Jared Adkins
United States
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Nº39
Date: 2022-10-30 - 06:58
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Max Depth: 11.3m Duration: 53mins
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- Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 17°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
- Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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- Weights: 9.1 kg
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- 2832L Steel 220 → 96 bar
- Average depth: 7.5m
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Dive Buddy: Doug Wagner
Decided to try cove again after a week or so of hearing decent dive reports from Brian Zach. Unfortunately, we didn't have as much luck.
The beach and shallows were absolutely overtaken by sea lions (both adults and pups) sleeping, playing, barking, and wrestling with each other. It was pretty fun to watch while getting in the water! But as soon as I get my mask and snorkel on, I could tell it was going to be a murky dive. We swam out to the buoy and dropped in the kelp per usual, following it west/southwest.
We really didn't see much. The usual kelp bass, a few sheepshead, lots of smaller fish, and I spotted an eel of some kind before it slithered into the kelp. Turbidity on the bottom was just frustratingly cloudy. We eventually ran into reef, garibaldi, and a few lobsters, but viz just continued to worsen as we got nearer shore. Eventually we ran into a rope leading up to a small buoy and decided to surface where it appeared we had run into the end of the marine preserve.
We swam back most of the way on the surface, popping back down for a few minutes just to break up the monotony. Always good to get in the water, but I hope next time I do cove it lives up to the reports!