Finally made it to San Miguel for year 2012!!! Great dive, blah weather

[billt4sf]

Where is San Miguel and can novices dive it or is it an advanced site? The temp would probably scare us off anyway....

- Bill

 

[TSandM]

San Miguel is the westernmost (I think) of the Northern Channel Islands, off the shore of Los Angeles. It's the most challenging, because it's out in the Humboldt current, and exposed. The water is colder, and the winds and currents can be strong. I've only dived there a few times, but I wouldn't call it beginner diving.

 

[merxlin]

If on some blessed day I get there and get good viz, good weather, and flat seas it will be the crown jewel in my diving life. I just don't know if it can happen. We had very flat seas, but 15ft or less viz and no sun. Someday...........

 

[fnfalman]

This last trip, other than the first and second dives which were deep and current swept, the other two dives would have been easily done by novices. It's just all depending on the dive sites, wind condition, water current, etc.