Video: 4/4/09 Saturday at Granite Point Wall

[Gombessa]

Hey all,

Sorry to hear that Monterey presented sludgy conditions for the M&G, but it sounds like it was a fun gathering and some of the ones who headed down to Carmel found some good conditions!

We ended up with a team of 6 (is that a gaggle?) at Point Lobos. We split up into two teams of three, and somehow managed to stay together from Middle Reef to GPW. There was quite a bit of surge (at one shooting me through one channel almost right into Doc Wong's camera) but it was a fantastic dive. Vis was about 15-20ft at Middle Reef, opening up to 25-30ft at GPW. CKM led our group and besides performing a supreme job navigatin' us around, also showed me Itchy and Scratchy for the first time and found a huge male Sheephead hiding under a ledge in Middle Reef.

The surge made for rough footage, so it's a bit short and jerky this time:



Larger version at: YouTube - Assault on Granite Point Wall

 

[kwest]

Thanks for posting Kenn!

That looks just about how the viz was at Monastery. Spring had sprung on our dive we saw thousands of tiny fish, including baby pipefish.

(((kevin)))

 

[Gombessa]

Thanks Kevin!

Besides the big wolf eels and sheephead, we didn't see too many fish yesterday, though I have been noticing a a lot of bigger vermillions out lately.

One thing's for sure though, the kelp is really coming back, fast! I can't wait to see what it's like this time next month.

 

[DocWong]

Awesome diving with you. I'll put up the video footage I got as soon as I get them edited.