Casino Pt. water temperature right now?

[davidbaraff]

Was checking Dr. Bill's logs, but not seeing recent entries. Anybody been out there in the past few days who knows what the water temperature is like in the park right now?

I'll be there starting this Friday (6/24) for three days of diving!

 

[surfinusa555]

Well I wasn't going to reply because I don't know what the park temps are, but since nobody is responding, my buddy and I got 58 in Malibu on Thursday.

 

[drbill]

Haven't been diving for 10 days due to travel and the removal of some moles. No current knowledge but it has been a little variable.

 

[jerk85]

Today (Saturday), 63 at the surface, 59 at 91ft. Also, clouds cleared around 10:30 and it was sunny all day - not super warm but the sun sure felt great.

 

[blue steal]

Well I can't say for Casino underwater park, but at Goat Harbor and Rippers Cove yesterday the surface was 61-64 and at depth of 35-44' it was 53-57. Overcast in the morning, but cleared and was sunny by 1030, current was light, VIS maybe 15-20'.

 

[davidbaraff]

63 at the surface sounds great. I usually keep it to not much deeper than 40' in the park because I'm mostly diving solo there, so nice and toasty! (Compared with Monterey.) And sounds like I'll have sun next weekend to keep my warm on the surface. Awesome! Have the weekend days there (Sunday in particular) gotten insanely crowded yet? Saturday I'll be out on a boat, so I just have Sunday to deal with crowds...

 

[jerk85]

It was fairly crowded. Lot of classes, and there was quite a lineup for air fills at the trailer. The classes, though sizeable, were fairly contained however, so we rarely encountered other divers under water. Just wait for the OW classes to get off the steps before heading out.

 

[blue steal]

We are also planning some weekend trips there, Saturdays mostly but an occasional Friday as well, 0615 Cat Express over. Having only been to the park once on a Thursday (DWADD), about how long does it take to get a fill on Saturdays.
Does anyone not use the stairs. I'm used to PV dive site so a rocky entry/exit generally is not a problem, assuming no surge.
Hey davidbaraff, have a good trip over, don't forget to give us all a mini trip report.

 

[drbill]

There are a few divers who still enter the water over the rocks and one instructor (Tom Wetzel) requires his students to do so on one dive. I do it when the stairs are crowded, I'm impatient (rare of course!) and the water is calm enough to be comfortable carrying my video rig in.

Traffic over the weekends varies a fair bit. Often the third weekend ion the month means class check out dives so it may be more crowded then. I plan to get in this week now that I'm cleared to dive.

 

[webjr]

I still get tickled hearing people refer to 63 as "nice and toasty". I'm amazed at all you locals diving wet in that water. Thank god for drysuits! You guys got bigger marbles than me! We're coming back to Catalina next week for a week of diving. We are bringing my parents with us this trip and I'm looking forward to getting them in the water just to snorkel. Down side - the only way I'de put them in water that cold is putting them in our drysuits. Which means I'll have to get wet to take them out! Oh well... small price to repay parents for all the sacrifices they made raising me.