The Rocks, Rips and Reefs calss is beling held tomorrow 10 July at Point Dume at 0800 a.m. Who is going and do you want to do a dive after?
Rocks Rips & Reefs (3Rs) Point Dume Saturday
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wrinkles
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Did anyone end up going to this?
Ana
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I went and did the 3Rs, but no dive after 
due to lack of any buddy. Class was interesting. They are site specific designed to acquaint you with that particular dive site. The class opened with a biology teacher showing bottles with different species in them and briefly telling a little about them. Then we went into the specific of the different types of beaches and what type Point Dume was and the currents there. Then came the water time. We snorkeled out to a Baywatch boat" and motored over to the pinnacles. Did some snorkeling there and swam through the gap between the pinnacles. Then back on the boat and over to Dume Cove (the bail out beach on the other side of the Point). The Baywatch boat got a rescue call just as we got there so we jumped in an snorkeled around as planed while the boat left with the immortal words "I'll be baaaack!"
After a while they came back and took us back to the beach where as they slowly motored across the front of the beach we jumped in and swam for shore. Once there the fed us a great meal.
due to lack of any buddy. Class was interesting. They are site specific designed to acquaint you with that particular dive site. The class opened with a biology teacher showing bottles with different species in them and briefly telling a little about them. Then we went into the specific of the different types of beaches and what type Point Dume was and the currents there. Then came the water time. We snorkeled out to a Baywatch boat" and motored over to the pinnacles. Did some snorkeling there and swam through the gap between the pinnacles. Then back on the boat and over to Dume Cove (the bail out beach on the other side of the Point). The Baywatch boat got a rescue call just as we got there so we jumped in an snorkeled around as planed while the boat left with the immortal words "I'll be baaaack!"After a while they came back and took us back to the beach where as they slowly motored across the front of the beach we jumped in and swam for shore. Once there the fed us a great meal.
pasley:I went and did the 3Rs, but no dive after
After a while they came back and took us back to the beach where as they slowly motored across the front of the beach we jumped in and swam for shore. Once there the fed us a great meal.
Arnaud and I dive there often. Usually in the canyon to about 100 - 110 FSW or so. There is not tons of life there, but there is always something interesting. And for a coupld of guys with drysuits and E8-130's, the walk to the water is easy, and quick. None of that OCal stair schlep nonesense.
Last week when we went, it was just us and Spike with a Kayak Fishing group. We did the canyon for the first dive, then the Pinnacles for the second. It was a longass surface swim to get to the drop in point. I know Arnaud well enough that I didn't whine about it... if HE'S willing to make the swim, I knew it'd be worth it.
It was. I was blown away by the abundant life and topography of the pinnacles. He's done that dive a number of times, it was my first time, and I was loving it. So many fish, so many non-fishy things, abalone the size of hubcaps, huge rays, big sheephead, etc, etc. Of course, my cam was topside. :bonk:
As much as I think shore diving blows, I would do this dive again in a moment. We'll be back for the canyon as always, and conditions permitting, the Pinnacles are a must dive.
K
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I am leaving today for a dive trip out of Ventura tomorrow. We have planned to stop at Point Dume for a dive today (around 13 or so) on the way up. Point Dume is a great dive site. The canyon is, as Mo2vation said, interesting, and at night I bet great. The pinnacles are a swim (548 yards by the map) but well worth it.
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