BrianS
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Just curious of the Swells were pretty rough today from LB to Catalina.
So were the Swells really 9-12 ft today?
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double80s
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Vets was just a sloppy mess in Redondo. A couple buds when to Marineland in the afternoon. They said it had calmed down and had a good dive w/10' vis.
Big gathering of DiveVets and other tomorrow morning starting at 7am. They are cooking up breakfast food, bring some.
Big gathering of DiveVets and other tomorrow morning starting at 7am. They are cooking up breakfast food, bring some.
Yup.
I was on the Magician today to Catalina, and a lot of the people on the boat were getting ill on the way out. Some chose not to dive because they were still feeling it.
Some got tossed from their bunks. I felt that my bunk was trying to toss me out, but I held my place.
Water temp was 63F, and there was some current and the kelp was almost horizontal sometimes, even when 'sheltered' at Two Harbors. Wind got up to about 20 knots.
The trip back wasn't as bad.
I was on the Magician today to Catalina, and a lot of the people on the boat were getting ill on the way out. Some chose not to dive because they were still feeling it.
Some got tossed from their bunks. I felt that my bunk was trying to toss me out, but I held my place.
Water temp was 63F, and there was some current and the kelp was almost horizontal sometimes, even when 'sheltered' at Two Harbors. Wind got up to about 20 knots.
The trip back wasn't as bad.
The swells at Pt. Fermin were 4-8'+ this morning, and very close together. We listened to the usual Memorial Day Weekend emergencies on the VHF most of the time.
H2Andy
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oh man... i'm getting quesy just reading this stuff
John (wetrat) and I went out on the Seabass to the oil rigs today. I'd say the swells were about 4 ft, but had a lot of wind chop that bounced the boat around. It wasn't very pleasant.
Skull
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I was out off the Pt Loma Kelp today on my boat ...took my dive gear with me and called it off ...took my poles to fish a little in the kelp and called that off as well after spending at least 75 mins puking and trying to recover. Haven't been that sick out on the water since ...I can't remember.
The swells were 4-6 with an occasional 8'er in there to make it a very rough day on the open water. Tide was strong moving, with a southern current, west swells and wind was blowing hard from the south ....it was a freakin washing machine out there...
Hopefully tomorrow will be less aggitating...
Are you sure this is June ...cause I could a swore it was January out there ... not to mention this cold front is down right ...well cold.
However the water is warming a bit ~66 deg F
The swells were 4-6 with an occasional 8'er in there to make it a very rough day on the open water. Tide was strong moving, with a southern current, west swells and wind was blowing hard from the south ....it was a freakin washing machine out there...
Hopefully tomorrow will be less aggitating...
Are you sure this is June ...cause I could a swore it was January out there ... not to mention this cold front is down right ...well cold.
However the water is warming a bit ~66 deg F
At one point I'm lying in my bunk and I feel the boat bottom-out on a wave and start going up...up...up...up...and I'm thinking uh-oh!
Then the bunk dropped out from beneath me and on the way down while a few inches above the mattress I'm thinking 'Yeah, this'll hurt.' I made a soft landing, but I heard a bit of crashing aorund elsewhere in the bunkroom, near the bow.
It was one of those dives where you wanted to get into the water and under the surface as quickly as possible. The bottom was much more serene.
Then the bunk dropped out from beneath me and on the way down while a few inches above the mattress I'm thinking 'Yeah, this'll hurt.' I made a soft landing, but I heard a bit of crashing aorund elsewhere in the bunkroom, near the bow.
It was one of those dives where you wanted to get into the water and under the surface as quickly as possible. The bottom was much more serene.
LOL. Yeah right ! I would have been surfing today if it were 9-12 ft 
There was some West wind swell today. While most of the energy is blocked by the Islands, we also had classic Catalina eddy conditions today. This is responsible for the South East winds and large surface chop that we had today. This counter-clockwise circulation around the Island creates the low pressure system of disturbed weather over So Cal that is responsible for "June Gloom" conditions. This surface bump, and not ground swell, is what people were likely feeling on the boats
Regardless, there was still some decent sized surf slipping though the crease today. We had some little waist to chest high, short period thumpers at N. Crescent this morning. In fact, we took a clean up set on the head as we were wading out. I did not loose my mask despite being MSOF
There was some West wind swell today. While most of the energy is blocked by the Islands, we also had classic Catalina eddy conditions today. This is responsible for the South East winds and large surface chop that we had today. This counter-clockwise circulation around the Island creates the low pressure system of disturbed weather over So Cal that is responsible for "June Gloom" conditions. This surface bump, and not ground swell, is what people were likely feeling on the boatsRegardless, there was still some decent sized surf slipping though the crease today. We had some little waist to chest high, short period thumpers at N. Crescent this morning. In fact, we took a clean up set on the head as we were wading out. I did not loose my mask despite being MSOF
scottfiji
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Sean and I had a great dive at Old Marineland, entered and exited off the point. swells weren't too big there! - Scott
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