Went to the breakwater today, hoping to catch some of the recent good upwelling viz but, alas, it's gone. My buddy had some equipment issues so, after a couple of tries, headed back to shore while I did a brief solo dive. I dropped at the 8, headed out for about 10 minutes then back toward the beach for 20 minutes, surfacing when I reached 6 feet of water at the 4. There seemed to be a lot of nudibranchs and small fish about.
There was a dramatic thermocline at about 17 feet. Below, the water was 50F with 15+ feet of visibility. Above the water was in the 60's and a dirty 10 feet of vis.
Including our first attempt to dive, and my search and recovery of my buddies weight pouch, I had a bottom time of 45 minutes.
Bottom time: 45 minutes
Max depth: 41 feet
visibility: 10-15+ feet
Temperature: Air 64.6F, water 50 to 64.4F
Ocean surface: dead flat
Sky: overcast
Oh, and what appeared to be some summer camp counselors laid out three ropes in the sand in our path between the stairs and water, and had a bunch of equipment, including hula hoops. At the end of our dive I was surprised to see a large group of adults playing various games in the sand---fortunately away from the stairs. It looked like fun, but I was really expecting school kids.