one of our biggest minus tides ever and this is based on an earthquake that will happen the night before and will make it a much more enjoyable abolone dive. This person has hit 4/4 in the last month and he is from the north bay....lets see

 

[JustinW]

he may be really right, but if you are going to go dive for abalone in december let me know where and when, i can't help, but i can send someone to help you get back toy our truck. Mr. Fish and Game would love to greet you at the end of your dive and write you a huge ticket for poaching, because the season end in california at the end of november

 

[JustinW]

he must be smoking some of that special north bay green stuff. All of the things in the statement you said he made seem like non-sequitors

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

Actually, there will be a very low tide that weekend. But it has to do with the orbit of
the moon around the earth and the earth around the sun, not any predicted earthquake. What geology departement does this person work for? ;-)

And the low tide is in the late afternoon, not the night.

And as Justin points out, ab season wil be closed.


Chuck

 

[renpirate]

You can have an enjoyable abalone dive no matter what the tide is as long as you know where to go. Low tides are actually most beneficial to rock pickers.

Let see last I checked, if you take abalone in December they can take anything related to poaching, gear, truck, house, etc.....

 

[badsign]

You can have an enjoyable abalone dive no matter what the tide is as long as you know where to go. Low tides are actually most beneficial to rock pickers.

Let see last I checked, if you take abalone in December they can take anything related to poaching, gear, truck, house, etc.....

this guy out of the blue handed me a flyer from some geological thing and said if you like abalone this is whats going to happen. I couldnt tell you when the seasons are, just thought I would pass it on...damn

 

[renpirate]

this guy out of the blue handed me a flyer from some geological thing and said if you like abalone this is whats going to happen. I couldnt tell you when the seasons are, just thought I would pass it on...damn

In that case, I am sorry for being flippant. I usally really hate it when people turn on the flame. However, it just seemd a strange thing to post. We have had a lot of poachers up here lately and anything that might encourage more strikes a cord.

FYI: The seasons on the Northern California Coast begins on April 1st, closes for the month of July, and ends on November 30th.

 

[JustinW]

Badsign,
Yeah I didn't mean to be rude, more just puzzled by his bizzare explanation for a low tide, because of a predicted earthquake, everything there seemed funny, and I figured that i would try to think of a humorous, albeit dry, way to say the season is closed. A regular low tide means you only have to dive an extra 24-30 inches more to get to the bottom.

 

[badsign]

www.syzygyjob.org , this is the guy who came in and gave me the info

 

[diverrick]

I follow the USGS earthquake website daily. And I can say that his predictions, are a pretty safe bet, as the levels he is predicting are fairly common events in that area The only one, I have to doubt is the last one for the PNW... Lately there has been an abnormal amount of activity, just below Monterey, and an unusual amount of "less than normal" activity North of the bay. That leads me to believe that something is stuck, and it does seem reasonable. (to a point), that a bigger than normal earthquake could be anticipated North of Monterey up to the Oregon Border, based solely on the lack of movement North of the bay area.
That being said... If it was that easy, I could be rich! Just me 2 cents worth. I wouldn't consider a predicted eathquake to be any reletive indication of tides. Of course unless it's a sunami, in that case I predict lower than average tides, followed by higher than normal tides, in that order. Maybe you can go down to the beach and keep an eye out for us ;-) (Just joking of course. That would be very dangerous.)