Wrinkles September Dive Catalina 9-18
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I really enjoyed meeting everyone and putting faces with names. Now, where and when is the next dive??
It was great meeting you all! I wish you all could have stayed until the 8:05 boat for the social event that followed. That ShakaZulu is one heck of a funny guy!
Special thanks to Jim (who brought his weights) and David who were both willing to dive with "the rusty guy" (that would be me). :11:
After getting up at 4:30am, scrambling to the boat and then getting home at about 10:30pm, I went right to sleep and then slept through the morning. Then I played catch up all day and night with stuff in general and am just now starting to catch up here on ScubaBoard.
I'm working my way up to trip reports now so I can get to sleep again and use tomorrow to try to finish catching up. Then I can do some more diving!
Now on to the next post that I haven't read!
Christian
Special thanks to Jim (who brought his weights) and David who were both willing to dive with "the rusty guy" (that would be me). :11:
After getting up at 4:30am, scrambling to the boat and then getting home at about 10:30pm, I went right to sleep and then slept through the morning. Then I played catch up all day and night with stuff in general and am just now starting to catch up here on ScubaBoard.
I'm working my way up to trip reports now so I can get to sleep again and use tomorrow to try to finish catching up. Then I can do some more diving!
Now on to the next post that I haven't read!
Christian
dazedone
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I had a blast with you guys! I hope I can make the next one.
jetfixer
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Nice meeting all of you saturday at Casino point!
Had 3 awesome dives, great lunch and Jdog and I found a nice local watering hole at the end. Can't wait to do it again. The only downside is the 4 a.m. wake up...ugh!! I will be at the Chocolate Lobster Dive with Jdog next saturday. Hope to see you all again soon!
Had 3 awesome dives, great lunch and Jdog and I found a nice local watering hole at the end. Can't wait to do it again. The only downside is the 4 a.m. wake up...ugh!! I will be at the Chocolate Lobster Dive with Jdog next saturday. Hope to see you all again soon!
mccabejc
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It was a blast meeting everyone: headhunter, dazedone, jetfixer, ann-marie, and some sort of humanoid underground dweller (possibly cannibalisitic...not sure). We had a great talk on the ferry over (damn, dazedone sure gets around !!). And great to see Shakazulu and Sean again. Headhunter and I had a real nice relaxing dive, even though the visibility was kinda low for Catalina, and it was a little surgy. He SAYS he hasn't dived since '96 (or was it '97), but that's hard to believe. Headhunter: anytime you want to dive, let me know. I'm there.
By the way, Pasley, we missed you. Your name came up a few times. All good.
I was surprised at how crowded Casino Point was. Who was it that mentioned that it must be a lot of folks coming back from getting their "resort dives" during the summer, and deciding they want to take certification classes.
By the way, maybe we can get Dr. Bill to talk to the Catalina Baggage folks to have them lug one of the lines of lockers from the pier over to the Casino. The Casino lockers get filled real quick, and I rarely see anyone use the lockers at the pier. Hey, maybe we have a business opportunity here. Can't be very expensive to buy some lockers. Hmmm.....
Anyway, I only got one dive in, then Myrna and I got some lunch, strolled around Avalon, and took the early (2pm) boat back. She and I keep agreeing that the folks we meet diving are always the nicest people .
By the way, Pasley, we missed you. Your name came up a few times. All good.
I was surprised at how crowded Casino Point was. Who was it that mentioned that it must be a lot of folks coming back from getting their "resort dives" during the summer, and deciding they want to take certification classes.
By the way, maybe we can get Dr. Bill to talk to the Catalina Baggage folks to have them lug one of the lines of lockers from the pier over to the Casino. The Casino lockers get filled real quick, and I rarely see anyone use the lockers at the pier. Hey, maybe we have a business opportunity here. Can't be very expensive to buy some lockers. Hmmm.....
