June 22nd and 23rd – Midweek dive reports
This past Sunday, first hand reports and the swell models kept us home. On Monday, MAV was visiting Monterey for the first time so we scheduled to dive together. I crossed my fingers as the Monday and Tuesday swell reports where not spectacular. They were a significant improvement over the weekend though.
Monday, June 22nd. Long swells, causing big breaks outside outside of the cove. However, in the cove, pretty calm. Underwater, the cove was 2′ viz. Around Middle Reef, it was 15′ at best. Lots of substrate in the water. Below 60′ viz opened up, so Hole in the Wall and the end of Middle Reef was nice. Beto’s Reef at 100′ was even better, with at least 30′+ viz.
At Beto’s, the resident wolf eel was back.
Tuesday, June 23rd. Shorter swells, so both inside and outside the cove proved nice on the surface. Underwater, the cove was still 2′ viz. Middle Reef was also 15′ at best, and lots of stuff in the water. Things didn’t open up till Lone Metridium and we saw at least 40′+ viz. Three Sisters was incredibly nice.
Monday and Tuesday would have made very nice Technical 1 dives. Great conditions at 100′ and deeper, and not much to see in the shallows. As long as you’re comfortable doing deco in 2′ viz, it would be a spectacular dive.
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