Fun dive to Point Lobos Middle Reef with Stilldivin this morning.
Bottom Time: 45 minutes
Max Depth: 46 ft
Visibility: 10-15 at surface, 20-25 at depth
Water Temperature: 50F to 58F
Surface conditions: Overcast, glassy surface with a small swell rolling in, tide about half up the ramp. LOTs of kelp.
From the bluff there appeared to be one, meandering, path through the kelp this morning. Once in the water we could follow it, but had to shove aside lots of kelp to get from one clear path to the next. We kicked out 'til we were about even with the north side of Coal Chute Cove and dropped onto Middle Reef. We tooled along for a few minutes trying to find fish to film and came to the "other Hole in the Wall". I finally swam around to the other side and got a clip of Stilldivin peeking back at me through the hole. We continued along the wall, at a leisurely pace, turning around at 17 minutes...a little shy of half air so's we'd have a reserve if we surfaced in the middle of some kelp.
We followed the reef back, cruising along the edge of the sand channel, and following a generally south bearing as we got into the worm patch. Stilldivin eventually popped up for a look-see and led us along from there 'til we surfaced more-or-less at the boat ramp. I had a nice slip & fall on the ramp itself, but was still in about 20+ inches of water, so suffered nothing worse than a little embarrassment and a shot of adrenaline.
