Point Dume Report 3-27-11

[Rich805Howell]

Went out with a class as a tag along and just to get wet. But water temp was 53 degrees with viz ranging from 15-25 feet depending on depth. Did 3 dives and all in all they were pretty good. Saw a bunch of sea life suprisingly in such a sandy area. Dolphins were out in full force and when we were getting out from the 2nd dive we got a awesome treat from a whale playing around in the surf zone. Hope this helps...

- Rich

 

[surfinusa555]

I've always wanted to dive dume, but I've always been wary to dive it due to the warnings I've heard about currents. How were they? Was it as advanced of a dive as I've heard?

 

[Rainer]

If you dive directly off-shore, the currents aren't an issue. The dive there is basically like Vet's (nice, but a lot of sand).

It's when heading to the pinnacles that currents become an issue.

 

[limeyx]

I've always wanted to dive dume, but I've always been wary to dive it due to the warnings I've heard about currents. How were they? Was it as advanced of a dive as I've heard?

I kicked it once in decent conditions. A long but doable surface swim (we swam out to the rocks, did the dive then swam back on the bottom but a new-to-me buddy got low on gas and we had to swim most of the way home against the current on the surface which was miserable)

I would say much more enjoyable as a scooter or boat dive (I've seen at least one commercial-looking boat pull up there)

The site itself is awesome walls, awesome fish life ... really very nice

 

[Mr Carcharodon]

Thanks for the report. I hope you did not have to swim out to the rocks three times.

 

[limeyx]

Thanks for the report. I hope you did not have to swim out to the rocks three times.

Heh, no. I wasn't part of the dive that started this thread, this was some time ago

And indeed, the most interesting dive for sure from a "structure" point of view is the one on the pinnacles, not directly out from the beach.

 

[Rich805Howell]

Noooooo we just went out to the sandy parts but I have done the rocks before, and yes its a long swim to them 30-40 minutes just to get to them. And yes it was a AoW class,one of the few places you can do a nice deep dive off shore.