vetdiver
Contributor
Hi, all-
I'm sure Divinman and Divekim will post a dive report on Scubapost, but since SOME OF US do not have access to Scubapost at work, I thought I'd post this here! I got a few nice pics, but I don't have a card reader or personal computer out here yet, so everyone, put on your imagination photo viewer...
The cast - usual suspects (Divinman, DiveKim, ChickofheSea) and me, the newbie to San Diego!
Location - Villacitos, 5:30 am
Surf - not bad, sets coming in maybe every 12-15 seconds (is that how you describe this?) with maybe 2.5 -4 ft waves. Waves were pretty gentle, though. I am feeling a bit more confident about surf entries, thanks to the encouragement of Divinman! I do still get a bit stressed, but not nearly as much as I was about a month ago.
Temp - 52 degrees (below about 45 ft) - a bit warmer in shallower waters.
Vis - not great, about 5 ft. But the surge was minimal until the end of the dive.
Max depth - 91 ft, dive time...I didn't look - an hour or so.
Nice swim out, the sun is starting to rise a bit earlier, so it was kind of light out. Lovely!
We dropped down in about 20 ft to swim out to the edge of the canyon, and I should have known what would happen when I saw a small (9 inches or so) live squid almost immediately.
There were scattered squid (most dead) and egg sacs, even at 50-60 ft depth - and as a result, there were sea lions. Lots of 'em!! I couldn't figure out who was making all that racket for a minute or two, and then I turned around to see about 20 sea lions - they came pretty close, playing and checking us out, and there was a big bull following Terry (Divinman) quite closely - he was wearing doubles, and as a result, was the biggest and most imposing of us...
Extra fun for the day - my fin must not have been all the way on my boot after the swim out, and I didn't notice...until my foot felt oddly light all of a sudden...I immediately began cursing, thinking I'd be buying new fins today...but fortunately, my fin was lying right there. Back on the foot, and moved on.
All in all, it was great - thanks yet AGAIN guys for welcoming me into the Dawn Patrol brood!!!
Now, I suppose I should do some work....good dives to all his weekend!
I'm sure Divinman and Divekim will post a dive report on Scubapost, but since SOME OF US do not have access to Scubapost at work, I thought I'd post this here! I got a few nice pics, but I don't have a card reader or personal computer out here yet, so everyone, put on your imagination photo viewer...
The cast - usual suspects (Divinman, DiveKim, ChickofheSea) and me, the newbie to San Diego!
Location - Villacitos, 5:30 am
Surf - not bad, sets coming in maybe every 12-15 seconds (is that how you describe this?) with maybe 2.5 -4 ft waves. Waves were pretty gentle, though. I am feeling a bit more confident about surf entries, thanks to the encouragement of Divinman! I do still get a bit stressed, but not nearly as much as I was about a month ago.
Temp - 52 degrees (below about 45 ft) - a bit warmer in shallower waters.
Vis - not great, about 5 ft. But the surge was minimal until the end of the dive.
Max depth - 91 ft, dive time...I didn't look - an hour or so.
Nice swim out, the sun is starting to rise a bit earlier, so it was kind of light out. Lovely!
We dropped down in about 20 ft to swim out to the edge of the canyon, and I should have known what would happen when I saw a small (9 inches or so) live squid almost immediately.
There were scattered squid (most dead) and egg sacs, even at 50-60 ft depth - and as a result, there were sea lions. Lots of 'em!! I couldn't figure out who was making all that racket for a minute or two, and then I turned around to see about 20 sea lions - they came pretty close, playing and checking us out, and there was a big bull following Terry (Divinman) quite closely - he was wearing doubles, and as a result, was the biggest and most imposing of us...
Extra fun for the day - my fin must not have been all the way on my boot after the swim out, and I didn't notice...until my foot felt oddly light all of a sudden...I immediately began cursing, thinking I'd be buying new fins today...but fortunately, my fin was lying right there. Back on the foot, and moved on.
All in all, it was great - thanks yet AGAIN guys for welcoming me into the Dawn Patrol brood!!!
Now, I suppose I should do some work....good dives to all his weekend!
