Diving Dead Man’s Reef In Laguna Beach
I finally made it down to Laguna Beach again!
Military Bob was nice enough to invite me down for a couple of dives.
It was interesting to note how many divers, fisherman and beach goers can squeeze into residential parking spots.
Military Bob’s regulator was free flowing; I don’t know what we did – we banged on it, shoved a few screw drivers down to try and adjust it and poured water over it – but we fixed it.
“Can you breathe through it?” I asked.
“Yeah.”
“Well I guess we’re good to go.”
Logged Dive #357
Laguna Beach, CA
Dead Man’s Reef from North Crescent Cove
Dove with Military Bob
In With: 3000 psi
Out With: 500 psi
Max depth: 55 feet
Waves: Pretty flat with some waist high swells in the surf zone
Visibility: 30 feet (no joke)
Water Temperature: About 60 degrees
Total Bottom Time: About 45 minutes
After an easy entrance and 100 yard surface swim to the reef, we submerged.
Visibility was spectacular!
Vis was as good as 30 feet.
We found a huge lobster in 25 feet of water, but were unable to dig it out.
The remains of an octopus feast.
A deadly hork shark waits to attack.
We headed back when I was down to 1000 psi; after a short surface swim to the beach, we were out with no trouble.
How did you like deadmans, I have made dozens of dives there, mostly at night, and it is truely a spectacular reef. Better for photography, but still holds a few legal bugs.
Comment by halibug — October 25, 2009 @ 9:29 am