CALI68
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Does anyone have the GPS numbers for "Ball Buster" in the Bay?
Thanks!
Thanks!
GPS numbers for "Ball Buster"
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I've got them, but I don't give numbers for double black
diamond sites to anybody I don't know really well and am
very comfortatable with their ability to dive the site. There's
a reason for the name Ball Buster. It's deep (bottom's 105,
top's 70), way offshore, there's often a ripping current, and
there's a fair amount of boat traffic. Navigating back to the
anchor is critical.
diamond sites to anybody I don't know really well and am
very comfortatable with their ability to dive the site. There's
a reason for the name Ball Buster. It's deep (bottom's 105,
top's 70), way offshore, there's often a ripping current, and
there's a fair amount of boat traffic. Navigating back to the
anchor is critical.
OP
CALI68
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Chuck Tribolet:
I figured that. I don't want to list my credentials in terms of diving but I do see your point and it's a good one. I'm diving on Silver Prince this Saturday with RAB, a board member from Ohio. Can you join us?
Admiral Linda and I have a Pt. Lobos reservation
for Saturday. Have fun.
The commercial boats do go to Ball Buster occasionally.
It's interesting. I've rolled in as one dropped their hook,
seen a couple of their divers on the bottom, and had
them gone by the time I climbed out. I don't do deco
diving, and don't even put the computer in the yellow.
Musta been a load of Hoovers.
for Saturday. Have fun.
The commercial boats do go to Ball Buster occasionally.
It's interesting. I've rolled in as one dropped their hook,
seen a couple of their divers on the bottom, and had
them gone by the time I climbed out. I don't do deco
diving, and don't even put the computer in the yellow.
Musta been a load of Hoovers.
OP
CALI68
Contributor
Chuck Tribolet:
"Load of Hoovers!" LOL!
By the way, who do you know at Lobos?
Are you part owner or what???
I just make the Pt. Lobos reservations when I get in to work in
the morning. I almost always get them.
the morning. I almost always get them.
boomx5
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I haven't dove Ball Buster yet but I heard it's a pretty nice dive.
It's a very nice dive. It's deep enough that you are under
the bloom and surge, though it limits your bottom time.
Lots of corynactus, a thick field of metridiums, two
resident wolf eels, red gorgonians on the outlying rocks,
lots of other stuff.
There are a couple of other reasons for the name. Some
say Ed Cooper named it after his first wife. ;-) And
it's the only thing that sticks that far up off the bottom
for a long way around, so the fishermen loose a lot of
their big lead cannon balls on it.
the bloom and surge, though it limits your bottom time.
Lots of corynactus, a thick field of metridiums, two
resident wolf eels, red gorgonians on the outlying rocks,
lots of other stuff.
There are a couple of other reasons for the name. Some
say Ed Cooper named it after his first wife. ;-) And
it's the only thing that sticks that far up off the bottom
for a long way around, so the fishermen loose a lot of
their big lead cannon balls on it.
I'll always remember my first dive at Ball Buster, being at 80 ft or so and seeing a Mola Mola circling the top of the pinnacle. Gorgeous dive with all the metridiums on it.
We were on my buddy's zodiac last Saturday, attempting to dive the Mating Amtraks. He had a listing of GPS coordinates from your site Chuck, so we plugged them in, we should have anchored 50 ft from the wreck. We descended down to bottom, I hit 88 ft, never found the wreck after doing square search patterns, then finally got close to running out of deco time. My buddy had dove the Amtraks before, but he said that he had arrived at the site just as you were leaving it Chuck and you had told him where to anchor.
mel
We were on my buddy's zodiac last Saturday, attempting to dive the Mating Amtraks. He had a listing of GPS coordinates from your site Chuck, so we plugged them in, we should have anchored 50 ft from the wreck. We descended down to bottom, I hit 88 ft, never found the wreck after doing square search patterns, then finally got close to running out of deco time. My buddy had dove the Amtraks before, but he said that he had arrived at the site just as you were leaving it Chuck and you had told him where to anchor.
mel
The numbers for the Amtrack will drop you about 40' S
or SW of the wrecks. But more important is holding
position as the anchor goes down. Best way to do that is
approach the numbers going upwind, and just keep
giving it a little power now and then as the anchor goes
down. It's also important to enable WAAS on your GPS
which improves the accuracy from about 45' to about
9'.
or SW of the wrecks. But more important is holding
position as the anchor goes down. Best way to do that is
approach the numbers going upwind, and just keep
giving it a little power now and then as the anchor goes
down. It's also important to enable WAAS on your GPS
which improves the accuracy from about 45' to about
9'.
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