Diving in Northern Cal, but not Monterey
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Rev. Blade
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(I was surprised to see that the big picture in your URL, gets a lot bigger if you click it, but I still didn't see a wreck.)
Well, I did some searching and wasn't very succesful. It's time for me to head off to dinner, and just before I was done searching, I came accross this link ==> http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/ShipwrecksDatabase/Shipwrecks_Database.asp I entered "San Francisco" in the search bar (and clicked the "county" button), and came up with 140 hits. It may not pan out to anything, but wanted to post the URL so I wouldn't lose it. If someone locates a nearby wreck dive site, please clue me in.
(Walnut Creek - San Francisco area)
recon_1996
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I don't see the hull in the pictures either? I have heard two large tankers or freighters sank off seal rock.
recon_1996
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The following is from the website baycrossing.com :
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) begins at Fort Mason and continues around Fort Point, passing above Baker Beach, to the Coastal Trail. Here, you can explore the San Francisco headlands from Lands End to Ocean Beach, and continue to Fort Funston. Approximately 20 miles, this is an epic, and highly scenic bike ride (you encounter some hills as you pass through the Presidio, Sea Cliff and Lincoln Park Golf Stop for a moment or two and experience the views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Baker Beach, (where the only shark attack ever recorded in San Francisco took place, in 1939). Many sites are worth checking out: the Palace of Legion of Honor, the Cliff House and the Sutro Baths ruins. As you bike the Coastal Trail between Sea Cliff and Sutro Baths, you follow cliff top the route of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad which ran around Lands End out to the beach in the 1880s. The rugged coastline here is shrouded in Cypress forest and, with the exception of seacoast batteries, remains undeveloped and wild. The water offshore here is treacherous, with a local surf spot referred to as Dead Mans and the remains of three shipwrecks visible off Lands End. The offshore rock with the light on it is Mile Rock, and further around by Sutro Baths is Point Lobos, which together form a pair of submerged rocks that are notorious for piercing the hulls of passing ships. The freighter SS Ohioan hit the rocks off of Point Lobos so hard in 1936 its said that the resulting sparks lit up the night sky. You may spot its remains looking north from Point Lobos. The wrecks of two tankers lie under the surface by Mile Rock. The SS Frank Buck went down in 1937 just south of Mile Rock. You can look for it along with the wreck of the Lyman Stewart, which ran aground in 1922, from the Coast Trail between Vista Point and the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
QUOTE]recon_1996 once bubbled...
I don't see the hull in the pictures either? I have heard two large tankers or freighters sank off seal rock.
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The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) begins at Fort Mason and continues around Fort Point, passing above Baker Beach, to the Coastal Trail. Here, you can explore the San Francisco headlands from Lands End to Ocean Beach, and continue to Fort Funston. Approximately 20 miles, this is an epic, and highly scenic bike ride (you encounter some hills as you pass through the Presidio, Sea Cliff and Lincoln Park Golf Stop for a moment or two and experience the views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Baker Beach, (where the only shark attack ever recorded in San Francisco took place, in 1939). Many sites are worth checking out: the Palace of Legion of Honor, the Cliff House and the Sutro Baths ruins. As you bike the Coastal Trail between Sea Cliff and Sutro Baths, you follow cliff top the route of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad which ran around Lands End out to the beach in the 1880s. The rugged coastline here is shrouded in Cypress forest and, with the exception of seacoast batteries, remains undeveloped and wild. The water offshore here is treacherous, with a local surf spot referred to as Dead Mans and the remains of three shipwrecks visible off Lands End. The offshore rock with the light on it is Mile Rock, and further around by Sutro Baths is Point Lobos, which together form a pair of submerged rocks that are notorious for piercing the hulls of passing ships. The freighter SS Ohioan hit the rocks off of Point Lobos so hard in 1936 its said that the resulting sparks lit up the night sky. You may spot its remains looking north from Point Lobos. The wrecks of two tankers lie under the surface by Mile Rock. The SS Frank Buck went down in 1937 just south of Mile Rock. You can look for it along with the wreck of the Lyman Stewart, which ran aground in 1922, from the Coast Trail between Vista Point and the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
QUOTE]recon_1996 once bubbled...
I don't see the hull in the pictures either? I have heard two large tankers or freighters sank off seal rock.
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We dove Grestle Cove at Salt Point last week and it was the best dive I have done here in Northern Ca. Mind you I have not dove here that much, a few times at Monterey and Point Lobos. We never got below 25 feet but the amount of life stuck in that little cove is amazing!
zeN||
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There was an article in todays paper about fish tested in SF bay tested hazardous levels of mercury, dioxins pcbs (pardone if my spelling may be incorrect in those terms, doing this from memory) , fish included halibut, perch, leopard shark Zen
recon_1996
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The visiable wreck in the picture is the Coos Bay. And the Lyman Stewart lies near by.
I'd strongly recommend Bruce Watkins' two books published by California Dive News--one on Monterey, one on North Coast.
There are many reasons people don't dive much between Monterey and mid Sonoma county--accessability (lack of), unprotected from swell, not much to see in sandy Santa Cruz, Great Whites, etc.
There are many reasons people don't dive much between Monterey and mid Sonoma county--accessability (lack of), unprotected from swell, not much to see in sandy Santa Cruz, Great Whites, etc.
diverrick
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Though I have never seen any of the ship wrecks around seal point, I do recall recently reading an article about diving there, but I don't remember where I read it. These wrecks have been dived on, but the report said that vis was almost 0-0 and the current was atrocious! lots of debris as well. It sounds like a very dangerous dive. I know the current in that area is at times so strong, that smaller boats with motors, cannot make it back into the bay!
They reccommended only highly qualified people attempt these ships, invitingly close to home as they may be, I don't think I would attempt to dive there.
They reccommended only highly qualified people attempt these ships, invitingly close to home as they may be, I don't think I would attempt to dive there.
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