Wrinkles March '05 Dive Planning Thread - Catalina Island

[slyder]

OUCH!! what a great day yesterday. but i can sure tell that i havent dove since january. i have muscles achying that i forgot i had. traffic was aweful too didnt get home till bout 9:30 last night. only one cure for this i can think of.. more diving

 

[ShakaZulu]

Thanks Christian for organizing this trip. I had a really good time, above and below the water. Nice meeting some new ScubaBoard dewds/dewdets. Should have taken a video of Shannon though, where's your camera when you need it?? Not going to say anything about the "ladies who likes ladies"..........

 

[divinman]

Thanks Christian for organizing this trip. I had a really good time, above and below the water. Nice meeting some new ScubaBoard dewd/dewdets. Should have taken a video of Shannon though, where's your camera when you need it?? Not going to say anything about the "ladies who likes ladies"..........

Great pics Shaka. Missed you at the shores this mornig. Angel sharks, humbolt squid and mantis shrimp. It was a good day to dive!

Terry

 

[HBDiveGirl]

Thanks to my wonderful dive buddies, Christian, Frank-O, Chuck, and Roy for 3 beautiful Catalina dives...I had forgotten what 60 foot viz looked like until Christian, Frank and I managed to be the first divers in the water (about 120 gearing up behind us) and dropped into the big blue room around the Sujac...Wow!! We tried to splash quietly so Roy's head could have a little more recovery time...especially since we had scheduled a first SI breakfast on the pier...with a JackHammer!! Thanks for all the stories from Friday night's adventures....divers DO have more...interesting...fun.
Great photos, Roy...really love the octopus on the swim platform...glad you could find some clear water in spite of the 'my-silt-cloud-is-bigger-than-yours" experiments going on elsewhere at the platform. When the dust settled, it was Hi-Ho-Silver and Away on the mystery compass heading of 240...boldly going where hardly anyone else in the park goes. It was odd, but fun! The unpredictable joys of UW communication... We did find those BIG bass over there and mobs of garibaldi.
Thanks, Chuck, for the fun third dive, checking out the Kismet, lobsters, senoritas cleaning the kelpfish, big bass, and getting to see the sun finally come out! The sun rays through the kelp was the perfect end for a fun day of diving.
TeqP and Captain Marvel: It was great to meet you both. Long drives, 0615 boat, cloudy skies, cool wind...and you hard diving animals got 4 dives in! Master's level, at least!!
Can't wait to see how much fun we can have on the April Wrinkles dive. Wait until y'all see the spiffy new SB banner...Thanks, Ted and NetDoc!!
Thanks, all!
Claudette

 

[ShakaZulu]

Great pics Shaka. Missed you at the shores this mornig. Angel sharks, humbolt squid and mantis shrimp. It was a good day to dive!

Terry

Thanks Terry, even though the vis was 60ft, there was still a lot of back scatter in the water. I made a nice video, but accidentally erased it.

 

[scubajunkee]

Hey everyone,

Geat meeting everybody: Headhunter, shakaZulu, HBDiveGirl, TeqP, & CaptMarvel. I had a great time diving Casino Point. I finally got to see my first Garibaldi outside the Monterey Bay Aquarium! This was one of the easiest cold water diving spots I've been to. I definitely will be bringing more of my NorCal buddies to this site.

Check out the pics I've shot: http://photos.yahoo.com/scubajunkee
Click on the "031205 Catalina Island" album.

Ericson

 

[scottfiji]

Hey everyone,

Geat meeting everybody: Headhunter, shakaZulu, HBDiveGirl, TeqP, & CaptMarvel. I had a great time diving Casino Point. I finally got to see my first Garibaldi outside the Monterey Bay Aquarium! This was one of the easiest cold water diving spots I've been to. I definitely will be bringing more of my NorCal buddies to this site.

Check out the pics I've shot: http://photos.yahoo.com/scubajunkee
Click on the "031205 Catalina Island" album.

Ericson

Nice pictures. I like the perched blue-banded goby. By the way, I think the x-mas tree worm is actually a phoronid, a different phylum.

Scott

 

[scubajunkee]

Scott,

Thanks for the correction. I wasn't actually sure myself, but it does look a lot like an Xmas tree worm. I'll Google around for other images to be sure.

Ericson

Nice pictures. I like the perched blue-banded goby. By the way, I think the x-mas tree worm is actually a phoronid, a different phylum.

Scott

 

[CaptainMarvel]

Good meeting everyone this past weekend. As Roy said, it was fun above and below water. Had five great dives between Sat and Sun. Look forward to diving and hanging out with you again... and also meeting more ScubaBoarders.

-Scott

 

[slyder]

'my-silt-cloud-is-bigger-than-yours"

hey wait as i recall my silt cloud was the biggest by popular vote
i would like to thank christian for inviting me to come over with you all.it was great diving with everyone. best day of diving i ever had.