March 15th Pt. Lobos Planning Thread

[Chuck Tribolet]

This comes from a guy who runs an annual club dive at Pt. Lobos. 2008 will be the thirteenth year,
and most years we've had all the spots. And I make a whole bunch of reservations for just myself.

1. If you make the reservations just after midnight (I do this for the club dive), you are very likely
to get them.

2. If you make the reservations at 6:30 a.m. (I do this for my own reservations), you are still likely to get them. 28 times in 2007 and I might have got beat out on one or two.

3. If you aren't willing to get up early, you don't deserve to dive Lobos.

4. This is the most pertenant: there's always a lot of churn the last week. People get sick, get
pregnant (had that happen twice), get shipped off by their boss to some first, second, or third
world country. I usually end up having to scramble a bit on Friday night to fill the last couple of
spots the next morning. So, have a good list of the "I wannas".


And how about picking a day when the tides allow me to lauch my boat. ;-)

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

This comes from a guy who runs an annual club dive at Pt. Lobos. 2008 will be the thirteenth year,
and most years we've had all the spots. And I make a whole bunch of reservations for just myself.

1. If you make the reservations just after midnight (I do this for the club dive), you are very likely
to get them.

2. If you make the reservations at 6:30 a.m. (I do this for my own reservations), you are still likely
to get them. 28 times in 2007 and I might have got beat out on one or two.

3. If you aren't willing to get up early, you don't deserve to dive Lobos.

4. This is the most pertenant: there's always a lot of churn the last week. People get sick, get
pregnant (had that happen twice), get shipped off by their boss to some first, second, or third
world country. I usually end up having to scramble a bit on Friday night to fill the last couple of
spots the next morning. So, have a good list of the "I wannas".


And how about picking a day when the tides allow me to lauch my boat. ;-)

 

[sarita75]

And how about picking a day when the tides allow me to lauch my boat. ;-)

Well CT - far be it from me to say anything to you but you could always swim out like us poor suckers! You might like it!

As for picking a date for you + boat - .... well, that is just one consideration I have even begun to think of! Hope you are well.

 

[ryssyr]

hey all-
anyone have a spot for me??? j/k!
Sarah- you think this is bad, wait until we make you organize the boat dive!!!
no worries- keep doing what you're doing, i'll try to make the next one- couldn't get there this time! maybe there should be a sign up sheet for every month (if this "get together" is going to continue). i like the idea , it gives me a reason to try and get some dives in (coming from Sacramento and all)
thanks!!

I just confirmed that my dive buddy will NOT make the trip. I have one spot open. PM me to coordinate.

 

[sarita75]

Jon will not be able to join us, so can we have Alphonsis pair up with you? Alphonsis, please be in touch with Rsyssr. Thanks to both of you!

Now, we need to see if it is possible to find 2 spots for AGWatts.....

 

[mikeguerrero]

Sarah,

I can't believe the 15th is almost here! Because of your first MAG in January I got the chance to meet the cyber divers and had a blast, I can only expect the same at Lobos on the 15th.

Thanks,

MG

 

[SoCalAngel]

hi all.... see you all in just 6 more days...

 

[sarita75]

Looking forward to seeing everyone, although the weather is looking like I might have struck out on the date for this time around. Early still though - so fingers crossed.

 

[micboucher]

Looking forward to seeing everyone, although the weather is looking like I might have struck out on the date for this time around. Early still though - so fingers crossed.

I think we need to start chanting to the weather gods again.

 

[Baconated]

Looking forward to seeing everyone, although the weather is looking like I might have struck out on the date for this time around. Early still though - so fingers crossed.

.THU...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
NW SWELL 8 TO 12 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN.
.FRI...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
W SWELL 10 TO 14 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.


The swell is getting bigger as the week goes on. Hopefully things change for the better. I guess this will probably kill (or relocate) the Monastery night dive though, eh?

Nathan