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The engine was off and the Conception was anchored when I awoke in the wee hours of the morning. I rolled out of my bunk and stumbled topside. The ocean was calm, with only a slight swell, and there was no other boat in sight. Off in the distance I saw the outline of familiar mountains. We were anchored on the backside of Catalina, on a fabled site called Farnsworth Bank.
While conditions appeared favorable, it was early...Read More
Fun article . . . I'm making a trip down there in June for a three-day liveaboard, and I'm harboring the not-so-secret hope that we'll be able to dive Farnsworth.
""Hanging in trim" is frustrating beyond words if your only option is to use sheer determination to overcome physics." (lowviz)
My dive journal can be read here, and a current dive blog HERE
Okay, you've heard all our opinions. Want to know what the science is? http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/ www.divematrix.com
Certainly my favorite dive site on the island if not in SoCal. The hydrocoral combined with the "yellow wall" of Epizoanthus giveni zoanthids, the frequent sightings of torpedo rays, the red-spotted sea star and even scythe butterflyfish!
Fun article . . . I'm making a trip down there in June for a three-day liveaboard, and I'm harboring the not-so-secret hope that we'll be able to dive Farnsworth.
What boat are you diving on? Do you know who is running the charter? You may want to contact them before the trip to make sure they stop at Farnsworth at some point.
""Hanging in trim" is frustrating beyond words if your only option is to use sheer determination to overcome physics." (lowviz)
My dive journal can be read here, and a current dive blog HERE
Okay, you've heard all our opinions. Want to know what the science is? http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/ www.divematrix.com