Shark Dive off Catalina

Dive Report: Avalon Banks, 5 miles off Avalon, Catalina.
 
Depth:          48/ 62 ft (bottom depth 1,500 ft)
Dive times:     50/ 53 min
Viz:  A hazy 30-40'
Temps:          ~62 degrees
Currents:       light

Went out with Scuba Luv on the King Neptune Monday to see what their shark dives were all about. We motored out 4-5 miles off Avalon out over the Avalon Banks with a bottom depth of 1,500 ft. Filmed Avalon Mayor Bob Kennedy and the rest of the crew setting up the shark cage, as well as a diver or two who inspected the "flimsy" aluminum cage with some concern.

Laura, a third year law student, was the first one in the water and in the cage. I guess she is just used to swimming with "sharks." She was out of the cage quickly and all the divers swam free with the cage as a depth reference or resting point.

A five foot blue arrived first on the scene. After checking us out from a distance, it made several close passes allowing me to get some good video footage from which to extract stills for my newspaper column (archived on my web site at http://www.starthrower.org/products/DDDB/DDDB_200-249/DDDB_212%20blue%20sharks%20pt%201.htm and http://www.starthrower.org/products/DDDB/DDDB_200-249/DDDB_213%20blue%20sharks%20pt%202.htm). In fact, it accidentally bumped my housing as I was descending to film it from above and it decided to ascend directly beneath me. Read more in my column.

Also had two smaller (about 3') blues and a 4-5' mako appear, but they kept their distance.

I'm not a big fan of blue water diving, but this dive was lots of fun and the group of divers on board were great, too.

2:36 PM - 10/19/2006 - post comment

The Weekend

Was looking forward to dive with you this weekend~ I still think it was pretty crappy that they didn't notify you of the cancellation sooner. Ok, so we have a date for next month!

Missy - 10:55 PM - 10/22/2006

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For Missy

I left a comment on your last blog. Since the talk is Sat Nov 20th, I'm thinking of coming down Nov 15-19 to dive if I can find friends to crash with.

DrBill - 10:41 AM - 11/2/2006

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antarakonspirasidantragedi@yahoo.com

I am a marine biology student in Malaysia.

Recently I’ve interested in this scuba diving activity and plan to take the open water certificate at the scuba diving agency at my place.

I wanna ask u one, maybe stupid question. Lol

I am wearing a spectacle, or glasses or whatever u call it in US, so is there any problem for me to involve in this scuba diving activity, I mean for a someone who wears a spectacle like me???

For your information, I’m not wearing the contact lens.

Please help me!!!!

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