So Cal conditions........

[ChrisM]

Redondo Canyon, 9/4/03

After seeing miles upon miles of red tide on a drive down from Pt. Mugu on Wednesday, and a report from a diver coming out of the Canyon of 3-5 viz all the way down to 120', and a bumpy surface swim out, we weren't expecting much.

Dude must have been on crack. Below 30' or so, viz opened up to 30+, beautiful dive. Tons of nudibranchs, two baby horn sharks, massive sheep crabs eating remains of a ray, with sarcastic fringehead and shovelnose guitarfish hanging out for scraps, round rays, thornbacks..... all the usual critters.

86 feet, 41:00, 52 Suunto degrees, man that thermocline coming up felt like bathwater.

Some of Ross' pics can be seen here

Chris

 

[alaity47]

Nice pics. So where is Redondo Canyon, exactly? Looks like a neat dive spot.

 

[ChrisM]

On this bathymetric image , it's the canyon right above the PV peninsula that runs almost right to shore.

On a map, it's roughly where Torrance Blvd. hits the sea, just south of the Redondo Pier.

 

[alaity47]

Thanks!

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