Dive reports with beach/weather conditions

[dkramer]

Well, I went out to Alhambra this morning, hoping to sneak in a quick dive before the west winds really messed up the viz. As you can see, I'm already back.
I hit the beach at 9:15 & the west winds were aready bumping up the water. I decided to call the dive. When I got up to the top of the hill, I ran into Jeff & he told me I had made a good call. He said that he & Capt. Morgan had tried a dive yesterday & they both aborted their dives because they kept running into the bottom. The weather forcast for this week doesn't look too promising for the viz to clear real soon. <sigh>:depressed:

 

[Sh@rkW@tcher]

18 July 09
Service Club
Surf 1-2 ft
Tide outgoing
Water temp 88 F
Winds lite & westerly
Drift algae close to the beach
Viz 3 ft
Found a few small teeth......nothing to brag about, but I was there!

 

[2TH DIVR]

Service Club 7/19/09
Dive time 8:20 am
Seas 1'-2'
Water temp 89
Max depth 26'
Vis After the sandbar 4'-8'
still lots of snot

The best finds; a 2 1/2" chocolate top meg w/ a little rounding to the tip and a chocolate top mako 1 3/4"
Got a few broken meg pieces and the usual small stuff.
Am also collecting urchin bodies to fill a glass vase. Got 5 out of 7 home.Talk about fragile.

 

[Walter]

Alhambra vis was 2 - 3 feet this morning in 1 - 2 ft seas. At 4 PM when the storm was rolling in seas increased to 4 feet and viz decreased to about 6 inches.

 

[Sh@rkW@tcher]

19 July 09
Aristakat & Capt. Jamie
Morning trip - ledges approx 5 miles off Venice
Wind SW 10 - 15
Tide outgoing
Seas 2 ft
Viz 8-10 ft
Afternoon trip - Boneyard
Tide outgoing
Wind sw 10-15, building to west @ 35 mph
Seas 2 ft, building to 4-6 ft VERY QUICKLY
Viz 3ft dropping to 6"
4 megs in the 2" to 4" range, a collection of smaller teeth and an assortment of other fossils
Everyone scored!

 

[Sh@rkW@tcher]

21 July 09
Service Club
Wind SE 0-5 mph
Surf Flat
Tide incoming
Viz 6-8 ft
one 2" Mako tooth and about 100 assorted smaller teeth

 

[austinperl]

21 July 09
Sharkey's
Vis 4-6
Couple dozen smaller teeth

 

[dkramer]

Did Alhambra this morning. Winds were out of the SE. Outgoing tide. Viz was 3 - 5ft. with a max depth of 21ft. Had a great time until that stinkin' remora showed up & started pestering me.

 

[Sh@rkW@tcher]

22 July 09
Boneyard w/ Aristakat & Capt. Jamie
Wind SE 0-5
Water Temp 86
Tide outgoing
Viz 6ft
Approx. 20 megs found today in the 2"-4" size, and one 4 1/4" meg found by me. A great day of diving and very productive!

 

[Sh@rkW@tcher]

23 July 09
Boneyard w/Aristakat & Capt. Jamie
Wind E 5mph
Tide incoming
Water Temp 86
Viz 6 ft
Approx. 12 megs found today including several in the 3" size. Another great day @ the boneyard!