Trip Report Farnsworth Banks

[beldridg]

I went out to Farnsworth on the Sundiver Express the day before Thanksgiving. We had an excellent dive and saw Torpedo Rays midwater, quite a few mola mola and then we dove the Midnight Hour (I'll send out a separate post on that including a photogrammetry model). We saw a ton of dolphins and a couple whales on the return trip home and the water was very glassy. Looked like "Lake Pacific."

Here is the full report with a ton of pictures and a couple movies:

Farnsworth Banks (Catalina — 60-200+ fsw)

Farnsworth Banks are a series of underwater sea-mounts about 1-2 miles off the shore of Catalina. They are a relatively famous dive site in Southern California but are a bit “out of the way&#…

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Enjoy!

- brett

PS - Yes, it was strange going on a dive and not looking for rusted metal.

 

[Johnoly]

I went out to Farnsworth

I've only been to & dove Farnsworth once and they say you need to align perfectly > small waves, slow channel currents & incredible Viz to be able to dive it. But if you are lucky like you guys, it's an incredible color and structure dive site. Your photo's are great. Here's just one of mine at 90 feet still showing all the colors down there. Thanks for the report !!

 

[beldridg]

I've only been to & dove Farnsworth once and they say you need to align perfectly > small waves, slow channel currents & incredible Viz to be able to dive it. But if you are lucky like you guys, it's an incredible color and structure dive site. Your photo's are great. Here's just one of mine at 90 feet still showing all the colors down there. Thanks for the report !!

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Yep. We got a perfect window and took advantage of it.

- brett

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Sometimes conditions are great for an extended period. We made consecutive trips to Farnsworth Bank over three weekends last year and had perfect conditions each time.