| Dive |
Scuba |
Free- dive |
Date |
Location |
Site |
Total Time |
Max Depth |
Descents |
Boat |
Notes |
| 361 |
170 |
|
2/2/2008 |
Redondo Beach |
Vets' Park |
40 min |
81 ft |
|
|
Night dive for squid run; extensive egg carpets and dense squid between 60 and 80 ft; sound of dolphin vocalizations; scant other marine life; many birds on surface, but no boats; surf zone challenging
|
| 362 |
171 |
|
2/10/2008 |
Malibu |
Paradise Cove |
52 min |
30 ft |
|
|
Night dive; ankle-slapper surf; dropped directly onto sailboat mast in 16 ft of water; heavy particulate near shore, milky 10-15 ft vis on reef; cold (54 F); saw a number of lobsters, a lizardfish, big horn shark, large halibut; field of retracting siphons of buried piddock clams
|
| 363 |
172 |
|
2/23/2008 |
San Clemente Island |
Fish Hook |
42 min |
92 ft |
|
Ocean Odyssey |
Torpedo ray, giant kelpfish
|
| 364 |
173 |
|
2/23/2008 |
San Clemente Island |
Twin Peaks |
43 min |
89 ft |
|
Ocean Odyssey |
Many short lobsters in crevices, small caverns
|
| 365 |
174 |
|
3/8/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Pt. Vicente - West Pinnacle 60 |
52 min |
66 ft |
|
Whaler |
Heavy current, surgy shallow; large lingcod, large male sheephead
|
| 366 |
175 |
|
3/8/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Neptune Arch |
45 min |
52 ft |
|
Whaler |
Many large fish (calicos, sheephead, etc); garibaldis; several sunflower stars; octopus eating treefish
|
| 367 |
176 |
|
3/22/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Avalon wreck - stern |
34 min |
73 ft |
|
Whaler |
Dark and murky; large school of large sargo on the stern; northbound gray whale spouting off Neptune's Cove
|
| 368 |
177 |
|
3/22/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Reef off w. end Abalone Cove |
25 min |
59 ft |
|
Whaler |
Green algae bloom; reef blanketed in pink corynactis anemones; abandoned lobster trap with numerous lobsters, crabs, calico bass
|
| 369 |
178 |
|
3/29/2008 |
Farnsworth Bank |
E. 60 high spot, E. wall 80 |
40 min |
82 ft |
|
Sea Bass |
Rough surface conditions but awesome vis (~80 ft); huge moray (very long, fat), second moray, large swell shark; buzzed twice by sea lion
|
| 370 |
179 |
|
3/29/2008 |
Catalina Island |
w. of Arrow Point |
43 min |
46 ft |
|
Sea Bass |
Freeswimming leopard shark, many abs
|
| 371 |
180 |
|
3/29/2008 |
Catalina Island |
Indian Rock |
42 min |
48 ft |
|
Sea Bass |
Goldfish-sized baby calicos; many garibaldi
|
| 372 |
181 |
|
4/11/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Buchanan's Reef |
56 min |
80 ft |
|
Whaler |
Extremely large vermillion rockfish, sea lion, large sheep crab, scorpionfish, lingcod, many nudibranchs (several with egg ribbons), sand bass, sheephead, a couple of garibaldi, large schools of blacksmith and rubber-lipped perch; cold (48-50 F)
|
| 373 |
182 |
|
4/11/2008 |
Santa Monica Bay |
near Hermosa Beach Artificial Reef |
16 min |
58 ft |
|
Whaler |
Short recon dive; vis opened up on bottom
|
| 374 |
183 |
|
4/25/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Avalon wreck - bow |
40 min |
71 ft |
|
Whaler |
30-40-ft vis under top layer; cold (50 F); two large sea lions dive-bombing throughout; very large bass (sand bass?) under wreck; male sheephead, lings, garibaldis, very large schools of blacksmith and senoritas, school of sargo hugging structure, lobsters
|
| 375 |
184 |
|
4/25/2008 |
Santa Monica Bay |
near Hermosa Beach Artificial Reef |
25 min |
59 ft |
|
Whaler |
Short recon dive
|
| 376 |
185 |
|
5/17/2008 |
San Pedro Channel |
Oil Rig Ellen |
34 min |
104 ft |
|
Sundiver |
