Shaw’s Cove, Laguna Beach

Michael Bear
Rapture of the Deep
2 min readMay 13, 2016

OK: not *quite* San Diego County…….it was the OC, but hey…….

Location: Shaw’s Cove, Laguna

Date: Wens. 5–11–16

Time: 7:04 pm

Dive Time: 57 mins

Max Depth: 37 ft.

Min. Temp: 55 F.

Mix: 21%

Surf: 1–3 ft, long period between sets

Surge: considerable: 1–3 ft back and forth through most of the dive, making (still) photography rather difficult…….also, made me glad I was taking video.

Viz: poor: ave. 5 ft

Critters: despite relatively poor conditions down below (and zero sea stars), we actually saw quite a bit of marine life, all things considered, including 2 juvie moray eels and numerous Blacksmith and Sheephead, both male and female as well as the ubiquitous Geribaldis.

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