Anybody diving 11-15,16,17 in Monterey

[dlndavid]

WOW, talk about fantastic, I'm told I'm spoiled now. Let's see the waves at Monastary were...what waves, do 4" ankle slappers count as waves? Point Lobos, whalers cove was flat as glass and you could see the bottom on the swim out. The sun was shining all day, no fog and in the upper 70's (if not low 80's). Saw plenty of fish, nudis, snails and the like. Had a curious harbor seal hanging out with us too, very cool. We could only get in 1 dive, as Scubajunkee had some dumb commitment like going to work, but what a dive day anyway. We met Cali68 getting ready to do some scooter dives with his buddies, very nice to meet yet another SBer. SJ took a bunch of photos and will be posting later, my camera had battery problems so no UW photos fo me this time.
The gear is soaking and I'm ready for a cold beer and a hot shower.
Point Lobos Dive team #4 11/17/05

btw: I didn't forget my weights this trip, but nobody told me I needed my C-card
The nice lady called PADI to verify my certification, very nice, but they won't do that on the weekends.

 

[dannobee]

Oh jeez, I forgot to mention that. Yeah, they require C-cards at the Ranger station when you sign in. :05:

Where'd ya go? Did you stay in the cove, or hit the pit or make the long swim to Bluefish?

 

[dlndavid]

We swam out to the front of the cove and dropped down, took a heading due north, and returned due south, don't know the names of the places though.

note to self put at least one cert card in wallet

 

[scubajunkee]

David,

We headed out towards Granite Pt, but did quite make it all the way out. Sinced we dropped in pretty early, I say we were halfway there. I did a quick review of the pics and looks like there quite a few keepers. You can check my Yahoo photos site later this evening at http://photos.yahoo.com/scubajunkee. They're organized by date and location. I should have it posted around midnight or so.

-Ericson

 

[Jim Ernst]

WOW, talk about fantastic, I'm told I'm spoiled now. Let's see the waves at Monastary were...what waves, do 4" ankle slappers count as waves? Point Lobos, whalers cove was flat as glass and you could see the bottom on the swim out. The sun was shining all day, no fog and in the upper 70's (if not low 80's). Saw plenty of fish, nudis, snails and the like. Had a curious harbor seal hanging out with use too, very cool. We could only get in 1 dive, as Scubajunkee had some dumb commitment like going to work, but what a dive day anyway. We met Cali68 getting ready to do some scooter dives with his buddies, very nice to meet yet another SBer. SJ took a bunch of photos and will be posting later, my camera had battery problems so no UW photos fo me this time.
The gear is soaking and I'm ready for a cold beer and a hot shower.
Point Lobos Dive team #4 11/17/05

btw: I didn't forget my weights this trip, but nobody told me I needed my C-card
The nice lady called PADI to verify my certification, very nice, but they won't do that on the weekends.

david what happend with the camera? everything going to be ok?

 

[dlndavid]

No worries jim, battery issues I think.

 

[CALI68]

We met Cali68 getting ready to do some scooter dives with his buddies, very nice to meet yet another SBer.

Hi David, really nice to meet you guys as well! The X Scooter dive went great! We crossed middle reef, hit granite point wall proceeded out to the GP Pinnacles then crossed all the way over to Beto's Reef and final back along Cannery Point Wall. Amazing dive! We saw a beautiful Leopard Shark in the shallows on the way out and caught a quick glimpse of a GPO at 100'. What a great day!

Joe T got some great video footage (Shark and all). I'll let you know when it's up on the 5thd-x site.

-Chris

 

[Drewpy]

You guys are killing me! I havnt been wet in weeks!
David-Im glad you finally got to see Lobos in all its splendor! What a great place huh..?
My last dive there was epic! At least 60ft of viz...
We need to hook up sometime soon...its your turn to drive!

Glad you all had a great day!!!
Im logging on to make a Lobos reservation right now!:05:

 

[Deco Dan]

I will be diving Monterey on Sunday off my inflatable. The marine forecast calls for sea 4-5'. Guys..........that is as flat as it gets!!! Reports coming out of Monterey say that the vis at the Breakwater is now running 25'! GO DIVING!!

 

[scubajunkee]

Pics are now posted at http://photos.yahoo.com/scubajunkee. Just click on the "111705 Pt Lobos" photo album.

Enjoy!

Ericson