Monterey Diving 7/1

[Gilligan]

Since I am STRICTLY a warm water diver I have extra appreciation of your pics and where you are taking them.

I especially like the one with the Cod and the Starfish.

 

[Tortuga Roja]

Nice collection. Looks like it was quite a day!

Posts like yours sure make me want to dive CA again now that I am using a camera. Of course like Gilligan, I'm kind of a sissy about those water temps.

 

[Larry C]

Gilligan, I love your little guys! Do you make them or go out and pick them up on the internet?

I have to admit, yesterday at Point Lobos, I was pretty hypothermic. I was cold when I got in the water for the second dive, and at 50 degrees and 50 feet depth, I was shaking by the time 47 minutes rolled around. I blew through my air pretty well. Usually I do OK, but I may end up in a drysuit with 4mm thinsulate and merino wool underneath like my wife. She used to start shivering about 12 minutes in. Now she gives me hard looks when I want to start back! The cold (and watching out for two new buddies) did affect my shooting. I didn't get near as many good pics yesterday, and there was a lot of stuff out.

 

[pterantula]

Posts like yours sure make me want to dive CA again now that I am using a camera. Of course like Gilligan, I'm kind of a sissy about those water temps.

Just don't think about it too much, really; it's like regional air - you begin to acclimatize after several dives. I'm actually much colder while fully dry, planning my entry, as the wind blows off the waves; the water, by comparison, was much less annoying.

 

[Jim Ernst]

these are a couple of shots from the night dive this last weekend at the breakwater in monterey, didnt turn out as well as i expected but here they are!!!View attachment 35215

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[parabolic]

Jim those are nice octopus photos - can you make 'em a little bigger?

++Ken++

PS my mother's maiden name was Ernst, I still have Ernst cousins in Santa Barbara and Oregon.

 

[Jim Ernst]

just a couple more shots from monterey this last weekend!!!

 

[Jim Ernst]

Jim those are nice octopus photos - can you make 'em a little bigger?

++Ken++

PS my mother's maiden name was Ernst, I still have Ernst cousins in Santa Barbara and Oregon.

hi ken, i just tried to make them bigger, i either dont know how/what i am doing, that is likley, as the upload process wont let me go any larger, i will have to get with some one on the board here to help me learn how!! thanks for the complements on the pics though, i also have reletives in oregon and washington, ernst and clark all of them are up there!!

 

[Larry C]

Those are awesome Jim! The only time I've seen an Octopus in Monterey was in the barge or on the shale, and the only squid I've seen was a dead one. Where'd you find those guys?

 

[pterantula]

these are a couple of shots from the night dive this last weekend at the breakwater in monterey, didnt turn out as well as i expected but here they are!!!View attachment 35215

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Those are awesome... now, help an ignoramus out if you can here, but is Breakwater the same as San Carlos Beach? I keep thinking I've been to SC Beach but never Breakwater... is that right or am I off-base?
Thanx! Would love to meet an octopus face-to-face... (0-for-3 on Molokini...)