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Hey Tyler,California Diver:
I'm not planning on getting rid of the wing, but I'll be sure to keep you in mind as a good home to send it to if I ever do.
Christian
August '05 Dive Reports
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I'm not planning on getting rid of the wing, but I'll be sure to keep you in mind as a good home to send it to if I ever do.
Christian
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Well... the homeless dude is probably right about the pilings being no more.Mo2vation:
I wasn't sure if you realized why I was doing my Mister Truffel imitation, since I had not exhibited this type of rototiller behavior earlier on this dive or on a previous dive.
Not body surfing in full gear or over heating anymore than you probably had up to that point is a good reason to thumb it, just not as entertaining. Although, the visual of you body surfing into the shore with that headlight you wear on your hand sticking out in front of a wave is starting to form a pretty funny mental picture.
Christian
headhunter:
Me and the water heater, rolling in the surf. Nice.
I came up with about 1385 (on a 3200 fill...damn SC Marina people are getting lazy...) I need to start diving Jaye's jogging tank (HP100...) Resoldered the lead on the light, burn tested it. It still not Claudette proof, as it will only burn about 3:20. I see a new batt in its future soon.
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Ken
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See, I have to start diving with a little more gas to keep you boys with your water heaters from having to carry that extra gas back up to the parking lot. Jogging tank... I like that.Mo2vation:
So, Claudette with her AL 80 will push the limits of the 3:20 battery? It's that 0.001 SAC of hers. She and Pasley need to dive 40 cu. ft. tanks.
Glad the lead on the light was simple to fix. I really need to pick up one of these lights. I always knew you were there, but had to look for David because he decided not to bring his light.
Christian
undrwater
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Date:8/27/2005
Dive Location: Malaga Cove
Time: 7:50pm
Bottom Time:42 Min
Max Depth: 19'
Vis:10ish
Wave height: 1' swell
Temp at depth:66 Suunto
Gas mix: Air (21%)
Comments:
Met with Mel with the intention of doing a "shift change" dive, also with the intention of getting to Haggerty's. (The best made plans...)
We got in a bit late so it turned into a night dive, I got a bit worn out kicking, so never made it to Haggerty's.
Dropped in at 13' and hugged the bottom. This was my first dive with a Mosquito
so I'm learning. An octopus was checking us out as we were checking our bouyancy, and lifted an arm to wave hello.
We were greeted by crabs doing their dance, a couple of bugs, and...
Mel, did you ID the fish we saw? I'll get it eventually.
Good dive...it was a workout!
Dive Location: Malaga Cove
Time: 7:50pm
Bottom Time:42 Min
Max Depth: 19'
Vis:10ish
Wave height: 1' swell
Temp at depth:66 Suunto
Gas mix: Air (21%)
Comments:
Met with Mel with the intention of doing a "shift change" dive, also with the intention of getting to Haggerty's. (The best made plans...)
We got in a bit late so it turned into a night dive, I got a bit worn out kicking, so never made it to Haggerty's.
Dropped in at 13' and hugged the bottom. This was my first dive with a Mosquito
so I'm learning. An octopus was checking us out as we were checking our bouyancy, and lifted an arm to wave hello.We were greeted by crabs doing their dance, a couple of bugs, and...
Mel, did you ID the fish we saw? I'll get it eventually.
Good dive...it was a workout!
Robert Phillips
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Aaaw, c'mon! Mel is not THAT skinny!undrwater:This was my first dive with a Mosquito
headhunter:So, Claudette with her AL 80 will push the limits of the 3:20 battery? It's that 0.001 SAC of hers. She and Pasley need to dive 40 cu. ft. tanks.
Our 4 dive day on the Spectre. At 1:20, 1.06. 1.05 and 1.0, it died on her right at the end of dive 3. Its the first time the buddy light has been on a 4-dive trip. Its always made it through the day on the locals...
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Ken
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Mo2vation:
Pilings are there, but you need good vis and a bit of luck to locate them. Its best to spread out about 10'-12' when you get in the general area. Once you find one, you can follow the cave line along the bottom connecting to 3 others.
ROFLOLRobert Phillips:Aaaw, c'mon! Mel is not THAT skinny!
Its a good thing I had not just taken a drink or I would be out a keyboard.