~40-50 ft vis under dark upper layer; huge mola being cleaned by fish at ~70 ft; small mola nearby; large school of bocaccio; metridiums at 100 ft and deeper; sea lions, large male sheephead, garibaldis
|
| 377 |
186 |
|
5/17/2008 |
San Pedro Channel |
Ace 1 wreck |
29 min |
114 ft |
|
Sundiver |
~40-ft vis on bottom; many metridiums; free-swimming lingcod
|
| 378 |
187 |
|
6/22/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Avalon wreck |
56 min |
75 ft |
|
Whaler |
~15-20-ft vis on bottom under yellowish schmutz; 6-8 lingcod, rubber-lipped perch, bellicose sheepcrab
|
| 379 |
188 |
|
6/22/2008 |
Redondo Beach |
Barge |
32 min |
81 ft |
|
Whaler |
~10-12-ft vis on bottom; many senoritas on wreck; otherwise few fish
|
| 380 |
189 |
|
7/6/2008 |
Malibu |
Leo Carrillo |
73 min |
36 ft |
|
|
Vis up to 15 ft or better in spots on reef, poor in shallows; surgy; 53 F. Swell shark, two sheepcrab, 2-3 halibut, male sheephead, garibaldi, various rockfish, sea lemon, clusters of Kellet's whelk eggs
|
| 381 |
190 |
|
7/12/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Pt. Vicente Pinnacles |
56 min |
86 ft |
|
Whaler |
Fuzzy vis up to ~25 ft; aquarium-like crowds of sheephead (with 2-3 monster males), calicos, senoritas, blacksmith; sunflower star on sand near anchor; interesting caves up under deeper pinnacles
|
| 382 |
191 |
|
7/12/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Christmas Tree Cove |
52 min |
37 ft |
|
Whaler |
Fuzzy ~15-ft vis; many calicos, garibaldis, senoritas, blacksmith
|
| 383 |
192 |
|
8/17/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Avalon wreck - stern |
38 min |
75 ft |
|
Whaler |
Great vis (~50 ft); chilly (54 F under 75 F surface layer); usuals (large lingcods, garibaldi guarding nest, school of rubber-lipped perch)
|
| 384 |
193 |
|
8/17/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Christmas Tree-Neptune's transverse reef |
12 min |
32 ft |
|
Whaler |
Very nice vis (~30 ft); dive aborted due to frontal sinus squeeze (above eyebrows)
|
| 385 |
194 |
|
8/30/2008 |
Santa Monica Bay |
Star of Scotland |
37 min |
79 ft |
|
Whaler |
Very nice vis (~30 ft); small giant sea bass on descent at 40 ft, again underneath structure
|
| 386 |
195 |
|
8/30/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Christmas Tree Cove |
47 min |
48 ft |
|
Whaler |
Lackluster vis (10-12 ft); many fish (senoritas, clouds of blacksmith, calicos, garibaldis, etc); several sunflower stars
|
| 387 |
196 |
|
9/20/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Avalon wreck |
36 min |
73 ft |
|
Whaler |
Large school of barracuda, rubberlip perch school, small free-swimming scallop, vis 30 ft
|
| 388 |
197 |
|
9/20/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Crane |
32 min |
59 ft |
|
Whaler |
Structure stuffed with agitated lobsters; harbor seal, torpedo ray; wind and high swell on surface
|
| 389 |
198 |
|
10/12/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Marineland - Ted's Pinnacle |
51 min |
62 ft |
|
Whaler |
Tested tethered u/w camera; large bait schools; chilly (54 F)
|
| 390 |
199 |
|
10/12/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Neptune Xverse Reef |
54 min |
49 ft |
|
Whaler |
Large, sleeping bat ray; many sunflower stars
|
| 391 |
200 |
|
11/7/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Pt. Vicente - West Pinnacle 60 |
59 min |
65 ft |
|
Whaler |
Nearly flat topside, 30-ft upper vis, 15-25 at depth; many large swimming sand bass
|
| 392 |
201 |
|
11/7/2008 |
Palos Verdes |
Neptune's Cove - North Point |
52 min |
54 ft |
|
Whaler |
Twilight dive, interesting structure; much kelp, few lobsters
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