I certainly do- yuck!! Decided to go back to beach diving over the last couple of weeks~ and I remembered (very quickly) why I don't like it. It wasn't so bad doing the couple of beach dives in Cozumel because you could get out of the water via ladder and there were showers & dunk tanks steps away..  But throwing on a set of doubles in Laguna beach (Shaw's Cove) last weekend was so not fun! lol.. The trek down the stairs was ok..  from the bottom of the stairs to the water was semi-ok (I don't like walking in loose sand)... Getting into the water was ok... Getting fins on was doable..The dive sucked though- no vis, lots of surge- and then.... the exit. Let's just say it wasn't graceful. And I had sand everywhere on my gear...        So, whaddya do now....  Well, go back to your "sandy roots" and beach dive in La Jolla..  But when theres 4ft surf pounding, sets coming in fast, and you're testing out your new camera housing, well sometimes thats not the best time to dive..  Anyway, despite the surf, poor vis, fogged & leaking mask, 51F temps, and buddy separation, my dive wasn't bad.  And my housing didnt leak     (Yes I finally got an Ike housing! A dear friend of mine actually managed to find me TWO of them... one complete w/ strobes. Very big thank you to him for that).  So, next time the camera goes into the housing and we'll see what kind of pics I'll get with the strobes...

And hopefully it'll be a boat dive.. hehee

Diving is not dignified