george_austin
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OK, so who has dived Abalone Point at El Moro in the Crystal Cove State Park area?
It looks to me like it would be one hell of a dive if the conditions are right. There is a way to do is from the beach but it would require MINIMALIST gear - like a AL50 tank, a shorty wetsuit, light on lead - mask and fins. With this gear config and a sense of adventure, you could conceivably walk from the parking area, thru the tunnel and south to Abalone Point at the south end of El Moro. It's going to be the better part of 1 mile though . . . It would obviously be much easier to charter a smallcraft and anchor off the point for the diving.
The reason I ask is because I was surfing there las weekend and made a few free dives to check it out - the water was crystal clear and blue and that vertical cliff / wall looked like it had great potential. Lotsa fish and accessibilty issues make it look like it would be pretty wild and not picked over - Thanks
It looks to me like it would be one hell of a dive if the conditions are right. There is a way to do is from the beach but it would require MINIMALIST gear - like a AL50 tank, a shorty wetsuit, light on lead - mask and fins. With this gear config and a sense of adventure, you could conceivably walk from the parking area, thru the tunnel and south to Abalone Point at the south end of El Moro. It's going to be the better part of 1 mile though . . . It would obviously be much easier to charter a smallcraft and anchor off the point for the diving.
The reason I ask is because I was surfing there las weekend and made a few free dives to check it out - the water was crystal clear and blue and that vertical cliff / wall looked like it had great potential. Lotsa fish and accessibilty issues make it look like it would be pretty wild and not picked over - Thanks
