Casino Point conditions

[TeqP]

Has anyone been diving recently at Casino Point? If so, what are the conditions looking like? I have a friend from Ireland that I am taking over there on Saturday for a day of diving...Just hoping the conditions are good as this will be her first trip diving the SoCal waters.

Thanks in advance for the information.

 

[merxlin]

Dr. Bill has reported good visibility and conditions (and warm water) recently- but as you know that can change quickly.

 

[gbert]

I was there this past Saturday with the Gold Star Dive. Water was quite warm, high 60's at the surface, 57 deg at the thermocline (~40 fsw), 55 deg at 90 fsw (Sue-Jac). Visibility varied a lot due to the number of students churning up the bottom. In the deeper areas, it was around 35-45 feet. In the kelp areas, more like 15 feet vis.

 

[TeqP]

Thank you for the information...we're on the early boat so hopefully will beat the students in the water for at least the first dive!

 

[drbill]

Until yesterday, dive conditions have been great. I dove Descanso Bay yesterday to conduct the Sea Trek monitoring and was faced with the "worst" conditions in a week (the rest of the days were gorgeous however, so comparison may be unfair). Of course Descanso has a sandy bottom and the surge was kicking it up reducing vis to 10-20 ft vs the 50-70 ft we had earlier. Conditions at Casino Point may be significantly better since there is a lot of rocky shore there.

 

[TeqP]

Thank you Dr. Bill for the up to date information...I hope the conditions are good so my friend will have a good experience for her first SoC

 

[drbill]

From the surface it looked like things had improved at Descanso yesterday.