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Running On Empty (by MaxBottomtime) Needing to gas up our boat today, we rejoiced at the swell model predictions of two feet swells and light wind. Kevin Lee joined us for his first cold water dives since returning from Anilao. Our plan was to fuel up in Los Angeles Harbor and then hit one of the deeper shipwrecks on the San Pedro Shelf. We left our house this morning... (more) |
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El Vis Has Left The Building (by MaxBottomtime) I read a report of fifty feet visibility at Redondo Beach last Wednesday. After finding brown water and two feet vis on Sunday, I was more than a little skeptical. I planned to dive off San Pedro this morning but the south swell kept me close to King Harbor. One more dive on the barge... The brown water is still here, but the visibil... (more) |
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Back To The Crud (by MaxBottomtime) Merry and I made our first dive since returning from a grueling eleven days in warm water. Visibility on the Redondo Beach Artificial Reef was about two feet in brown water. I planned to try for some photos of the tiny Doto kya nudibranchs laying eggs with my new diopter, but I was lucky to get one shot in the pudding. Visibility was... (more) |
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California Drysuit Divers Escape To Anilao (by MaxBottomtime) Merry and I joined Kevin Lee for a couple of weeks in the Philippines for some warm water nudibranch hunting. We flew Asiana Airlines aboard a 777 that made the long trip the most comfortable plane ride I've taken. It was over sixteen hours in the air, including having to go around North Korean airspace, but the appointments were incredib... (more) |
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Cold And Cloudy Above And Below The Surface (by MaxBottomtime) The heat wave we've been experiencing this week hasn't reached the coast. It was foggy all week, but this morning looked like a typical summer day with a thick marine layer. We wanted to check out some sites off Redondo Beach, but some fishermen told us to go away because they apparently own that part of the ocean. We settled fo... (more) |
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Palos Verdes Wreck Diving (by MaxBottomtime) The ocean was glassy as we headed toward Marineland this morning. A couple visiting from Spain found some uncommon nudibranchs there this week, including one I've never seen. Our plan was to dive the wreck of the Jenny Lynne, then offgas some more in ten to fifteen feet where the nudis were. Visibility on the wreck was only ten feet... (more) |
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Lions In The Winter (by MaxBottomtime) With the gloomy predictions for dive conditions this weekend, Kevin, Merry and I headed offshore in search of blue water, kelp paddies or current lines. Two out of three isn't bad. There was no blue water to be found, so I dropped Kevin and Merry in a current line with a kelp paddy in it. Kevin headed for the kelp first. He reported that... (more) |
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500th Dive With Merry (by MaxBottomtime) Merry and I made our 500th buddy dive together today. It seems like only yesterday that I was holding her hand and dragging her around Marineland. We planned to hit the Redondo Barge first, but the crew of the Popeye Maru was hogging the place to themselves. Merry wasn't too keen on anchoring within a boat length of Scott and Margar... (more) |
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Anticlimactic Dive On The Redondo Barge (by MaxBottomtime) After finally getting some still photos of the UB88 yesterday and enjoying the deco hang with thousands of pelagic squishies, we endured dirty green water with little life on the Redondo Beach Artificial Reef today. I checked out an octopus nest to see how far along the eggs are while Merry fired off one shot after another nearby. She ... (more) |
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Rockfish Aplenty On The UB88 (by MaxBottomtime) I've been viewing several videos from the UB88 the past two months and kicking myself for missing out on the good conditions. The best visibility I had seen on the German submarine was ten feet, until today. The ocean was a giant millpond as we motored toward San Pedro. We could see sea lions resting at the surface from a mile away. As ... (more) |
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Dead Of Winter (by MaxBottomtime) Diving in Southern California in January can be tough. The snow was piled deep as we made our way through the slush that we call the Pacific Ocean. View of Winter from Redondo Beach I even had to soak up what little warmth I could from the Sun. It was bitterly cold today, about 72°. Fortunately there was no wind to create much o... (more) |
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Strangers In The Night (by MaxBottomtime) We were looking for something different this weekend. We tend to dive the same sites over and over, photographing the same animals. Merry suggested, or more like demanded that we dive in mid water during the pre-dawn hours. I told Kevin Lee her plan and he was willing. We set out EARLY this morning for a gelatinous critter search. We ma... (more) |
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