Wijbrandus
Contributor
I'm attending a small family gathering in Monterey this January, the weekend of the 13th through the 15th. My wife and I are hoping to arrive a few days early and take advantage of the local diving, but we are totally cold ocean rookies.
Can anyone point me a good place to start? We are likely to come in early in the week, and would want to do say two days of two tanks. We are used to the Carribbean routine (but don't normally need a DM in the water with us). We've got around fifty dives each, and all of our own gear except the drysuits, which we would really like to rent there. We have done seven dives each in rental drysuits this month and our local water is cold, but drysuits are the main reason we want to keep it easy. New gear types mixed with new conditions mean we will be rookies all over again.
After googling a bit, I guess some of the rookie sites would be my best bet - the Breakwater comes to mind, I think the seals there would be cool to see. We'd love to do a boat dive, but I'm reading that the shore diving is really where the good stuff is there. Monastery beach is right out.
I'd love to hook up with some other ScubaBoard people during the week if you are available for a dive. Or perhaps you know of a good LDS that doesn't mind taking tourists for a few easy & fun dives.
By the way, we will be staying with my uncle in Seaside, if that makes a difference.
Can anyone point me a good place to start? We are likely to come in early in the week, and would want to do say two days of two tanks. We are used to the Carribbean routine (but don't normally need a DM in the water with us). We've got around fifty dives each, and all of our own gear except the drysuits, which we would really like to rent there. We have done seven dives each in rental drysuits this month and our local water is cold, but drysuits are the main reason we want to keep it easy. New gear types mixed with new conditions mean we will be rookies all over again.
After googling a bit, I guess some of the rookie sites would be my best bet - the Breakwater comes to mind, I think the seals there would be cool to see. We'd love to do a boat dive, but I'm reading that the shore diving is really where the good stuff is there. Monastery beach is right out.
I'd love to hook up with some other ScubaBoard people during the week if you are available for a dive. Or perhaps you know of a good LDS that doesn't mind taking tourists for a few easy & fun dives.
By the way, we will be staying with my uncle in Seaside, if that makes a difference.