Anyway, I only got one dive in, then Myrna and I got some lunch, strolled around Avalon, and took the early (2pm) boat back. She and I keep agreeing that the folks we meet diving are always the nicest people
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mccabejc
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Ooops, forgot to mention sapphire. And was Arnaud there? Next time....
sapphire
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The Wrinkles in Absentia dive was a great time. We missed you, Ana :07: and it wasn't the same without you zipping around underwater through the tiniest openings in the kelp. Also missed was Dr. Bill, Super Ken of the new titanium leg, Jan, Stacy, Debbie, etc etc...
BUT I got to meet some new folks and nice dive buddies: Jetfixr and JDog, Dazedone, Simon, Roy (and his non-diving spouse) and Ann Marie and Jessica. And it was great to see Jim (with all his weights) & Myrna, Christian, and Sean again. Oh, and a big thanks to my dive buddy Jonathan, for making me navigate all day. I practiced and really felt great about finding the Sue Jac, the Kismet and the Glass Bottom Boat, and only missing the Swim Platform by a bit (oh well, I need some more practice).
We had 4 really nice dives (well the visibility was not the greatest, but still OK, UNLESS you were near a class...
I was warm up until the 4th dive, it was hard to warm up in the afternoon from #3 when the shadows stretched across the parking lot and the breeze picked up.
Lunch and Happy Hour were both fun, thank you Arnaud for joining us after teaching your class! Oh, and why has no one mentioned that we have now found the best use for a snorkel??
The 6:15 ferry is great for arrival time, but a killer to wake up for -- I was envious of ShakaZulu and Ann Marie who stayed the weekend on the island! And I cannot figure out WHY it took so long for the truck to come get our gear! That took away from some of the fun as Sean and Simon had to rush through one drink to catch their ferry to Dana Point
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My favorite parts of the dives were the Sue Jac, the huge lobsters, the large schools of baitfish over by the swim platform (at one point we were almost entirely engulfed), and the kelp bass that just sit in front of your face, staring you down! What are they thinking?? We missed the giant black sea bass (darn!) but I did see a nice bat ray.
Here are some pics
BUT I got to meet some new folks and nice dive buddies: Jetfixr and JDog, Dazedone, Simon, Roy (and his non-diving spouse) and Ann Marie and Jessica. And it was great to see Jim (with all his weights) & Myrna, Christian, and Sean again. Oh, and a big thanks to my dive buddy Jonathan, for making me navigate all day. I practiced and really felt great about finding the Sue Jac, the Kismet and the Glass Bottom Boat, and only missing the Swim Platform by a bit (oh well, I need some more practice).
We had 4 really nice dives (well the visibility was not the greatest, but still OK, UNLESS you were near a class...
I was warm up until the 4th dive, it was hard to warm up in the afternoon from #3 when the shadows stretched across the parking lot and the breeze picked up.
Lunch and Happy Hour were both fun, thank you Arnaud for joining us after teaching your class! Oh, and why has no one mentioned that we have now found the best use for a snorkel??
The 6:15 ferry is great for arrival time, but a killer to wake up for -- I was envious of ShakaZulu and Ann Marie who stayed the weekend on the island! And I cannot figure out WHY it took so long for the truck to come get our gear! That took away from some of the fun as Sean and Simon had to rush through one drink to catch their ferry to Dana Point
.My favorite parts of the dives were the Sue Jac, the huge lobsters, the large schools of baitfish over by the swim platform (at one point we were almost entirely engulfed), and the kelp bass that just sit in front of your face, staring you down! What are they thinking?? We missed the giant black sea bass (darn!) but I did see a nice bat ray.
Here are some pics
CHUD
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Well, I was there but sort of feel like I was not-there. I met Jim, Myrna, HeadHunter and (I think) dazedone on the ferry over, and I ran across Shaka Zulu by the lockers, but that was all the people I met and I didn't get to dive with any of 'em! I was assisting with an OW class for my first two dives (sorry for the viz, folks :11: ) and then I couldn't find any of you for my third so I hooked up with some folks from the Burbank Dive Club.
But hey, it was great just knowing y'all were there.
But hey, it was great just knowing y'all were there.
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