I went diving at Monastery Beach today and thought I'd let people know what conditions were like. We dived the north end around 8:30 or so. The surf looked fairly serious, but turned out to be fine... we were still able to walk in, fins off on entry and walk out for the exit. 30 minute dive to a max of 80 ft, but it felt shorter with so much to see. The viz seemed ridiculous... probably the best I've had as a diver thus far. Must have been 35-40 ft. We had a few dolphins on the surface as we swam out and later had a sea lion check us out at depth. Lots of fish, as usual. A great dive all in all, hope to do another soon but I'll just have to keep an eye on the swell reports.