Into the Abyss at Scripps/Hunting Soupfin Sharks at La Jolla Cove

Dive #1 [Actual: #712]

Location: Cathedral Heights, Scripps Canyon, La Jolla

Date: 8/12/07

Time: 11:30 am

Dive Length: 45 mins

Max Depth: 145 ft.

Surface Temp: 68 F

Bottom Temp: 55 F

Surface Viz: 6 ft.

Viz at…

Steve Donathan Memorial Plaque on Yukon Bridge

Date: 8–18–07

Time: 11:30 am

Location: Wreck Alley, Yukon

Surface Viz: 25 ft. +

Viz at Depth: 10–12 ft. 

Temp on Surface: 62 F

Temp at Depth: 56 F

Max Depth: 100 ft.

Mix: 30%

Critters Seen: large schools of Blacksmith, CA and Warty Sea Cucumbers, Painted Greenlings, Sea Perch, Macrocystis


Thought we’d do a fun dive on the Yukon and get a…

Finally, After 4 Years: We Passed AAUS!

AAUS stands for the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, a board which sets science diving protocols and ‘standards’ for the scientific diving community, both in academia and in government.

Although not mandatory [Reef Check and Reef.org are not AAUS…

Tube Dwelling Anemone and Kelp [La Jolla Canyon]

Navinaxes Mating at La Jolla Shores

Dragon Head, Pt. Loma Dive

Date: 8–19–07

Location: Dragon Head, Pt. Loma

Time: Noon — ish

Dive Length: 40 mins

Viz at Surface: 30 ft.

Viz at Bottom: 20 ft. +

Surge: none

Max Depth: 90 ft.

Critters Seen: Blacksmith, Senoritas, Vermilion Rockfish, Painted Greenlings, Orange and Yellow Sponges…

Octo Hiding in Hole at La Jolla Shores

Head On View of Torpedo or Electric Ray [Catalina]

Soupfin Shark or Tope

Kelp Rockfish in Tubular Structure on Yukon

Night Dive at La Jolla Shores [Angel Shark]

Date: 8/30/07
 
Location: Vallecitos St., La Jolla Shores, San Diego
 
Time: 7-ish
 
Dive Length: 55 mins
 
Mix: 32%
 
Surface Temp: 61 F.
 
Bottom Temp: a hand-numbing 52 F. Brrrrr!
 
Surface Viz: 20 ft. + [beyond range of lights]
 
Bottom Viz: crystal…

Yukon/NOSC Tower Dives

Dive #1: [Actual: #714]

Location: Yukon, Wreck Alley

Date: 8–25–07

Time: 12:25

Dive Length: 35 mins

Surface Temp: 61 F

Bottom Temp: 56 F

Surface Conditions: quite choppy; technically ‘white caps’

Viz at Bottom: 30 ft, dude! :)

Mix: 30%

Max Depth: 102 ft. [brought shovel]…

7000 Visitors: Thank You!

Just a note of thanks to all those loyal readers and divers who have patiently stuck with me for the past 2 years: I owe it all to YOU! :)

Mikey

PS: see bottom of page…..

Barbara Lloyd [Soon To Be Famous Underwater Videographer]: Don’t Encourage Her….LOL!

Dive Buddy Barbara Just Sold Underwater Video Footage to Local Company

Sorry, just couldn’t resist bragging for her, because she’s too modest to do so herself: my dive buddy and partner, Barbara just sold her first underwater video footage to a company which makes virtual dive…

Bat Ray on La Jolla Canyon [Click to Enlarge]

Octo at La Jolla Shores