Monterey conditions. (let's keep it going )

[freddydives]

Did five dives (Tuesday and Wednesday), two at McAbee, three at San Carlos beach. Viz was between 15 to 30 feet in most areas and made finding the pinnacle and following the pipe to the metridium fields super easy. Water temp was slightly warmer (57 the highest recorded on my computer, 52 the lowest).

 

[uspap]

I was wondering how Metridium was. I was at Breakwater Tuesday and vis looked like it might have been better at Metridium. Glad it was nice out there. I had a water temp of 48 along the wall. I should have waited a day.

 

[freddydives]

I was wondering how Metridium was. I was at Breakwater Tuesday and vis looked like it might have been better at Metridium. Glad it was nice out there. I had a water temp of 48 along the wall. I should have waited a day.

A good 20 to 30 foot viz at the Metridium on Wednesday. We could almost see it from the end of the pipe.

 

[Bigbella]

Two dives this morning -- one at Carmel (North Monastery) and the other in Monterey (San Carlos Beach).

The algae has finally arrived at both sites, though not nearly as bad as the chocolate milk Summer of a few years ago, since the water yet remains on the colder side (12˚C / 53˚F) -- though it was about as green as that famous frog sock puppet at the Smithsonian.

Visibility was about five meters at best, better in Carmel, but generally far less than that inside the Bay.

If you desperately needed to get wet, I can respect that; but, truly, the drive and the late July incompetent tourist traffic just ain't worth it -- and the CHP have been out en masse, to pad those end of the month "quotas which aren't quotas" . . .

 

[freddydives]

Three dives at Breakwater. Surgy and viz sucked. Couldn't even see my dive computer in some places. Lowest temp was 49 near the wall. North Monastery had spoiled us with almost 50 feet viz last week but we didn't want to get our butts kicked with today's swell forecast

 

[Bigbella]

Monterey conditions: not so hot, with the hit and really miss Maccabee Beach, set, yesterday, for Braille -- only 800 meters or so, down Cannery Row, from San Carlos; and with the dozens of fragrant, barking sea lions, is tantamount to swimming the Seine, though admittedly with less-rude camaraderie.

Water testing at the tiny beach between the two sites, adjacent to the Breakwater (accessible via a cement stairway between hotels) had E. coli and Enterococcus numbers through the roof.

My funkified gear is still soaking in Steramine; so am I . . .

 

[Bigbella]

It looks like the Breakwater / San Carlos Beach will once again be open, as of 4 October; but I would still avoid it like the plague or, say, boy bands -- same thing, really -- for a few days, since recent water testing (last Monday) still had sky-high E. coli and Enterococcus numbers on site. The area still reeks as far as Maccabee Beach, 800 meters away, if the wind blows) -- and local bacterial numbers as high than those from that "accidental" Seaside sewage spill in 2018, which closed the entirety of Cannery Row:

"Initially, the agency estimated that as much as 4.9 million gallons of raw sewage flowed out of the treatment plant’s outfall, which is two miles offshore of Marina. Within a day, the estimate was revised to 4.4 million gallons, and by Jan. 30, to 2.8 million gallons; the estimate is expected to go down further.

"Nonetheless, Monterey One Water General Manager Paul Sciuto does not want to minimize the severity. 'It’s unacceptable,' he says of the spill . . ."

 

[jellycatsdad]

It looks like the Breakwater / San Carlos Beach will once again be open, as of 4 October; but I would still avoid it like the plague or, say, boy bands -- same thing, really -- for a few days, since recent water testing (last Monday) still had sky-high E. coli and Enterococcus numbers on site. The area still reeks as far as Maccabee Beach, 800 meters away, if the wind blows) -- and local bacterial numbers as high than those from that "accidental" Seaside sewage spill in 2018, which closed the entirety of Cannery Row:

"Initially, the agency estimated that as much as 4.9 million gallons of raw sewage flowed out of the treatment plant’s outfall, which is two miles offshore of Marina. Within a day, the estimate was revised to 4.4 million gallons, and by Jan. 30, to 2.8 million gallons; the estimate is expected to go down further.

"Nonetheless, Monterey One Water General Manager Paul Sciuto does not want to minimize the severity. 'It’s unacceptable,' he says of the spill . . ."

Also with the sea lion takeover, it’s ripe for an algal bloom. I dove it Saturday, it was like diving into a bowl of bad pho or beef broth. But, I somehow ended up on a boat and it was beautiful diving down to Aumentos Reef and Eric’s Pinnacle - I’m glad I got my AOW done.

 

[Jeff_O]

Also with the sea lion takeover, it’s ripe for an algal bloom. I dove it Saturday, it was like diving into a bowl of bad pho or beef broth. But, I somehow ended up on a boat and it was beautiful diving down to Aumentos Reef and Eric’s Pinnacle - I’m glad I got my AOW done.

I would hope that I can check in the future to see a better report on the water quality at the breakwater. Lovers Point, is it also water quality degraded?

There are only so few easy access locations in Monterey Bay for ones like myself that want to continue diving, but are recouperating from surgery, though still will like to do diving. A wagon on a path and sand beach on the most calm days of like 1ft waves, that is how it is after cubital tunnel syndrome surgery which yet has not really reversed nerve pain in hand. Cervical spine surgery could eventually be another surgery, but I will defer until an absolute necessity.

 

[lexvil]

I would hope that I can check in the future to see a better report on the water quality at the breakwater. Lovers Point, is it also water quality degraded?

There are only so few easy access locations in Monterey Bay for ones like myself that want to continue diving, but are recouperating from surgery, though still will like to do diving. A wagon on a path and sand beach on the most calm days of like 1ft waves, that is how it is after cubital tunnel syndrome surgery which yet has not really reversed nerve pain in hand. Cervical spine surgery could eventually be another surgery, but I will defer until an absolute necessity.

Go Saturday