Dive report; Redondo Beach

Posted by Max Bottomtime on May 26, 2005 at 21:57:42:

Date: 5/26/05
Dive Location:Redondo Beach
Time: 6:25
Bottom Time: 55 minutes
Max Depth: 67'
Vis: 20-25'
Wave height: 2'
Temp at depth: 51F
Surface Temp: Much nicer
Gas mix: Air (21%)
Comments: Claudette (HBDiveGirl) wanted to get in a little more drysuit practice so we met with Jeff Shaw for a late afternoon dip. It's difficult to tell due to her perpetual smile, but I think Claudette loves diving dry!
We walked down to the Topaz Jetty in search of the pilings and Lion nudibranchs. We didn't find either, but still had a great time. Lots of small octopus, baby Horn sharks and the usual cast of characters were out and about. The top 35 feet of water was a reddish-brown pudding, but vis opened up to 20-25 feet below that. Looking up at the canyon dropoff reminded me of a red fog bank moving over the edge. We had a lot of fun playing with the critters and enjoying the good company. We even had a youg sea lion playing with us at the surface as we exited the water. Nice way to break up a long work week.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Dive report; Redondo Beach jlyle 07:41:45 05/27/05 (0)
• What is? (try this again) Elaine 23:45:09 05/26/05 (8)
  • An over-lit Moonsnail Max Bottomtime 04:23:55 05/27/05 (7)
    • Re: An over-lit Moonsnail kylecawaza 16:24:58 05/27/05 (5)
      • Moonsnail at Marineland Max Bottomtime 16:56:02 05/27/05 (4)
        • I like a little salad with my Moon Snail Ross-O 18:04:47 05/27/05 (2)
          • Uncanny .... ;-) Jon 20:56:23 05/27/05 (0)
          • Good find! Max Bottomtime 18:26:34 05/27/05 (0)
        • I like a little salad with my Moon Snail Ross-O 18:04:36 05/27/05 (0)
    • I probably have one of those in my slide collection. Elaine 10:03:04 05/27/05 (0)
• What is? Elaine 23:43:48 05/26/05 (2)
  • The dreaded "red-X" fish? ;-) (nt) jlyle 07:38:29 05/27/05 (1)
    • Re: The dreaded "red-X" fish? ;-) (nt) Max Bottomtime 19:20:46 05/27/05 (0)

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