Little Corona Take zone. Lobster and urchin only. Shallow, not a lot of fish.
Dive 50 Dive buddies: Sal,Aimee,Pierce, Clint, Marilyn. Heisler Park
Dive No. 56 Dive Buddies: Sean, Chris, Christian Low Tide at Shaw's Cove. My 2nd dive here. Many students in this area. Decided to try site anyway. Visibility was 0 just after the tunnel areas where surf broke over the reef. Lost Chris and Christian at this time. Eventually met Chris and Christian at the shore after we headed back. Chris had a mild injury to thigh after current pushed him into rock. 1 fin was lost. Sean found a small Octopus hiding in a rock on the way back to shore.
Dive No. 57 Dive Buddies: Sean, Chris, Clint, Marilyn, BJ, SCD Dove to Crescent Bay I was performing rough lead I had missed dead henge and took a bearing due west in hopes of finding the reef. Came across different reef environment. Saw sheep crab, moray eel, big lobsters, and sea hare. Surfaced after reading BJ's air at 878 psi. We had reached past the other side of Seal Rock. We decided to surface swim behind seal rock to get back to the cove.
Dive 69 Reef Point, Corsair Search Dive Buddies: Clint, Sean
Dive 72 Dive Buddy: Sean Dowden, SCD
Dive 73 Dive Buddies: Sean Dowden Looking for Uni Vis was great at 30 to 35 ft. Kelp has disappeared from this location.
Dive 74 Little Corona Dive with Sean UNI
Dive 75 Little Corona Dive with Sean, Christian, Christians friends: Joe, Tyler, Mark, Kim UNI
Dive 76 Little Corona Dive with Sean, Christian, Christians friends: Joe, Tyler, Mark, Kim UNI
Dive 79 Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach, Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn. Species found: Swell Shark
Dive 92 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael Cress/Mountain St. Took entrance from Mountain. Down flights of stairs to the beach. Entered sandy area inline with lifeguard tower, left of halfway rock. Surface swam to outer reef. Drop down point at Kelp patch north of pinnacle of the reef. Visibility was poor 15ft. Good amount of surge. Did not find the Underwater Arch. Cold dive at 51 degrees at the outer reef.
Dive 100 Dive Buddies: Clint, Michael Sea Life: Moray Eel, Swell Shark, Dead Sheep Crab, Sea Lion, Horn Shark Headed to outer reef as the drop down point. Explored outer reef and tunnels Trial Weight Setup 18.64 lbs total 6.16 lbs x 2 ditchable 3.16 lbs x 2 trim
Dive 101 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael Heisler Park inner Reef Kelp Is beginning to flourish Tried out Atomic Blade Fins first time Dive Gear Express SPG flooded. Ordered 4/19. Used on 9 dives. No water in HP line when purged. Weights : 18.64 total 6.16 lbs ditchable 3.16 lbs trim
Dive 103 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael Montage Resort Conditions: Cloudy and occasional rainfall from passing Hurricane Dolores far to the SW. Incoming waves on main open beach ranged from 3-6 foot. Entered at far right small beach into sheltered cove. Visibility Ranged from 10-15 ft Surge Note 1: Tried out new DMX Backup Light and new gauge. Note 2: Is temperature gauge off?
Dive 104 Dive Buddies: Clint, Michael Montage Outer Reef Wall Many large fish and lobsters First Dive with new Aeris Firmware Update Terrible Viz
Dive No. 105 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Lam Conditions Rest of Laguna 3-4 ft. Montage hidden cove was about 1ft Lam's "first" cold water dive. Observed diver panic Need to communicate entry/exit procedures Need to communicate lost buddy procedures Need to communicate sign language
Dive 107 Dive Buddies: Michael, Sean, Christian, Joe Night Dive at Little Corona Viz 10ft. Choppy surface swim, windy
Dive 110 Dive Buddies: Scottie, Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Doug, Doug's daughter Check out dives for Doug's daughter Check out dives for Marilyn's Rescue Cert
Dive 111 Dive Buddies: Clint, Michael Went to South Crescent reef which heads to Shaw's Lot's of life and areas of 30ft vis Spotted Yellow Tail, Large Moray, Large, Lobster, Large Sheephead.
Dive 112 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael. Visibility about 25-30ft. Large Sheepheads. Spotted 2 octopus, 2 moray eel. Longest Dive and best SAC.
Dive 113 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Joe Saw schools of juvenile yellowtail jack Saw schools of Pacific Barracuda Missed Grey Whale sighting.
Dive 114 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael Heisler Park Outer Reef Saw School of Pacific Barracuda
Dive 115 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael FIRST TIME WITH HP80 TANK Weights 12 lbs total Drop down was fast. Try removing 2 lbs next dive. Location Shaw's Cove Need to study underwater reef topology. Algae in water. Vis was 10-15ft
Dive 116 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Chris Initial dive Crescent Bay was rough, headed to Montage. High Tide Surge and bad visibility
Dive 117 Dive Buddies: Clint, Michael Crescent Bay
Dive #120 Woods Cove Dive Buddies, Clint, Marilyn Joe and Keila present
Dive 121 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn Observing: Keila Surge strong, and Visibility about 10 feet. Very green water. Algae? The surge caused some nausea. Forgot to take Ginger.
Dive 122 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Chris A., Ken Marsh Ken's Rental Gear Sucks Note: do not recommend renting from Laguna Sea Sport old BC - non-integrated weights Ken dropped weights during intial descent.
Dive 123 (continued from122) Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Chris A., Ken Marsh Ken's Rental Gear Sucks Note: do not recommend renting from Laguna Sea Sport old BC - non-integrated weights Ken dropped weights during intial descent
Dive 124 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael overshot reef, dropped down onto sand alot of underwater current. Michael had boyancy issues
Dive 125 (continued from 124 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael overshot reef, dropped down onto sand alot of underwater current. Michael had boyancy issues
Dive 129 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael
Dive 130 South Crescent to Shaw's cove dive Dive Buddies: Michael Leaking Malfunction of SS1. Note: serviced by Steve 2 months ago. Technician at Beach Cities Scuba fixed problem for $20.
Dive 165 New Shearwater Computer Montage Hotel Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Nick, Keila
Dive 166 Div Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Keila
Dive 167 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Keila
Dive 168 Dive Buddy: Michael
Dive 169 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Michael, Keila
Dive 170 Dive Buddies: Clint, Marilyn, Nick, Keila, Sean Malaga Cove Long swim from the easy shore entry.
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