Jared Adkins
United States
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Nº23
Date: 2022-09-25 - 07:43
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Max Depth: 26.8m Duration: 44mins
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- Temp: Surf 22°C Bottom 12°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Photo
- Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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- Weights: 11.8 kg
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- 2270560L Steel 1 → ? bar
- Average depth: 17.9m
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Dive Buddy: Adam Pierce
I was going to do a Power Scuba meetup at shores, but then we discovered a massive 700+ person 10k swim relay was happening, so we tried to change venues to cove, but it ended up looking pretty choppy and washed out. So I drove over to Marine Room and did my first dive with the Two Divers Below group!
I got to buddy with Adam who runs the group and whose red Sola light and bracket I found in the sand on an earlier dive at Marine Room (Dive #17). It was a great turn out with 10 divers, two of which (Ben and Maggie) had just moved to San Diego from Virginia/Connecticut.
We swam out to the first buoy and descended fairly close to the canyon heading north northwest. The first thing we ran into was the infamous barbwire jellyfish (though it was only a short chain) which Adam took as an opportunity to teach us the shorthand signal for danger (the middle finger!). We continued down to about 80ft where we spent most of the dive. I pointed out a large cluster of lobsters hiding under a clump of kelp along with an octopus in the sand for the group. We encountered a few egg-laden rock crabs, a limbering sheep crab, and another cluster of lobsters before coming to a garden of sea grass absolutely teeming with grass-covered crabs that would've been totally camouflage had they not been moving around so much! Adam signaled to turn the dive, so we started swimming up to the wall where I spotted a large octopus napping in a hole. Then Adam found another one. And another. And another! Definitely want to come back at night and see if those big guys are out hunting.
Shallows were pretty murky, so we didn't see much before the final ascent.