Dive reports with beach/weather conditions

[Rickelpickel]

2-29-12
Seas: 1-2' light chop
Winds: E shifting SSE by noon..
Temp: 73 surface. 67 bottom Thermo around 15'
Viz: 4-12 ft Better out over hard bottom in deeper water.
Depths: 20-28 ft.
Time: 9:30am-1:30pm
Location: North of Sharkys Venice Beach.
Finds: Alot...lol Will post pics soon. 12megs 1-4" 2makos a
whale tooth and ear bone, and a neat horse tooth in a peace of jawbone.

 

[Aristakat]

3/1/2012
Boneyard Venice
9:00 am
winds S 5-10 knts, calm in morning picked up by afternoon
Seas 1'
Water Temp 69
Vis from looking down from boat could see tanks on bottom, but once you got to bottom cloudy bottom 10 ft SO vis when on bottom in 20-28 ft good 8-10 ft

Going to be windy this weekend so better get out on Friday

 

[Rickelpickel]

3-3-12
Winds: 15-25 SSW Turning W by noon.
Seas: 2-3' in the am 3-4' occasional 4-5'ers swells afternoon.
Viz: 6-10'
Temps:almost 70...
Sunday forecast: Surfs up!!!
Finds: Lots of Horse teeth 4-5, Ear bones, Some large broke 4-5" megs and the usual small stuff..
I think that even though we're getting all this wave action Viz should be doable later next week.
Hit one spot that was silted bad last year and was bone dry now, so silt is moving. Have fun and be SAFE! ...

 

[Aristakat]

03-10
vis 6-8 ft
water temp 67 on bottom, surface 70
great day on water sunny off and on front came thru around 9am to 10am then sun came back out...
Neast winds in morning then rolloing to due East made it flat

nice finds as always

 

[2TH DIVR]

3/11/2012
Service Club
Time 9:00 am
Seas Flat
Wind E@5
Water Temp computer is in for service, would guess 68+
Vis 1'-6'
Max Depth 23'
Finds couple meg frags, some nice pieces of turtle shell, 2 worn makos and the usual small stuff
there's a lot of drifting sea weed scrubbing the bottom,search around it for small teeth

 

[Dive4LifeSW]

3/12/2012

3 dives:

Morning 9am: Alhambra (closer to shore). Viz 4-8. Some drift sea weed. Minimal to no silt. New fossil beds are opening up in that area Some fossil beds were only 10X10, but produced some really nice small stuff and even meg fragments. Recommend doing some hunting (found a full meg and fragments off shore in areas never found anything before (closer in) !).

Afternoon dives: KAYAK diving off Golden Beach then working my way North of Alhambra to check out new areas (more towards Venice Beach). Viz was 8-12+ in spots. Max depth 29 ft.

Seas were relatively flat for the most part (some 1ft (maybe 2) swells now and again). Winds moderate (5-10?). Current was minimal (more like NorthWest to SouthEast moving????_

Water temp was 70F for majority of dive.

Lots of nice finds (will post more later).

Bottom line: Shore and boat diving are and probably will be really good this week! (and I am writing this from work! ).

 

[dkramer]

Did S. Brohard This a.m. Water was smooth, winds from the east. Water temp 71 & viz was 3 - 6 ft. With a max depth of 16 ft.

 

[dkramer]

Did a St. Patricks Day dive this morn at S. Brohard. Winds out of the east, water calm, incoming tide, water temp 73 & viz is around 8 - 10 ft. Lot's of snot in the water though.

 

[COWSskateGOOD]

3/17/2012 St. Patty's Day Dive
Alhambra (BOAT DIVE)
27' Deep
1:02 hours
Viz: 8-10 ft
72* @ 27'

Beautiful dive, slight E->W wind.... great day to get out and find some teeth. I saw about 3 other dive boats, unfortunately one decided to come quite close (within feet) to my boat/dive flag as they set up right next to us. (FINGER SHAKE IF YOU READ THIS!!) Otherwise uneventful

 

[2TH DIVR]

3/18/2012
Service Club
Time 8:45 am
Winds E@5
Seas Flat
Water Temp 73
Vis 6'+, some of the silty areas dropped to1'<, lots of snot in the water
Finds 2 worn megs 3" & 4 1/4", a nice 1 3/4" hemi, and the usual small stuff
The fish life today was amazing