Date: April 29, 2008
Time: 7:20pm
Location: Shaw's Cove
Depth (feet): 35
Dive Time (minutes): 65
Surf (feet): 2-3+
Surge (feet): 2-4
Water Temp (fahrenheit): 59
Visibility (feet): 5 (+/-)
Visibility Description: poor
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Erik and Mike - first time this year for both...some reasonably large surf crashing even though it was high tide...but good lulls so the entry and exit were uneventful. Surface swimming is ridiculous...the kind of surface chop that just beats the fun out of you...slow going. Dropped down and spent a bit of time working our way to the reef...chased a 9" diameter jellyfish for a bit - but the pics of it (and every other thing tonight) weren't usable. Rare to see a healthy looking jellyfish of that size at Shaw's (at least for me) - so that made the dive worth the surface beating very early on. Made it to the reef and spent the hour going out by turn-around where we, well...turned around. Found a bunch of stuff - mostly playing peek-a-boo in tiny holes and crevices...octopus, spanish shawls, hopkin's roses, cockerell's dorids, scorpionfish, sheep crab (large), and a few round rays. Mike and Erik saw a halibut that I didn't...again, my pics were no good tonight...hopefully Erik had better results. Bad surface conditions and poor vis...but warmer than it's been, and the jellyfish made for a good time had by all.
Time: 7:20pm
Location: Shaw's Cove
Depth (feet): 35
Dive Time (minutes): 65
Surf (feet): 2-3+
Surge (feet): 2-4
Water Temp (fahrenheit): 59
Visibility (feet): 5 (+/-)
Visibility Description: poor
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Erik and Mike - first time this year for both...some reasonably large surf crashing even though it was high tide...but good lulls so the entry and exit were uneventful. Surface swimming is ridiculous...the kind of surface chop that just beats the fun out of you...slow going. Dropped down and spent a bit of time working our way to the reef...chased a 9" diameter jellyfish for a bit - but the pics of it (and every other thing tonight) weren't usable. Rare to see a healthy looking jellyfish of that size at Shaw's (at least for me) - so that made the dive worth the surface beating very early on. Made it to the reef and spent the hour going out by turn-around where we, well...turned around. Found a bunch of stuff - mostly playing peek-a-boo in tiny holes and crevices...octopus, spanish shawls, hopkin's roses, cockerell's dorids, scorpionfish, sheep crab (large), and a few round rays. Mike and Erik saw a halibut that I didn't...again, my pics were no good tonight...hopefully Erik had better results. Bad surface conditions and poor vis...but warmer than it's been, and the jellyfish made for a good time had by all.
