I was going to take a break from the water today but the sea just got flatter and flatter. I couldn’t resist, thinking the condition couldn’t be better for a trip to the sea caves. Indeed there was no surf at the cove when I got there – dead flat. One advantage of going to…

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Accidentally I formatted my memory card before I downloaded today’s pictures. I didn’t take many as I had lots of fun underwater shooting critters with Jackie. Here is her report and the pictures. LJ Shores – Crap Patch / V Point Temp: 51 Viz: shallows 20’, canyon 15’ with particulates Surface: a real pain Buddy:…

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Realizing I haven’t been to the main canyon for a long time, I decided tonight to give it a visit. The plan was to start from the main wall and cruise north to the Vallecitos Point. The surf was small but due to the strong wind, the surface was so choppy that I decided to…

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Huge and powerful waves in the morning but became much quiet later during the day. At the sandy flat, the visibility was 30 ft + with beautiful emerald water. However, at the canyon and the crap patch, the vis dropped significantly to about 10 ft. My computer showed 51F at 85 ft. Despite the poor…

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This is the dive report from Jackie: Secret Garden / partial Crap Patch Temp: 52 brr Viz: layers of thick particulates 8’ – 12’ Current / Surge: sporadic Surf: 2’-3’ some power – sneaky 4’ Buddies: Weiwei G., Jim R. Under another beautiful sunset, we dropped “near” Secret Garden. The upper water column quickly turned…

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Despite a busy schedule on this Sunday, I sneaked in a quick morning dive at the shores. Mike, John and I met up in the parking lot and walked into the water from there. The wall looked as usual but the highlight the kelp we came across at the edge of the canyon. It was…

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