coreypenrose
Contributor
After exploring the Partington Canyon Trail in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park this weekend, I discovered, to my considerable surprise, that divers can, after getting a special permit, dive in that area. Im a little unclear on the specifics, but I get the impression that the diveable area is at the bottom of the trail.
Now, Ive never heard any local divers talk about this dive site, Ive never seen a review of it in The California Diving News or any of the California dive site guidebooks and, after hiking down into that canyon and back, I can understand why.
Dragging gear back up from that site would make Monastery seem easy by comparison, but .still, someone surely must have tried this preserve? Anyone? Corey
If you dont know what Im talking about, take a look:
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP. Good general information, but nothing specific.
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=578
A picture to the entrance of the Partington Canyon Trail with a blurb about the diving available at the site near the bottom. Is that the entrance to the diveable area?
http://jrabold.net/bigsur/roadpt0793.htm
A blurb about the Julia Pfeiffer Burns Underwater Park Area of Special Biological Significance, kind of interesting --
http://www3.mpa.gov/exploreinv/SiteProfile4.aspx?SiteID=CAd19
Now, Ive never heard any local divers talk about this dive site, Ive never seen a review of it in The California Diving News or any of the California dive site guidebooks and, after hiking down into that canyon and back, I can understand why.
Dragging gear back up from that site would make Monastery seem easy by comparison, but .still, someone surely must have tried this preserve? Anyone? Corey
If you dont know what Im talking about, take a look:
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP. Good general information, but nothing specific.
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=578
A picture to the entrance of the Partington Canyon Trail with a blurb about the diving available at the site near the bottom. Is that the entrance to the diveable area?
http://jrabold.net/bigsur/roadpt0793.htm
A blurb about the Julia Pfeiffer Burns Underwater Park Area of Special Biological Significance, kind of interesting --
http://www3.mpa.gov/exploreinv/SiteProfile4.aspx?SiteID=CAd19