Monterey conditions. (let's keep it going )

[wnissen]

Here is an brief excerpt from Friday's two dives . . .

Great video, never get tired of seeing those jellies locomote.

 

[Eyegore]

Dove south Monastery this last Saturday and conditions were nearly if not exactly identical to what's seen in the vid.

 

[uspap]

Here is the other view of the dive with BB.

 

[uspap]

Two dives at Breakwater yesterday. Water temp 52 degrees. Vis was 20ft +/-. Best vis was past the drop off along the wall. Not as many Jellies underwater but more on the surface as you swam out. It looked like a boat must have gotten to a bunch of them because there was a lot of Jellyfish shrapnel in the water at the surface.

 

[uspap]

Dove yesterday at Breakwater. Saw Big Bella there as well. Vis was 10ft and a bit green. Vis was best below 35 feet but was still only a little better than 10ft. Most of the dive was less than 10. Still a great dive. Saw a Wolf Eel along the wall and an Octopus who was hunting. I heard Metridium pipe had 20ft vis or so earlier in the day.

 

[Bigbella]

Dove Carmel, between modest wave sets, and San Carlos Beach this morning; no sighting of uspap, however.

Both sites were in the 4-5 meter range with plenty of detritus thrown into the water column. A bit of a swell with water striking stairs on the Monterey side of the bay. Tons of jellyfish on Cannery Row; almost caught one straight in the face. A perfect time of the year for full face mask use . . .

 

[uspap]

Two dives at Breakwater today. Both dives along the wall. First dive 10-15ft vis. Second dive 20ft or more with Whale songs in the background. Surprisingly good vis compared to what people were saying yesterday. Water temp on second dive was 51-52 degrees. Definitely colder.

 

[Bigbella]

Two seventy minute-plus dives this morning, all by my lonesome -- one in Carmel; the other, at San Carlos Beach.

There was a definite surge off Monastery, early on, and a couple of wave sets to negotiate, before exiting. Visibility at both sites was reduced to about three to four meters; lots of algal bits and remnants of jellies.

Looked like The Smamp Thing, from all of the crap, accumulated on my gear, on shore, for those who recall 1970s comics; or, more memorably, bad Adrienne Barbeau (and the twins) movies . . .

 

[wnissen]

Two seventy minute-plus dives this morning, all by my lonesome -- one in Carmel; the other, at San Carlos Beach.

There was a definite surge off Monastery, early on, and a couple of wave sets to negotiate, before exiting. Visibility at both sites was reduced to about three to four meters; lots of algal bits and remnants of jellies.

Looked like The Smamp Thing, from all of the crap, accumulated on my gear, on shore, for those who recall 1970s comics; or, more splendidly, bad Adrienne Barbeau (and the twins) movies . . .

Interesting, the current "forecast" says its almost flat. I guess that's why we do the dives, though. I can picture you emerging, "berries and jellies and algae, oh my!"

 

[Bigbella]

Interesting, the current "forecast" says its almost flat. I guess that's why we do the dives, though. I can picture you emerging, "berries and jellies and algae, oh my!"

The swell, this morning, on the Carmel side, was certainly greater than "four feet at twelve seconds" -- but may well have settled out, by this afternoon.

Wasn't really a Chamber of Commerce day for Carmel, by the Sea . . .