fobturbo
Contributor
Had an opportunity to dive with Don and a bunch of other UTD folks for a pair of fun dives @Pt. Lobos. Driving down, I think all of us left earlier than usual, anticipating traffic from the US Open. To my surprise, there was relatively little traffic heading in. Surface conditions showed that there was a good amount of kelp everywhere, but waters were "flat as a pancake."
We had 5 people total, so split off into 2 teams: team of 3: Mike Miller, Mike H. and myself, the other team was Don and Devon.
Though Don and Mike M. brought their scooters, they decided not to bring them along for the first dive. We hit up Hole in the Wall, then the Worm Patch and headed back. Total dive time was ~57 minutes with the coldest temperature of 47F, max depth ~60' or so. Visibility was 25-30 for me. It was definitely fun and relaxed dive as 4 of us has cameras and were snapping away at everything. On the way back, Mike was dreading not bringing his 'Cuda and was a bit anxious to show off his toy.
For the 2nd dive, we decide on going to Middle Reef. Don bring his scooter and tows Devon. Mike M. tows Mike H. and myself. On the ride out, it was definitely interesting being my first experience with a scooter at all. It's definitely a great way to travel instead of doing long kicks. I'd just hate to lug one up and down with doubles + staging bottles. Dive 2 lasted about 51 minutes (w/o the scootering), coldest temp ~45F, max depth ~62 or so. This time around there was a good deal of surge at depth and I actually started to get a bit nautious with the movement.
Thanks again Don for setting things up today.
We had 5 people total, so split off into 2 teams: team of 3: Mike Miller, Mike H. and myself, the other team was Don and Devon.
Though Don and Mike M. brought their scooters, they decided not to bring them along for the first dive. We hit up Hole in the Wall, then the Worm Patch and headed back. Total dive time was ~57 minutes with the coldest temperature of 47F, max depth ~60' or so. Visibility was 25-30 for me. It was definitely fun and relaxed dive as 4 of us has cameras and were snapping away at everything. On the way back, Mike was dreading not bringing his 'Cuda and was a bit anxious to show off his toy.
For the 2nd dive, we decide on going to Middle Reef. Don bring his scooter and tows Devon. Mike M. tows Mike H. and myself. On the ride out, it was definitely interesting being my first experience with a scooter at all. It's definitely a great way to travel instead of doing long kicks. I'd just hate to lug one up and down with doubles + staging bottles. Dive 2 lasted about 51 minutes (w/o the scootering), coldest temp ~45F, max depth ~62 or so. This time around there was a good deal of surge at depth and I actually started to get a bit nautious with the movement.
Thanks again Don for setting things up today.
