San Diego August 14-20

[divetahoe]

Hi all,

Am going to SD with family for that week. A buddy and I are going to steal away for a day of diving and would love a boat/itinerary recommendation from those of you in the area.

Thanks in advance!

 

[California Diver]

are you flying or drivign down? i wanna coem dive tahoe! ill take you for a dive at the shores if you take me for a dive in the lake.

 

[divetahoe]

are you flying or drivign down? i wanna coem dive tahoe! ill take you for a dive at the shores if you take me for a dive in the lake.

I'm flying, my buddy is driving. Shore dive, eh? I think he's looking for a boat dive, but I may be able to do more than 1 day, so I may take you up on the trade. Tahoe is nice right now, considering the air temp is around 90, the cold water feels great!

What are the water temps there these days?

 

[Kayak Diver]

The best day boat in San Diego is the Lois Ann.

http://www.loisann.com/

 

[divetahoe]

I am going to do a shore dive in La Jolla Cove August 17th. Anyone have any tips, hints, Parking tips :11: or want to come along for the fun?

 

[divinman]

I am going to do a shore dive in La Jolla Cove August 17th. Anyone have any tips, hints, Parking tips :11: or want to come along for the fun?

Get there REALLY early. If the swell is out of the north, dive somewhere else. Stay off Razor Reef, it eats divers..... I can't dive midweek but wish i could the cove rocks on a good day.

Terry

 

[divetahoe]

Get there REALLY early. If the swell is out of the north, dive somewhere else. Stay off Razor Reef, it eats divers..... I can't dive midweek but wish i could the cove rocks on a good day.

Terry

Thanks for the quick response. couple of follow up questions:
1. Whats' REALLY early?
2. What would be a good alternate if the swell is out of the north?
3. What is the current water temp in the area so I know what exposure suit to bring?

Thanks again!

Anyone else up for a midweek shore dive?

 

[diversteve]

Get there REALLY early. If the swell is out of the north, dive somewhere else. Stay off Razor Reef, it eats divers..... I can't dive midweek but wish i could the cove rocks on a good day.

Terry

I second the "REALLY" early part, the parking is extremely limited. We've sometimes had better luck coming in from the North on Prospect - just before you get into the downtown area go right on Coast, it's one way down to the Cove, because there's parking just north of the cove that's only accessible from that side. And it's as close or closer to the cove than the park parking to the south. So in effect you double your chances of getting a space doing it this way. (does this make sense?)

If you go through town and then down to Coast, you're limited to the parking directly in front of the Cove and the Scripps park, since there's a turnaround just past the north end of the cove. It's only about 30-40 spaces and you're competing with the kite fliers, tourists and everyone else.

See the attached image for more detail, the Cove is just left of center at the top, down in the lower right corner, right above the Google is the right turn onto Coast.

Steve

Edit: We've dove just maybe 2-300 yds. past the Childrens Beach further down Coast when we've been blown out at the Cove, there's more parking and there's a good entry between the flat rocks. There's a couple of huge rock formations in about 40-50' of water and if the tides right, there's a venturi effect so you get sucked out between them. And there's little plants growing on them so if you do get bashed into the rocks, it's cushioned. It's a great ride. It's just to the south of the point past the Childrens Beach. If you get to Wipeout Beach, you've missed it.

The entry is to the left of the Seal Rock title on the second image, maybe 1/2" (on the picture) to the south. You can see some sandy strips between the rocks. The ones closer to the point looked a little too rocky for us to attempt entry there. And actually it's closer to the parallel parking area.

 

[scottfiji]

Thanks for the quick response. couple of follow up questions:
1. Whats' REALLY early?
2. What would be a good alternate if the swell is out of the north?
3. What is the current water temp in the area so I know what exposure suit to bring?

Thanks again!

Anyone else up for a midweek shore dive?

you'll want a 7mm wet suit. the water can be warm at the surface (65-70), but there is often a thermocline somewhere between 15 & 40 ft, it can get down below 59. 7mm is the safest bet.

la jolla shores is better if the swells are from the N, but its a deeper dive, 60ft or deeper (no limit how deep you can go , most of my dives there are 65ft-99ft

I'm sure others will chime in here also with more detail, I don't get to dive in san diego that often.

early during the week is probably around 7AM.

Scott

 

[divetahoe]

We've dove just maybe 2-300 yds. past the Childrens Beach further down Coast when we've been blown out at the Cove, there's more parking and there's a good entry between the flat rocks. There's a couple of huge rock formations in about 40-50' of water and if the tides right, there's a venturi effect so you get sucked out between them. And there's little plants growing on them so if you do get bashed into the rocks, it's cushioned. It's a great ride. It's just to the south of the point past the Childrens Beach. If you get to Wipeout Beach, you've missed it.

The entry is to the left of the Seal Rock title on the second image, maybe 1/2" (on the picture) to the south. You can see some sandy strips between the rocks. The ones closer to the point looked a little too rocky for us to attempt entry there. And actually it's closer to the parallel parking area.

Thanks for all the great info, sjspeck... Are you sure you can't join us? Take a day off... drive a little , dive a little... I'll write a note to your boss, excusing you from work that day if that will help!