jetfixer
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Wow, Scott...the rare and elusive "Spotted one rock" 
Too bad about the viz on the second dive.
Too bad about the viz on the second dive.
March '05 Dive Reports
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I made a dive at the Moody wreck once with Ross-O and it was so black that even our HID lights had no effect beyond a couple of inches. And they say only the Mississippi River has black water. 
scottfiji
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Date: 3/12/05, 8:20AM
Dive Location: Avalon Wreck, near Palos Verdes
Bottom Time: 37 minutes
Max Depth: 75 feet
Vis: 20-25ft +
Surface: no waves
Temp at depth: 54 F
I went on the IslandDiver boat out of Redondo, chartered by Dan Rood of DiveVets. Derrick was my dive buddy. 8 of us filled the boat. Here are the pics: http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/Avalon20050312
There were a lot of fish at this site. The wreck is spread out over a distance, and it was peering inside the structure. The vis was nice, and I was lucky to get a good dive buddy to help point out potential photo subjects. Not as many nudibranchs as I was hoping for, but maybe they were hiding.
Date: 3/12/05, 10:00AM
Dive Location: Hermosa Artifical Reef
Bottom Time: 40 minutes
Max Depth: 67 feet
Vis: 4-7ft & dark
Surface: no waves
Temp at depth: 54 F
Dark, cold, and pretty..brrrr...it was like a night dive... but Derrick and I stayed together well, and my dive light brought out beautiful colors of corynactic anemones, chestnut cowries, and juvenial sheephead. brrrr!
Scott
Dive Location: Avalon Wreck, near Palos Verdes
Bottom Time: 37 minutes
Max Depth: 75 feet
Vis: 20-25ft +
Surface: no waves
Temp at depth: 54 F
I went on the IslandDiver boat out of Redondo, chartered by Dan Rood of DiveVets. Derrick was my dive buddy. 8 of us filled the boat. Here are the pics: http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/Avalon20050312
There were a lot of fish at this site. The wreck is spread out over a distance, and it was peering inside the structure. The vis was nice, and I was lucky to get a good dive buddy to help point out potential photo subjects. Not as many nudibranchs as I was hoping for, but maybe they were hiding.
Date: 3/12/05, 10:00AM
Dive Location: Hermosa Artifical Reef
Bottom Time: 40 minutes
Max Depth: 67 feet
Vis: 4-7ft & dark
Surface: no waves
Temp at depth: 54 F
Dark, cold, and pretty..brrrr...it was like a night dive... but Derrick and I stayed together well, and my dive light brought out beautiful colors of corynactic anemones, chestnut cowries, and juvenial sheephead. brrrr!
Scott
Date: 3/12/05, 9:00AM
Dive Location: Crescent Bay
Bottom Time: 42 minutes
Max Depth: 45 feet
Vis: 10-12 ft
Surface: 4-5 ft
Temp at depth: 59 F
Not much to say about the actual dives, but the main event happened while we were packing up our gear. A pair of humpback whales swam north between Deadman's and Seal Rock and breached several times, not more than a couple of hundred feet from the beach. Of course none of my pictures show more than a tiny bit of a whale, so you'll have to take my word for it. It was spectacular!
Dive Location: Crescent Bay
Bottom Time: 42 minutes
Max Depth: 45 feet
Vis: 10-12 ft
Surface: 4-5 ft
Temp at depth: 59 F
Not much to say about the actual dives, but the main event happened while we were packing up our gear. A pair of humpback whales swam north between Deadman's and Seal Rock and breached several times, not more than a couple of hundred feet from the beach. Of course none of my pictures show more than a tiny bit of a whale, so you'll have to take my word for it. It was spectacular!
Frank O
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Date: 3/12/05
Location: Casino Point, Catalina Island
Time: 8:33 a.m.
Run time: 63 minutes
Max depth: 99 feet
Vis: ~40 ft?
Temp at depth: 61 F
Surface Temp: 61 F
Met up with a passel of scubaboarders headed over to (or already on-site at) Casino Point for the monthly dive. Due to schedule constraints I just had time to get in a 1-tanker before I had to get back to the mainland at lunchtime. Buddied with Christian and Claudette. Swam out to the buoy at the east corner of the park, dropped to sand at ~100 ft, went over to Sue-Jac wreck and began a leisurely tour. By 30 minutes into the dive we were up in the realm of 30-ft depth; spent the latter half of the dive between 20-30 ft. Marine life included a large moray eel, lots of usual suspects. I believe Claudette and Christian said they saw one or two octopodes. I was focused on my camera and so didn't really peg the vis; maybe Christian has a reading from his depth finder? Mostly I was working on shooting macro:
All in all, a great, unhurried dive. Also very cool to meet a number of faces from the board.
Location: Casino Point, Catalina Island
Time: 8:33 a.m.
Run time: 63 minutes
Max depth: 99 feet
Vis: ~40 ft?
Temp at depth: 61 F
Surface Temp: 61 F
Met up with a passel of scubaboarders headed over to (or already on-site at) Casino Point for the monthly dive. Due to schedule constraints I just had time to get in a 1-tanker before I had to get back to the mainland at lunchtime. Buddied with Christian and Claudette. Swam out to the buoy at the east corner of the park, dropped to sand at ~100 ft, went over to Sue-Jac wreck and began a leisurely tour. By 30 minutes into the dive we were up in the realm of 30-ft depth; spent the latter half of the dive between 20-30 ft. Marine life included a large moray eel, lots of usual suspects. I believe Claudette and Christian said they saw one or two octopodes. I was focused on my camera and so didn't really peg the vis; maybe Christian has a reading from his depth finder? Mostly I was working on shooting macro:
All in all, a great, unhurried dive. Also very cool to meet a number of faces from the board.
