Giant Stride Open Boat Friday, July 29th, 2016

[Dark-Thirty Diver]

Join us on July 29th for the next Open Boat Friday on the Giant Stride dive boat out of San Pedro. We dive the oil rigs, local wrecks and reefs off the Palos Verdes coast. Three dives $125 includes drinks, snacks and fills. Divers should have good buoyancy control and be comfortable in mild current or swell. Photographers welcome, no hunting until lobster season. We meet at the boat at 6am and return to the dock at 2pm. See the best in coastal diving off the GS! Contact J. Reeb to rsvp or for more details contact me at: darkthirtydivers@gmail.com

See the boat at:
LA Scuba Diving Charter Boat - 6-Pack Dive Charter | The Giant Stride

J. Reeb
Dark-Thirty Divers
818.635.4408 (text msg preferred)

 

[Dark-Thirty Diver]

Divers,

This trip is going on Friday! We meet at the boat at 6:00AM and are back at 2:00PM. Friday's conditions are looking really good for coastal diving. Please contact me if you have any questions.

J. Reeb
Dark-Thirty Divers
818.635.4408 (text msg preferred)

 

[Dark-Thirty Diver]

Yesterday we dove the Olympic II wreck and the offshore oil rigs Eureka and Elly. As our habit we got to the boat early and were underway by 6:15AM. Surface conditions were looking beautiful; golden sunrise, no marine layer and just a gentle surface swell with no wind.

Capt. Jim set the hook on the wreck and we splashed in. We pushed down through the plankton bloom and touched the wreck near the bow. My buddy Kevin, a very experienced wreck-tech diver from the Southbay, waited patiently while I attached a marker strobe to the anchor line. These early morning dives on the wreck, underneath the plankton bloom, feel like night dives. The flashing strobe seems to add to everyone's comfort level, even for experienced divers. Viz was 20', with a slight current. Although broken up, this wreck remains interesting, and holds marine life well.

Our second dive was on the Oil Rig Eureka. Surface conditions remained good and there was just a slight current beneath the rig. Viz was poor (10-15'). The rig had been cleaned recently above 50' so you had to go deeper to locate the marine life which is typically encrusted on the rig. This life includes anemones, mussels, scallops and much more. With the low viz, we missed seeing the many of the schools of fish these rigs are famous for.

Dive three was on Elly and was very similar to Dive two with maybe a touch of the hat to Eureka for the better marine life. Even with the low viz, weather and current wise it was a great day out in the channel for diving.

Divemetrics:

1. 96', 45 mins, 53F. 2. 57', 45 mins, 61F, 3. 57', 51 mins, 55F (Vt-4.1)

J.Reeb
Dark-Thirty Divers