7/7/2010 - Marineland Blows

Merry picked today as our attempt at a mid-week dive. By the time I got off work the wind had picked up, but we decided to try our luck. This year, our luck has been mostly bad. The westside of Palos Verdes was blown out so we headed to Buchanan's Reef. It was a little rough, but diveable. Visibility was about eight to ten feet with a little current. We found the usual array of rockfish and nudibranchs Buchanan's is famous for.
After nearly an hour in the 53F muck we surfaced in the middle of a hurricane. I can swim faster than I drove home in the wind. I like to pretend that the ocean will someday calm down and give us a nice dive. I can dream, can't I?
Merry shot stills while I fumbled with video.