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Courtneyf82
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Yea I just hope it can hold out till Im done tomorrow. Hope springs eternal
Monastery Beach Dive!
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Ben_ca
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Make sure to carefully evaluate conditions... BTW look at the post date 
Ishie
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I did Monastery yesterday and it was great. Vis really opened up to be nice and bright, walked in and out without any trouble (except that heart attack-inducing hill back to the car). Some big lings hanging out, and schools of blues winding through the kelp.
No landlord worries. Only saw 3 on the dive, and they were babies, biggest of them couldn't have been more than 14' long and when she came too close, I just punched her in the nose. (KIDDING)
Actually I kept looking off into the void, hoping to see some of the pelagics, but other than the schools of blues, nothing. Who do you have to pay off to see those cool purple jellies? While staring off in search of sharks, whales, or big jellies, I did run headfirst into a 6' Homo sapiens spearo. Fairly common species though. Fortunately, it was nonaggressive, and had its defenses sheathed so I didn't get my spleen perforated when I smacked into it. D'oh!
No landlord worries. Only saw 3 on the dive, and they were babies, biggest of them couldn't have been more than 14' long and when she came too close, I just punched her in the nose. (KIDDING)
Actually I kept looking off into the void, hoping to see some of the pelagics, but other than the schools of blues, nothing. Who do you have to pay off to see those cool purple jellies? While staring off in search of sharks, whales, or big jellies, I did run headfirst into a 6' Homo sapiens spearo. Fairly common species though. Fortunately, it was nonaggressive, and had its defenses sheathed so I didn't get my spleen perforated when I smacked into it. D'oh!
limeyx
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Ben_ca:I checked out Monastery this morning (Sat 1/4) The surface was flat and you could walk right in. No surge or waves
Let's hope it stays that way until this sunday when I attempt to dive it
(if my busted knee co-operates)
pterantula
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A bit late in the game here, but I just dove Monastery for the first time today....
So we started @ Monastery, then went up to San Carlos Beach (my the 5th time); 55 degrees actually isn't as cold as it once felt, and I got to chase some interesting fishies - elusive little buggers; it was a strong surf, and really surgey (I've been told that Monastery on a good day is the best dive in NorCal, and on a bad day is a real deathtrap...); got tangled in plenty of surge-blown kelp, and saw lots of neat orange, pink, white and blue anenomes; starfish for days.... Vis was about 15 ft at first, but gradually dropped to about 5-7 (the smidge of sun was overcast within minutes).
The fun part: the surf was pretty strong from the get-go, and we got knocked down on entry, and then upon my exit I got smashed in the face with a wave which tore my mask off; we crawled on our pathetic hands and knees out of the surf on to the beach....
(Interesting to know aboot the GW visits, since I mused on that very idea as we swam around... I love 'em, but glad I didn't see any today....)
cheers,
t
So we started @ Monastery, then went up to San Carlos Beach (my the 5th time); 55 degrees actually isn't as cold as it once felt, and I got to chase some interesting fishies - elusive little buggers; it was a strong surf, and really surgey (I've been told that Monastery on a good day is the best dive in NorCal, and on a bad day is a real deathtrap...); got tangled in plenty of surge-blown kelp, and saw lots of neat orange, pink, white and blue anenomes; starfish for days.... Vis was about 15 ft at first, but gradually dropped to about 5-7 (the smidge of sun was overcast within minutes).
The fun part: the surf was pretty strong from the get-go, and we got knocked down on entry, and then upon my exit I got smashed in the face with a wave which tore my mask off; we crawled on our pathetic hands and knees out of the surf on to the beach....
(Interesting to know aboot the GW visits, since I mused on that very idea as we swam around... I love 'em, but glad I didn't see any today....)
cheers,
t
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