August 16, 2009 – Kicking to Lone Metridium

August 18, 2009
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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 [...]

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August 7, 2009 – The Road

August 10, 2009

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 [...]

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July 7, 2009 – Dive to the Three Sisters

July 10, 2009
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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 [...]

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June 22nd and 23rd – Midweek dive reports

June 24, 2009
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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, [...]

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Friday, April 17, 2009 – First cold water sidemount dives

April 22, 2009

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 [...]

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Sunday, April 12, 2009 – Beto’s Reef

April 15, 2009
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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 [...]

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