For the last two weeks, I’ve been lucky to get 10 feet of visibility off of Palos Verdes.

Now, the California coast is being pounded by nine foot waves, most likely pushing the visibility down to nothing.

Some often ask, “Why do lobsters go deeper in the middle of lobster season?”

It’s so they can escape the pounding surf.

From the National Weather Service:

…HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
NOON PST WEDNESDAY…

* TIMING…SURF WILL BUILD THROUGH THE MORNING…PEAK LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT…THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SURF…SURF WILL AVERAGE 6 TO 9 FEET DURING THE PEAK OF THE
EVENT. THERE WILL BE LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST
FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY…AND TO 11 FEET ON
EXPOSED WEST FACING BEACHES OF VENTURA COUNTY.

* IMPACTS…LARGE SURF AND VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL MAKE
OCEAN ACTIVITIES DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE. THERE COULD BE LOCAL
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA…PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

Our friend, Max Bottomtime, reminds us all to be wary of conditions before we suit up and dive:

To view this video on YouTube, click here.

Written by Susan Shroder from Sign On San Diego

SAN DIEGO — The deaths of two men in separate scuba-diving incidents have both been determined to be accidental, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

Autopsies were done on both victims. Results of autopsies can be delayed due to toxicology tests. Examinations are also done on diving gear.

The body of Jimmy Somphirigna Tanovan, 35, of Oceanside, was found Oct. 9 floating in rocks near the shoreline of the Children’s Pool in La Jolla. The other diver, James Daniel Kinane, 56, of San Diego, died on July 2, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

The autopsies determined both men also had cardiovascular disease, a medical examiner’s investigator said Friday.

A man who had talked to Tanovan several hours before his body was found said that Tanovan had told him he was going diving for lobsters.

Kinane had been diving with friends off the coast of Mission Beach when he was found in distress at the surface of the water, the Medical Examiner’s Office said. His friends jumped in the water to help him, but he became unresponsive.

Paramedics and lifeguards from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department tried to revive him, but Kinane was pronounced dead at lifeguard headquarters.

According to a published obituary, Kinane was a U.S. Navy veteran and a volunteer diver with the California Science Center.

Tanovan also was a Navy veteran and was a musician, according to a memorial post on scubaboard.com.

The original article can be found here.