Date: July 2
Dive Location: Shaw's Cove (Laguna)
Time: 1040am
Bottom Time: 47
Max Depth: 31
Vis: 15-20
Wave height: waves? not in Lake Laguna
Temp at depth:54
Surface Temp: 70
Gas mix: Air (21%)
Comments: Dive 1 of the day turned out to be pretty good. No waves, no surge & vis was surprisingly nice. Finally able to swim through the crevice due to the lack of surge & saw a little octo snoozing between rocks. Spanish shawls were everywhere, along with the usual fish that hang out in the area. Came upon a massive guitarfish and watched him for a couple of minutes, then moved on. Just as my 2 dive buddies and I were about to turn & head back, a seal lion zips by and startles the bejeezus out of us. Obviously amused with our reaction, the sea lion decides to come back for more fun and dive bombs me... then has the gall to get face to face with me and blow bubbles at me. After showing off with a few acrobatics, it decided to go find something else to play with... Nice dive!
Dive #2, same place, same conditions. 12:52pm, 44 min, 39 ft.
Met up with a buddyless diver that got chastised by the lifeguard & added him to our trio... Beginner diver, this was his first dive outside of OW class- watched him closely but he did extremely well & we all had a great dive. Poked around the reefs & crevices, saw pretty much the same as dive 1... I found a small Moray peeking out at us & we watched him for a few minutes. On the swim in, I noticed a fishing lure right next to the reef... and then I caught a fisherman...lol.. I took the line and swam with it for about 10 ft (he must've thought he had a big one!)... then looped it around a clump of eel grass.. I swear I could hear my buddies laughing underwater
Ok, it was a mean thing to do....but I don't think it's a good idea to be fishing in an area full (and it was full !!) of divers... After a few minutes of tugging (which gave us time to clear the area, heh), the fisherman's line slipped off of the grass and I guess he thought the big one had gotten away
Dive #3 Heisler Park 4:12pm, 44min, 40 ft, 52 Suunto degrees (brrrr!!!)
Again, no waves & no surge...but the vis was not quite as good as Shaw's- a guesstimated 10-15 ft. One of the white marker buoys was missing.. Didn't see anything out of the ordinary.. just the usual fish, few lobsters, halibut, few greenlings & juvi garabaldi, etc... Came upon the large Moray that Seth & I saw a few weeks ago, in his same hole surrounded by a bazillion Jacques (the cleaner shrimp). Snapped a pic of him and he got pretty perturbed- lunged out of his hole toward us, then slunk back in his hole. Temperature was noticably colder.