Date: December 6, 2006
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Fisherman's Cove/Diver's Cove
Depth (feet): 32
Dive Time (minutes): 45
Surf (feet): 0
Surge (feet): 1
Water Temp (fahrenheit): low 60's
Visibility (feet): 20+
Visibility Description: clear - very nice
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Scott and Mike - extremely low tide which made the entry and exit difficult due to shallow water rocks/holes...but other than that the dive was AWESOME! No-hood temps, 20+ foot, clear vis, and the animals were out! We apparently adopted a juvenile seal very early in the dive - unsure of the gender so we'll call it "Sam". Sam was bright-eyed and very young - probably under 75 lbs. Untagged - so it was a wild one. Sam stayed with us for 40 of the 45 minutes we were under - up to and back into about 2 feet of water. Sam was using my light to do a whole bunch of harassing and a little bit of hunting of just about every SoCal fish species. And he/she was up for a bit of back scratching too...my dive buddies wish they had a camera - as apparently at one point I was shoved under a ledge trying to get a good look at an octopus which had an arm at least 2" in diameter - Sam was shoved under the same ledge and they said that both of our fins sticking out was a missed photo opportunity. Speaking of cameras - other than the difficult and sometimes ungraceful entry and exit over the shallow rocks - WHY DIDN'T I BRING THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT!!! If I had this dive report would have been accompanied by incredible video including MY FIRST EVER SWELL SHARK (I've seen a lot of their eggs - but never a "hatched" one...this one was between 3 and 4 feet and very healthy looking - gorgeous even. There would also have been a 2 foot leopard shark, several moray eels, several octopi (including the very large one), tons of bugs and a nice selection of small rays. The only items missing on the list were bat rays and horn sharks - and those were well represented in the previous dive over the weekend (Dive #296 - check out the video on the blog). Truly enjoyable…on the short list of lifetime dives.
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Fisherman's Cove/Diver's Cove
Depth (feet): 32
Dive Time (minutes): 45
Surf (feet): 0
Surge (feet): 1
Water Temp (fahrenheit): low 60's
Visibility (feet): 20+
Visibility Description: clear - very nice
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Scott and Mike - extremely low tide which made the entry and exit difficult due to shallow water rocks/holes...but other than that the dive was AWESOME! No-hood temps, 20+ foot, clear vis, and the animals were out! We apparently adopted a juvenile seal very early in the dive - unsure of the gender so we'll call it "Sam". Sam was bright-eyed and very young - probably under 75 lbs. Untagged - so it was a wild one. Sam stayed with us for 40 of the 45 minutes we were under - up to and back into about 2 feet of water. Sam was using my light to do a whole bunch of harassing and a little bit of hunting of just about every SoCal fish species. And he/she was up for a bit of back scratching too...my dive buddies wish they had a camera - as apparently at one point I was shoved under a ledge trying to get a good look at an octopus which had an arm at least 2" in diameter - Sam was shoved under the same ledge and they said that both of our fins sticking out was a missed photo opportunity. Speaking of cameras - other than the difficult and sometimes ungraceful entry and exit over the shallow rocks - WHY DIDN'T I BRING THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT!!! If I had this dive report would have been accompanied by incredible video including MY FIRST EVER SWELL SHARK (I've seen a lot of their eggs - but never a "hatched" one...this one was between 3 and 4 feet and very healthy looking - gorgeous even. There would also have been a 2 foot leopard shark, several moray eels, several octopi (including the very large one), tons of bugs and a nice selection of small rays. The only items missing on the list were bat rays and horn sharks - and those were well represented in the previous dive over the weekend (Dive #296 - check out the video on the blog). Truly enjoyable…on the short list of lifetime dives.