I joined Power Scuba to dive the Scripps Canyon today. It was a beautiful day at the canyon. The dive conditions couldn’t be better: minimum to no waves, no surge, and over 30 ft visibility. We encountered a northern current in the second dive during our kick out. But it was not a too big…

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Mike and I set out to the sea caves at the cove with a specific goal in our minds to find Hopkin’s Rose, a strikingly beautiful but elusive nudibranch. Even in a calm day, waters around the caves were like a washing machine and the navigation around the boulders required both skills and determination. We…

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I basically copied Jackie’s report here, as I am way behind updating my journal. V Street was quite the hub of diver activity, and rightly so with the nice conditions that are back. We marched through some thick salad in the shallows for our kick to Secret Garden drop zone. The sunset was just incredible…

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Exactly 12 hrs after Gayle’s report – the dive condition remained about the same except that the wind died down. The surf was minimum. Headed out with beautiful sunset to the crap patch. The visibility at the sandy flat was poor and salad-like. But near the canyon it was much better. I came across a…

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As the swell and the wind died down, I decided to give the shores a try. Dropped down at the sandy flat – the water was surgy and the visibility was poor (~ 5ft). But it opened up quite a bit at the crap patch (~15ft, with lots of large particles). Among all the critters…

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So here I just directly copied Mike’s report. Despite the poor condition, this has been my best dive at the Marine Room. Many times as a diver in Southern California you might hear the phrase “beat the storm”.  As a storm is coming, divers with the itch to get in the water try to get…

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