mrabdiver111
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I had plans to head down to Monterey tomorrow and decided to scrub them due to monitoring the conditions all week and seeing that they were actually getting worse. I was down there last Sat. morning and viewed the washing machine in full spin cycle at Breakwater and watching some O/W folks getting pounded at the stairs. I ended up driving all the way around to Stillwater looking for a semi-decent spot to try and dive, checking out all the spots I knew of. Nothing looked even close to diveable, as Im sure alot of you saw for yourselves. I ended coming back to breakwater at around 2pm and saw that the tide had gone out and the seas had calmed a bit. My buddy and I suited up and attempted to find the pipe and hit the fields, since I had never seen it. Not a chance for us. The vis. was about 3~5 ft. and it got pretty surgy. After about 15 mins. we called it and went home.
I've heard that there is almost always somewhere to dive in Monterey when the conditions are crappy, or is that just wishful thinking? Also, does it have to do with the swell direction? I think the swells that weekend were from the SW as well as this weekend. If the swell was coming from the W, would there have been a protected area somewhere? Im just trying to get my head around this Monterey diving thing. I live in Concord and I dont want to drive all the way down there just to turn around.
Your guys' and gals' input would be much appreciated.
Rob
I've heard that there is almost always somewhere to dive in Monterey when the conditions are crappy, or is that just wishful thinking? Also, does it have to do with the swell direction? I think the swells that weekend were from the SW as well as this weekend. If the swell was coming from the W, would there have been a protected area somewhere? Im just trying to get my head around this Monterey diving thing. I live in Concord and I dont want to drive all the way down there just to turn around.
Your guys' and gals' input would be much appreciated.
Rob