October 04 Dive Reports

[scubapro5]

Date:13 Oct 04
Dive Location: King Harbor Outer Breakwall
Time:8:17 PM
Bottom Time: 54:40
Max Depth: 29 FSW
Vis: 20-30 feet of crystal clear water
Wave height: 1 foot with the occasional larger set
Temp at depth: 64 Suunto degrees
Surface Temp: 66 Suunto degrees
Tide information: HIGH 9:16 PM 5.8 feet Low tide 3:36 PM 0.3 feet

Hi Pasley we must have past each other on the breakwall last night. We were just leaving about the time you started your dive. I have 2 divers on my boat and another boat had 3 divers that hit the wall before you so that is part of the reason why you did not see too many lobsters,also there is alot less lobsters coming out of there holes compared to last week.

We ended up with 3 lobsters each on our boat.

Thanks for the report!

 

[pasley]

Hi Pasley we must have past each other on the breakwall last night. We were just leaving about the time you started your dive.

That certainly expains it. Another set of divers came and were suiting up as we were leaving to start the dive. I saw them walk out along the wall on the break water past us and enter ahead of us off the rocks. So we had them cleaning the wall ahead of us, and I did hear a boat leave shortly after we started our dive, just about the time we got to the corner.

Oh well. I guess next time I will jut have to accept an invitation on a boat.

 

[scubapro5]

Date:Oct 15 04 1st dive
Dive Location: Palawan ship wreck (boat dive)
Time:9pm
Bottom Time: 40min plus 20min deco
Max Depth: 115
Vis: 20ft
Wave height: 1-2ft very calm
Temp at depth: 52
Surface Temp: 63

Date:Oct 15 04 2nd dive
Dive Location: Redondo canyon (boat dive)
Time:12 midnight
Bottom Time: 25
Max Depth: 110
Vis: 20ft
Wave height: 1-2ft very calm
Temp at depth: 54
Surface Temp: 63

After 2 dives I managed to round out my limit of 7 bugs with 2 of them just over 4lbs each.

 

[whalerkyle]

Sweet as allways.

 

[Scot M]

Date: 10/16/04
Dive Location: Shaw's Cove, Laguna
Time: 10:00 AM
Bottom Time: 44 min
Max Depth: 51 ft
Vis: 20+ ft
Wave height: 2 ft
Temp at depth: 67
Tide information: high tide

Arrived at Shaw's at 8:45 to find Jim McCabe and Headhunter and about a thousand students. The sky was overcast, but the water was nice and clear with vis over 20 feet. We followed the reef around almost to Crescent and back. Not much to report, but it was a pleasant swim. Jim led us through the arch on our way back in. That was the first time I had seen it - pretty cool.

We were going to do a second dive, but I realized that I needed to get home. Sorry, Jim, for skipping out on you. I talked to Headhunter before I left, but I couldn't find you.

 

[ryanarcher]

Date: 10/16/04
Dive Location: La Jolla Cove - Rock Pile
Time: 7:00
Bottom Time: 48 min
Max Depth: 61 ft
Vis: 5-10 ft
Wave height: 1-3 ft
Temp at depth: 58
Surface Temp: 66
Tide information: mid to high
Comments: I showed up at the Cove at 6:15am and looked around for NurseShark100 - but it turns out she slept through her alarm. I waited until 6:30 and a two-some showed up to dive and I tagged along with them. I talked them into entering off Alligator Head and we kicked out a ways to the kelp and descended. They were not too sure about where we were going, but when we hit the rock pile they were very excited to see so many lobster - they kept pointing them out to me! Anyway, we saw the normal things, but I saw an orangish fish that was long and almost eel looking that I have never seen before. We hit 1500psi and we headed back. We surfaced when we hit about 20 feet and started seeing the lobster traps (all 3 empty). They elected to swim around to the Cove to exit and I went out at Alligator Head. I saw them getting close to the sand in the Cove and then I left - I had to be home so my wife, mother-in-law and I could get to a sports bar to watch the OU/Kansas St game!

