HBDiveGirl
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"BIG Rock" really ROCKS!
July 4, 2005
Big Rock, Malibu
Splash: 10AM
Max depth: 38fsw
Temp at depth: 54F (Aeris)
Vis: 8-12 feet
Run time: 1 hour, 5 minutes
Gas: air
Insulation: 7mm of soft-as-pyjamas wet neoprene...ahhhhh!
In a salute to "...life, liberty, and the puffuit of happineff...",
I met Scottfiji and Jon D. for an Independence Day
dive at Big Rock in Malibu. Sky and water looked murky, but in we went, sashaying elegantly over the inshore boulders. Once underwater, Jon and Scott had somewhat differing ideas related to compass headings
, but we arrived at the pinnacles outside the main kelp bed using a few non-PADI hand-signals. These rocks are HUGE! From a 38fsw sandy base, they tower up 20 to 25 feet, filled with enough nooks and crannies to keep me happy for hours! Every surface is encrusted with anemones, sponges, hydroids, algae, small scallops, Giant keyhole limpets, cucumbers, Spanish shawls and navanax.
We went on to find octopus, clacking male Garibaldi's willing to move any intruding object out of their nests, napping treefish and scorpion fish, a really cool swim-through canyon, and a slew of other great creatures and fantastical rock formations. There were many balls of navanax eggs, and even a navanax still wrapped half-way in a fresh egg web. LOTs of other nudibranch eggs were everywhere, but I only saw Spanish Shawls out and about. Jon, Scott and I kept it all together until almost the end, when Complete and Total miscommunication flew around as contagious as a bad yawn! How much can be blamed on the narcotizing effect of 38 feet of seawater? The numbing effect of 1 hour in 54F water? We'll never know...I didn't see any pink elephants! We regrouped eventually and had a couple of good laughs..."500psi??? I thought you were waving "goodbye"!! And another good learning experience grabs me like a navanax slurping up a Hermissenda....gotcha!
Thanks, Jon and Scott for showing me around Big Rock...wonderful place and a fun dive with you both. :jump013:
Claudette
July 4, 2005
Big Rock, Malibu
Splash: 10AM
Max depth: 38fsw
Temp at depth: 54F (Aeris)
Vis: 8-12 feet
Run time: 1 hour, 5 minutes
Gas: air
Insulation: 7mm of soft-as-pyjamas wet neoprene...ahhhhh!
In a salute to "...life, liberty, and the puffuit of happineff...",
We went on to find octopus, clacking male Garibaldi's willing to move any intruding object out of their nests, napping treefish and scorpion fish, a really cool swim-through canyon, and a slew of other great creatures and fantastical rock formations. There were many balls of navanax eggs, and even a navanax still wrapped half-way in a fresh egg web. LOTs of other nudibranch eggs were everywhere, but I only saw Spanish Shawls out and about. Jon, Scott and I kept it all together until almost the end, when Complete and Total miscommunication flew around as contagious as a bad yawn! How much can be blamed on the narcotizing effect of 38 feet of seawater? The numbing effect of 1 hour in 54F water? We'll never know...I didn't see any pink elephants! We regrouped eventually and had a couple of good laughs..."500psi??? I thought you were waving "goodbye"!! And another good learning experience grabs me like a navanax slurping up a Hermissenda....gotcha!
Thanks, Jon and Scott for showing me around Big Rock...wonderful place and a fun dive with you both. :jump013:
Claudette