Flash Dive Report: Lobster Harvest Outing To Catalina Island, 1-9-20

[shucksun]

Last night we took a small group of divers to Catalina Island to harvest lobsters. Although Small Craft Advisories were in effect, conditions still looked quite reasonable. Leaving at 4:30 PM we motored to CI through 4-6' swells and were on the dive site by 7ish, three divers made one dive, two limited out and one diver took only one. The third diver is locally famous on the boat for during a previous outing he harvested a limit of lobsters in nine minutes in 13' of water. But last night the bugs saw him coming and kept their heads down. Divers reported the conditions underwater as "beautiful" with viz to 50'. We motored back through even bigger swells, some as high as the wheel house windows, but with less wind. By the time we picked up the wind shadow from PV the ocean's surface was glassing off. At the dock just after 10 PM, our divers were on the road home by 10:30pm.

Jeff "J" Reeb
darkthirtydivers@gmail.com
The Giant Stride

 

[Johnoly]

..Jeff "J" Reeb......The Giant Stride

Jealous with Envy on your lobster haul in SoCal.
Also just wanted others to see your Beautiful boat, I'll be looking you up next time in LA!!
LA Scuba Diving Charter Boat - 6-Pack Dive Charter | The Giant Stride

 

[shucksun]

Jonoly,

Thanks for the post! Its not my boat personally, but I do get to crew on it and arrange charters for Jim Simmerman who is the owner. We'd love to have you join us for our Wreck and Rigs, Catalina Westend or Bug Hunt outings. The boat really impressed me last night with its sea handling capability. It was built for professional fishing in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, with Jim converting it to a six client dive boat about 15 years ago. It has all new engines, drivetrain and steering gear so it runs and handles like a new boat.

Contact me at: darkthirtydivers.gmail.com