Dive Reports FEB 04

[pasley]

If you dive please make a report here so others may know what conditions are like. Conditions do change from hour to hour and day to day. But lets here how it was.

Date:
Time:
Location:
VIS:
Surge:
Time of High Tide/Low Tide:
Surf if beach diving:
Water Temp:
Air Temp:
Comments on the dive:

 

[pasley]

Date: 2/7/04 Time 8:05 a.m. – 8:57 a.m. High tide: 9:19 a.m. 5.8 ft.
Location: 24434 Malibu Road, Malibu CA
Surf: 1-2 Ft.
Vis: 10 feet
Temp Air: 55 Suunto Degrees Water: 55 Suunto degrees
Surge, 1-2 foot where present.
Water was milky. Saw the usual suspects including a harbor seal that came out to play with us.
Great day for diving.

 

[PhotoTJ]

Date: Friday, 2-6-4
Time: 10 pm
Location: Big Rock,Malibu, CA
VIS: 20 ft
Surge: Mild
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: dunno
Surf if beach diving: 1-2'
Water Temp: 56
Air Temp: 60
Comments on the dive: Great, got a limit of scallops, and a decent bug. Nice vis, plenty of marine life.

 

[PhotoTJ]

Date: Saturday, 2-7-4
Time: 11:30
Location: Corrall, Malibu, CA
VIS: 25-35 ft.
Surge:none
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: Low was 1:00
Surf if beach diving: 6 inches
Water Temp: 55
Air Temp: 70
Comments on the dive: Amazing! Had a young female sealion play with us for a few minutes, a small pod of dolphins swam by withen 50 ft., schools of kelp bass, nudibranchs, scallops, cowerys. Wonderful dive!

 

[Robert Phillips]

Date:2/8
Time:8:40
Location:Treasure Isalnd, Laguna Beach
VIS:20 vertical. 10-12 horizontal
Surge:none
Time of High Tide/Low Tide:9:15 high
Surf if beach diving:1-2 ft
Water Temp:56 degrees
Air Temp:64 degrees
Comments on the dive:Met up with Lsanchez who drove down from L.A. to get his new BP/W set up wet. Good dive with lots of little fish, large schools of senoritas, sargo, shrimp, minnows and all the other usual suspects. A great dive with a couple of cool dudes. Thanks Louie and Ernie!

 

[Mo2vation]

Temp Air: 55 Suunto Degrees Water: 55 Suunto degrees

Uh, what are you trying to say...?



K

 

[pasley]

Uh, what are you trying to say...?



K

Nothing, just the air and water were reported by the dive computer as the same55 degrees F. Of course I used SUUNTO degrees as I was diving a SUUNTO COBRA and they are famous for being slow to read the tempreture.

 

[ChrisM]

Date: 2/9/04
Time: approx 8 pm, dive time 60+ minutes
Location: Malaga Cove, PV
VIS: 20
Surge: slight
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: ?? was lo tide
Surf if beach diving: 1-2 rollers, weak
Water Temp: 55 Suunto
Air Temp: 52 Nissan
Comments on the dive: First cold water dive in over two months. Three pipefish over the sand, one was pregnant I believe, octos, 4' horn shark, several thornback rays, round rays, perch, lobsters, lemon nudis, cowries with mantles out, etc etc etc

My favorite beach dive. Dove wet. Feet, hands and face numb after long slow dive

I love California diving

Chris

 

[sijtse]

Date: 2/10/04
Time: 2pm
Location: Long Point, Palos Verdes, SoCal
VIS: 20 ft easy
Surge: none-maybe 1 ft.
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: looked pretty high at 2pm
Surf if beach diving: nothing too troublesome
Water Temp: 55 Suunto
Air Temp: felt like 75
Comments on the dive: Great dive!! Lots of the usual suspects - some legal lobsters but I don't hunt. Biggest Sheephead I've ever seen, I swear it was 4 feet long... Lots of sea lemon nudis, strawberry anemones. Kelp looked good, lots of new. Had a short surface interval, while we were on the surface a coast guard helicopter kept hovering over our heads and then started to descend straight for us when we began our descent. What is that all about? Very peaceful, great dive with the exception of the helicopter.

The terrain is great at Long Point, I'm surprised that more people don't dive there.

 

[pasley]

Date: Feb 10, 2004
Time: 8:39 p.m.
Location: King Harbor Breakwater (Charthouse Restaurant Beach)
VIS: 10 Ft.
MAX Depth: 29 Ft.
Surge: 8 Ft in places
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: High: 11:21 a.m. 4.4 Ft Low: 5:44 p.m. 0.6 ft.
Surf if beach diving: 6 inch to 1 ft.
Water Temp: 57 Suunto degrees
Air Temp: Same 57 Suunto degrees
Comments on the dive: This site has potential but the water quality leaves something to be desired. Every time I go there it has a strong ocean smell and my car reeks afterwards. Dive gear covered with small bits of plastics. Site leaves you wanting a bath. We were bug hunting. Entered next to the Chart House Restaurant and surface swam to about 40-50 yards short of the corner of the break wall. Dove along the wall at the bottom until the middle of the front wall and then worked the top 10-15 feet on the way back. Strong surge in places moving us 8 feet. Had to fight the surge on the way back. Saw 4 bugs, caught 3, and released 3 shorts. Dive buddys lens corner popped out of his mask about half way through the dive. Did an on site repair. My mask strap broke at the end of the dive when I took it off at the car. Now that is perfect timing.