Sep 04 Dive Reports

[ScubaSeanMaui]

Thanks Terry! of course you are the u/w photo master. The sky pics were great!
You saw a lot of stuff I didn't see, which is very cool!

Next time lets do the far north wall. I can really visualize the topography now after that North wall dive. I want to see the other side!!!

Sean

 

[PnL]

When that triangle thingy disappears, it's a good time to dive!
Sean

Hmmmm ... you MUST be a Suunto diver

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

I must program myself for proper diving practices!!!
Any other computer have a micro-bubbling alert?

 

[Robert Phillips]

Any other computer have a micro-bubbling alert?

Your brain?

 

[mccabejc]

I don't know how you guys do it. Over 100 ft. max depth, and you're under for almost an hour. Wow.

 

[ShakaZulu]

Hey, stop hijiacking this thread........... Jim, the BT includes the actual bottom and the ascend time.

Jim, bring your weights.

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

The shores have a nice long gradual slope we go up after we hit our NDL(most of the time). We'd run out of time, go up, have some more time, explore more, keep heading back to the beach, ascending... It's a great diver-friendly slope!!

 

[Robert Phillips]

Location: Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach
Date: 9/15
Time: 8:45 A.M.
Bottom Time:60 min
Max Depth: 28'
Vis: Murky 10'
Wave height: 3-4' bigger on return
Temp at depth: 74 degrees
Surface Temp:76 degrees
Tide information: High tide
Comments: I met with three of my DIR buddies for our weekly skills dive at Crescent. The conditions have degraded from last weeks Lake Laguna conditions. Tuesday there was a lot of wind chop that today changed into a moderate swell. We did not go out very far so I am thinking that it may have been better further out than our location. Conditions were good enough for our plans though.
We dropped down into 13fsw and tied off a reel and ran about 75'-100' of line and tied that off to a rock, shot a bag and tied that off. Then we started our drills;Basic 5, ascents, S-Drills, OOA drills, and shooting DSMB's. After 45 minutes, we gathered up the reel, followed the line in and made our way underwater towards the shore. We surfaced in 8fsw and much larger surf and headed home.
Dive safe,
dive often.
Robert

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

Location: Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach
Date: 9/17
Time: 7:21 PM
Bottom Time: 44:40 min
Max Depth: 61 feet
Vis: 0-10 chunky. Cleared up a bit at deepest point
Wave height: 2-3' smaller on return
Temp at depth: 63 degrees
Surface Temp:76 degrees
Tide information: Lower Tide
Comments: Met up with Mr. Pasley at Cress Street, but the big swells diverted our dive trip over to Crescent Bay North. We kicked out and lined up with the stairs and flagpole a ways beyond Seal Rock. We headed 220 to Deadman's and hit it after a few minutes of swimming on sand. We went south encountering some really chuncky visibility down to 2-3 feet at the worst. We encountered the usual suspects: blacksmith, sheephead, treefish, lobster, some large bass, some scorpion fish, a cusk eel, a purple globe crab, shovelnose guitarfish, a few thornback rays, a round ray, and more. Melvin lead the dive, and brought us dead on where we started when we finished the dive in 6 feet of water. We elected not to do a 2nd dive since the visibilty was poor due to the swell action. Still an enjoyable dive!

pics: http://www.scubapost.net/gallery/crescentbay09162004

 

[hermosadive]

Location: Topaz Street Piling/Vets. Park, Redondo Bch
Date: 9/16
Time: 7:40 PM
Bottom Time: 42:00 min
Max Depth: 41 feet
Vis: 20+ feet
Wave height: 2-3'
Temp at depth: 73 degrees
Surface Temp:?? degrees
Tide information: yes, there was tide
Comments: Approx 12 of us from the divevets group broke off into smaller groups with the intent of night navigating to the Topaz pilings. Dropped down 15fsw into surprising good vis. Our group and 1 other successfully located the piling without too much trouble. Lobsters seemed to be enjoying their last few days of freedom and were willing participants in our "catch and release" program. We discovered a HUGE orgy-ball of sea hares getting their freak on, as well as juv. hornsharks and rays. Surfaces approx halfway back to the parkinglot in 6fsw, followed by a debriefing at the local pub.

Join us anytime. http://www.divevets.com for dive info.

Roland