I’m still hiding out up in Santa Monica, but was dragged in to work at 2:30 AM; when I left at 9 AM I decided to stop by Old Marineland to make a cameo appearance.

Reports from yesterday said that conditions sucked, so I wasn’t really expecting many, if any, divers.

Bringing a snack tray and a 12 pack of the King Of Beers, I was quite surprised to see at least six familiar divers’ vehicles.

Apparently, the County of Los Angeles made Terranea Resort officially “close” the trail down to the Cove (i.e. “The Sandy Beach”) due to storm damage and safety reasons, but the obstacles are easily bypassed and nobody seems to care if you’re on the trail.

Conditions on the surface looked like the diving sucked.

Most of the regular divers had made an exit, but the group was waiting for the remaining divers coming in from 120 reef.

The shore was getting hit occasionally with some pretty nasty looking waves, so I grabbed my camera and filmed their exits.

As Military Bob told me later, “When I see PSD on shore with his camera, I take my time getting out; I don’t want to wind-up on YouTube.”

Everybody made a boring exit, thank God.

However, a diver did drop his fin; if you find it, call the number written on it and offer to sell it back to him.

The shoreline has been rearranged by the recent storms – there is quite a ridge between the rocks and the sand.

Nothing like climbing a sand dune in SCUBA gear!

Dennis G. and Donna The Hot Biker Chick.

Well, the consensus report is, “the diving sucked,” but nobody expressed any regret getting wet.

Not New Chris did his due diligence to capture the dive on video:

To view this video on YouTube, click here.

Traditional debriefing followed.

The Easter Egg dive is coming up on April 16th; I’m hoping to get back in the water by then as I am still congested from the cold that never goes away.

This is an urgent bulletin for my three readers:

…A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND
HARBORS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION…

…A TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND
HARBORS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION…

BASED ON THE LATEST TELECONFERENCE…THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT
INCREASE IN MANY OF THE FORECAST TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ALONG THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. COASTAL AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION
WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A TSUNAMI INUNDATION BETWEEN 3.5 TO 7 FEET.
HIGHEST WAVE INUNDATION TO AROUND 7 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND PORT
SAN LUIS. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION…EXPECTED TSUNAMI
WAVE HEIGHTS 2 FEET TO AROUND 3 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SANTA
BARBARA TO LONG BEACH.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS…
PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD MOVE INLAND TO HIGHER
GROUND AND BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS. TSUNAMIS OFTEN ARRIVE AS A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE
DANGEROUS FOR AS MUCH AS 10 HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF POINT
CONCEPTION. A TSUNAMI ADVISORY MEANS THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR NEAR
THE WATER AS WELL AS BOATS MOORED IN HARBORS IS IMMINENT OR
EXPECTED.

THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL WILL BEGIN WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THE
ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIMES LISTED BELOW:

PORT SAN LUIS HARBOR…AT 803 AM PST.
POINT CONCEPTION…….AT 757 AM PST
SANTA BARBARA HARBOR…AT 817 AM PST.
RINCON……………..AT 828 AM PST
SANTA MONICA HARBOR….AT 831 AM PST.
SAN PEDRO HARBOR…….AT 832 AM PST.

NEW INFORMATION…

THE LATEST EXPECTED TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHT AMPLITUDES…

MORRO BAY…………… 3.9 FT
PORT SAN LUIS HARBOR…. 7.1 FT
PISMO BEACH…………. 2.4 FT
SANTA MARIA…………. 3.3 FT
SANTA BARBARA……….. 1.6 FT
CARPINTERIA…………. 1.6 FT
VENTURA…………….. 2.9 FT
MALIBU……………… 1.2 FT
SANTA MONICA………… 2.8 FT
REDONDO BEACH……….. 2.1 FT
SAN PEDRO HARBOR…….. 1.3 FT
HUNTINGTON BEACH…….. 2.3 FT

THE TSUNAMI IS A RESULT OF A LARGE EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY
MAGNITUDE OF 8.9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE THAT OCCURRED AT 945 PM PST
LAST EVENING. THE EARTHQUAKE LOCATION WAS JUST OFFSHORE OF JAPAN.

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI WITH
SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS IMMINENT OR EXPECTED. WARNINGS
ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT WIDESPREAD…DANGEROUS COASTAL FLOODING
ACCOMPANIED BY POWERFUL CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AND MAY CONTINUE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. WARNINGS ALSO ALERT EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENTIRE TSUNAMI HAZARD
ZONE. APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY LOCAL OFFICIALS MAY INCLUDE
THE EVACUATION OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS AND REPOSITIONING OF SHIPS
TO DEEP WATERS WHEN THERE IS TIME TO SAFELY DO SO.

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

This notice is from Yahoo weather.

Video of the Japan Tsunami from Al Jazeera News:

To watch this on YouTube, click here.