North America Logs - page 20
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Cove April, 1999 |
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Beautiful at La Jolla Cove. Good visibility, fun dive. Return - but be cautious of swell conditions. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Shores April, 1999 |
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2nd night dive. Serge died about 2 weeks ago - 2wks, 6 days. Fairly chilly at depth, vis. poor, not as much life as before. Took south side of canyon. New tank! |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Shores March, 1999 |
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Took afternoon off work - went diving. Saw several octopi in holes on north side of trench. Big octopus in one - could see its head. A little chilly. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Shores March, 1999 |
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Saw sleeping swell shark at 90ft. But looked at pictures - maybe horn shark - stripes, no spots. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Shores March, 1999 |
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Post-storm dive, so visibility poor. But pleasant dive - feeling very comfortable solo here. Large sheephead shadowed me for awhile. Went south at top of canyon. Decrease weight w/ steel tank to 20lbs. Water getting warmer. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Shores March, 1999 |
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First night dive!!! Fantastic - very different from day diving. Lobsters and crabs out on open sand. Saw a pair of sting rays ~1ft. long at 70ft. depth. Towards end of dive - a huge ray swam by with large, protruding head. A BAT RAY! Breathtaking. Captured large lobster ~70ft. depth + released. Lots of shrimp! And octopi! During season, go lobstering at night! |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego Point Loma Kelp Beds March, 1999 |
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Similar to dive #30. Surge was much stronger, and I had buoyancy difficulties. Messed around too much with the lobsters. Good note: surfaced with extra air because had to descend again under kelp canopy. Dont want to have to do the 'kelp crawl'! |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego Point Loma Kelp Beds March, 1999 |
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Beautiful dive! Marine life flourishing and colorful. Star-fish, garibaldi, lobsters, schools of fish. Great shallow dive. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego Ruby E., Wreck Alley March, 1999 |
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Wreck Alley: Descend by buoy lines!! Failed to do so at first, was concerned, but found the wreck after ~5 min. at 85 ft. Slight wreck penetration through wreck. Not many fish. Was a little quick - slow down. Good safety stop. LOIS ANN is a fine operation, boat launch from Seaforth Sport Fishing on Mission Bay. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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Activity: Diving State: California City: San Diego La Jolla Shores March, 1999 |
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Quite confident with this spot. Today - picked up Julian at airport - beautiful day. Visibility poor ~10ft, but better at depth. Used back-up light - too narrow but cord works well. Descended to record 105 ft. briefly. Navigation skills sharpening. Saw small stingray + bright pink plant. Long, safe ascent. |