Jared Adkins
United States
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Nº36
Date: 2022-10-22 - 10:00
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Max Depth: 20.1m Duration: 37mins
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- Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 12°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Night dive, Photo
- Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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- Weights: 9.1 kg
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- 2832L Steel 241 → 69 bar
- Average depth: 13.4m
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Dive Buddy: George Freese
I was originally signed up for a Power Scuba meetup tonight, but ended up heeding the call of George from the Two Divers Below group. Turns out I dive with him once a while back at one of Adam's dives, so it was nice to see a familiar face! We geared up by the flagpole and got in the water before the Power group.
We swam out from Vallecitos right for the Point. I didn't see much in the way of life on the stage swim out, but I did find a detached surfboard fin in the sand.
We dropped a bit short of the canyon and pretty quickly spotted a medium sized horn shark. I was keeping a steady pace videoing it from behind when all of a sudden it turned towards me and swam right under my chest nearly grazing me with the dorsal horns that give it its namesake!
Just as we dropped over the canyon, I spotted another surprise - three squid swimming over the sand! I tried signalling George, but they swam off pretty fast. We continued following the wall north towards Vallecitos Point. I spotted lots of octopus, decorator crabs, and rock crabs while George found a handful of fringefish including one out in the open!
Shortly after rounding the point, George signaled that he had hit turn pressure, so we started making our way back to the shallows. While working our way to shore, we spotted horn shark after horn shark. I counted at least eight, though some of them might've been the same shark.
George motioned to ascend after we'd cleaned our safety stop time, so up we went. I continued to snorkel a bit on the way in and I'm glad I did because I spotted another group of five squid below us! I put my reg back in and descended to snap a quick video and they obliged me for a few seconds, lining up in a neat line side by side before darting off. I resurfaced to continue snorkeling and right before I took my fins off was graced by the presence of a very large leopard shark in the shallows! I wasn't quick enough to get it on camera, but it was a nice treat to end an already fantastic dive. One of the best night dives to date!