Jaye and I are coming to NorCal for my birthday weekend this year.
Last year I dove in Monterey during our annual T-Giving in Cambria week. This year I'm gonna hang close to the family and stay in Cambria and do my NorCal dive over my Bday weekend.
We'll fly up Thursday evening (I think Jaye has a cough coming on and will be sick on Friday 11/19... poor girl) so we'll be up for the weekend.
Last time up I dove the Monterey Express and could not have had a better time. As I drove, I brought the Water heater (e8-130) and ended up doing both dives with it. As we're flying in this time (to San Jose) we'll be renting cylinders.
SO - I need some advice. I'm thinking we'll boat dive on Friday, beach dive on Sat and go to the Aquarium on Sunday. Or maybe blow off the beach dive, do the Aquarium on Friday when its a little more mellow, and boat dive on Sat, maybe beach dive on Sunday.
I dunno.
I was looking in my log - last year I did two dives off the ME - one at a place called Honeymoon reef (great viz, beautiful dive) and the second off of Monastery Beach (about 60 FSW - beautifUl canyons and pinnacles, great viz). As I recall we anchored right on the edge - where it goes from about 50 FSW to like a zillion. It was pretty cool - off the back of the boat was essentially limitless depth, and off the Port side was about 50 - 60 feet. We could see OW classes entering the water from the beach. So clear. About 52 - 54 degrees.
So how's the shore diving? Should we boat dive it on Friday AND Saturday? I got no clue - been up there once and loved it. Can't wait. Maybe a night dive - I'd love to squeeze one or two in.
I'm making our airline rezzies this weekend. I would love to see some of you. I'm pretty fired up.
Ken
Last year I dove in Monterey during our annual T-Giving in Cambria week. This year I'm gonna hang close to the family and stay in Cambria and do my NorCal dive over my Bday weekend.
We'll fly up Thursday evening (I think Jaye has a cough coming on and will be sick on Friday 11/19... poor girl) so we'll be up for the weekend.
Last time up I dove the Monterey Express and could not have had a better time. As I drove, I brought the Water heater (e8-130) and ended up doing both dives with it. As we're flying in this time (to San Jose) we'll be renting cylinders.
SO - I need some advice. I'm thinking we'll boat dive on Friday, beach dive on Sat and go to the Aquarium on Sunday. Or maybe blow off the beach dive, do the Aquarium on Friday when its a little more mellow, and boat dive on Sat, maybe beach dive on Sunday.
I dunno.
I was looking in my log - last year I did two dives off the ME - one at a place called Honeymoon reef (great viz, beautiful dive) and the second off of Monastery Beach (about 60 FSW - beautifUl canyons and pinnacles, great viz). As I recall we anchored right on the edge - where it goes from about 50 FSW to like a zillion. It was pretty cool - off the back of the boat was essentially limitless depth, and off the Port side was about 50 - 60 feet. We could see OW classes entering the water from the beach. So clear. About 52 - 54 degrees.
So how's the shore diving? Should we boat dive it on Friday AND Saturday? I got no clue - been up there once and loved it. Can't wait. Maybe a night dive - I'd love to squeeze one or two in.
I'm making our airline rezzies this weekend. I would love to see some of you. I'm pretty fired up.
Ken