We had a nice dive and spotted the usual, Garibaldi (orange gold fish on steroids) juvinal Guaribaldi (orange and blue), Kelp Bass (white splotches on back), the famous swimming worms (don't know what they are called, look like wiggling spagetti.) a sheepshead crab.
Regarding the old pier at Topaz Jetty, I last dove that this 8/25/2004 and the pilings were there then. They hard to find as the distance between them exceeds the visility of 10-15 feet we often have in SoCal.
Frank O
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After schlepping out to Farnsworth Bank in June only to find a screaming current that precluded diving, I was determined to make it sometime this summer. Despite talk of monster swell from a hurricane in the tropical Pacific, Saturday proved to be the lucky day.
Dive 1
Date: 8/27/05
Dive Location: Farnsworth Bank, East Ridge 72
Time: 10:29 a.m.
Run time: 32:40
Max depth: 114 ft
Vis: up to 100 ft vertical, up to 40 ft horizontal
Temp at depth: 55 F
Surface temp: 68 F
Gas mix: 30%
Saturday's open boat on the Sundiver included 16 divers from a Ventura shop (some apparently doing their Advanced Open Water deep dives -- now that's chutzpah). Among the remaining 10, the five from my group consisted of Gina and Mike (scootering on tech profiles around 140-150 ft), Jon and Susan (no scooters, but tech profiles around 140 ft), and myself. My buddy was a no-show, so I ended up doing the first dive with Sundiver chef Michele.
We were holding our breaths a little as we approached Catalina's west end to round the corner of the island, and were thrilled to find flat water on the other side. As we got to Farnsworth we found another boat anchored on the East 50 high spot, so Ray parked slightly to the west with the anchor adjacent to East Ridge 72. (For underwater terrain see Ross-O's excellent maps at diver.net/ross/Farnsworth/farnsworth_bank.htm.)
Not only was the surface flat, but underwater it was virtually currentless. As we dropped, I almost landed on one of several electric rays seen during the dive:
As we headed along the way, Michele spotted a Tritonia festiva nudibranch -- my first sighting of this species:
I also enjoyed the copious purple hydrocoral and clouds of blacksmith. Twenty-five feet deeper than me, my tech brethren came across a large wolf eel. As we made our gradual ascent, we noticed a sea lion racing through the water, working the bait schools. As the boat pulled away there was a boil on the surface, probably from yellowtail converging on one of those schools.
Dive 2
Date: 8/27/05
Dive Location: Abalone Cove, Catalina
Time: 1:15 p.m.
Run time: 52:40
Max depth: 74 ft
Vis: ~30 ft
Temp at depth: 59 F
Surface temp: 66 F
Gas mix: 32%
After searching around for a dive site that met everyone's depth criteria and offered decently clean water, Ray ended up at Abalone Cove just west of Cape Cortes on Catalina's backside (Franko's map (no relation) labels it as Kelp Bay). Here, Jon, Susan and I did a leisurely dive along a wall under a heavy kelp canopy. As soon as we dropped, Jon noticed fine, silty sand running along the bottom of the reef that suggested to him an angel shark habitat. He knew them to hide out in such places and wait to ambush creatures that stumble onto the sand. Sure enough, there were three in a row, two big and one smaller. Otherwise, this dive was memorable for a vidid yellow sponge and a large number or gorgonians of different colors on the wall at the turning point.
Dive 3
Date: 8/27/05
Dive Location: Africa Point, Catalina
Time: 3:43 p.m.
Run time: 35:40
Max depth: 33 ft
Vis: ~40 ft
Temp at depth: 68 F
Surface temp: 70 F
Gas mix: Half-trox (tank from second dive with air top-off)
To round out the day, Ray pulled around the corner to Catalina's west end frontside, but found the wind was up creating whitecaps on the water. He therefore motored on until he found calmer conditions at a spot his crew calls Africa Point -- the point between Eel Cove and Little Geiger. By this point in the day a good portion of the divers opted to change into dry clothes, but a hardy number of us splashed again. The best way I can describe this one is one of those late afternoon dives on a shallow, sunny reef where you don't necessarily see anything mind-boggling, but you're just happy to be in the water. Jon and I poked around, saw half a dozen large lobsters (it's in a no-take zone) and a small moray. As we emerged from one stand of kelp we found a large school of jack mackerels hovering motionless in the water (I can be definite about the species because I could see their distinctive lateral line). At the end of the dive Jon vented his gas down to 500 psi to run a buoyancy check (he found he could remove quite a bit from his belt), while I used the opportunity to keep in practice by shooting a lift bag.
