Date: November 28, 2007
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Montage
Depth (feet): 21
Dive Time (minutes): 77
Surf (feet): 1
Surge (feet): 2-3
Water Temp (fahrenheit): 59
Visibility (feet): 10-15
Visibility Description: good
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Josh - haven't been to Montage in a long time - and with the low surf and decent conditions figured that would be a good spot. Would have been better with higher tide, but it was still enjoyable with no surf - we went down the first stairs. Saw several spanish shawls at the beginning of the dive (in the heavier surge of course)...one decent pic below. Third dive in a row where there was not a single ray - round or bat...bats are understandably fewer and far between, but normally there are always a lot of round and thornback rays in the sand...wonder if anyone knows why they are not around? Stayed very shallow, and after we turned around we picked up a seal escort...stayed with us into 2 feet of water. Far more ambivalent to our presence than some people have posted recently, so I'm not sure if it was a less agressive seal, or Josh and I are just calming influences. It basically used our lights to aid in hunting, and didn't pay us much mind even with incidental contact in the surgey areas. Got a snapshot of the seal below as well...overall, and apparently including the seal, a good time was had by all.
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Montage
Depth (feet): 21
Dive Time (minutes): 77
Surf (feet): 1
Surge (feet): 2-3
Water Temp (fahrenheit): 59
Visibility (feet): 10-15
Visibility Description: good
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Josh - haven't been to Montage in a long time - and with the low surf and decent conditions figured that would be a good spot. Would have been better with higher tide, but it was still enjoyable with no surf - we went down the first stairs. Saw several spanish shawls at the beginning of the dive (in the heavier surge of course)...one decent pic below. Third dive in a row where there was not a single ray - round or bat...bats are understandably fewer and far between, but normally there are always a lot of round and thornback rays in the sand...wonder if anyone knows why they are not around? Stayed very shallow, and after we turned around we picked up a seal escort...stayed with us into 2 feet of water. Far more ambivalent to our presence than some people have posted recently, so I'm not sure if it was a less agressive seal, or Josh and I are just calming influences. It basically used our lights to aid in hunting, and didn't pay us much mind even with incidental contact in the surgey areas. Got a snapshot of the seal below as well...overall, and apparently including the seal, a good time was had by all.
