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Dive Site: Pinnacles @ Point Dume
Date: Sept 15, 2011
Conditions: sunny, a little breeze, small waves, but mostly protected by the point. Entry at low tide.
Water Temp: Surface 68 degrees, 48 feet (bottom) 62 degrees
Visibility: variable worst was about 8, outside of the far pinnacle 15-20
Dive Buddys: Surfinusa555
Comments: viz great further out but the surge on the way back in was rough. Lots of marine life and an overall nice dive.

 

[geoff w]

Dive Site: Pinnacles @ Point Dume
Date: Sept 15, 2011
Conditions: sunny, a little breeze, small waves, but mostly protected by the point. Entry at low tide.
Water Temp: Surface 68 degrees, 48 feet (bottom) 62 degrees
Visibility: variable worst was about 8, outside of the far pinnacle 15-20
Dive Buddys: Surfinusa555
Comments: viz great further out but the surge on the way back in was rough. Lots of marine life and an overall nice dive.

Yeah - what he said, but one day later, Sept 16. Maybe 30 ft viz at the pinnacles on the outside, easy surf, no current, and a sea lion came down to check us out.
Dive Buddies: Glynn, Eric and Surfinusa555

 

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Dive Site: Malibu Road
Date: Sept 24, 2011
Conditions: Overcast, 8am dive approaching high tide
Water Temp: Surface 66 degrees, 26 feet (bottom) 64 degrees
Visibility: variable, between beach and kelp it went toward 0-3, further out better viz max at 15-18 seaward side
Dive Buddys: Surfinusa555
Comments: Seal came to play, Garibaldi and GIANT kelp bass maybe 5 ft? Came out into a pile of kelp... like a swamp thing movie....

Absolutely no lobster here so stay away Sept 30!!!!

 

[milkmood]

Any new reports? Coming over from AZ this weekend. Show us your favorite dive site?

 

[geoff w]

Dive Site: Malibu Road
Date: Nov 10, 2011 7PM
Conditions: Overcast, small waves on entry, none on exit, close to a full moon, light surge
Water Temp: 56 degrees
Visibility: Good visibility - 10 to 15 ft
Dive Buddies: 4 others
Comments: A surprisingly good dive. Headed east from the entry point half way down the street to the reefs about 18 to 20 ft. A few lobster, but only saw 1 that was legal size. Some nudis, a horn shark, tiny halibut and an octopus. Decent variety of fish out, including some nice looking bass

 

[surfinusa555]

Site: Deer Creek Road - West of stairs
Date: 12/22/2011 09:55 am
Conditions: 1-2 ft surf, small surge, some wind-generated current on the surface
Water temp: 54f @ 24ft
Vis: 10-15 in inner reef, 15-20 outer reef and urchin barrens
Dive buddy: Sean
A great dive. Was visited by fish and game (yay!), but I wasn't hunting. Beach dives have been fabulous this month. Get out there while you can!

 

[surfinusa555]

Site: Leo Carrillo - far west near surf spot
Date: 12/28/2011 09:10 am
Conditions: 1-2 ft surf, small surge
Water temp: 54f @ 35ft
Vis: 10-15 in inner reef, 15-20 outer reef and urchin barrens
Dive buddy: Burner16
Did a few dives at this spot over the past couple days. Good conditions here. Great day in Malibu.

 

[blue steal]

Site: Diver Cove, Laguna Beach
Date: Saturday 12/24/2011 entry @ 1020
Conditions: 1'+ surf, slight surge, clear, sunny, and warm day
Water Temp: 57, max depth 35'
VIS: 15' +/- a couple of feet
SOLO
Dove straight out from divers cove to kelp beds around lobster traps, no lobsters to be seen.
Saw Octopus walking across sand, scallops, good variety of fish.
Maybe 10-12 divers total out at divers cove.
Parking plentiful, meters take card cards, $2.00 hour

 

[blue steal]

Site: Divers Cove, Laguna Beach
Date: Saturday 01/14/2012 entry @1016 at north side, exit Heisler park
Conditions: 0-1' max surf, very slight surge, high clouds, no wind, ocean surface smooth as glass
Water Temp: 59F at surface, 57F at depth
Depths: Max 34', average 20'
BT: 91 minutes
VIS: 15'-20'
SOLO
Comments: Parking is plentiful by meters (quarters or credit card), but free parking further up at shaws cove.
Excellent variety of fish, loads of lobsters, few rock scallops, couple of bat rays, tongue flat fish in the sandy areas.

 

[geoff w]

Site: Escondido Beach, Malibu
Date: Sunday March 4, 2012 11AM
Conditions: As easy and nice as a beach dive gets ever, with air temperature in the low 80s (in March) - totally calm
Water Temp: 56F at surface, 54F at depth
Depths: Max 30', average 18'
BT: 45 minutes
VIS: 20-30'
Dive Buddy: Scott, Rich, Claes

Swam out from beach toward Pt Dume (compass heading 210). First reef out was nice, second was spectacular. Plenty of lobster, horn shark, star fish, and a few of lots more interesting critters (cowry, Garibaldi, octopus, giant sea snails, bass, cabezon, spanish shawl). Everything looked so healthy. My wife was there when we got out and said she would have done the beach dive with us today - a first!