Dive reports with beach/weather conditions

[lukeb]

My guess is if you're beach diving you should be ok. Winds are showing out of the east so it should be calm at the beach.

I'm not there yet so i can't say for sure but the webcam at the crows nest looks like east winds.

Good luck. Let us know how you do if you go.

@Ghost95 Thank you so much for the info. I looked at the Sharkys webcam and it looked good so we are on our way! (2 hour drive, hence why I wanted to be sure of conditions).

I will post a report later.

 

[lukeb]

Monday 05/12/22
1345 (60mins) and then 1600 (30mins)
Alhambra - Buddy on first dive and then a Solo dive
Flat Seas on first dive, windy and choppy with a lot of surge on the second.
Depth to 23ft
Viz ranged from 2 to 5ft
Average temperature 80'

I am so glad I went diving today! We had a great time.

I saw someone else already in the water diving once we got to the beach (they had a red surface Float and flag, we had a yellow float). Sea conditions were perfect for the first dive. Flat seas and the water looked beautiful. Underwater the Viz wasn't great, but not terrible. You could see a few feet. Certainly enough to look for teeth. We found a lot of small teeth, a few fossils, and what I think is my first meg tooth (albeit only half of one!). We also found a lot of dead sand dollars. About ten minutes after we exited the water the wind picked up, and the waves started to rise. There was a lot of chop and I was on the fence about doing a second dive. I went for it and it was ok but way more work than what it was worth. I burned most of my air just getting out there, and ended up with a 15 minute surface swim back in the waves!

All in all though a great day! I love shark tooth hunting in Venice! Next time I think I will bring my kayak and try and get further out, and maybe try some of the other spots. I really want to find my first complete megalodon tooth!

I also want to see the plane wreck near the service club.

 

[Ghost95]

5/18/22
Golden Beach
Seas 1-2'
Temp 80°
Viz 10'-20
Finds

 

[Ghost95]

Also is this a Hubble tooth? Thanks.

 

[divindiva69]

Also is this a Hubble tooth? Thanks.

looks like a meg vs hemipristis

 

[2TH DIVR]

5/18/2022
Alhambra
Seas<1'
Water Temp 81
Vis 15'+
Finds

5/19/2022
Service Club
Seas Flat
Water Temp 81
Vis 10'+
Finds

 

[Ghost95]

5/22/22
Golden Beach
Seas 2+ choppy
Viz- 1' to 6'
Finds. Small broken Meg, ok Mako, and some as yet unidentified mammal tooth.

 

[2TH DIVR]

Ghost95 that looks like bison

 

[2TH DIVR]

5/22/2022
Boat dive
Seas 2-3'
Water temp 82
Vis 10+
Finds

 

[Ghost95]

Ghost95 that looks like bison

Thanks for the id. It's been fun here. Headed home in the morning.