better late than never dive report

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

Stardate: 9/20

Went out with RIOceanographer to Ft Wetherill for a night dive and had a blast. we went from cove to cove. Vis was awful (<5ft) at the surface but increased to roughly 10 ft, probably less, as we went down. Bottom temperature of 66 degrees F at around 40 ft. Saw a ton of awesome squid that were interacting with our lights (very cool). A good-sized short bigeye and two unknowns. Very strong current around the point going towards the open ocean. that's about it. There was no moonlight to be seen

Dave

 

[all4scuba05]

and I thought that would qualify as good vis. : )

 

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

update: one of the unknown fish was a fringed filefish

 

[johnnyseko]

Blah!! You guys are gonna have to drag me kicking and screaming to get in that murk now! I've been spoiled......

 

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

come ooooon, SoCal can't be THAT nice.

 

[RIOceanographer]

Oh come on John!!!! The first thing I did the weekend I got back from my Hawaii trip in February was go dive Wetherill (water 39, air 25 , vis <5ft)!

 

[johnnyseko]

Man, that's hard core!!

Yes, SoCal is that nice....we had great conditions, vis mostly@50'. Tons of life! It was my first 'tropical' scuba vacation!

I'll be back in the murk soon, I'm sure. Thinking about a bug hunt at the pier in the near future.