Friday, December 5, 2008

Spanish Rocks

Made it out to Spanish Rocks tonight. Eddie was completing his Divemaster course mapping project there. Wave conditions were perfect. Water temp was about 63-64 degrees, although a few degrees warmer on the surface after today's warm day. 

It turned out to be a good day for a mapping project. Viz ranged from 2 to 5 feet with no current. It was a bit hard locating all of the parts of the rocks, but Eddie eventually found them all. We spent about 70 minutes in the water and were a little cool by the end. Just so you know, I'm wearing my 1mm rash guard, 2mm hood and 3/2 Everflex wetsuit. I will probably switch to my hooded vest for the next dive. 

Funny thing was there are some large ripples in the sand just before the rocks from the storm, and in the ripples, there were a bunch of large holes (about 8 inches across, and about a foot deep). I wasn't sure where they came from and I couldn't see anything in them.

Dive conditions should be getting better here as the silt settles out over the next couple of days. Greg

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