SeaYoda
Contributor
The best way to get a dive in this year seems to be not planning one! I decided to give the jetties a try after looking at the web cam (yes, it was actually working today!) and seeing a blue color to the water. I got a late start and didn't get to the parking area until 12:30, high tide was at 11:56. I had to park way past the marina entrance but there were still several parking spots open. I had been debating if I would wear my wet suit or not (water temps were reported at 77*) and I made a mental bargain with myself that if I had a long walk I would not wear the suit and roast myself on the walk of death. I planned on one dive and the camera is undergoing minor repairs so it was like diving in the old days - just me geared up walking across the shifting sands. The water was a little dark looking from the surface but not that nasty brown that it had been lately. I was able to walk into the water among the snorkel boats and get the dive underway. The water was greener than I expected but no big chunks of June grass. Viz was very low at just over 10 feet (a general silt fog was everywhere). I have a happy dive viz level of about 10 feet so I decided to stay on the north side of the jetty. Water temp down to 41 feet was a constant 77*. I stayed under for an hour and seventeen minutes and didn't get chilled without the wet suit. I still had 1000 lbs left in my AL80 after the dive - this again proves to me that cameras suck air when diving with them 
. There were all the usual creatures along the rocks with the addition of some blue runners. One large blue runner was acting strange. He kept his dorsal fin up and circled me for a long time. He looked like some kind of generic jack with his fin up and I'm not sure what that behavior was all about. I watched a blue crab for a while, I never thought much about their grumpy behavior but I can understand it a little better after today. The crab was going from rock to rock on a little open sand when 5 or 6 damsels and 3 small grouper circled her. She waived her claw at them and scuttled under the nearest rock. Anytime she attempted to get in the open she had the same interest shown to her. There were several young blue crabs out today. I ended the dive and the fun had to be paid for - I had a message on my phone that a co-worker was sick and I was needed at work for the next two nights. I'm already scheduled to cover for her during the month of June so this will add one more week of overtime. Diving should be real good next month since I'll be unable to hit the water 
. I'll just have to buy some dive gear with all the OT money to make up for the inconvenience.
. There were all the usual creatures along the rocks with the addition of some blue runners. One large blue runner was acting strange. He kept his dorsal fin up and circled me for a long time. He looked like some kind of generic jack with his fin up and I'm not sure what that behavior was all about. I watched a blue crab for a while, I never thought much about their grumpy behavior but I can understand it a little better after today. The crab was going from rock to rock on a little open sand when 5 or 6 damsels and 3 small grouper circled her. She waived her claw at them and scuttled under the nearest rock. Anytime she attempted to get in the open she had the same interest shown to her. There were several young blue crabs out today. I ended the dive and the fun had to be paid for - I had a message on my phone that a co-worker was sick and I was needed at work for the next two nights. I'm already scheduled to cover for her during the month of June so this will add one more week of overtime. Diving should be real good next month since I'll be unable to hit the water . I'll just have to buy some dive gear with all the OT money to make up for the inconvenience.
