headin' to California ... May 18-22

[renpirate]

hey guys, ANDY i would also be interested, and would like to meet more of the rest of you as well, darkpup(jason) just saw you, anyway let me know if there is room for me??

Yep! I can't make Friday though :-( it's that work thing. I haven't dove with you yet Jim, but Ericson speaks very highly of you! My wife and I will be in Monterey this coming weekend and the following one. We should hook up for a dive.

 

[Jim Ernst]

Yep! I can't make Friday though :-( it's that work thing. I haven't dove with you yet Jim, but Ericson speaks very highly of you! My wife and I will be in Monterey this coming weekend and the following one. We should hook up for a dive.

andy i am teaching a class this weekend and so yes i will be there and hope to be done early, and would like to meet and dive, i will be at break water at 830 am and hope to be done with class by 12 -1 pm, and would really like to do some more pleasure dives as i really need to get to know this new drysuit as well. i will be in monterey at about 7 pm friday night, ill pm my cell no# so you can get hold of me and i will be with the class on the lawn at the breakwater. jim

 

[Drewpy]

Nor Cal SB get together.... or Appointment with Dr Bailey!
You guys are welcome to join us on Friday or Saturday!
I have one reservation for PL on Friday-Debbie was nice enough to let me add a third
to the one res for my regular dive budddy,Jason(not darkpup)
Dan and WS-I suggest you make a res as I am only able to make one per day.
If you guys both come on friday there will be five of us.
Docwong (BA diving) reported 60ft of vis yesterday(lots of big waves and surge though)and even got buzzed by two dolphins!
My plan was to do Cannery Point..but Im open?

Ill be driving a Nissan Murano with a dive flag hitch cover-Im a big guy 6'4'-you cant miss me!

The tentative plan is for Monastery on Saturday if it cooperates,and then another site after?

 

[calwolf]

Since you guys have been discussing Point Lobos, I figured I could get away with interjecting a question of my own in the thread. I'm leading a group of 4 new divers from Logan, Utah to Monterey for a week of shore diving (May 15th-20th), and am wondering how realistic it is to expect to get 5 divers in to Point Lobos on one of the weekday mornings without reservations. I've heard if I get there early (what's "early"?) on a weekday they often haven't filled all 15 teams... but I'd like to make sure we dive there at least one of the days we're in town. I've done ~30 dives in Monterey and Carmel but never at Point Lobos, so I'm not sure how the system there works. We would have two buddy teams, although one is a triple since we've got 5 divers total. Are they okay with that?

Also... any recommendations on cheap motels would be appreciated. I remember just cruising Munras ave til we found one under 50 bucks a night... not sure of current summertime prices though. We're all college students, so $'s one of our big considerations for the trip.

Thanks,

--Jesse W.

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

am wondering how realistic it is to expect to get 5 divers in to Point Lobos on one of the weekday mornings without reservations. I've heard if I get there early (what's "early"?) on a weekday they often haven't filled all 15 teams... but I'd like to make sure we dive there at least one of the days we're in town. I've done ~30 dives in Monterey and Carmel but never at Point Lobos, so I'm not sure how the system there works. We would have two buddy teams, although one is a triple since we've got 5 divers total. Are they okay with that?

You can almost always get into Lobos on a weekday without a reservation, if you show
up a bit before the park opens at 9. How early is a "bit"? Well, I don't dive Lobos on weekdays,
but do quite regularly on weekends. I get there at about 8:15, and I'm invariably the
first car in line. That gives me time to setup gear in the boat, and launch a few minutes
after I get into the parking lot (it's a lot easier to make the turn onto the ramp if there
aren't any cars parked in front of the bathrooms yet). You would probably be fine
with 8:45, I'd aim for 8:30 (but I'm a chronically early person).

Officially, it's teams of two, but if you ask nicely, and it really is a team of three (and
not some scheme to get six divers in on two reservations) they are usually cool with it,
but you might get some by-the-book-newb ranger.

Whaler's would be a great place for your four newbs to get introduced to REAL diving.

 

[D_O_H]

My Saturday just freed up, so I'd love to join you guys for Monastery (or wherever). Conditions are looking pretty promising.

I might be up for a Sat. night dive and/or Sunday AM dives too.

--Scott

 

[mweitz]

There were 7 spots available at Lobos on Friday as of this afternoon.

If you are going to go and don't have a reservation, make one.

I'm planning on stopping by with my wife for a dive out to Beto's Reef to look for the monster GPO we saw last weekend. If you want to join us let me know.

Anybody interested in a pot luck lunch? My wife makes a good Chinese Chicken Salad ...

Mark

 

[jiml]

If any of you guys want to do a boat dive on Sunday afternoon, I'm signed-up for a 1:30 PM two-tank trip on the Sanctuary. Last I talked with them, they still needed 2 more people for a quorum.

Jim

 

[D_O_H]

If anyone is interested in a Friday after work afternoon and/or night dive, let me know!

--Scott

 

[Mo2vation]

Bob: Too bad you won't be in SoCal - you could get some pictures of the REAL Redondo...



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Ken