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Looking forward to it! FWIW, according to the most recent source I can find, swimming under the wharf is not allowed, and the Aqua Tutus club recommends surface swimming well away from the fishing lines, before cutting back as you describe and going along the wooden section. I do have a trilobite in case I get entangled. Will be sure to post how it goes.
The only rays we saw were good-sized ones with the fins removed with a knife. Yuck. Visibility was a meager 1-2 m (3-6 ft.). No swell to speak of, but a surprising amount of surge, probably a full body length in the shallower parts. Our group of three descended on one of the first wood pylons and immediately lost each other. Surfaced again and decided to head back. Water was a warm 12C / 57F. I wanted to try again as a buddy pair, but none of the group was going back. Great day to practice navigation! I did spot about a dozen neon orange nudibranchs in the sand, that was the highlight. True to the reputation of the site, two of the three of us came out trailing some fishing line, despite swimming out well away from the concrete section.