Great picture! ChrisM has some competition.
Date: 3/11/05
Dive Location: Seawitch, Redondo Beach
Max Depth: 85ft
Vis: 10-20ft
Bottom Time: 40min
Wave height: 1-2ft
Temp at depth: 56
Surface Temp: 60
I jump on the Island Diver again this time for some lobster, vis was great but didn't see any lobsters on this dive. Lots of other critters and fish out playing but no bugs to be seen.
Date: 3/11/05
Dive Location: Hermosa Art Reef, Redondo Beach
Max Depth: 68ft
Vis: Black-15ft
Bottom Time: 15min
Wave height: 1-2ft
Temp at depth: 55
Surface Temp: 58
The dive started bad, my zipper was not up all the way......brrrrrrr....brrrrrrrrr...brrrrrrrr. Got to the bottom adjusted the zip as best possible. Within minutes I ran into 4 bugs! I caught 3 bugs, two of them were barely legal or not, so I left them for next year. I got one 1.5lb out of this dive and decided to call the dive........brrrrrrrrrrr.....not to mention to viz suddently went to black.
Can't wait for Wednesday, Island Diver again.
Dive Location: Seawitch, Redondo Beach
Max Depth: 85ft
Vis: 10-20ft
Bottom Time: 40min
Wave height: 1-2ft
Temp at depth: 56
Surface Temp: 60
I jump on the Island Diver again this time for some lobster, vis was great but didn't see any lobsters on this dive. Lots of other critters and fish out playing but no bugs to be seen.
Date: 3/11/05
Dive Location: Hermosa Art Reef, Redondo Beach
Max Depth: 68ft
Vis: Black-15ft
Bottom Time: 15min
Wave height: 1-2ft
Temp at depth: 55
Surface Temp: 58
The dive started bad, my zipper was not up all the way......brrrrrrr....brrrrrrrrr...brrrrrrrr. Got to the bottom adjusted the zip as best possible. Within minutes I ran into 4 bugs! I caught 3 bugs, two of them were barely legal or not, so I left them for next year. I got one 1.5lb out of this dive and decided to call the dive........brrrrrrrrrrr.....not to mention to viz suddently went to black.
Can't wait for Wednesday, Island Diver again.
scottfiji
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Date: 3/13/05, 9:20AM
Dive Location: Point Dume Pinnacles, Malibu
Bottom Time: 58 minutes
Max Depth: 47 feet
Vis: 15-19ft
Waves: 3-4ft
Temp at depth: 59 F, not too cold
Current: light current on the way to the pinnacles, picked up a little on the way back.
4 divers showed up for the sandeaters dive this morning. I got there early and the ocean was calm. Leo and buddied up, and of course as soon as I got in the water I got pummelled by several waves.
I took mainly macro shots with my camera. A lot of fish were out today, including treefish, sheephead, and cabezon. Dolphins were near my on my surface swim back but I didn't see them. current picked up at the end of the dive. Exit was ok except the water was over my head 3-4 feet from shore! Leo, thanks for being my dive buddy.
pics: http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/PointDume20050313
Scott
Dive Location: Point Dume Pinnacles, Malibu
Bottom Time: 58 minutes
Max Depth: 47 feet
Vis: 15-19ft
Waves: 3-4ft
Temp at depth: 59 F, not too cold
Current: light current on the way to the pinnacles, picked up a little on the way back.
4 divers showed up for the sandeaters dive this morning. I got there early and the ocean was calm. Leo and buddied up, and of course as soon as I got in the water I got pummelled by several waves.
I took mainly macro shots with my camera. A lot of fish were out today, including treefish, sheephead, and cabezon. Dolphins were near my on my surface swim back but I didn't see them. current picked up at the end of the dive. Exit was ok except the water was over my head 3-4 feet from shore! Leo, thanks for being my dive buddy.
pics: http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/PointDume20050313
Scott
Date: 3/13/05 9:10 a.m
Dive Location: Aquarium of the Pacific Long Beach CA
Bottom Time: 2 hrs 20 minutes
Max depth: Ground level
Vis: From one wall to the next, about 100 feet inside, 1 mile or more outside.
Waves: yes we waved at a few people and fish.
Temp: Don't know, mid to upper 60s or so.
Comments. Sarah (my diving daughter 6 dives, the last in 2002) Opted to skip Point Dume and go to breakfast at IHOP and then early to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach for Divers Day. Got there at 9:00 a.m. sharp, no waiting except for the door to open. Not crowded, but it was getting that way when I left.
Hey, this diving dry ain't half bad. But I still like my trusty wetsuit.
Dive Location: Aquarium of the Pacific Long Beach CA
Bottom Time: 2 hrs 20 minutes
Max depth: Ground level
Vis: From one wall to the next, about 100 feet inside, 1 mile or more outside.
Waves: yes we waved at a few people and fish.
Temp: Don't know, mid to upper 60s or so.
Comments. Sarah (my diving daughter 6 dives, the last in 2002) Opted to skip Point Dume and go to breakfast at IHOP and then early to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach for Divers Day. Got there at 9:00 a.m. sharp, no waiting except for the door to open. Not crowded, but it was getting that way when I left.
Hey, this diving dry ain't half bad. But I still like my trusty wetsuit.
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