Scripps Canyon, Sat May 3, 2008
I am pleased to report that the two dives I did today at Scripps Canyon earned a dang! and a half between them.
The first dive was this morning. That was the hard dive, since we turned what is usually a shore dive into a boat dive. It was great! The viz (below the bloom layer at depth) was 30 to 40 feet. I didn’t see any swell sharks, but I did count three D. spaldingi, many more than I typically spot in the Sumner branch. We had a friend down from the Seattle area, and she was astounded by how warm the water felt - the water that was outside of her drysuit. I’m tough but stupid, so I wore my wetsuit and got pretty chilly after 30 slow minutes below 100 feet. Nitrox!!!!
Dive two was at two. The tide was out, and the vis was down, but I found swell sharks this time. I think a spaldingi -and you can bet I was looking pretty hard to find one, would have pushed this dive into a full dang! dive, but, I guess it will have to go down in the books as a da! dive.
Map to Dive Site at SeaStarAdventures.com
Surf: 1-2 ft
Current: very little
Visibility: 30- 40ft average
Temp: 54 surface / 52F at max depth
Tags: la jolla, seastar adventures, scripps canyon, san diego, shore dives, scuba diving
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