Surf at New Marineland this morning

[MaxBottomtime]

The water looked a little better on Tuesday, so Merry and I loaded up the Bottomtime Buggy and headed down to New Marineland this morning. We could hear the thunder before we reached the stairs above the snack bar.

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[FrankPro1]

I couldn't believe how much swell there was today at OML. The swell model was showing very little action. Charlie and I saw your post on the BBS forums, but we decided to check it out for ourselves. The color of the water was surprisingly nice, but the surge and swell was just way to aggressive. We headed up to Honeymoon's and were blessed with very little surf. We even got 20ft of vis! There was an incredible amount of life out today too. I'm waiting till my photobucket uploads finish and then I'll be postin a report

 

[Divebum Don]

Dear Maximum,
When I hear the rumble @ my house I'll call ya and save ya the trip ;~) ...like this morning

...why ya got Thursdees off??

 

[MaxBottomtime]

We just got back from New Marineland. At high tide (12:27) I saw the biggest set of waves I've ever seen at there, easily over nine feet. KK, the girl from the kayak rental said two young divers went in yesterday despite telling them it was unsafe. They swam all the way to the point, then back again. They said she was right, it was nasty and dirty. It doesn't look as if it will clear up any time soon.

 

[FrankPro1]

At high tide (12:27) I saw the biggest set of waves I've ever seen at there, easily over nine feet.

Both yesterday and today the bouy's have been reading a 2ft swell @ 12 seconds coming out of the southwest and a 1 ft swell @ 6 seconds out of direct west, with very little wind swell. I wonder whats going on at Marineland. Yesterday it should have been good conditions for diving and today should have even been better. Both Christmas Tree and Honeymoon had minimal swell, with Honeymoon being the flattest. I know not to always go by the bouy readings because its taken from far off shore, but I've never seen this drastic contrast of actual observed conditions v.s bouy data.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

We went up to Del Cerro Park for lunch and could see milky water all over the southside. Jeff's Rock, the big piece of granite on the beach at Marineland had waves going well over it, depositing rocks on top. Yesterday the wall on the side of Jeff's Rock was four feet high. Today it was only a foot. The waves have piled three feet of new rocks on the beach in less than 24 hours.

 

[FrankPro1]

I went to pick up a used tank today from Vets park, I took some pics on the way back to Pedro.
Conditions didn't look too bad at Vets but Christmas Tree and Honeymoon looked even better. I didn't get any pictures of Marineland, but on the drive back I saw some huge rollers coming into Abalone Cove. Anyone up to a Honeymoon dive tomorrow? Say between 12:00-1:00

Vets:

Honeymoon:

Christmas Tree: