Dive Reports FEB 04

[pasley]

Date: Feb 11, 2004
Time: 10:06 a.m.
Location: Montage Resort (Treasure Island)
VIS: 20-25 Ft.
MAX Depth: 41 ft.
Surge: occasionally 2 ft or so, not a real issue.
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: High: 12:19 a.m 4.7 ft. & 12:20 p.m 3.7 ft. Low: 6:38 a.m. 1.4 ft.
Surf if beach diving: 6 inch would be the big one occasionally.
Water Temp: 55 Suunto degrees
Air Temp: Same 57 Suunto degrees
Comments on the dive: This is always a nice dive. Did not see the 6 bat rays of last trip, but still we had a nice dive. Saw the usual suspect of Garibaldi and small juvenile fish. Found two lobster traps wedged into cracks in the rocks with no lines attached. Two nice sized fish (12-14 inch long) were trapped in one. The last storm must have really moved some stuff around. One of the fish was wedged into the side of the trap with his gill slit catching just past the trap wall. Too big to swim through and wedged too tight to back out of there. The other fish was able to get out once we wedged the trap open. What a waste. Aside from that it was a great dive.

 

[ChrisM]

Date: 2/11/04
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Location: Redondo Canyon
VIS: 10 foot shallow, 20+ down below 30
Surge: none
Time of High Tide/Low Tide: ??
Surf if beach diving: ankle slappers
Water Temp: 55
Comments on the dive: Not a lot of squid, but some eggs. Usual cast of Canyon Critters - fringeheads, scorpionfish, nudis, horn sharks, mole crabs, box crabs, globe crabs. very very nice dive

 

[sijtse]

Date: 2/13/04
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Long Point, Palos Verdes, CA
VIS: 15-20ft
Surge: 1-3 ft, at times
Time of High Tide/Low Tide:
Surf if beach diving: 1 ft
Water Temp: 55 suunto
Air Temp: 62
Comments on the dive: Another great dive at Long Point. Visibility holding up despite a little more surge. Certain spots were perfectly calm, though. Same critters as last time (giant sheephead, too). One difference, many spanish shawl nudibranches this time. Great colors all around, nice clusters of strawberry anemones, an "orange" sea lemon... Great dive.

 

[pasley]

Date: Feb 14, 2004 Time 8:54 a.m.
Location: Crescent/Bay Seal Rock, Laguna Beach CA
High Tide: 3:14 a.m. 5.2 Ft Low Tide: 11:19 0.2 Ft.
Vis: 10-20 Feet depending (and hazy at that)
Surf: 1.5-2.5 Ft on entry 3+ Ft on exit

Small group of about 8 met and went diving, including Chirs M. We swam out to the end of the rocks on the north side of the cove and dove down in 32FSW. Then swam over the reef in 15-30 FSW to seal rock. Approximately 30 or more Sea Lions came out to play and got quite close and personal (4 inches from face was closest pass). They stayed with us for quite some time as we sat there and watched them for about 10-12 minutes based upon the lack of movement my dive computer recorded. When we left, they followed for a time and continued their antics. Conditions are deteriorating today and our lake Laguna appears to be over for now.

 

[Robert Phillips]

Date: Feb 15
Time: 8:15
Location: Treasure Island/Montage Resort Laguna Beach
Visibility:5'-8'
Surge:8'+
Surf:4'-6
Water temp:55f
Air temp: 63f
Max depth: 27'
Dive time: 15 minutes

Horrible conditions with way too much surge. Still beats working, though
As long as Catalina is good next Saturday :god:

 

[CA Diver]

Ah! a glorious return to the 2003 visibility.

Date: February 15, 2004
Location: Cress Street, Laguna Beach
Visibility: 6 to 12 feet
Surge: 3 to 8 feet. depends on reef structure
Surf: 4 to 6 feet
Water Temp: 55 degrees
Max Depth: 33 feet
Dive time: 65 minutes

Robert: were you in the cove or did you try the west side of Goff Island? I'm surprised the cove would be that bad. At Cress St. the east side of the reef line was mandatory for the entry and exit. The west side of the reef line had up to 6 to 8 foot surf. We dove the outer reef (long surface swim). Had a great dive.
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"Mother Mother Ocean I have heard your call"

j. buffett

 

[Robert Phillips]

Robert: were you in the cove or did you try the west side of Goff Island? I'm surprised the cove would be that bad. At Cress St. the east side of the reef line was mandatory for the entry and exit. The west side of the reef line had up to 6 to 8 foot surf. We dove the outer reef (long surface swim). Had a great dive.

Yeah, we entered on the sand and went around the point to the cove. Vis was much better on the outside of the reef even with the surge but was much worse in the cove.