For my second dive of the day last week, I jumped in on the Rigger I. The Rigger I started life as Navy garbage lighter YG-18 built in Pearl Harbor. Later it was used as a tender for deep sea oil exploration. It got caught in a storm and foundered in Santa Monica Bay.
I suspect that it isn't dived very often due to the depth and, from what I understand, usually mediocre visibility. I had unbelievable visibility on the dive. It was easily 40-50 feet with a bottom temp of 53F and a 20' deco stop temp of 64F. The wreck has a lot of white metridiums and is covered in fish.
The pyrosomes are everywhere. As I descended down the line, I went through a cloud of them. A picture is posted on the blog post.
More pictures and details of the wreck and the dive are at:
Rigger I (Santa Monica Bay, 175 fsw)
Below is a natural light photo to give a sense of the visibility and fish life:
Stay tuned ... exciting posts about some very interesting SoCal wrecks are in the works ...
Regards,
- brett
I suspect that it isn't dived very often due to the depth and, from what I understand, usually mediocre visibility. I had unbelievable visibility on the dive. It was easily 40-50 feet with a bottom temp of 53F and a 20' deco stop temp of 64F. The wreck has a lot of white metridiums and is covered in fish.
The pyrosomes are everywhere. As I descended down the line, I went through a cloud of them. A picture is posted on the blog post.
More pictures and details of the wreck and the dive are at:
Rigger I (Santa Monica Bay, 175 fsw)
Below is a natural light photo to give a sense of the visibility and fish life:
Stay tuned ... exciting posts about some very interesting SoCal wrecks are in the works ...
Regards,
- brett