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I like diving, fishing, bars and golf. I can tell you the best dive spots in San Diego.
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Activity: Diving
State: California
City: Channel Islands
Pirates Cove, Catalina
August, 2007

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Dove w/ Jean from Chad. "Chad's white computer guy". Giant black sea bass swam right under me! It was blue-silver in color and about 3.5 ft length.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: California
City: Channel Islands
Bird Rock, Catalina
August, 2007

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Comfortable kelp dive. Schaff back in town for a week from London. Dominant theme: lobsters. Lots of huge lobsters!
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Edmonds Underwater Park
November, 2006

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Terrific shore dive in Seattle. Tons of huge lingcod, bass, cabezons. Good sized wreck at south of the underwater park. Explored the tubes, propellor, and the wreck. Didn't go north around the rock jetty, that'll be for another time, but plenty to see south of it. Great place - can't wait to come back. Next time - add a couple pounds because relatively shallow.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: California
City: San Diego
La Jolla Cove
October, 2006

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Warm, good visibility, but too shallow :( Didn't see a lot of interesting stuff - maybe more vibrant in the winter? Creatures: big green-camouflage lingcod, fat lobsters, fat garibaldi. See freedraw for route.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: California
City: San Diego
Ruby E, Wreck Alley
July, 2006

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Nice dive. Circled the boat. Dad did well, nice ascent. Beautiful day in San Diego.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: California
City: San Diego
Yukon
July, 2006

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The Yukon continues to amaze. Spent most time on superstructure. Dad did well, ascent a little fast. Note: Birthday dive w/ me + Dad; Schaffer + Derek.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: California
City: San Diego
La Jolla Shores
April, 2006

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Sheep crab, several small lobster, one of which beat up Schaffer!! Lots of nudibranchs. Ankles kept floating up - that's what happens when you don't dive in 8 months.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
State: California
City: San Diego
Yukon
July, 2005

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2 morning dives - Terrific - among the best at this site. Growth has really picked up on the wreck with 15' kelp streaming from the hull around the mid-section. Huge schools of small juvenile rockfish, crab, black sea nettle. Penetrated into the engine room, where saw police tape from a diver who drowned here 3 weeks before. NOTE: engine room entrance is cutout 4S4. LATER NOTE: The diver who drowned here was Steve Donathan, in the boiler room which is accessed via a hatch north of the engine room.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Belize
City: Ambergris Caye/San Pedro
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
March, 2005

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Afternoon dive here because conditions too choppy outside of reef. Didn't go out in the morning also because surf too strong to exit the channel. Saw at least 4 huge green morays. On return over grassy shallows, a large barracuda + a moray staring each other down. Very cool. Snorkeled w/ nurse sharks and stingrays after the dive.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Belize
City: Ambergris Caye/San Pedro
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
March, 2005

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Night dive; enjoyed it more than the last time here due to great dive master. Dive is very shallow though, always having to watch buoyancy is a bit of a hassle. Lots to see: 2 small octopi, roaming lobster, 2 crabs, large stingrays (~3-4), tarpon feeding!, sleeping parrotfish, conches, small shrimp. NOTE: see previous Hol Chan post for a freedraw map of the dive site.