undrwater
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LAJim:
Hey Jim, I'll dive with ya! When do you want to get out?
Squid Egg Shag Carpeting! Redondo Canyon! 1/28/07! Limited Engagement, Don't miss it!
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Hey Jim, I'll dive with ya! When do you want to get out?
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The surface at Veteran's Park is flat and calm (clam??) and glassy.
No wind.
Sunshine from beneath clouds.
It hasn't rained here since about noon.
Flat. 3 inch ripples sighing over the sand.
I don't know the visibility underwater, as there were no divers present at 4PM.
Looks like it could be a great night to dive.
~Claudette~
No wind.
Sunshine from beneath clouds.
It hasn't rained here since about noon.
Flat. 3 inch ripples sighing over the sand.
I don't know the visibility underwater, as there were no divers present at 4PM.
Looks like it could be a great night to dive.
~Claudette~
undrwater
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LAJim:
To quote Tevis: "done and done"
Leejnd
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Ooh! Ooh! I want to see this. I thought what I saw at the last full moon at Vets was a "squid run" -- clearly that was just a little hop, not a run!
I just read an article in our local paper about the dangers of being in the ocean within 72 hours of a heavy rain, due to pollution caused by the run-off. Is this a concern for anyone?
If I can get some stuff done, I'll try to get out there tomorrow night too....
I just read an article in our local paper about the dangers of being in the ocean within 72 hours of a heavy rain, due to pollution caused by the run-off. Is this a concern for anyone?
If I can get some stuff done, I'll try to get out there tomorrow night too....
LeeAnne... there are good reasons to be concerned about the influence of runoff and potential sewage spills after a rain. I can't speak for the Redondo site because I don't know it's configuration relative to potential problems.
Certainly one of the things I love about Catalina diving... outside of the immediate Avalon area (harbor), the only thing I worry about after a rain is whether the visibility will be any good.
Certainly one of the things I love about Catalina diving... outside of the immediate Avalon area (harbor), the only thing I worry about after a rain is whether the visibility will be any good.
I think that 6 tide changes should be good enough for Redondo to reduce the yuck from the rain... especially as it did not rain too long nor too hard, right?
I am up for diving tomorrow night. I need to take my son to baseball practice first.. over at 4:45. Anybody from Orange County want to carpool up there around 5 - 5:15? Puts us in redondo by 6 ish... to join dive vets??
PM me peeps... let's dive!
I am up for diving tomorrow night. I need to take my son to baseball practice first.. over at 4:45. Anybody from Orange County want to carpool up there around 5 - 5:15? Puts us in redondo by 6 ish... to join dive vets??
PM me peeps... let's dive!
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SoCalAngel:
I'll be there...maybe I'll do 2 dives? Either way, we'll get you in the water! Post on Divevets.com
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January 30, 2007
Vet's Park, Redondo Canyon
9PM splash
Max depth: around 95fsw
Total run time: about 50 minutes
Buddy: Scottfiji: The Ray Whisperer.
The conditions at Vets tonight were very VERY good!
Viz in the shallows was a solid 25+ feet, with little surge and no wave action. Trenches right below the water line make for amusing entries and exits, ("I'm up! I'm down! I'm up... again!"), but the lack of surf makes it harmless.
The visibility in the egg zone (65 - 95fsw) was about 20 feet... BECAUSE OF ALL THE PIG-PEN BAT RAYS SILTING THE PLACE OUT!!
Gee, who could I have been diving with?? The Ray Whisperer himself: Scottfiji.
I arrived at the agreed upon 8:30 PM to find Scott dripping wet, having just removed his scuba rig!!! omg, did I blow it? Didn't we agree on 8:30?!?!??
Yeah, we did...then Scott decided to go early to check on ALL THE SAND-PLOWING BAT RAYS, and tell them to "Wait right there, I'm gonna go get a buddy and be right back!!"
Scott's SI was my gear-up time, and we were soon heading back out to sea.
