January 22, 2011 – It’s always great to be invited for a milestone dive, and 100 is the first big one for all scuba divers. Traditionally, you’re supposed to dive naked. But I really think that’s a warm water tradition. In Monterey, there’s nothing like marking your 100th dive in low viz (5′), surgy conditions, [...]
December 18, 2010 – Cynthia, Ben, Brian, and I meet up at Breakwater (San Carlos Beach) for a Grand Tour scooter run. While we had hoped for stellar winter conditions, we got the standard 10′ – 15′ viz. We were blessed with a few sea lions at Metridium Fields though. Usually they don’t hang around [...]
On a sunny Sunday morning, Kevin, Ted, and I gathered at Pt. Lobos to wrap up Kevin’s Hole in the Wall mapping project. Having worked through logistics with other dive teams on Friday and Saturday, we were batting clean-up – literally. We had a few stations to map, but we also had to pull all [...]
For those who are interested in what Essentials in Monterey looks like, here’s a video.
Met up with Erik and Elissa to dive Pt. Lobos. Our initial plan was to do two dives, first one to Granite Point wall and the second dive passed Lone Metridium. The goal was to get the team familiar with the major navigational landmarks. After meeting Matt and Leah in the parking lot, we revised [...]
AG and I meet up to dive The Road at Pt. Lobos in Carmel. As we roll into Carmel, Monastery welcomes us with mirror flatness. We dove together on Tuesday, and visibility was at best 20′. Today, we hope for better conditions, receive it. At the Three Sisters, visibility is easily 40′ if not more. [...]
Tuesday morning, I’m at the computer (surprise, surprise) and I get an early email from Kenn looking to dive. Sure I had errands to run, a bathroom to demo, and dinner plans in the evening, but who am I to resist? Turned out to be a spectacular day of diving. Topside was sunny and cool, [...]
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. [...]
Today, Kevin and I meet up with some friendly UTD divers visiting from SoCal. It’s their first trip to Pt. Lobos, and Kevin and I are eager to show them a good time. By the time I arrive at 8:30am the parking lot is already full of divers. It’s one of those rare Fridays that [...]
After last week’s premature dead scooter incident, Elissa and I were eager to revisit Beto’s Reef. Kevin joined us today, and I had plans to make him lead the way. Not only did I want to test a new scooter mount for my point-in-shoot camera, but I was interested in his path to Beto’s. Even [...]