Coast Guard rescues diver stuck in kelp - California

[MaxBottomtime]

The kelp is very thin at White Point right now. I wonder if he was using a speargun to catch lobsters and didn't want to get caught. The lifeguard on duty there drives through the lot around 4:30-4:45 each day to let everyone know that the gate will be locked in thirty minutes. I wonder if the diver wasn't actually stuck but scared to get out of the water. It would be next to impossible to get stuck at the surface at White Point.

 

[drbill]

Stuck in what kelp is my thought. Due to the extremely warm water from The Blob, kelp has been essentially non-existent compared to what it would be during "normal" temperatures this time of year. Night diving solo and probably with very little experience. Glad he was rescued though.

 

[Chavodel8en]

I was once "trapped" in kelp on the surface, out of air, at Pt Lobos in Carmel, and after a lot of exhausting kelp crawling, I felt like my heart was going to explode and had half a mind to give up and seek assistance....

But that was in the height of the late summer kelp, where it was like a shag carpet covering all of Whalers Cove. Cant imagine December's kelp being something you couldn't find a path through. yup "fishy."

 

[WarrenZ]

I always wanted to go for a ride in a helicopter not sure I want to that badly though.

 

[KevinNM]

I always wanted to go for a ride in a helicopter not sure I want to that badly though.

At least everyone else had a good time....