Dive 1
Date: 8/27/05
Dive Location: Farnsworth Bank, East Ridge 72
Time: 10:29 a.m.
Run time: 32:40
Max depth: 114 ft
Vis: up to 100 ft vertical, up to 40 ft horizontal
Temp at depth: 55 F
Surface temp: 68 F
Gas mix: 30%
Saturday's open boat on the Sundiver included 16 divers from a Ventura shop (some apparently doing their Advanced Open Water deep dives -- now that's chutzpah). Among the remaining 10, the five from my group consisted of Gina and Mike (scootering on tech profiles around 140-150 ft), Jon and Susan (no scooters, but tech profiles around 140 ft), and myself. My buddy was a no-show, so I ended up doing the first dive with Sundiver chef Michele.
We were holding our breaths a little as we approached Catalina's west end to round the corner of the island, and were thrilled to find flat water on the other side. As we got to Farnsworth we found another boat anchored on the East 50 high spot, so Ray parked slightly to the west with the anchor adjacent to East Ridge 72. (For underwater terrain see Ross-O's excellent maps at diver.net/ross/Farnsworth/farnsworth_bank.htm.)
Not only was the surface flat, but underwater it was virtually currentless. As we dropped, I almost landed on one of several electric rays seen during the dive:
As we headed along the way, Michele spotted a Tritonia festiva nudibranch -- my first sighting of this species:
I also enjoyed the copious purple hydrocoral and clouds of blacksmith. Twenty-five feet deeper than me, my tech brethren came across a large wolf eel. As we made our gradual ascent, we noticed a sea lion racing through the water, working the bait schools. As the boat pulled away there was a boil on the surface, probably from yellowtail converging on one of those schools.
Dive 2
Date: 8/27/05
Dive Location: Abalone Cove, Catalina
Time: 1:15 p.m.
Run time: 52:40
Max depth: 74 ft
Vis: ~30 ft
Temp at depth: 59 F
Surface temp: 66 F
Gas mix: 32%
After searching around for a dive site that met everyone's depth criteria and offered decently clean water, Ray ended up at Abalone Cove just west of Cape Cortes on Catalina's backside (Franko's map (no relation) labels it as Kelp Bay). Here, Jon, Susan and I did a leisurely dive along a wall under a heavy kelp canopy. As soon as we dropped, Jon noticed fine, silty sand running along the bottom of the reef that suggested to him an angel shark habitat. He knew them to hide out in such places and wait to ambush creatures that stumble onto the sand. Sure enough, there were three in a row, two big and one smaller. Otherwise, this dive was memorable for a vidid yellow sponge and a large number or gorgonians of different colors on the wall at the turning point.
Dive 3
Date: 8/27/05
Dive Location: Africa Point, Catalina
Time: 3:43 p.m.
Run time: 35:40
Max depth: 33 ft
Vis: ~40 ft
Temp at depth: 68 F
Surface temp: 70 F
Gas mix: Half-trox (tank from second dive with air top-off)
To round out the day, Ray pulled around the corner to Catalina's west end frontside, but found the wind was up creating whitecaps on the water. He therefore motored on until he found calmer conditions at a spot his crew calls Africa Point -- the point between Eel Cove and Little Geiger. By this point in the day a good portion of the divers opted to change into dry clothes, but a hardy number of us splashed again. The best way I can describe this one is one of those late afternoon dives on a shallow, sunny reef where you don't necessarily see anything mind-boggling, but you're just happy to be in the water. Jon and I poked around, saw half a dozen large lobsters (it's in a no-take zone) and a small moray. As we emerged from one stand of kelp we found a large school of jack mackerels hovering motionless in the water (I can be definite about the species because I could see their distinctive lateral line). At the end of the dive Jon vented his gas down to 500 psi to run a buoyancy check (he found he could remove quite a bit from his belt), while I used the opportunity to keep in practice by shooting a lift bag.
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