 

[mccabejc]

Too tired to post a real dive report, but here's the abriged version:

Headhunter and I dove once yesterday afternoon, and twice today at Shaw's with ScotM. Overall, conditions were great this morning (15-20 ft viz). Water was very warm both days (high 60's), a little warmer today. On the second dive today conditions deteriorated a bit (5-10 ft, maybe more, but sandy/murky). 3-4 ft. waves, but a long time between sets, so entry/exit was easy. Tide was about +6ft. at around 11am, and there wasn't much beach available to sit on. This afternoon after the second dive, around 3pm, the sun came out and it was superb. Tide was very low, and all the rocks were exposed. And best of all my honey was waiting with turkey and cheese sandwiches on big soft chewy hardrolls Best sandwich I've ever had in my entire life. Parking was no problem either day, throughout the day.

Wonderful day, ideal conditions, excellent dive buddies. By the way, as a public service to the SoCal members of this board, Headhunter and I can confirm that there is NO reef about 1/2 mile (or was it a mile?) directly off the shore of Shaw's Cove.

 

[divinman]

Date: 10/16/2004
Dive Location: P38
Time: 0749
Bottom Time: 40
Max Depth: 133
Vis: 15-30
Wave height: flat and calm today
Temp at depth: 53
Surface Temp: 67
Tide information: LOW but coming in
Comments:

Great dive today. Vis was less than hoped for this wreck never disappoints. Saw the usual monster fish. 4' sheephead, 2' vermillion rockfish and a torpedo ray that mush have been three feet across. Short bottom time but nice dive. Sean spotted a bat ray 70 ft away, it must have been a large on because it looked large from that distance. No pictures from this dive. Perhaps some from Sean

Date: 10/16/2004
Dive Location: Scripps Canyon
Time: 10:02
Bottom Time: 44 minutes
Max Depth: 107
Vis: 15-25
Wave height: flat
Temp at depth: 59
Surface Temp: 67
Tide information: high tide
Comments:

Sean and had great time exploring the canyon on the second dive. There is always tons to see here and didn't disappoint today. 7 species of nudibranchs, rockfish, metridiums, tube anenomes and more. Was hoping for a wolf eel sighting since we were skunked on the first dive but alas it was not to be. Great dive and great burgers with Sean afterward.

Images are Here: http://photobucket.com/albums/v109/divinman/Scripps Canyon/

 

[pasley]

Date:16 Oct 2004
Dive Location: Staircase, Ventura County
Time: 11:05 AM
Bottom Time: 84:30
Max Depth: 27 FSW
Vis: 2-15 depending on location
Wave height: 1-2 feet
Temp at depth: 63 SUUNTO degrees
Surface Temp: 68 Suunto degrees
Tide information: High 10:42 AM 6.3 feet, Low 5:50 PM -0.3 feet
Comments: Lobster dive. Hike down a trail that is not too bad or too steep. In one place there are logs cabled together to form a sort of stairs or ladder, but not too steep. Entered at bottom of stairs and went straight out. Small rocks in surf zone for short way, then a sand bottom. On entry here I got hit by a wave comming out from shore, just a 1/2 second before I got hit by the wave coming in from the sea. Talk about being a sandwich! I was bracing myself for the incomming wave and just before I ducked for it I caught out of the corner of my eye, the wave comming off the beach starting to curl over on top of me. I was hit one, two. I have never heard of such a thing before.

Lots of reef structure here in terms of clumps of rocks all over the place. Good eel grass and kelp too. Schools of fish and aggregations too. Usual suspects. Caught two lobsters, one short and one clicker short. Swell was 6-8 feet and fun in the shallows

 

[pasley]

Date:16 Oct 2004
Dive Location: Deer Creek, Ventura County
Time: 2:36 PM AM
Bottom Time: 52:10 minutes
Max Depth: 31 FSW
Vis: 2-20 depending on location
Wave height: 1-2 feet on entry, 2-4 on exit.
Temp at depth: 63 SUUNTO degrees
Surface Temp: 68 Suunto degrees
Tide information: High 10:42 AM 6.3 feet, Low 5:50 PM -0.3 feet
Dive buddies: Wrinkles and Icy Ice. Thanks for the dive.

Dropped down in good visibility of 20 feet or so. Visibility quickly deteriorated as the storm moved in and the swell picked up too. Soon we were getting surge in 20 feet of water. Spotted the usual suspects and a few lobsters in their holes we could not get at. Still we had a good dive with lots of life. Sleeping horn sharks and bat rays, and the usual fish.