Monterey conditions. (let's keep it going )

[Drin]

Viz was good at Breakwater this afternoon - about 15'. Chop at the surface, surge below and the incessant noise from the engines of the cruise ship moored in the bay made it less than pleasant however.

-Adrian

 

[JotWEST]

Dove Coral Street today. 15 ft vis with lots of life out; Seals, sealions, schools of fish, game fish, whales. Pretty choppy on the surface and plenty of surge underwater. It was manageable in deeper water but I got tossed around when I went shallower. My dive buddy and I also stumbled on shipwreck in about 50ft of water. Big piles of line and broken pieces of siding were on the bottom for over ~50ft. I even found two shafts with the remnants of propellers still attached.

 

[marcus8]

Dove Breakwater yesterday. Not bad....bout 15' for most of it, but it opened up the further down the wall we got. Had some nice interaction with plentiful sea lions at our furthest point. We dropped at #9 and meandered northeast along the wall for a good 30 mins before turning around. The viz opened up to 30' in some shallow spots, bout 25 foot depth, way out along the wall. Big schools of blues. Probably a dozen or so lings. Nudis and crabs, the usual assortment in plentiful numbers. Couple small patches of squid eggs out in the sandy floor. Fun colorful dive.

I should add that we had to walk away from N Monastery before heading to the bay. We showed up a bit late, bout 10:30am, and a couple of divers had just been rolled out of there and had a tough crawl up the beach. Wind chop but some heavy rollers hitting the shoreline as well. Didn't take long to make that decision. They did claim to have about 30' of viz out past the kelp amongst the big boulders before the trench.

 

[mobeeno]

Dove Breakwater Monday. Vis was enough for looking at the wall but on the opposite side, would not see a mola mola if there was one 7' away. Saw two octopus and a spark plug.

 

[uspap]

Dove North Monastery today. Entry waves were not too bad. A bit surgey in the shallows. Got out around the point and vis dropped off a little. Vis was 30-40 and blue. Can't complain. Followed that up with 2 at Breakwater because I had a couple partial tanks I wanted to burn off and the shallows at Monastery weren't the calmest. Vis at Breakwater was 10 ft with patches slightly better. Breakwater was pretty calm. Can't complain. Topside was amazing.

 

[lostsheep]

Coral St was really nice today:

No swell, slight surge, and approximately 20'-25' viz.

 

[JotWEST]

Dove Breakwater for a drysuit class. A little swell and surge, vis was between ~12'-6' depending on if you found the dust trail of a bigger class. The water seemed warmer than yesterday, but I couldn't figure out why.....

 

[lordhelmet]

Macabee yesterday, perfect conditions topside, vis 25-30ft. Great time to be diving.

 

[Ouvea]

Was at Point Lobos today. Swam from halfway to the end of Middle Reef and then onto Granite Point Wall. Had 15-20 feet, well inside the cove. At the end of Middle Reef, it opened up to 40 feet with moderate surge. Visibility at Granite Point Wall was around 40-50 feet as well, although the surge picked up. Did not notice it as much on the backside of Granite Point Wall, until we ascended over it. I usually never swim along Middle Reef and always see it as an obstacle on my way to Coal Chute cove. It's tall walls toward the end gave me a new perspective on what I previously considered a nuisance.

It's nice to have such favorable conditions, especially since the low visibility conditions of the summer months are just around the corner.

 

[Vegan Shark]

Sounds nice! I've been avoiding diving since I thought the green summer conditions were in full swing, but sounds like I need to head down there this weekend.