11/28/12
Alhambra & service club
8:30 am & 11:30 pm
slight chop got worse on 2nd dive
temp 64
vis about 1' or less
depth 20-24
finds smalls and a couple nice hemi (no megs)
Ok a quick question from kinda newbie, I have done about a dozen shore dives and probably more charter dives. At Alhambra my strategy was swim past breakers drop about 15' dive west till hit fossil bed and go south, well sand and more sand till 22 feet then some rubble and shells and fossils. The problem is I burn over half my tank getting to beds. I hear people saying they are some beds at 17 feet I have never seen nothing but sand. Same at service drop at 15 feet swim west this time nothing till 24 feet then swim north, what more sand.
The way I picture the boneyard is between Alhambra & Service club running parallel to the beach north and south about half mile to mile from beach. Is this right? If so how come its so hit and miss? I thought I would have a good system to find bed by now, dam I must be slow. what am I missing?
Alhambra & service club
8:30 am & 11:30 pm
slight chop got worse on 2nd dive
temp 64
vis about 1' or less
depth 20-24
finds smalls and a couple nice hemi (no megs)
Ok a quick question from kinda newbie, I have done about a dozen shore dives and probably more charter dives. At Alhambra my strategy was swim past breakers drop about 15' dive west till hit fossil bed and go south, well sand and more sand till 22 feet then some rubble and shells and fossils. The problem is I burn over half my tank getting to beds. I hear people saying they are some beds at 17 feet I have never seen nothing but sand. Same at service drop at 15 feet swim west this time nothing till 24 feet then swim north, what more sand.
The way I picture the boneyard is between Alhambra & Service club running parallel to the beach north and south about half mile to mile from beach. Is this right? If so how come its so hit and miss? I thought I would have a good system to find bed by now, dam I must be slow. what am I missing?