Two fun dives at Point Lobos today. The water was incredibly clear in the cove near the ramp, but got a little milky at the dive sites themselves. Surface water 54F, 52.9F at depth.
1st Dive: Coal Chute Caves and Middle Reef. 60 minutes, 52 feet max depth, vis 20 to 40 feet. A little surge in the first cave. Saw several Lingcod, got into a nice school of Blue Rockfish and chased a Male Sheephead.
2nd Dive: Hole in the Wall and Lone Metridium. 51 minutes, 65 feet max depth, vis also 20 to 40 feet. More ling's, a couple of Harbor Seal passes, a distant sea lion & a cormorant. Lone Metridium seemed smaller for some reason.
Comments: We had intended to dive HITW & LM first but after kicking all the way out I discovered water in my 3D GoPro housing. Less than a teaspoon & the cameras were still working but, obviously, I had to return them to shore. My buddy followed me back to the ramp and waited patiently while I exited, removed the GoPro's, rinsed them in fresh water and removed the batteries. They are in a baggie of rice now. We didn't want to kick all the way back to HITW so did the caves first.
My right knee got wet during the first dive and I found a cut in the suit during our surface interval. The resourceful RaftingTigger was parked next to me and gave me a bit of radiator hose tape which stopped the leak during our second dive.
The vis on both dives varied quite a bit, moment to moment, with a minimum of about 20 feet and 40 feet or more at other times. The sky was cloudy much of the time which reduced the apparent lateral vis. Vertical vis was very good at all times.