ScubaSeanMaui
Contributor
Date: 7/6/2004
Dive Location: Marine Room, La Jolla, CA
Time: 6:25
Bottom Time: 60:40
Max Depth: 14 fsw
Vis: 10 feet
Wave height: 0-1 ft.
Temp at depth: 68 degrees
Surface Temp: 68 degrees
Tide information: High
Comments:
Met at the Marine Room. Suited up and was in the water by 6:30. We entered the ankle-high surf and waded out into the lake-like ocean, shuffling our feet with every step. Clouds of sand would emerge from just in front of us, continuously.The rays were fluttering away as we aproached (some pretty fast, some slowly). After getting to proper depth, we put on our fins and kicked out to the assembly point. As I kicked out I saw several rays running away kicking up sand clouds. I also saw a Leopard shark about 2 feet in length but took no picture.
After minor discussion we decended down to 5 feet and began the dive. The marine room is very shallow with patches of reef and eel grass. We first encounter a dead sheep crap John put it on his head for our amusment. After a few snaps we moved on and watched Terry take a picture of a lobster. With the visibility at 10 feet we quickly lost the other divers and were just me and my dive buddy. We continued on seeing many different fish. We saw many Kelp Bass, some very large. Groups would follow us hoping we'd give them an urchin or make a fish run out so they could get a nice and easy bite to eat. They were very comfortable around us. We saw a few octopi, many lobsters, some Surfperch, Senorita fish, Garibaldis, Opaleyes, many small schools of little fish (no id).
While we were checking out a lobster, a snorkler dove down with a trident and attempted to spear something just feet from us. I attempted to get a picture of his face, but only got his initial strike plus 1 more. He looked surprised and we surfaced to see what was going on. He was swimming fast to the shore. We were at 1500 air so we headed back under the reefs and dove another 500 psi. One we were too shallow to dive any longer, I surfaced next to my buddy who was walking into the shore. We walked to the car, discussed the dives, and headed back home.
Here are the pictures I took during the dive.
http://www.lagunashorediving.com/gallery/marinedusk?page=1
A great dive, can't wait for the next
Sean
Dive Location: Marine Room, La Jolla, CA
Time: 6:25
Bottom Time: 60:40
Max Depth: 14 fsw
Vis: 10 feet
Wave height: 0-1 ft.
Temp at depth: 68 degrees
Surface Temp: 68 degrees
Tide information: High
Comments:
Met at the Marine Room. Suited up and was in the water by 6:30. We entered the ankle-high surf and waded out into the lake-like ocean, shuffling our feet with every step. Clouds of sand would emerge from just in front of us, continuously.The rays were fluttering away as we aproached (some pretty fast, some slowly). After getting to proper depth, we put on our fins and kicked out to the assembly point. As I kicked out I saw several rays running away kicking up sand clouds. I also saw a Leopard shark about 2 feet in length but took no picture.
After minor discussion we decended down to 5 feet and began the dive. The marine room is very shallow with patches of reef and eel grass. We first encounter a dead sheep crap John put it on his head for our amusment. After a few snaps we moved on and watched Terry take a picture of a lobster. With the visibility at 10 feet we quickly lost the other divers and were just me and my dive buddy. We continued on seeing many different fish. We saw many Kelp Bass, some very large. Groups would follow us hoping we'd give them an urchin or make a fish run out so they could get a nice and easy bite to eat. They were very comfortable around us. We saw a few octopi, many lobsters, some Surfperch, Senorita fish, Garibaldis, Opaleyes, many small schools of little fish (no id).
While we were checking out a lobster, a snorkler dove down with a trident and attempted to spear something just feet from us. I attempted to get a picture of his face, but only got his initial strike plus 1 more. He looked surprised and we surfaced to see what was going on. He was swimming fast to the shore. We were at 1500 air so we headed back under the reefs and dove another 500 psi. One we were too shallow to dive any longer, I surfaced next to my buddy who was walking into the shore. We walked to the car, discussed the dives, and headed back home.
Here are the pictures I took during the dive.
http://www.lagunashorediving.com/gallery/marinedusk?page=1
A great dive, can't wait for the next
Sean