The buffet was in full swing, with everyone snacking on the house special: Squidimortis (thank you, Mo2vation, for that one
) Crabs, seastars, lobster, BAT RAYS, scorpion fish, more crabs, Kellet's whelks, moon snails and more. The Bat Rays were munching amongst the egg candles, and let us get quite close before they flew up and around us. In the clear water at 77fsw, my light tracked one fluttering up and away toward the surface, but clearly visible until more than 30 feet away.
We passed through many exploding brown clouds of mud, and I just kept hoping they were all bat rays rather than Pacific Torpedo novelty shock-buzzers! Yikes!!
The acres of eggs are just ridiculously fun to see. We maxed our time over this incredible sight, then back-tracked up towards the shallows again.
We found just a few nudibranchs as we followed the edge of the canyon back at about 35fsw: Fed Ex and Hermissenda. We were too close to the pier to find the Dendronotus fields.
The star-filled sky was calm as we eased up from about 6 fsw and walked out onto the deserted beach. We were the only divers in the main parking lot. The gentle waves sounded like some tropical vacation spot.... giving no hint of the flurry of mating, egg-laying, and munching going on just out of sight beneath the surface.
We are very fortunate to get to see what is invisible to millions of people living here.
It was a great Batty dive... Thanks, Scott, for whispering up all the Ray action.
The maturing eggs are showing many opalescent eye spots, even as more squid mate and lay new eggs. This party will continue for many days to come.
Enjoy!!!
'Dette.
Vet's Park, Redondo Canyon
9PM splash
Max depth: around 95fsw
Total run time: about 50 minutes
Buddy: Scottfiji: The Ray Whisperer.
The conditions at Vets tonight were very VERY good!
Viz in the shallows was a solid 25+ feet, with little surge and no wave action. Trenches right below the water line make for amusing entries and exits, ("I'm up! I'm down! I'm up... again!"), but the lack of surf makes it harmless.
The visibility in the egg zone (65 - 95fsw) was about 20 feet... BECAUSE OF ALL THE PIG-PEN BAT RAYS SILTING THE PLACE OUT!!
Gee, who could I have been diving with?? The Ray Whisperer himself: Scottfiji.
I arrived at the agreed upon 8:30 PM to find Scott dripping wet, having just removed his scuba rig!!! omg, did I blow it? Didn't we agree on 8:30?!?!??
Yeah, we did...then Scott decided to go early to check on ALL THE SAND-PLOWING BAT RAYS, and tell them to "Wait right there, I'm gonna go get a buddy and be right back!!"
Scott's SI was my gear-up time, and we were soon heading back out to sea.
The buffet was in full swing, with everyone snacking on the house special: Squidimortis (thank you, Mo2vation, for that one
) Crabs, seastars, lobster, BAT RAYS, scorpion fish, more crabs, Kellet's whelks, moon snails and more. The Bat Rays were munching amongst the egg candles, and let us get quite close before they flew up and around us. In the clear water at 77fsw, my light tracked one fluttering up and away toward the surface, but clearly visible until more than 30 feet away. We passed through many exploding brown clouds of mud, and I just kept hoping they were all bat rays rather than Pacific Torpedo novelty shock-buzzers! Yikes!!
The acres of eggs are just ridiculously fun to see. We maxed our time over this incredible sight, then back-tracked up towards the shallows again.
We found just a few nudibranchs as we followed the edge of the canyon back at about 35fsw: Fed Ex and Hermissenda. We were too close to the pier to find the Dendronotus fields.
The star-filled sky was calm as we eased up from about 6 fsw and walked out onto the deserted beach. We were the only divers in the main parking lot. The gentle waves sounded like some tropical vacation spot.... giving no hint of the flurry of mating, egg-laying, and munching going on just out of sight beneath the surface.
We are very fortunate to get to see what is invisible to millions of people living here.
It was a great Batty dive... Thanks, Scott, for whispering up all the Ray action.
The maturing eggs are showing many opalescent eye spots, even as more squid mate and lay new eggs. This party will continue for many days to come.
Enjoy!!!
'Dette.
Leejnd
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Wow, what an amazing dive report! Thank you for sharing that...and for being so beautifully descriptive. 
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