Monterey conditions. (let's keep it going )

[Ouvea]

Was at the Breakwater for some training dives just shy of the Metridium fields. Our current medley of Pea Soup and Turkey Gravy continues. I doubt visibility exceeded 3-5 feet. Had heavy surge and surf. Heard reports that Lover's Point had become the next Mavericks or North Shore. Done with diving for a while, unless we get vis reports that mirror what I had on Molokini.

 

[3D diver]

Done with diving for a while, unless we get vis reports that mirror what I had on Molokini.

One of the reasons I've always focused on local shore diving...can't get spoiled.

 

[Divenomad]

100 dives X 3 feet of visibilty equals 300 feet of visiblilty YAY!

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

The visibility in Monterey does vary seasonally, but with a large noise component. It generally turns green about this time, but not this green. And clears up just after Labor Day. I don't think it's the little fish and shrimp that eat the green, I think it's the jellies, esp. the Sea Nettles.

But the noise component can give nice vis in July, and bad vis in December.

If the swells lay down for a few days in winter, there can be some VERY nice vis. And the swells aren't necessarily tied to rain. Often when it starts raining, esp. on a Pineapple Express storm, it lays down very nicely.

 

[uspap]

Did two dives at North Monastery. Very green and not good vis. However, there were a lot of awesome jellies in the water. I also saw a 5-6ft Sturgeon in the shallows. He had to have been lost. Very cool dive.

North Monastery 284-285 154 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[MbWaterdog]

Did two dives at North Monastery. Very green and not good vis. However, there were a lot of awesome jellies in the water. I also saw a 5-6ft Sturgeon in the shallows. He had to have been lost. Very cool dive.

North Monastery 284-285 154 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Some of the most exotic creatures I have seen have been at that place...something about the north end! Very cool

 

[dshorwich]

Did two dives at North Monastery. Very green and not good vis. However, there were a lot of awesome jellies in the water. I also saw a 5-6ft Sturgeon in the shallows. He had to have been lost. Very cool dive.

North Monastery 284-285 154 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I saw a sturgeon at Coral St a couple of years ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAoEnKxbmT0), after which I learned that they spend part of their life cycles in the ocean. So maybe not lost after all.

Nice sighting.

 

[uspap]

I know Sturgeon like brackish water but I'm not sure where this guy came from. He did seem like he wanted to swim to shore and spent a fair amount of time in the shallows. Last time I saw one of these I was fishing at the mothball fleet in Martinez.

Nice video. Thanks for the link.

 

[marcus8]

Ping ping ping.....any updates? Thinking about Monastery tomorrow Saturday. Wondering if the green veil is lifting. Any word out there?

 

[billt4sf]

Ping ping ping.....any updates? Thinking about Monastery tomorrow Saturday. Wondering if the green veil is lifting. Any word out there?

Same question for the BW?