I'm so glad we caught a break from the recent El Nino conditions. Saturday was finally looking nice, so a few of us headed out to Point Lobos to test the waters. On the drive over, Monastery Beach was as calm as I've ever seen it (and packed with dive-mobiles) and Whaler's cove was mirror-flat, with the sand at the bottom clearly visible from the parking lot. Matt led us west of cannery point wall to a series of huge boulders and pinnacles, ranging from 30-70fsw depth.
The theme of the dive was fish - we saw at least 3 very large lingcod, 2 sizable cabezon and a couple of large schools of blue rockfish swaying in the marginal surge. The viz wasn't the clearest of the year, but a very nice, if slightly milky 30ft. The water temp was down a degree or two, but long kick dives always keep me warm.
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The theme of the dive was fish - we saw at least 3 very large lingcod, 2 sizable cabezon and a couple of large schools of blue rockfish swaying in the marginal surge. The viz wasn't the clearest of the year, but a very nice, if slightly milky 30ft. The water temp was down a degree or two, but long kick dives always keep me warm.
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