Ed and I scouted places to go free diving this morning.

We stopped by Malaga Cove; big waves were coming from the North.

We went to Cardiac Hill; it was still sort of churney with an occasional big wave.

We called off diving for today and stopped by Long Point to talk to the divers.

Long Point was choppy with some big swells.

We met an older diver named Lars who says he dives without a BC and enjoys only going eight feet under because “the light’s better and there’s more to see.”

Dennis and Al were in the water for a dive.

The Red Tide has gotten so bad, it even made the local papers!

Plankton bloom that produces colored, smelly water getting harder to ignore.