video - diving San Clemente on the Great Escape

[robint]

Robin that video was great, plus I loved the music.
Thanks for sharing with us.

thanks! I really wish I had taken the camcorder in on the 2 dives prior to this one! My favorite dive site on San Clemente is definitely Pyramid Cove. Wowowwow!!!! I wish I had taken the camcorder on that dive. I told Capt Tim when I got back on the boat that I would like the boat to stay there the rest of the day. He laughed and said nope ... that dive site I think we saw some of everything, plus vis was easily 60' or more and the kelp was healthy.
If any of you are planning a trip to San Clemente, definitely request Pyramid Cove!

 

[RonFrank]

Ok, where are the Sea Lions, blacksmiths, etc.!

You are reminding me, of me! We saw all sorts of cool things, and neither Tom nor myself had working equipment for 90% of the cool stuff.

Nice Video, and I'm glad you enjoyed the trip. I am definitely going back.

 

[drbill]

duh, did I saw eagle rays? I meant bat rays! yeah, I know the diffference. I didn't get them on video but others on the boat saw a sand channel where the bottom was covered with them, they said maybe 12-15 of them. Wish I had seen that! I usually only see one at a time. This trip I had one swim directly at me and as soon as I slowly pointed the camcorder at him he turned and was gone, nothing but tail and sand in the video.

Bat rays develop cataracts and lose their ability to see clearly. I had one swim right toward me until it got within about 5 feet, then it did an abrupt 180... and swam right into the rocky reef and then the kelp. Fortunately I was filming at the time.

 

[robint]

Ok, where are the Sea Lions, blacksmiths, etc.!

You are reminding me, of me! We saw all sorts of cool things, and neither Tom nor myself had working equipment for 90% of the cool stuff.

Nice Video, and I'm glad you enjoyed the trip. I am definitely going back.

here's the blacksmiths.... no pics of the sea lions (we only saw them at the surface, some other divers had them play a bit underwater).

Zero photos or videos of the giant sea bass! That's because we were the only people on the boat who never saw them. Seems like every dive, there was at least one, but not where we were!