Dive Report 17 February



It's been so nice at the Bridge the last several days that Carrie and I decided to do a goof-off dive by ourselves. Our high tide was 4:41; we entered the water at 3:48 for our one hour, twenty-one minute dive. It was spectacular with a dozen or so tiny squid, a medium-sized lookdown, a batfish, a big southern ray foraging, and what I think were unicorn filefish, but I couldn't get a photo. The vis was better than twenty-five feet and the water temperature was seventy-five. Carrie and I wore five millimeter wetsuits and hooded vests. We were comfortable. Even an after-dive shower at the fish-cleaning table in the breeze wasn't bad with an air temperature around eighty. There were quite a few divers there, but we saw only two groups on our circuit under the west bridge and fishing pier. Conditions are great especially considering it is the middle of February! Get in the water, Ham